No. 139 The Trusty Servant
OW Sydney Dinner Patrick Medley( G, 70-74) writes:
On a beautifully calm and warm Sydney evening, a group of OWs met on 1 st April at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron for dinner with the Headmaster and to hear from her about her first 18 months in office. It was a wonderful evening of comradeship, shared memories and networking and of being brought up to date with the progress of the school. A huge thank you to the Headmaster and Robert Maurency for taking time out of their holiday to join us for the evening.
Front L-R: Peter Young( C, 61-66), Anne Young, Denise Medley, Jack Moore( F, 16-21), Ryan Ghent( G, 14-19), Elizabeth Stone( Headmaster), Dominic Burnham( D, 01-06), Jonathan Chalk( K, 02-07), Joanne Tangye, Steb Fisher( B, 67-71), Marissa Lowe, Aadesh Chaudri( A, 19-21)
Back L-R: John Swainston( G, 63-67), Patrick Medley( G, 70-74), David Tonuri( Co Ro), Paul Dennett( Coll, 88-93), Quentin McDermott( Coll, 65-71), Andrew Schuller( K, 57-62), Pasha Tehrani( F, 13-18), Ewan Evans( I, 12-17), Robert Maurency, Thomas Burkill( A, 16-21), Dean Male( I, 77-82), Ronnie Beevor( E, 60-65), Huw Jones( A, 77-82), Richard Tangye( I, 61-66), Tim Burroughs( H, 67-72), Nathan Lam( Coll, 14-19), Derrick Tin( B, 94-99), Benedict Lowe( D, 11-14)
Under 30s OW Drinks The organisers lost count, but well over 100 young OWs turned out at BrewDog in Waterloo on Friday 11 th April to catch up with their schoolmates and dons.
OW Cornflowers News On Saturday, 5 th April, 16 Old Wykehamist Cornflowers gathered for their Annual Dinner.
The Old Wykehamist Cornflowers is the association for LGBT + alumni of Win Coll. Now in its tenth year, Cornflowers exists to foster a like-minded community, to establish new friendships, and to provide networking opportunities.
The 2025 dinner was held in a private room above a lively pub, and brought together LGBT + OWs from Commoners Houses and OTH, as well as College( although no hot was held, lest we not be invited back to the venue in future). Attendees ranged from those in their 20s to those in their 70s and all sorts of career paths and backgrounds were represented: a suitably diverse crowd. The Sen Man present said an appropriately Wykehamical grace( in Latin, naturally), and the chatter continued late into the spring evening.
Our next event, in the summer, will be a joint drinks party- also an annual event- with our sibling societies the Eton Dragonflies, Harrow Byronics and Radley Wildebloods( as well as our equivalents from Bedales, Sherborne, Shrewsbury, Westminster and St Paul’ s).
To join Cornflowers Soc, and to receive further details of the summer drinks party and other events, please register at www. owcornflowers. com / register / or email contact @ owcornflowers. com.
Their first OW event? Cecily Mills( K, 22-24); Kate Robinson( A, 22-24); Fran Wyse( H, 22-24); Ines Brindle( K, 22-24)
Chawkerites en masse: Aston Wade( F, 15-20); Billy Blanchard( F, 15-20); Oliver Corso( F, 15-20); Sascha Hamilton-Meikle( F, 15-20); Edward Wildman( F, 15-20)
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