Further News

VIRTUAL EVENTS BRING COVID PICK-ME-UP

For the first half of 2021 we were not able to hold face-to-face events due to Covid restrictions. However, we did host a virtual ‘Women in Leadership’ event in June. More than 130 Old Girls and members of the Sixth Form attended, where 17 different professions were represented by Old Girls.

Sherborne Girls Head, Dr Ruth Sullivan, opened the event and we were enormously grateful to our Old Girl TED-style speakers. These included Anne Jenkin E’73, who spoke about how to break through the glass ceiling and the importance of taking every opportunity that comes your way, Holly Joint AE’94, who spoke about how to stand out in the workplace, what is success and who defines it, and Holly Pattenden T’97, who argued that being female is not a differentiator if you are up to the job.

GETTING BACK IN TOUCH

In September, we held our first events and reunions offline and it was wonderful and exciting to see each other again.

On Saturday, 11 September, Old Girls formed a lacrosse team and played an exciting match against the SG Firsts. It was a great success: so much so that we hope to make it an annual event.

If you play lacrosse and would like to take part in September 2022, please do get in touch.

ANNUAL REUNIONS

That same day, we held a 5-year reunion for the leavers from 2015, who missed their reunion in 2020. The following weekend saw the 5-year reunion for the 2016 leavers and both events were at full capacity!

We also held 10- and 15-year reunions during the year.

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10-YEAR REUNION 15-YEAR REUNION

GOLFERS BACK IN THE SWING

Golf Report from Captain Katharine Martin (Stringer) DH’78 The Annual SOG Golf Autumn Meeting was held at Hennerton Golf Club in Wargrave, Berkshire on Monday, 27 September. We had 14 players from all parts of England, near and far – and even one from America!

The day started off with heavy rain and wind but mercifully it cleared just as we started. Everyone seemed to have a fun day and there was great chatter afterwards while we were given an excellent cream tea as well as sandwiches and cakes.

This year’s winning team was Rachel Long (Trotman) W’69, Lizzy Hext (Pudner) T’83, and Lucille Childs (Richards) DH’78. Runners-up were Katharine Stringer, Kenah Cryer DH’80 and Josie Kemp (Mather) DH’62. Nearest the pin was won by Susie Pym (King) DH’68 and the longest drive by Katharine Stringer.

We would love to have more SOGs join our golf events. All standards are extremely welcome.

Diary note: The Autumn Meeting is taking place at Sunningdale Heath Golf Club, Ascot on 26 September 2022.

Photo, from left to right: Lucille Richards, Lizzy Pudner, Rachel Trotman, Susie King, Katharine Stringer, Anne Whately-Smith (Agnew) K’70, Hilary Peterkin (Younger) W’64, Kenah Cryer, Elizabeth Blandy (Francis) E’62, Jane Harris (Hinton) W’62, Sarah Kinnersley (Stonehouse) K’65, Josie Mather, Hilary Park (Dennes) E’65 and Jennifer Harris W’62

INSPIRING GENERATIONS

Global Entrepreneurship Week took place in November. For each day of the working week, a video recording was released featuring an Old Girl. Each person gave insights into their career and professional achievements while reflecting on one of the five core themes for the week: communication, courage, collaboration, creativity, and curiosity.

The speakers were: Thea Wellband (Carroll) DH’08, Sarah Williams (Waddington) A’00, Irene Yap DH’90, Melissa Kettlewell (Nicholson) K’86 and Cherry Roengpithya AW’99. Thank you to them all for their willingness to take part and support this initiative.

CONGRATULATIONS

Frances Budd DH’17 was awarded a First Class Honours BSc in Ecological and Environmental Sciences from the University of Edinburgh.

CIRCLE NEWS

Circle 13B : Leicestershire, Rutland, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire Secretary: Josephine Hepburn (Blake) A’69

Jo writes: At the last moment we managed to get a few Old Girls together in the Autumn. We met for lunch at the Engine Yard just below Belvoir Castle, and afterwards enjoyed looking round the artisan shops. Hopefully we can do the same again in 2022.

Pictured from left to Right: Sally Mackie AE’75, Gillian Alcock (Ford) AE’67, Pru Nahum (Tatham) A’63, Jo Blake and Elizabeth Blandy (Francis) E’62.