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a week that is designed to take you out of your comfort
this right and ride your luck you will have a great time.
wandering along the shores of lakes and rivers and of
talking to our guides about the differences between Britain
zone and test you mentally, physically and emotionally.
As a 6ft 3inch
ow rugby player with no ultra marathon
course camping. The latter inevitably involved setting up
and Russia.
The Marathon des Sables is all about management; you
experience to run for 35 hours, finish 173rd out of 800, I’ll
the tents in an unfamiliar location. The crew ended the
Small reunions like this is a great way of keeping in
must manage your body, food and water. If you can get
take that but not repeat it ! Andy Jones [A 1990–1995]
trip on the shore of Lake Teletskoe, second biggest fresh
touch and catching up on the news with the school friends,
water reservoir in the world, where we spent the evening
but it is also an experience in itself.
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uisa
[C]
hockey and netball for the u14a
in
and u15a teams, and plays in the
September 2006 as
1st pair of the u15 tennis team.
a Third Former, coming from
Luisa has also played tennis and
Amesbury Prep School.
cricket for the county of Surrey.
joined
Rubio
College
A
talented all-rounder, she plays
Luisa is in the Combermere.
saxophone to grade 7 level and
The
photograph
shows
the guitar as well as achieving
Gold effort grades on a regular
ow Society awarded her
basis. Luisa has excelled at sport
for scoring a century against
since her arrival. She has played
George Looker, Will Turner, Dmitry Yashnikoy & James Turley in Siberia, Altai region, after rafting on a mountainous river.
Lusia Rubio with the bat the
Charterhouse.
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I
ows including
trying to taste the difference between the Ukrainian and
George Looker [Pn 2002–2007], James Turley
Russian vodka accompanied by traditional cured herring.
[Bn 2002–2007], Will Turner [A 2002–2007]
The discovery of the trip was Uzbeki cuisine, beloved by
n August 2008 a group of four
and Dmitry Yashnikov [L 2005–2007) travelled to Russia
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Will Turner and demanded on an almost daily basis.
and Ukraine. In 15 days we managed to visit Kiev, Moscow
After eight days in the European part of Russia we flew
and St Petersburg, two Siberian cities of Novosibirsk and
over the Urals to Novosibirsk, where the local historian
Barnaul, and the Altai mountains.
guided us around the vast Victory Park at six o’clock in the
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c h a ri ta b le t ru s t
meli s s a mo rg a n m e m o r i a l fun d
The trip was initially planned to be a relaxed re-
morning. We left the same day for the Altai mountains
union after a year of life away from Wellington, but we
and after an eight-hour car journey were amazed to find
soon found ourselves doing all sorts of exotic activities.
some fine beers for the price of 50p a pint ! A few of
Wandering around the old Soviet revolution-glorifying
those and ten hours later we found ourselves sitting in
parks and holding heated discussions with the locals on
an old Soviet minibus on the way to a mountainous river.
the resemblance of Lenin’s body in the Mausoleum of a
James Turley was very keen to lead our motley crew in
The main purpose of the Fund remains to award priz-
waxwork provided an in-
the rafting exercise and we
es in the form of Tankards and Medallions for the athletic
5 ows received grants from the Bevir Fund this year and the
teresting start. We pro-
enjoyed the “refreshing”
and artistic achievement of present pupils.
total grant provided was £2,350. The list of activities reads:
ceeded by taking an all-
15º water in the 40º heat
night train from Moscow
of Siberia.
I
ncome for the Charitable Trust for the year was
ows received grants from this fund in 2007:
£5,322 (£5,002) and expenditure was £3,226
Teaching in Mexico/Africa Asia Venture
(£622). The value of the Charitable Trust on
Greenforce Trip to India.
31st December 2007 was £18,183 (£16,087).
h erb ert ow t ru s t
rest
of
ow parents in the year. Two par-
Raleigh International to Costa Rica
Raleigh International to Nambia
to St Petersburg, where
The
eight hours were spent
Siberian
were
ents had children at other schools and three had sons at
Assisting in a day care centre in Argentina
recalling the school banter
spent travelling from one
Wellington. The total grant made was £11,200 (£12,100).
Investment Income was £7,010 (£5,814) and donations
and stumbled out of the
remote village to another,
Investment Income was £17,326 (£15,329) and Donations
were received to the value of £0 (£1,935). Expenditure
train in shorts and flip flops
stopping at the sites of
received were £90 (£1,100). Expenditure was £11,121
totalled £4,081 (£6,628).
into the 8º Baltic morning.
settlements of the ancient
(£12,935) so that the net Income for the year was £6,295
£126,279 (£138,028) and in the bank was £8,828 (£5,693).
Our experience would not
Altai civilization, talking to
(£3,494). The value of the Herbert Trust on 31st December
The value of the Bevir Fund on 31st December 2007 was
have been complete with
the local shamans, simply
2007 was £433,751 (£441,232).
£135,107 (£143,721).
Odyssey
our
j . r. b ev i r mem o r i a l fun d
Grants were made to 5
Hospital work in Uganda (2)
Investments held the value