Events and Reunions VIRTUAL REUNIONS
Reunions and events ground to a halt in March with
the first lockdown. So, unable to hold live events, we launched a whole series of virtual ones. During the
Trinity Term we set up careers events for the current boys and, with our Lower Sixth boys unable to visit the universities to which they were thinking of
applying, we set up virtual meetings with OS already at those institutions.
We have organised, virtual business breakfasts,
regional events in the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and the Middle East, year group reunions, including particularly
successful 35, 40, 45 and 50 Year Reunions for the classes of 1985, 1980, 1975 and 1970 respectively and House Reunions.
Whilst virtual reunions will never replace the real
thing they do allow OS and former staff around the
world to join us for events they would never be able to attend in person.
AFTER WORK DRINKS IN AUSTRALIA Little did we realise in February that the drinks in Australia would be some of the last live events of the year. We had two events a week apart organised by James Crawford (g 83) at Avenue on Chifley in Sydney and Mark Randolph (b 69) at The Flour Factory in Perth. Both events were a great success, and we hope to repeat them in the New Year.
BUSINESS BREAKFASTS 2020 saw three Sherborne Business Breakfasts with excellent presentations being given by Jason McCue (current parent), Luke Baker (c 91) and Tony Quainton (d 52). Jason spoke at our only face to face Business Breakfast in the week before lockdown and, as a human rights lawyer looked at the impact of terrorism and globalisation and the growth of Africa. We then moved online for the September and November talks and Luke, International Affairs Correspondent at Reuters tackled the current state of Brexit and the likely outcome as it would be seen from both London and Brussels. Our final recorded Breakfast was given by Tony Quainton, former US ambassador to Kuwait, Nicaragua and Peru, who shared his take on the US Presidential Election and what the likely outcome would be. As of the time of writing, his view was correct. If you would like to see the talks by Luke and Tony they can be found on the Resources page of Sherborne Connect.
