Issue 23
Forthcoming Reunions Class of 2006 - 10 Year Reunion December 2nd 2016 7.30 - 10.30 pm at KES
50 Year Reunion January 20th 2017 7.30 - 10.30 pm at KES
Oxbridge Reunion March 17th 2017 7.30 - 10.30 pm at St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Poole Veterans’ Luncheon May 21st 2017 12.00 - 4.00 pm at KES For further details of any of the above events, please contact The Development Office on edwardians@kes.hants.sch.uk or ring 023 8070 4561
OEs purchase Peter Folkes painting for Southampton Art Gallery. Peter Folkes was born in 1923 and even his own mother once commented that Peter was ‘born with a paintbrush in his hand’. In 1941 he enrolled as a student at Bristol College of Art before World War II interrupted his studies taking him to North Africa, Sicily and Italy. However, he completed his training after the war and in September 1950, Peter, and wife Muriel, arrived in Southampton and Peter took up the post of Senior Art Master at King Edward’s.
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He began painting local scenes, notably the Test and Itchen estuaries, boatyards, the docklands, and Southampton Water. These paintings, though now scattered, are a priceless record of the post-war period in the city. In the late fifties Peter experimented widely with the range of new materials becoming available and his fascination with old weathered gravestones, their carvings and inscriptions developed at this time. Church spires appear in his later, much more Cubist, watercolours. There has always been a strong interest in the surroundings and architecture of English parish churches.
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Family camping visits to Portland, in the early sixties, resulted in a series of works that show a shift towards modernism. In 1964 Peter took up a Goldsmiths Travelling Scholarship, visiting the United States. Here, a series of paintings emerged, inspired by the regular geometry of skyscrapers. Returning to the UK Peter was approached by the then Southampton College of Art, about becoming a lecturer, and later their Head of Fine Art. He remained there until retirement in 1989. During this period Southampton University commissioned a number of portraits of leading academics. Peter’s portrait of Sir James Matthews is displayed in the reception area of the building carrying his name in Above Bar Street. Peter’s prolific and varied work over the intervening years shows that he is a truly English painter, grounded in the countryside of the Southern Counties, especially of Hampshire and of his home county, Dorset. There were several large series; cows in various weathers and settings, sometimes showing a touch of Folksian humour, and sweeping agricultural landscapes in watercolour. The two main exceptions to his rural themes were an unusual series based on military uniforms combining painting with transfer of photographic images of battle scenes from the Victorian and Edwardian period, 2
and his American skyscrapers. There is a quirkiness about some of his themes that include studies of manhole covers, road markings and telephone wires! Peter is now 93 and still lives in Southampton and though his eyesight is not so clear, and his hand not so steady, he still experiments.
of his paintings that would be officially presented to the Gallery. With the help of The Development Office, OEs from this period were contacted and within a matter of weeks a sufficient sum had been raised to purchase ‘The Railway Crossing’. This painting of Peter’s depicts the Mount Pleasant railway crossing which still makes it possible today to drive directly from Bevois Valley to Northam. On November 3rd (Peter’s 93rd birthday) a private ceremony was held at Southampton Art Gallery with Peter, his family, members of the OE community and representatives from King Edward’s (including the current Head of Art) and the Curator of the Gallery, Tim Craven, to present the painting to the city.
In September 2016, the School was approached by Peter Broyd (KES 19511958) and Rod Rumble (KES 1951-1957) who had discovered that despite Peter’s paintings being present worldwide in city galleries, Southampton City Art Gallery did not actually possess one of his paintings. Their idea was to contact OEs who had formerly been taught by Peter and to ask them if they wished to contribute towards the collective purchase of one
From the Editor Another academic year has begun in earnest and, again, we have much planned for our alumni in terms of reunions and sporting events. The schedule will begin in December with the girls’ OE V KES 1st XI hockey match and a 10 year reunion being held for the Class of 2006. This will be followed early in 2017 with an event for those who left the School fifty years ago. This year’s university dinner will be held in Oxford at St Edmund Hall in March before the annual Poole Veterans’ luncheon in June at School. The Ray Paull Medal golfing competition took place in September and this event co-incided with the stepping down of Peter Feltham as OE golf organiser. We are extremely grateful to him for all the work he has done growing the golfing database and organising and introducing new events since he took over the role in 2012. He is succeeded by James Lay (KES 87-94).
Life at KES for current students continues to be full of co-curricular opportunity with summer trips taking them as far afield as Ecuador and The Galapagos, South Africa and Indonesia. Closer to home, the expansion and development of The Dobson Theatre is progressing well. Our fundraising work to raise money for bursaries for children from less financially affluent families has gained further support. The introduction of direct debit as a means of donation has proved popular. If you feel that you would like to join with other OEs in supporting these endeavours, please do consider donating (any size donation or bequest is important to us) and become a member of our William Capon Club. Suzanne Hooper Development Officer
From the Head The new academic year began with some excellent academic results to go with the Indian summer we have experienced over the past month. Three quarters of our students will proceed to The Times top 25 universities and nine students have gained places at Oxford and Cambridge. The sporting season got off to a good start with the South Coast Rugby Tournament in September and some impressive early results for girls’ hockey. We also enjoyed welcoming back former KES pupil Dr Nick Middleton (KES 1972-79) to award the prizes at Speech Day. He is a widely published travel writer, TV presenter and Oxford academic. The School has been kept busy with the construction of our new Theatre and Art Department in place of the old Dobson building. This should be completed by July 2017. Much work has also taken place on less visible projects such as a new roof for the School Hall and improved welfare facilities for our nurses. On the Stroud site, our prep school in Romsey, we have refurbished a number of areas, including the old computer room, and significantly improved the entrance and parking. There have been several significant farewells to note this year. Mr Patten, Mr Walter, Mr Long and Mr Fitzpatrick have all retired after a combined total of 143 years teaching at the School.
Mr Fitzpatrick also gave away the prizes at Sports Day and Mr Long will continue his work for the School through his sculpture of a new war memorial to be unveiled on Remembrance Day in 2018. Mrs Owen has also retired after 27 years’ service, not least as an exemplary examination secretary, as has Mr Hall after a decade as our Design Technology technician. Other staff retiring or moving to roles in other schools include Dr Wikeley, Miss Lindebringhs, Dr Paver, Mr Tesseyman and Dr Prowse. We have had a number of OE reunion events ranging from OE hockey, cricket and golf to our annual gathering of the Poole veterans. It is always good to hear from former students and we welcome snippets of news from OEs around the world. The King Edward VI Foundation continues to provide support for children from disadvantaged backgrounds so that they can benefit from an education at King Edward’s. Further details may be obtained from the School via the website. As ever, we are grateful to the OE Association for its support of the School’s activities and to our staff who work so hard to ensure that OEs stay in touch with the School and each other, particularly Ms Hooper, our Development Officer. AJ Thould Head Master 3
News from the School OE is Chief Guest at Speech Day In September, the School was delighted to welcome OE and award-winning geographer, writer, TV presenter, environmental scientist and university lecturer, Dr Nick Middleton (KES 1972-1979) as the Chief Guest for Speech Day. The whole school community convened at The Mayflower Theatre to listen to him speak and to celebrate the achievements of this year’s prize winners. In the morning, Dr Middleton also gave a talk entitled ‘An Atlas of countries that don’t exist’ to Sixth Formers and it was fascinating to hear about countries which are unrecognised by many other countries. This talk linked well to the new A Level specification and therefore was extremely relevant for students.
KES Science and Technology Festival The inaugural KES Science and Technology Festival took place over three days in the summer and included a variety of daytime and evening talks and activities. The Hampshire Air Ambulance landed on the field, the Fourth Year Design students tested their rocket-powered cars which they had designed with the help of a wind tunnel from Southampton University, all the First Years saw the mobile planetarium and the Third Year and the Lower Sixth heard a fascinating and thought-provoking talk on ‘Doping in Sport’. The event ended with a giant solar system rolling around the school field, incredible psychology, live animal, ‘Magic Science’ and astronaut shows and, on the final evening, ‘Dr Dance’ discussing the psychology of dance moves.
Cricket tour to Sri Lanka In July, the senior cricket squad set off on their tour to Sri Lanka. Over the course of thirteen days the group experienced the highs and lows of playing cricket on the Indian sub-continent, as well as having the opportunity to appreciate all that Sri Lanka has to offer. They visited three different areas, travelling first to Kandy in the hills of central Sri Lanka, then to Hikkaduwa on the southern shores and finishing in the hustle and bustle of the capital, Colombo. The team experienced playing in the Welagedera Stadium sitting at the foot of Elephant rock, as well as Dambulla International ground, before continuing along the south west coast where they stopped off at the Pinawala Elephant Orphanage. At Hikkaduwa, a visit to the ‘Foundation of Goodness’ was a highlight. This is a charity that has been set up to support the local community and provides education, welfare, and medical expertise, as well as running a sports academy. In Colombo the squad played their two final games and finished having won three games and lost three games during their Sri Lanka experience.
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Operation Wallacea – Ecuador and The Galapagos At the end of July, seventeen students and three staff spent a week with Operation Wallacea in the rainforest of Ecuador, followed by a week on the island of Floreana in the Galapagos. During the first week the group were camping in Sani reserve, 40 thousand hectares of rainforest on the Napo River feeding the Amazon. Students accompanied scientists from the camp on their data collection twice a day. This included using mist nets to catch birds, identifying the species and condition before release, recording mammal tracks of tapir and jaguar, looking at the camera trap images and carrying out surveys. This species identification data will be used to support the conservation status of the reserve and allow more specific projects to run in future years. The second week of the trip was spent on the beautiful island of Floreana, one of the smallest of the Galápagos Islands with a population of 120. During the week the group observed giant tortoises, blue-footed boobies, penguins, sea-lions, marine iguanas, finches, hammerhead sharks and many more interesting and endangered species. Much of the week was in the marine environment, either snorkelling or diving in the cool waters.
Olympic Gold medallist visits KES In mid-September, the School was delighted to host a Prep Schools’ Hockey Day at Wellington Sports Ground. The MT13 coaching company, run by ex-England hockey player Matt Taylor, provided a morning of instruction and coaching before a series of matches in the afternoon. However, undoubtedly the highlight of the day was the presence of Hollie Webb, GB Olympian back from Rio with her GOLD MEDAL! She signed photos, sticks, balls, and had some great advice for all the players there.
Update on the DAC The DAC development project continues to make good progress. Demolition work of the roof and façade has been completed and an internal waterproof wall erected to protect the current building. The site is being prepared for commencement of the groundworks package and engineers have visited, following demolition of the roof and façade, to check existing steel positions before fabrication commences of the new steel frame. Work has now commenced on the internal sub structure blockwork of the construction. The planned completion date is July 2017.
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Leaving staff The end of the 2015/2016 academic year saw the departure of four longstanding members of the teaching staff.
Mr Fitzpatrick Mr Fitzpatrick joined King Edward’s in 1967 at the age of 11! Always a talented sportsman, he played county cricket, 1st XV rugby, ran city athletics and played school, county and divisional hockey
Mr Patten Mr Patten has spent thirty-two years teaching at King Edward’s. For the last twelve years he has been Deputy Director of Studies, with particular responsibility
before representing England at U21 level. After teacher training, he spent a year in Norfolk before returning to King Edward’s. In addition to his PE and sport teaching he has been a history master, tutor, head of Creative Arts, Head of PE and Director of Sport. He has accompanied numerous school trips and sports tours but first and foremost he is an excellent coach who has enabled thousands of students to gain reward, satisfaction and enjoyment from sport. The School will be a very different place without his expertise, his skill, his compassion and his humour. for the timetable, but he will be principally remembered for his invaluable contribution to the Mathematics Department. Many brilliant mathematical minds have passed through his classes and his excellent solutions to examination paper questions have been widely used by generations of students. For many years Mr Patten has dedicated his lunchtimes to the Chess Club, instructing, challenging and encouraging pupils to master the finer points of the game he loves. His cricketing knowledge is encyclopaedic and he has also contributed to cricket in various ways during his time here.
Mr Long Mr Long joined King Edward’s in 1978 and has spent thirty-nine years in the Art Department, (twenty-five as Head of Department).
Mr Walter Mr Walter joined King Edward’s in September 1979. Early in his career he taught A Level Mathematics and O Level History, but the mainstay of his classroom
His time at Goldsmith Art School, studying under Bill Pye, inspired his passion for sculpture which has always been at the forefront of his teaching. He has always encouraged students to be ambitious in their work and his legacy will be a specially commissioned WWI memorial that will be a permanent piece of sculpture in one of the school courtyards. Two things have always underpinned Mr Long’s teaching; high standards and fun. He will be very much missed as a colleague and a teacher.
work has been in the delivery of Economics at all levels. He became Head of Economics in 1985 which he combined with Head of Humanities for over twenty years. Most recently he has overseen the successful introduction of A Level Business into the curriculum. Outside the classroom, he served as Head of Capon for seventeen years, has been an enthusiastic rugby coach and organised and accompanied numerous school trips. He has also been a tireless contributor to the Common Room, serving on the committee for thirty-three years, the last six as Chairman.
We wish all of them the very best for a well-earned retirement.
Mr Walter’s cricket invitational On Friday, June 17th, a cricket match was staged at Wellington Sports Ground between the staff team, Vikings CC, and Mr Walter’s Guest XI to mark his thirty-five years running the staff side. Organised by Mr Gilbert, the match involved twenty-one players (current and former staff and Mr Walter’s brother and son James, a former KES pupil). The players had a combined total of 410 years and 2 terms teaching at KES. The Vikings team included Mr Fitzpatrick and Mr Long so, allowing for the two umpires (Mr Winter and Mr Kelly) and scorer (Mr Patten), this total grows to 504 years and 2 terms - not bad given that KES is only 463 years old! The match was a close contest, with several players literally putting their bodies on the line. Mr Walter’s Guest XI won by 4 wickets in the final over.
Kevin Fitzpatrick (KES 1967-1974) presents Sports Day prizes On Friday 23rd June the annual KES Sports Day took place. The event went well in spite of the uncertain weather conditions towards the end and the whole School, staff and parents gathered to support the competitors and cheer for their respective Houses. This year, the guest of honour to award prizes was Kevin Fitzpatrick on his 45th and last Sports Day before retirement. This is certainly one sports day record that is unlikely to be broken! 6
Brian Steptoe (KES 1943-1950) The tale of the Treasurer’s tie When my wife and I eventually retired in the 1990s from our respective careers in the maelstrom that is London, we decided that we should move from our home in Windlesham to somewhere where life was a little less frenetic than the Home Counties. The chance to buy a restored farmhouse just a mile outside Fort Augustus, with 135 yards of river running alongside the property, seemed almost too good to be true. The Highlanders are wonderful people and we were made to feel at home very quickly, the more so when I agreed to take over as Treasurer of the Scottish Episcopal Church at Strathnairn which we had begun to frequent. All went well for a couple of years or so until one Sunday morning when I had a problem with the Vestry safe which led to somewhat unexpected consequences. At the end of Morning Service I went into the Vestry to record the collection and to lock it away in the rather small and somewhat antiquated safe that we used until the monies could be banked during the coming week. Although the safe was undoubtedly old, it functioned well enough for the few demands we made upon it. The congregation was small and the only services we had were a Eucharist service on Sunday mornings and, occasionally, a mid-week spoken Communion on Wednesdays. However, our little safe which only stood about three feet high, had an annoying habit of sometimes sticking when one tried to close it and of then closing rather suddenly and unexpectedly. On this particular Sunday we had all been invited to a buffet luncheon in a neighbouring village and I was in something of a hurry to be off to join the festivities along with the rest of the congregation. I wrote up the collection ledger and gave the safe door a great heave and, to my surprise, the door swung shut at the first attempt! However, it was immediately obvious that I had a problem. I had been leaning over the open safe when I had tried to close it, with the result was that the Old Edwardian tie which I was wearing had been hanging down between the door and the body of the
safe. I was now firmly trapped by the throat in a semi-kneeling position with no-one to help! I called out for someone to come and free me, but members of the congregation who were still in the church just seemed to think the incident was hilarious and enjoyed themselves at my expense. As this was the first time I had worn this particular OE tie I was loath to ruin it completely by cutting the loop around my head which in any case was seemingly not large enough to set me free. I spurned suggestions of my ‘friends’ either to lubricate my ears, or to tape them down, in an effort to enable me perhaps to get free! Eventually, of course, I did manage to free myself, but only at the cost of leaving my tie firmly squashed between the body of the safe and the safe door. The next day I returned to the Church to see whether, with the help of small crowbar and a 5lb sledgehammer, I might free both the safe door and my tie! Arriving at the church I found we had BT engineers carrying out work on installing a new phone line and then, in a stroke of great luck, I saw they had among their kit a 5 foot crowbar. I asked the foreman if I might borrow it for a few minutes and when I explained that I needed, ‘to break into the safe’, he said “Of course and, if you need a hand, just shout!” In the event, my efforts to free my tie using the sledgehammer and the crowbar were to no avail; all I succeeded in doing was to break the handle to the safe! Eventually the safe door was freed, together with my somewhat soiled tie, and all seemed well again, but clearly the safe would have to be replaced. I was not present when the locksmith arrived to remove it but the priest was there to supervise the work and noticed that there seemed to be a small panel let into the wall behind where the safe had stood since 1921, when the church had last been used on a regular basis. Unscrewing the panel revealed two small bags: the first of a heavy, green cloth containing an elegant communion set: a silver jug with lid, and a second light chamois leather bag containing a silver flagon and a silver chalice. Assay marks and supporting comments on the items themselves bear testimony to the flagon and the chalice having been made in 1851 and the jug in 1849 and of their having been in use until 1921.
Then, lack of a congregation, led to the church being closed for most of the year and open for just two months at the start of the shooting season when it became known as ‘the Grouse Church’. It was only in 1991 that a residential full-time non-stipendiary priest was found to take on the parish and the church was able to be fully functional once more. There was evidence available that both the Countess Dowager of Rosse and a local landowner, one John Macgillivray Esqr, had gifted some communion silver to the church in the early 1850s when the present church was built to replace one destroyed earlier by fire. It seems to have been missing since at least 1991 – regarded at the time as ‘sadly lost’. We took it off for valuation to an antique dealer who specialises in Scottish silver and were somewhat taken aback when we were told that its insurance value would be at least £7,000! The damaged OE tie has now been mounted, and a booklet written (for the
interest of passing visitors) which recounts the story of ‘The treasurer’s tie’ alongside a history of the church. The communion silver is now, once again, being regularly used. One wonders how many other items of such value lie similarly hidden away waiting to be re-discovered! Brian Steptoe
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Tony Rowthorn (KES 1938-1943) celebrates 90th birthday In September one of the longest serving members of the Old Edwardians’ Association celebrated his 90th birthday. Tony Rowthorn joined the OEA as a subscribing member when he left school in December 1943 and established himself as an active member in 1954 when he attended the School’s 4th centenary celebrations - postponed from 1953 due to the Queen’s coronation. In 1955 he became Hon Secretary of the OEA Cricket Club and remained in office until 1960, becoming Chairman in 1962; a position he held for 23 years. Tony also spent forty years as OEA Hon Secretary and was President from 1970-1971, a period that saw the departure of Dr John Stroud and the arrival of Colin Dobson. He was the founding committee member of the King Edward’s Society (KES PTA) representing the OEA from 1974 to 2016 and also sat on the board of Governors as the OE representation from 1989 -1995. In 1999 he was elected a Fellow of King Edward VI School.
Richard Emmerson (KES 1993-2000) Ocean to Ocean This year Richard Emmerson completed a trans-American charity cycle challenge in memory of one of his friends and army colleagues who died following an explosion whilst on active tour in Afghanistan. Prior to his death, Ant Downing was an incredible endurance athlete and one of his many impressive feats was cycling 3091 miles across the USA from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean in 25 days. In the summer Rich repeated his friend’s achievement in order to raise money for Help for Heroes.
The challenge began on 1st July at Solana beach in San Diego. Thereafter Richard followed a route lasting 25 days, 7 hours and 4 minutes in total, that took him via Arizona, Albuequerque, Texas, Oklahoma, Miami, Washington, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and Maryland. He repaired innumerable punctures en route before finally arriving at the Atlantic Ocean in Ocean City on 26th July. To read more about Rich’s challenge or to donate to his fundraising visit his justgiving website at https://www.justgiving.com/ fundraising/OceanToOcean
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Reunions Poole Veterans’ luncheon The 17th annual Poole Veterans’ luncheon took place on 15th May 2016 in the School Dining Hall. Despite the years that have passed since the guests were evacuated to Poole Grammar during the war years, the event attracted nearly forty people, three of whom were attending for the first time having recently renewed contact with the School. Next year’s lunch will take place on May 21st 2017.
The Capon Club Dinner In June, members of the Capon Club enjoyed their biennial dinner at KES. The date coincided with the visit to the UK of one member who lives in Australia and this provided him with a chance to revisit the School for the first time in over 50 years. Forty other guests also attended the event enjoying a three course meal and a chance to meet with old friends and make new acquaintances. We are enormously grateful to all those alumni and friends of the School who give so generously to our King Edward VI Foundation that gives gifted children from less affluent family backgrounds the chance to attend King Edward’s.
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Sport Golf Peter Feltham stood down from his role as OE Golf Organiser following the Ray Paull Medal event in September. He has spent a lot of time over the past five years organising the OE golf and we are grateful to him for all his efforts in successfully introducing new events and growing the number of golfers playing, and receiving regular news on fixtures. James Lay has taken over from Peter and will put a new schedule of events in place for the 2017 season. If you are interested in participating in all, or some, of the events for 2017 then please email edwardiansgolf@gmail.com
The Interhouse Shield
The Wally Kemp Cup
The opening event of the 2016 was the Interhouse Shield that was played at Rowlands Castle Golf Course on 26th April. It was the first time that OE golfers had played when snow had fallen, the first time three Houses did not have representative players and the first win for Lawrence.
There were two innovations to the Wally Kemp Cup in 2016: it was played at Worthing Golf Club (a new venue) and there was a pre-match putting contest! Before the first tee-off time those who fancied their putting skills played a rapid contest over nine holes. The standard was very high and, by the narrowest of margins on countback, Andrew McNaught came out the winner with Rob Putt and Peter Feltham all on the same score of 18. Rob Putt carried his putting form onto the lower course and ended the day with a very creditable 34 points that was enough to win the Wally Kemp Cup 2016. Peter Feltham won the original Wally Kemp Cup with the best score by a home club member - he was the only entrant in this category!
Twelve stalwarts; five from Lawrence, four from Reynolds and three from Sylvester met over a full English breakfast before setting out in sunny but windy conditions. At about the halfway stage very dark clouds appeared and soon fine dry powdery snow covered the fairways and greens. After all the rounds were completed and scorecards checked, Lawrence House had the two best scores for the team prize and Howard Hilliker (with 36 points) was the individual winner. Reynolds were second, two points adrift, and Sylvester finished an honourable third.
The Ray Paull Medal The fifth running of the Ray Paull Medal was played on the hottest September day for over 100 years at Goodwood Park golf course on 13th September. The competition is open to any OE golfer and is played off full handicap, with a medal for the day’s best gross score and for the best net score. It is also an occasion when OE players may invite guests who play in a separate medal competition. This year there were eleven OE entries and two guests and the course was in excellent condition with the greens having been renovated a couple of weeks previously. After the rounds were completed and all the scores checked (and re-checked), there was a clear winner: Guy Bewick, who had won both the lowest gross and lowest net medals.
Order of Merit Competition This year saw the third running of an ‘Order of Merit’ table to find the most consistent and successful OE golfer. Two points are awarded to everyone, each time they participate in one of the four OE golf events. Additional points are added for the top four places. Before the start of the Ray Paull event, five potential winners were challenging for the title and honour of being the winner of the claret jug trophy. The eventual winner was Howard Hilliker by a three point margin over Rob Putt. Altogether twenty-four OE golfers played in one or more events this year.
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Golf Events 2017 The Old Edwardians’ golf offering is going from strength to strength. 2017 is set to be another stellar year as players visit some of the country’s best golf courses, including Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire (home of the English Golf Union) which is currently rated inside the global top 100 ranked courses. The society is growing in numbers year on year and represents a fantastic opportunity to rekindle old friendships and foster new ones. It is also a great way to benefit from business networking opportunities. Our youngest players are in their 20s and the oldest is nearing 80! Golfers of all standards can look forward to meeting up with OEs from all walks of life who enjoy a common bond. There are four events on the 2017 calendar, each of which have a different competitive element and this year the competition promises to be hotter than ever. It all culminates in the race to Woodhall Spa, where the ‘Order of Merit’ will be concluded and the winner presented with the King Edward VI Foundation Order of Merit Trophy.
We look forward to welcoming you into the fold, whether you are a beginner or pro, if you haven’t touched a club for years or whether you play every waking moment. Golfers have come from all over the country and even from abroad to join in. So even if your golf might not be up to scratch you can still win the longest drive! You can contact me on oldedwardiansgolf@gmail.com and we now have a new Facebook Page where we will be publishing videos of your greatest hits. www.facebook.com/oldedwardiansgolf/ We would like to thank the School Development office, Peter Cooper Volkswagen, Acceler IT recruitment and Mashie Golf for their continued support in providing some excellent prizes for the 2017 season. James Lay
Interhouse Shield Challenge
Triangular Cup V OTs and OSs
25th April 2017
June 2017 - tbc
Camberley Heath GC
Hockley GC
Open to all - 1st tee at 11.30 am £69 inc coffee, lunch and prizes
By selection Approx £32
Wally Kemp Cup Championship
Ray Paull Medal Championship
7th July 2017
12th September 2017
Stoneham GC
Woodhall Spa GC
Open to all - 1st tee at 3pm £75 inc coffee, bacon roll, lunch and prizes
Open to all including guests - 1st tee at 1 pm £75 inc coffee, bacon roll and prizes, 18 holes, bunker tuition clinic & 9 hole Par 3 Championship
Cricket Edwardians v KES 1st XI cricket team In June, the 1st XI played an OE XI in a match that turned out to be the closest of recent years. Electing to bat on a damp wicket, the OE team managed to reach 81. This may not sound much but in the conditions it was a challenging score. The School’s response started well getting to 30 without loss. However there were a flurry of wickets to bring the OEs back into the game. A disciplined 35, not out, from Jacob Fay was the difference as he steered the School home to win by 3 wickets. With a bit of luck next year the match will be played in the sun. As ever our thanks to Ali Cheyne for organising the OE team and to Mr Kent (KES Director of Sport and Head of Cricket) for hosting the match.
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Climbing During first weekend of September a group of OE climbers escaped the torrential rain on the south coast and headed for sunny Devon. Here they spent a morning completing a 30m high abseil followed by an afternoon on the granite rock of the Dewerstone.
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The Old Edwardians' Association Lost Members!
Lady Members
We ask any member of the Association (i.e. former KES pupil) who has not received any communication from the Association during the past twelve months, to please contact Suzanne Hooper (Development Officer at the School) to advise us of any change of circumstances or contact details in order that we may update our data base.
If you are now married and have not yet advised the Association, we would also ask you to contact the KES Development Office as soon as conveniently possible so that we may update our records.
Thank you for your help with this. Many Thanks, Tony Rowthorn
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Obituaries
1911 Whole School Photo
Norman Hendy
John Bryant
(KES 1950-1957)
(KES 1957-1961)
Norman Vincent Hendy was born in Southampton in 1938. After leaving KES in 1957 he joined the family business (Hendy Ford) and, after serving as an apprentice mechanic in Bristol, he moved to Bournemouth in 1964 to run the company’s office in Boscombe. In 1989 the company made a £100,000 investment in their showrooms at Lansdowne that aimed to make buying a car more like ‘entering a department store and choosing an outfit’. In 1998 the firm celebrated its 100th anniversary as a limited company and now employs over 900 staff across thirty sites.
David Claydon
Norman was a founder member of the Ferndown Rotary Club and remained an active member all his life. He was a keen yachtsman and member of several yacht clubs in the Poole area. He joined the Southampton Old Edwardians’ Freemasons’ Lodge in 1964, was Master of the Lodge in 1980 and Director of Ceremonies from 1993 to 1997 and succeeded to the senior provincial rank of Junior Grand Warden. He is survived by his sons Stephen and Paul, and will be greatly missed by his many friends.
(KES 1945-1953)
Les Erridge (KES 1937-1943)
Keith Knight (KES 1957-1962)
Edwin Sutton (KES 1934-1941)
Merchandise The School has a range of Edwardian merchandise for sale. This includes bespoke gold or silver plated cufflinks, which come in individual presentation boxes and make ideal gifts, school scarves, ties and a number of books on the history of the School. To purchase any of these items please visit the KES PAY section of the main school website. http://payments.kes.hants.sch.uk/shop
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The King Edward VI Foundation The King Edward VI Foundation raises money solely to provide bursarial and fee support to gifted children applying to KES from less affluent families. Regular and one-off donations are a vital way of raising money and every gift made to the Foundation, regardless of size, is important. A modest donation from you can help us to offer the chance of a King Edward’s education to more worthy applicants, regardless of their family circumstances.
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Making a donation to the King Edward VI Foundation
Ways of giving
There are several different ways to donate today or if you prefer to support the Foundation by leaving a legacy in your Will then please contact the Development Office on 023 8070 4561 or by emailing edwardians@kes.hants.sch.uk.
If you would like to help support a child in this way then please complete the direct debit details opposite and return to the Development Office.
Leaving a legacy to King Edward’s. Some people prefer to take a longer term view of donating to the Foundation by leaving a legacy in their Will. If this is a method of gifting that you may like to consider, then the Development Office will be pleased to talk to you about this and offer advice where possible. If you already have a current Will then codicils can be provided to avoid having to redraft the entire document.
By direct debit Regular donations allow us to plan for the future with confidence. A modest monthly gift can make a big difference.
By cheque If you would like to make a one-off donation by cheque, please make it payable to King Edward VI School and send it to: King Edward VI School, Wilton Road, Southampton, SO15 5UQ. Please mark it for the attention of the Development Office.
By bank transfer You can make a one-off donation to the Foundation via electronic bank transfer. Please make payments to the following account using your name and ‘foundation’ as a reference. Account name: King Edward VI School Account number: 13339044 Sort Code: 56-00-68 Bank Name: Natwest
I feel very fortunate that I have had the opportunity to study at KES with the support of the bursary scheme. I owe a huge debt to my teachers, whose dedicated support and encouragement meant so much and led to me successfully applying to Oxford. Ragulan Vigneswaran (bursary holder 2004-2011) went to Balliol College, Oxford to study Economics and Management.
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Instruction to your bank or building society to pay by Direct Debit Service user number
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Gift Aid Declaration (tax efficient giving) I confirm I have paid or will pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for each tax year (6th April - 5th April) that is at least equal to the amount of tax that all the charities or Community Amateur Sports Clubs that I donate to will reclaim on my gifts for that tax year. I understand that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify. I understand the charity will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 that I have given. I would like to Gift Aid all donations I have made to the King Edward VI Foundation including future donations until I notify you otherwise. Signature: Date:
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News Snippets Sophie Proud (KES 2009-2014) and her family have emigrated to Australia. She finished her studies at Scotch College and achieved an ‘ATAR’ score of 99.95% placing her among the top six of 14,000 students in South Australia. She won a Chancellor’s scholarship to study economics at Melbourne University and started there in February. Tom Brown (KES 2006-2011) played for Oxford in the Oxford v Cambridge football varsity match. Oxford won 2-0 and he played the full match.
Ellie Steel (KES 2003-2010) has won a Gold medal in the European Powerlifting Championships in Prague. The competition consisted of three events, the squat, the bench press and the dead lift and she won Gold in the bench press and an overall Silver medal for the three events combined. Daniel Sawyer (KES 1999-2007) completed a DPhil in English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford in December 2015 with a doctoral thesis on poetry in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century manuscripts. While a postgraduate he held the 2011–12 Jeremy Griffiths Studentship in the History of the Book at Oxford and the 2014–15 Riley Fellowship at the Huntington Library, California. He is currently the postdoc attached to Oxford’s three-year ‘Towards a New Edition of the Wycliffite Bible’ project, and took up a Junior Research Fellowship at Corpus Christi College in October. Calum Mackenzie (KES 1995-2002) has just launched a new golf website called www.chipsandwedges.com specialising in impartial reviews of golf courses and golf equipment. They aim to grow the game of golf through social media by using pictures/videos/drone footage with a view to modernising the game and attracting new younger golfers.
Nathan Corridon (KES 1994-1999) now lives in the Canary Islands. He recently took part in the Cronoescalada Villa de Moya – a cycling hill climb time trial. The course was over 10 km long climbing 500 metres (6.4 miles/1650 feet) and he finished 4th overall, winning his age group and only behind three elite level riders from Tenerife. Matthew Scarborough (KES 1988-1995) won the New Zealand North Island Snooker Championships in June, was runner-up in the New Zealand Snooker Championships in July and is representing New Zealand at the World Snooker Championships in Doha Qatar this November. Jonathan Doney (KES 1982-1989) has recently been awarded his PhD by Exeter University for a historical study on the history of Religious Education. He has just begun a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship to expand his work into education policy interrogation, considering the extent to which it is ideological, indoctrinatory, and instrumentalized. Conal Oldfield (KES 1979-1985) moved to Western Canada six years ago. He now owns and manages an ice cream manufacturing company. He is married and has two daughters. Peter Harrold (KES 1975-1981) has recently published his debut children’s book – ‘Maria and the Ghosts of Barrengarry’. He now resides in Sydney, Australia, with his wife Caren and their three children, Caitlyn, Lydia & Cameron. Peter Mead (KES 1967-1974) is keen to get back in touch with old school friends. If you remember Peter and would like to renew contact then please email the Development Office on edwardians@kes.hants.sch.uk Iain Sloan (KES 1965-1972) has retired after 42 years teaching music in schools in London, Bristol and Malvern but is now enjoying freelance examining for ABRSM which has taken him to Hong Kong, Malaysia, China and South Africa as well as venues in the UK.
Barry Roberts (KES 1974-1980) is Director of Retail Shopper Solutions for Colgate-Palmolive and was recently recognised at the 23rd annual Path to Purchase Institute/Shopper Marketing Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Derek Thomson (KES 1964-1971) studied Chemical Engineering at Swansea University prior to a 36 year career as a pilot in the Royal Air Force flying Nimrod aircraft. He is now in civilian life flying Boeing 737s as a Captain for Jet2.com and lives in Scotland. Richard Foyle (KES 1963-1970) studied Chemistry at university before spending most of his career working in Further Education. He retired in 2012 from his last post as Director of Higher Education at Yeovil College and is now increasingly involved as a volunteer at the WWT (Wildfowl and Wetland Trust) reserve at Steart Marshes near to his home. Robert Bulling (KES 1961-1968) is retiring as a Consultant with law firm Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP. Robert was previously the Clerk of the Privy Council, and later the head of Charter Group at Allen & Overy LLP. Lionel Coates (KES 1959-1967) has recently been elevated to the rank of Knight Commander in The Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem. He continues to live, paint and teach mandolin on the island of Gozo.
Please continue to email us with your news items on edwardians@kes.hants.sch.uk
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