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Lusimus<br />
THE RADLEY NEWSLETTER<br />
www.radley.org.uk/or/lusimus Issue 17, June 2008<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Bursar</strong>: <strong>turning</strong> <strong>visions</strong> <strong>into</strong> <strong>reality</strong><br />
Richard Beauchamp, the <strong>Bursar</strong> from 1991 to 2008 has<br />
presided over a period of development of the <strong>Radley</strong> campus<br />
and buildings unparalleled in the school’s history. He retires<br />
at the end of September leaving a <strong>Radley</strong> much changed from<br />
1991 when he and Richard Morgan took up their respective<br />
positions as <strong>Bursar</strong> and Warden. “<strong>The</strong> Two Richards” not only<br />
maintained the momentum established by Dennis Silk and<br />
Micky Jones, but actually increased the pace of development.<br />
With his inspired pragmatism and eye for detail Richard the<br />
<strong>Bursar</strong> brought to fruition in a remarkably short space of time<br />
the radical vision of Richard the Warden.<br />
In 1995 Chapel celebrated its centenary but was already<br />
too small to contain the whole school. With great ingenuity<br />
the interior was adapted so that more people could be<br />
accommodated without any change to the basic design. New<br />
pews were built apparently identical to the existing ones.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se were raked at a steeper angle, which had the effect of<br />
widening the aisle and providing more seats. <strong>The</strong> gallery was<br />
extended and new lighting installed. (<strong>The</strong> vision of Chapel<br />
was finally completed only last summer with the refurnishing<br />
of the east end of Chapel and the altarpiece). So sensitively<br />
was the work done that many visitors failed to notice the<br />
transformation in terms of space and numbers of seats.<br />
<strong>The</strong> following year, 1996, it was the turn of School. Once a<br />
broken-down old barn, located next to the old Manor House,<br />
it had been moved to its present site in 1848 and had been<br />
a vital part of <strong>Radley</strong> ever since, originally as the School<br />
Room and later as the Junior Dining Room. After self-service<br />
meals were introduced in 1970 School had no obvious role,<br />
and it was an inspired vision of Warden Richard to propose<br />
that the Wilson Library become Reception rooms and that<br />
School become the main Library. Equally inspired was <strong>Bursar</strong><br />
Richard’s introduction of Robert McGuire and his company<br />
to <strong>Radley</strong> to convert School and the old slum classrooms <strong>into</strong><br />
Richard Beauchamp, windswept above at National Schools<br />
Regatta, has transformed the <strong>Radley</strong> campus<br />
one of the finest School Libraries in the country. Managed<br />
by Clare Sargent, Head of Library, and her team, the Richard<br />
Morgan Library is a fine academic resources centre right at<br />
the heart of <strong>College</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> work on School had almost been finished and the<br />
books and bookcases moved from the old Library when<br />
the dramatic fire of June 1996 gutted Common Room and<br />
seriously damaged the Wilson Library rooms. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bursar</strong><br />
seized the opportunity to make dramatic improvements to<br />
Common Room on the first floor and equally to the rooms<br />
on the ground floor of the Mansion. This included opening<br />
up the original ‘glide’ or doorway from the Mansion Hall to<br />
what is now the Blue Room. <strong>The</strong> result is a suite of rooms<br />
used for a whole variety of occasions: concerts, reunions,<br />
lunches, receptions and meetings.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next year 1997, <strong>Radley</strong>’s sesquicentenary (yes, the pace<br />
was really this hot!) Her Majesty the Queen opened the fine<br />
new circular academic building, Queen’s Court. Commonly<br />
known as “<strong>The</strong> Doughnut” this building, also designed by<br />
the McGuire team, houses the Biology, Geography, Geology,<br />
Mathematics, Economics and Politics departments. <strong>The</strong><br />
same year the Athletics Track was improved with better<br />
drainage and a ‘tartan’ surface while the area within it<br />
became an ‘astro’ pitch which is used for Hockey in the Lent<br />
term and can be converted <strong>into</strong> tennis courts in the summer.<br />
With the arrival of Angus McPhail as Warden in 2000 the<br />
pace of development has continued. <strong>The</strong> Rae Smith building<br />
was completed in 2002, named in memory of David Rae<br />
Smith who served on the <strong>Radley</strong> Council from 1965 to 1992<br />
and was Chairman for 16 years. This was a brilliant design<br />
which added wings to some rather ugly ‘design and build’<br />
classrooms and tranformed them <strong>into</strong> a stylish whole. This<br />
building, which includes a studio theatre, is now home<br />
<strong>The</strong> two new Socials take shape, J Social (above left) which replaces Orchard House and K Social (above right) attached to the original <strong>Bursar</strong>’s House<br />
Foundation – page 3 Tony Money – page 4 Village Church – page 5 Reunion – page 9 Sport – pages 11 & 12
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<strong>The</strong> New <strong>The</strong>atre<br />
Queen’s Court<br />
for the Modern Languages,<br />
English and Religious Studies<br />
departments.<br />
All boys eat in Hall and<br />
in 2004 the Kitchens were<br />
completely rebuilt with new<br />
entrances to the counters from<br />
Covered Passage and from<br />
nearby D Social. <strong>The</strong>re are now<br />
four counters, three offering<br />
a choice of hot food and<br />
one offering salads and cold<br />
options.<br />
<strong>The</strong> New Pavilion was opened<br />
in 2005 providing muchneeded<br />
changing rooms for<br />
visiting teams on the ground<br />
floor and space for parents and<br />
spectators on the first floor.<br />
<strong>The</strong> circular design provides<br />
a wonderful 360 degree vista<br />
of Bigside, adjoining pitches,<br />
athletics track and tennis<br />
courts.<br />
In 2005 the New <strong>The</strong>atre,<br />
attached to the Music School<br />
and the Silk Hall, hosted its<br />
first performance of School<br />
for Scandal to rave reviews.<br />
<strong>Radley</strong> has one of the finest<br />
school theatres in the country<br />
with seating for almost 400.<br />
In addition its generous foyer,<br />
rehearsal, dressing, lighting<br />
and teaching facilities have<br />
enhanced Drama at <strong>Radley</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> latest projects include<br />
the two new Socials, J and K,<br />
which open in September this<br />
year. <strong>The</strong> facilities in these<br />
Socials will be superb and one<br />
of the first tasks of the new<br />
<strong>Bursar</strong> will be to bring the<br />
other Socials up to the same<br />
standard.<br />
<strong>Radley</strong>’s Real Tennis Court,<br />
inspired by Ian Balding and<br />
Mick Dean, is being built<br />
alongside the Sports Hall and<br />
will open in the Michaelmas<br />
Term.<br />
Apart from the large building<br />
projects there have been<br />
innumerable improvements<br />
in other areas: the Laundry,<br />
the Tennis Courts, housing for<br />
staff, a new telephone system,<br />
refurbishment of Socials, fire<br />
doors, alarms and escapes,<br />
an extension to the pitches, a<br />
new roof for the boathouse, a<br />
new Clerk of Works yard, the<br />
Countryside Centre, upgrades<br />
to the electricity, gas and water<br />
supplies, the enlargement<br />
of the JCR, the computer<br />
network, the re-ordering of<br />
the altarpiece, and the work on<br />
the trees and landscaping. And<br />
while all this is going on the<br />
<strong>Bursar</strong>y has to deal with over<br />
6000 standard maintenance<br />
requests each year.<br />
Richard Beauchamp and his<br />
team have maintained masterly<br />
control of the <strong>College</strong>’s<br />
finances which has allowed all<br />
the projects to go ahead with<br />
confidence. His huge talent is<br />
for sympathetic development<br />
which blends the new with the<br />
existing buildings to provide<br />
magnificent facilities without<br />
changing the character of the<br />
campus. Together with two<br />
Wardens, Richard Morgan<br />
and Angus McPhail, Richard<br />
Beauchamp has turned <strong>visions</strong><br />
<strong>into</strong> <strong>reality</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Bursar</strong> is respected<br />
nationally – he is the <strong>Bursar</strong>s’<br />
<strong>Bursar</strong>, always elected by his<br />
fellow <strong>Bursar</strong>s to represent<br />
them in matters of great<br />
importance. <strong>The</strong> hours he has<br />
worked have been prodigious,<br />
with the lights in his office<br />
burning long <strong>into</strong> the night. It<br />
seems certain that <strong>Radley</strong> may<br />
need more than one person to<br />
replace him.<br />
Learning Support is now at the<br />
centre of <strong>Radley</strong>’s academic<br />
effort. About 25% of all boys<br />
need special help at some<br />
time in their <strong>Radley</strong> careers.<br />
Richard’s wife, Patricia, has been<br />
a key member of the Learning<br />
Support team for fifteen years.<br />
She has been teaching English<br />
for five years, is a Shell Form<br />
Master and, with her many great<br />
services to <strong>Radley</strong>, including<br />
the continuing work, inherited<br />
from Diana Silk, on the Chapel<br />
cushions, she has made a very<br />
special contribution to <strong>Radley</strong>.<br />
Full appreciations of Richard<br />
and Patricia Beauchamp<br />
will appear in <strong>The</strong> Radleian.<br />
Meanwhile we salute you both<br />
and thank you.<br />
Clockwise from above: <strong>The</strong> New Pavilion, the Richard Morgan Library, the Real Tennis Court under construction and the servery area of the Kitchens<br />
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Lusimus . THE RADLEY NEWSLETTER<br />
Foundation News<br />
New Appointments<br />
We are delighted to announce the appointment of<br />
Anthony Robinson (F Social, 1962-1967) as the new<br />
Development Director for the Foundation, following the<br />
departure of Ed Schneider to Wellington.<br />
Anthony Robinson, the new Development Director<br />
Anthony (Tony to many old friends and colleagues)<br />
has always had the closest of links with <strong>Radley</strong> and the<br />
Foundation. He returned to <strong>Radley</strong> regularly during<br />
the 1980s to talk about life as an entrepreneur and was<br />
influential in changing the presentation of careers to the<br />
boys. He was also a prime mover in the restructuring<br />
of both the Radleian Society and the <strong>Radley</strong> Mariners.<br />
He has been on the <strong>College</strong> Council and the General<br />
Purposes Committee since 1997 and has now left<br />
Council to take up the new position.<br />
Back in the late 90s he and Richard Morgan worked<br />
closely in setting up the Foundation, and he has been a<br />
Trustee of the Foundation from the start.<br />
His son, James, was in E Social from 1992 to 1997, and<br />
his second son, Ben, is currently in his first year in H.<br />
Anthony worked in industry for many years, initially<br />
for Shell and GKN before running his own companies.<br />
His first business venture went public in 1994 and he has<br />
recently been instrumental in designing and producing<br />
products in China for import to the UK. He has now<br />
retired from his companies to focus on his new role.<br />
We are delighted that he and his wife, Sally, will be at<br />
the heart of <strong>Radley</strong> and the Foundation over the coming<br />
years.<br />
Anne Widdup, the new Development Administrator<br />
Michael Van der Gucht (1963), shown above with Bert Robinson, has retired as Chairman of the Radleian Society<br />
Committee after ten years. His firm leadership, kindly wit and persuasive charm made him an outstanding Chairman.<br />
His father, Paul Van der Gucht (1925), was also on the Radleian Society Committee and his son, Charlie (1993), is<br />
continuing the family connection.<br />
Sarah Hart with her new baby, Brett, and daughter Laura,<br />
has returned, early, from maternity leave to become<br />
Events Manager. We are extremely relieved that Sarah has<br />
rejoined the team.<br />
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Lusimus . THE RADLEY NEWSLETTER<br />
Tony Money<br />
Over 250 attended the<br />
Thanksgiving Service at <strong>Radley</strong><br />
on Saturday 17th. May for<br />
Tony Money who died on 17th.<br />
January. <strong>The</strong> addresses were<br />
given by Dennis Silk and the<br />
Revd. Tim Mullins with readings<br />
by Hamish Aird and James<br />
Vyvyan-Robinson. <strong>The</strong> service<br />
was followed by drinks in the<br />
Mansion and lunch in Hall.<br />
Dennis Silk’s address:<br />
<strong>Radley</strong> has had no greater friend<br />
in all its history than Anthony<br />
Erskine Money: Tony to us all.<br />
As a boy, as a don, as Honorary<br />
Secretary of the Radleian Society<br />
and President of Common<br />
Room, archivist, author and<br />
games coach, his love of this<br />
place was his guiding star. His<br />
personal qualities were tailormade<br />
for our community. He<br />
had the memory of an elephant<br />
(though not quite its physique),<br />
and that memory focussed<br />
on people and events. An<br />
O.R. wrote: “His ever-present<br />
smiling countenance at <strong>Radley</strong><br />
functions, and his encyclopaedic<br />
knowledge of everything<br />
Radleian will be hugely missed,<br />
as will his Christmas card,<br />
faithfully sent to me every year<br />
for 35 years, with a little tit-bit of<br />
<strong>Radley</strong> news, or his assessment<br />
of the latest development or<br />
appointment. What a lovely man<br />
he was.” That came from an old<br />
member of his Social.<br />
Everything he did was informed<br />
by his innate kindness,<br />
particularly to nervous new<br />
colleagues embarking on their<br />
teaching careers. Without any<br />
shadow of intrusion he made<br />
it his business to give them a<br />
warm welcome to help them on<br />
their way. Many of you wrote<br />
to Jock Mullard on the news of<br />
Tony’s death with memories of<br />
his kindness (that word appeared<br />
in virtually every letter), and<br />
stories of how he had helped<br />
boys and Dons alike to become<br />
acclimatised to <strong>Radley</strong>. By the<br />
same token those who worked<br />
for <strong>College</strong> in an ancillary role<br />
the kitchen staff, ground staff,<br />
the gardeners and the secretaries<br />
were all treated with great<br />
courtesy and warm friendliness.<br />
Tony really cared about people,<br />
and it was his Christian belief<br />
that was at the bedrock of his<br />
being.<br />
He will be remembered with<br />
gratitude by many Old Radleians<br />
for founding one of the most<br />
popular and prestigious clubs<br />
in the <strong>College</strong>, the Grape Vine<br />
Society. Another Old Boy, who<br />
joined it in 1971, wrote of a<br />
visit to Harveys of Bristol under<br />
Tony’s guidance:<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Society went on its first<br />
(and I believe its only) outing to<br />
Harvey’s of Bristol. Around eight<br />
people had signed up.<br />
After coaching down from<br />
<strong>College</strong>, we kicked off with a<br />
wine tasting session at 11.30<br />
during which not all boys, well,<br />
very few... possibly none, in fact,<br />
used the spittoons!<br />
After of couple of pre-prandial<br />
sherries, we sat down to lunch<br />
already feeling distinctly lightheaded<br />
and jolly (as we often<br />
did around Tony). Generous<br />
amounts of wine were served<br />
at lunch which gradually spelt<br />
the end of any serious attempt<br />
to undertake the scheduled<br />
afternoon tour of the factory.<br />
Realising that his Society<br />
members had imbibed too<br />
much, too quickly, and were<br />
behaving in an abnormally<br />
high-spirited fashion during<br />
coffee and port, Tony calmly<br />
cancelled the rest of the tour<br />
round Harvey’s and took us<br />
instead to Bristol Zoo, where<br />
he obviously thought we<br />
would feel more at home. I<br />
don’t remember any particular<br />
irritation on Tony’s part, though<br />
he must have felt somewhat<br />
exasperated.” He was indeed a<br />
“Man for all Seasons”.<br />
All these sugary attributes<br />
might make him seem unreal,<br />
but underneath it all was an<br />
entirely gentle and impish sense<br />
of humour, which was given<br />
free reign at the end of each<br />
summer term when he made<br />
his public farewells to leaving<br />
colleagues. As President of<br />
Common Room Tony worked<br />
hard on these “farewells”;<br />
indeed they smelled of the<br />
midnight oil. His timing, in his<br />
speeches, was invariably perfect.<br />
Achilles heels were explored<br />
so gently that the victim could<br />
not but join in the mirth which<br />
greeted Tony’s triple-barrelled<br />
jokes. <strong>The</strong> points were made,<br />
without hurt, and none of us<br />
escaped unscathed. Tony put<br />
on his most dead-pan voice<br />
without the glimmer of a smile<br />
and we rocked with laughter as<br />
he drew attention to our foibles.<br />
Tony had embarked on a<br />
distinguished career at Trinity<br />
<strong>College</strong>, Oxford and was<br />
thought to have a good chance<br />
of a First when the war took<br />
him off with the Buffs to North<br />
Africa after two years. He<br />
was not one to talk about his<br />
experiences in the war, but in<br />
winning an immediate award of<br />
the Military Cross in Tunisia he<br />
showed a degree of courage that<br />
was humbling. He was ordered,<br />
as the leader of a platoon, to<br />
take out a cunningly placed<br />
German machine gun post. Not<br />
wishing to risk his men’s lives he<br />
told them to give him covering<br />
fire as he sprinted on ahead up<br />
a steep incline. He almost blew<br />
himself up as he threw his first<br />
grenade. It rolled down the<br />
hill behind him and wounded<br />
him severely in the back. He<br />
ended up grappling with the<br />
last remaining German, the rest<br />
of the gun crew having been<br />
killed or wounded by his second<br />
grenade. <strong>The</strong> platoon arrived<br />
just in time to consolidate this<br />
vital success and save Tony’s<br />
life. He spent several months in<br />
hospital before recovering and<br />
fighting his way up Italy in that<br />
desperately hard fought and<br />
dangerous campaign. It is often<br />
said that in the whole of the war<br />
in Europe the Italian campaign<br />
was the most hazardous of all.<br />
From 1945 Tony spent ten<br />
years in a broad variety of<br />
schools, aiming, I have always<br />
thought, to get back ultimately<br />
to the <strong>Radley</strong> he had loved<br />
as a boy, and so it proved.<br />
My predecessor, Wyndham<br />
Milligan, who had a genius for<br />
appointing the right people,<br />
knew a good thing when he<br />
saw one, and he appointed<br />
Tony to head the Geography<br />
department, to teach five other<br />
subjects and to run the Lawn<br />
Tennis and the football (a<br />
Cinderella game in those days).<br />
On top of this his military<br />
experiences were put to good<br />
use in the C.C.F.. It did not<br />
take long for Tony to become<br />
a key figure in the <strong>Radley</strong><br />
firmament. He won respect<br />
as a well-prepared teacher<br />
and it was not long before he<br />
became Honorary Secretary<br />
of the Radleian Society, a post<br />
he was to hold for 25 years.<br />
As a daily routine he scanned<br />
the columns of <strong>The</strong> Times and<br />
<strong>The</strong> Daily Telegraph to keep<br />
abreast of news of ORs and<br />
few escaped his eagle eye. <strong>The</strong><br />
right President of Common<br />
Room is the man who can<br />
make Common Room happy<br />
rather than snappy. He it is<br />
who can, with a quiet word<br />
to the Warden, advise, warn,<br />
commend and suggest. Tony’s<br />
accumulated knowledge of the<br />
<strong>College</strong> made him the perfect<br />
President. He was backed up in<br />
the OR Office by Sue Brown,<br />
now Sue Van Oss whose roots<br />
were even deeper <strong>into</strong> <strong>Radley</strong><br />
than Tony’s were. She was<br />
born at <strong>Radley</strong> and her father,<br />
Spot Gardiner, was the longest<br />
serving Don in <strong>Radley</strong>’s history.<br />
It was through the Appeal that<br />
I came to know Tony really well<br />
and the more I saw him the<br />
more I revered him. My wife,<br />
Diana, together with Micky and<br />
Alison Jones worked together<br />
very happily with Sue on the<br />
Appeal and Tony’s mastery of<br />
detail and wonderfully efficient<br />
“admin” in preparation, were<br />
faultless. I think I can say that<br />
we made a good team, working<br />
for <strong>Radley</strong>, heart and soul. I<br />
estimate that we motored just<br />
over 7000 miles to 72 Appeal<br />
meetings, from Cornwall to<br />
Edinburgh. We were, of course,<br />
amateurs, but thanks to Tony we<br />
became, almost, professionals.<br />
Best of all for us was meeting a<br />
massive number of ORs many<br />
of whom had, understandably,<br />
lost touch with <strong>College</strong>. By the<br />
time they had had a generous<br />
plate of Coronation Chicken<br />
and a glass or two of Common<br />
Room cellar’s best vintages their<br />
generosity knew no bounds.<br />
Tony set the tone of each<br />
meeting with an expert review<br />
of the most helpful ways of<br />
giving, and was word perfect for<br />
every one of those 72 meetings.<br />
ORs threw open their homes<br />
to us and Tony answered their<br />
ensuing questions with crystal<br />
clear ease and great wit. On<br />
every one of our trips he sat<br />
on a back seat, bolt upright,<br />
quietly practising his words to<br />
himself. I have to admit that it<br />
was tremendous fun, thanks in<br />
the main to the great esteem<br />
and affection in which Tony was<br />
held by everyone in our travels.<br />
Wherever we went he would<br />
make us laugh, not least when<br />
Sue and Diana were struggling<br />
with the Telegraph crossword.<br />
Tony, who would have finished<br />
the crossword by the time he<br />
finished his breakfast, was thus<br />
in a strong position. “Have you<br />
got 8 across, Tony?” would be<br />
the plaintive cry of our fellow<br />
travellers. “Yes”, said Tony.<br />
“Well what is it?” “I shan’t tell<br />
you”. “Why not?” “Because you<br />
haven’t tried hard enough.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Appeal was a great bond<br />
between the six of us and I look<br />
back on it with real nostalgia<br />
and deep gratitude. I estimate<br />
that over nearly two years Tony<br />
wrote, in his own beautiful<br />
hand, in excess of four and a<br />
half thousand letters of thanks.<br />
One final memory of the<br />
Appeal. On a burning July<br />
day we went to a meeting at<br />
the farm of a delightful OR<br />
family, the Dillon-Robinsons<br />
on their lovely Essex farm.<br />
We arrived after a tiring drive<br />
and were delighted to see a<br />
heaven-sent swimming pool.<br />
Tony loathed swimming, but<br />
the heat softened his aversion,<br />
and we persuaded him to<br />
join us in the water. We were<br />
somewhat chastened, having<br />
never seen him stripped to<br />
the waist before, to see that<br />
frail figure with the scars of six<br />
major wounds, some front and<br />
some back. He was obviously<br />
embarrassed but it looked to<br />
me as though some of those<br />
German machine gun bullets<br />
had gone right through his<br />
chest and out of his back. We<br />
never dared to ask.<br />
It would be easy to forget that<br />
Tony was, in fact, a genuine<br />
all-rounder, a wonderfully<br />
generous host, in his day a<br />
keen athlete, and a man who<br />
had the self-discipline to write<br />
extremely interesting articles<br />
and books. He greatly enjoyed<br />
entertaining the OR Golfing<br />
Society and the <strong>Radley</strong> Rangers<br />
in his Mansion Rooms, but<br />
he also made time to write<br />
scholarly books, the chief of<br />
which was Manly and Muscular<br />
Diversions, a truly fascinating<br />
insight <strong>into</strong> the origins of our<br />
present day national sports, and<br />
the role of the public schools<br />
in propagating those sports.<br />
How lucky we were to have<br />
such a distinguished researcher<br />
to write, in such detail about<br />
the old <strong>Radley</strong> Altarpiece, for<br />
instance, and it is no surprise<br />
that the National Archives<br />
Representative who came to<br />
inspect our archives, reported<br />
so enthusiastically of his work<br />
as our Archivist.<br />
So many talents: yet so equable,<br />
so modest, and never out of<br />
sorts. Like the great gentleman<br />
he was. I can honestly say I<br />
never saw him angry in the<br />
thirty nine years I knew him.<br />
He was the most unself-seeking<br />
man I have ever known.<br />
Whenever we visited him in<br />
hospital those who nursed him<br />
spoke of his unfailing good<br />
manners and wish not to be a<br />
nuisance to them. In his final<br />
illness it was good to know<br />
that Tony’s sister, Daphne, and<br />
James Wesson, were there to<br />
minister to him. Tony never<br />
married, but in a very real way<br />
he was a surrogate father to<br />
us all. So it is “Goodbye, Mr<br />
Chips”, and thank you for a job<br />
superbly well done.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Hugo Rutland Memorial Fund<br />
Angus & Liz McPhail in the<br />
Paris Marathon<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hugo Rutland Memorial<br />
Fund, which was started in<br />
2005 after the tragic death of<br />
Hugo Rutland (1974, B) in a<br />
swimming accident, has raised<br />
over £230,000 to date.<br />
Throughout his life, Hugo<br />
was a great supporter of many<br />
charitable causes but the one<br />
closest to his heart was his old<br />
school, <strong>Radley</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fund, established by Hugo’s<br />
widow, Claire, and a group of<br />
friends, family and ORs, has<br />
been established to provide<br />
bursaries for boys whose<br />
circumstances prevented<br />
them from affording a <strong>Radley</strong><br />
education. <strong>The</strong> first Hugo<br />
Rutland <strong>Bursar</strong>y was awarded<br />
in September 2007.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re have been a number<br />
of fund-raising events so far<br />
which have included:<br />
• A half Marathon by Mrs.<br />
Simon Drabble in 2006<br />
• A Huge Night Out at<br />
Frankie’s – a dinner and<br />
auction in November 2006<br />
• Great contributions from<br />
the Gillford family in the<br />
shape of a 10k Marathon<br />
in 2006, and a sponsored<br />
motor bike ride from<br />
London to Tblisi, Georgia<br />
by Lord Gillford in<br />
August 2007<br />
• An 007 Party for<br />
teenagers in November<br />
2007<br />
• Henry Rutland’s 12th<br />
Birthday disco in<br />
February 2008.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next event organised by<br />
Claire Rutland, with the help<br />
of Sess Cornett and a Junior<br />
Committee, will be the 280808<br />
Party for teenagers on 28th<br />
August 2008.<br />
In April Angus and Liz McPhail ran in the Paris Marathon, Angus<br />
for the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre and Liz for Sightsavers<br />
International. <strong>The</strong>y completed the course in 4 hours 52 minutes.<br />
If you wish to support their efforts, please visit:<br />
www.justgiving.com/angusmcphail<br />
and<br />
www.justgiving.com/elizabethmcphail<br />
<strong>Radley</strong> Wives run for the Oxford<br />
Children’s Hospital<br />
<strong>Radley</strong> Church<br />
<strong>Radley</strong>’s Parish Church, St<br />
James the Great, is facing a<br />
crisis. It has been discovered<br />
that death-watch beetles<br />
have caused a huge amount<br />
of damage, and the church<br />
will have to be closed so that<br />
repair work can take place. We<br />
are contacting everyone who<br />
could possibly help because<br />
we need to raise a very large<br />
amount of money in a short<br />
period of time to save our<br />
church.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Church has been in<br />
existence since about 1295.<br />
Thousands of couples have<br />
been married here, babies<br />
have been baptised and burials<br />
have taken place. <strong>The</strong> village<br />
children have become familiar<br />
with the church as they pass<br />
through the school. It is very<br />
important to so many of us.<br />
Three crucial problem areas have<br />
been highlighted in the recent<br />
architect’s survey. Much of the<br />
nave floor is damaged by beetle,<br />
other infestation and rot and<br />
must be repaired or replaced. <strong>The</strong><br />
organ (and the floor on which it<br />
stands) has been damaged and<br />
needs to be removed, restored<br />
and reinstated. So many of the<br />
pews are badly damaged that<br />
all the seating will have to be<br />
replaced. <strong>The</strong> total cost will<br />
be in the order of £170,000.<br />
<strong>The</strong> repair work needs to start<br />
as soon as possible to halt the<br />
damage and church services will<br />
be held elsewhere until repairs<br />
are completed, a period of many<br />
months.<br />
<strong>The</strong> PCC has committed reserves<br />
of up to £35,000 to the project,<br />
and a further £10,000 has been<br />
raised from the Oxford Historic<br />
Churches Trust. Friends of St<br />
James the Great, a fund-raising<br />
committee, has been set up<br />
and we are now approaching a<br />
number of other similar trusts<br />
and ‘interested’ parties, and are<br />
planning a number of fundraising<br />
initiatives.<br />
A donation of any size would<br />
be most welcome and should<br />
be made to <strong>Radley</strong> PCC and<br />
sent to David Handscomb,<br />
the Church Treasurer, (30<br />
Galley Fields, Abingdon, OX14<br />
3RT), or made through Just<br />
Giving, (www.justgiving.com/<br />
stjamesradley). If you give your<br />
address and ask that Gift Aid be<br />
added, that is a further help.<br />
Thank you for reading this<br />
urgent plea. Your generosity is<br />
greatly appreciated.<br />
Judy Harris<br />
<strong>The</strong> team, clockwise from top left: Amanda Jewell, Dr. Julian Moore,<br />
Tracey Fernandez, Annabel McChesney, Claire Mosedale, Angela<br />
Adams, Karen Hyde, Kirstie Matthews and Hazel Gearing<br />
Those who know Andy & Nic<br />
Thomas, the <strong>Radley</strong> boatman<br />
and his wife, will know that their<br />
son, Morgan, has been very ill.<br />
On Sunday 1st June, a team of<br />
<strong>Radley</strong> wives, together with<br />
Julian Moore, the school doctor,<br />
ran in a 5 mile event at Blenheim<br />
Palace to raise funds for the<br />
Charity Walk<br />
Over 600 <strong>Radley</strong> boys took part<br />
in the <strong>Radley</strong> 20 mile walk,<br />
organised by Dr. Jim Summerly<br />
and Dr. Simon Thorn, in<br />
September and raised £50,000<br />
for the following charities:<br />
Education for Democracy in<br />
South Africa: £24,500<br />
CLIC-Sargent: £8,500<br />
Helen & Douglas House: £8,500<br />
Hope and Homes for Children:<br />
£8,500<br />
EDSA provides secondary<br />
and higher education for<br />
disadvantaged young people<br />
living in the poverty-stricken<br />
townships and informal<br />
settlements around Cape Town.<br />
Oxford Children’s Hospital. All<br />
the staff have been an enormous<br />
support to Andy, Nic and<br />
Lauren Thomas throughout<br />
Morgan’s time there. <strong>The</strong> team<br />
would like to help the hospital<br />
in any way they can. Visit their<br />
website at: www.justgiving.com/<br />
radleywives<br />
CLIC Sargent is the UK’s<br />
leading children’s cancer<br />
charity, supporting children,<br />
young people and their<br />
families.<br />
Helen & Douglas House<br />
provide hospice care for<br />
children and young adults with<br />
life-shortening conditions, as<br />
well as support and friendship<br />
for the whole family.<br />
Hope and Homes for Children<br />
works in conjunction with<br />
overseas partners in Eastern<br />
Europe and Africa to provide a<br />
family and a future for children<br />
orphaned or abandoned by<br />
conflict or disease.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> view across Chestnut Avenue to the Rae Smith Building<br />
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Galleons’ Day – 50 years on<br />
Galleons’ Day 2008 dawned<br />
grey, cold and wet, suitably<br />
reminiscent of Folkestone at<br />
its worst, yet also at its best.<br />
Memories of those halcyon days<br />
flood back: victories celebrated,<br />
defeats nobly borne, deeds of<br />
valour untold, the Beach, the<br />
strains of Alouette deep <strong>into</strong> the<br />
night. Cut back to the present.<br />
Fortunately for much of the day<br />
the rain held off; hypothermia<br />
was the real danger. However,<br />
the stalwart band of spectators,<br />
wives, girlfriends, parents and<br />
friends were at least able to take<br />
refuge in the wonderful New<br />
Pavilion.<br />
Of the fifteen Galleons carded,<br />
thirteen arrived in good time<br />
with only one missed flight<br />
and one injury. Perhaps even<br />
more surprisingly two further<br />
Galleons appeared unexpectedly<br />
to swell the ranks and allow for<br />
judicious and much-needed<br />
substitutions. <strong>The</strong> college 1st<br />
XI had lost only one match<br />
during the term and with a<br />
strong Galleons team taking to<br />
the field a good match was in<br />
prospect. And so it proved to<br />
be. <strong>The</strong> spectators were treated<br />
to one of the finest Galleons’<br />
games that your correspondent<br />
can remember. A young, fit and<br />
skilful boys’ team faced ORs<br />
who made up for any lack of<br />
fitness with skill and experience.<br />
In a closely fought contest in<br />
which brother squared up to<br />
brother, maturity confronted<br />
inexperience and nascent<br />
embonpoint faced youthful<br />
physique, the old heads won<br />
the day with a 2-1 victory. A<br />
new generation of heroes was<br />
born that day. Ashworth, the<br />
left-handed wizard, scored both<br />
goals, even if deserted by pace<br />
these days. Barker P. bestrode<br />
the midfield like a latterday<br />
Colossus and only marginally<br />
more mobile following the<br />
previous evening’s celebrations.<br />
Duffell and Campbell still so<br />
swift and deadly led the younger<br />
brigade. And in front of the last<br />
line of defence, the redoubtable<br />
Crisp in goal, Sewell, the old<br />
retainer at the back, whose<br />
motto goes back to Verdun and<br />
who will score his first goal for<br />
the Galleons in the afternoon.<br />
One may single out these few yet<br />
all fifteen played their part.<br />
Following the match,<br />
spectators and players repaired<br />
to the New Pavilion for a<br />
champagne reception. On<br />
behalf of the <strong>College</strong> Charlie<br />
Barker welcomed all present,<br />
particularly those original<br />
Galleons who were able to<br />
attend, John Fuller-Sessions,<br />
Tom Morkill and Blair Sessions.<br />
Unfortunately Michael Wigley<br />
to whom the Galleon epithet<br />
was originally applied was<br />
abroad but the various myths<br />
about where the name came<br />
from were finally put to rest. On<br />
Monday June 25th 1956 a report<br />
on the 1st XI cricket match<br />
between <strong>Radley</strong> and Bradfield<br />
appeared in <strong>The</strong> Times. In the<br />
second innings <strong>Radley</strong> only<br />
needed 99 runs to win, surely<br />
an easy road to victory. Yet<br />
that too was a dark day. As the<br />
dying minutes ticked away, a<br />
final lbw appeal was upheld and,<br />
according to the staff reporter,<br />
Wigley, of <strong>Radley</strong>, made his way<br />
back to the pavilion like some<br />
stately galleon condemned to<br />
dry dock. Our predecessors had<br />
scored only 73 runs. Following a<br />
few words, John Fuller-Sessions<br />
was good enough to award<br />
the Wyld Cup for the most<br />
improved player of the year to<br />
Henry Carr. <strong>The</strong> entire Davies<br />
family were also present and<br />
kindly donated a trophy for the<br />
player of the year, which Tom<br />
Davies presented to the Captain<br />
of the <strong>College</strong> XI, Charlie<br />
Wood. After a brief word from<br />
Graham King, Director of<br />
Hockey, all transferred to Hall<br />
for the now legendary roast beef<br />
lunch.<br />
With a second game between<br />
the Galleons and CRB’s boys’<br />
and dons’ team looming in the<br />
afternoon, sabotage was the<br />
name of the game and every<br />
attempt was made to render the<br />
might of the Galleons impotent.<br />
<strong>The</strong> half-time score, 4 -1 to the<br />
Galleons suggested that this<br />
stratagem had failed, but the<br />
second half proved otherwise<br />
as the home team came<br />
through strongly to lead 5 – 4.<br />
One final valiant effort by the<br />
ORs resulted in a magnificent<br />
5 – 5 draw. <strong>The</strong>re could have<br />
been no better way to end a<br />
most entertaining day and to<br />
celebrate the 50th anniversary<br />
of the <strong>Radley</strong> Galleons.<br />
Galleons: Bill Ashworth, Charlie<br />
Barker, Paul Barker, Ollie<br />
Campbell, James Crisp,<br />
Simon Dalrymple, David<br />
Dancy, Charlie Davies, Tom<br />
Davies, Charlie Duffell, George<br />
Foxall, Will Goodwin, Andy<br />
Sewell, Nick Stoop, Paul<br />
Weatherby.<br />
Withdrawn: Rupert Barker.<br />
Pulled up: Rupert Lowe<br />
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1955-1963 Reunion<br />
225 attended the 1955-1963 Reunion at <strong>Radley</strong> on 31st May. Six Old Radleians, Tim Macfarlane (1963), Stephen Harries (1960), Nicholas Greaves (1957), David Macfarlane<br />
(1959), Robert Heanley (1960), Robert Neden (1957) and Guy Greaves (1960) together with two boys braved an outing in an eight on the river. Tea in the Mansion was followed by<br />
tours of the Socials and a service in Chapel. <strong>The</strong>re were drinks by the Mansion and an excellent dinner in Hall. All were greatly entertained by the singing of the <strong>Radley</strong> Clerkes and<br />
the speeches of the Warden, Angus McPhail, Anthony Robinson (1962, former and current parent and now the new Development Director) and the former Warden, Dennis Silk.<br />
Huge thanks are due to all the Social representatives who encouraged everyone to attend and to Hamish Aird, the organiser and master of ceremonies.<br />
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Calendar of Events 2008<br />
<strong>Radley</strong> Property Drinks<br />
Radleian Society & Foundation<br />
1986-1992 Reunion - Saturday 13 September<br />
<strong>The</strong> traditional London Old Radleian Dinner<br />
at the RAC - Thursday 20 November<br />
Student Dinner in Cambridge - November<br />
Student Dinner in Oxford - February 2009<br />
For details of all Radleian Society and Foundation events<br />
contact Sarah Hart Tel: 01235 543171 Email: sarah.hart@radley.org.uk<br />
Rangers Cricket<br />
For details contact Rupert Henson: ruperthenson@aol.com<br />
Football<br />
For details contact Michael Rolt: m.rolt@sky.com<br />
Golf<br />
For information on all golfing events contact the Hon. Sec. Richard Palmer<br />
Tel No: 01304 614583 Email: richardpalmer@hemscott.net<br />
Galleons Hockey<br />
For information contact Charlie Barker<br />
Tel No: 01235 543089 Email: crb@radley.org.uk<br />
Organised by Michael Hodgson, Gerald Kaye and Atty Beor-Roberts, 85 Old Radleians,<br />
parents and friends from the world of Property met for drinks in the State Apartments at<br />
the Royal Hospital Chelsea in May. <strong>The</strong> Warden and Liz McPhail were guests of honour.<br />
With a wonderful location, superb catering and great company, the event was a huge<br />
success.<br />
Michael Bawtree – Three Men in a Boat<br />
Mariners Rowing<br />
For information contact Jock Mullard<br />
Tel No: 01235 543103 Email: jkm@radley.org.uk<br />
Sailing<br />
For information on all sailing events contact Nick Fenton:<br />
nicholasfenton@btinternet.com<br />
Serpents Rugby<br />
For information contact:<br />
Oliver Thompson: 07973173016<br />
Charlie Spelina: 07796397555<br />
James Macdonald: 07730468478<br />
Max Peile: 07830254952<br />
Old Radleian Lodge<br />
For information contact: racarew-hunt@tiscali.co.uk<br />
<strong>The</strong> next Reunion<br />
1986 - 1992 Saturday 13 September<br />
Left: Michael Bawtree (1951) gave a wonderful reading of ‘Three Men in a Boat’ in<br />
the Silk Hall in April in aid of ‘Alive and Kicking’ to an enthusiastic audience of Old<br />
Radleians, friends, staff and boys. Right: Peter Way (1936, Tutor and Don at <strong>Radley</strong> from<br />
1952 to 1983) suggested the performance at <strong>Radley</strong> and introduced Michael Bawtree.<br />
Edinburgh Dinner<br />
If you do not receive an invitation please contact Anne Widdup<br />
Tel: 01235 543171 Email: anne.widdup@radley.org.uk<br />
<strong>Radley</strong> <strong>College</strong> Dates<br />
Michaelmas Term 2008 Tuesday 2 September – Thursday 11 December<br />
Michaelmas w/e Friday 26 September – Monday 29 September<br />
Leave Away Friday 17 October – Sunday 26 October<br />
Advent w/e Friday 21 November – Monday 24 November<br />
Lent Term 2009<br />
Leave Away<br />
Summer Term 2009<br />
Leave Away<br />
Tuesday 6 January - Thursday 19 March<br />
Friday 13 February – Sunday 22 February<br />
Wednesday 15 April - Saturday 4 July<br />
Friday 22 May – Wednesday 27 May<br />
26 <strong>Radley</strong> undergraduates joined Sarah Hart, Charlie Barker, Mike Hopkins, Jim Summerly,<br />
Hamish Aird and Jock Mullard for an excellent supper in Edinburgh in February.<br />
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Rugby<br />
Cricket<br />
Getty Images<br />
Andrew Strauss (1990) on his way to a half century at Lords in the First Test in May. This<br />
was followed by 60 and and a match-winning 106 in the Second Test at Old Trafford.<br />
Below: celebrating his century during the Third Test in New Zealand.<br />
Sailing<br />
Susan McKeag<br />
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Nick Wood (1996) played for Gloucester who topped the league but lost 26-25 to Leicester<br />
in the knockout stages. He also played for the England Saxons.<br />
<strong>Radley</strong> Under 21s Rugby<br />
What would I give for just one more chance to play rugby<br />
with the boys? To revive the old rivalries, wear the red and<br />
white stripes, to beat Wellington again!<br />
Each summer the ORs enter an U21s team <strong>into</strong> a national<br />
old boys tournament in London. It’s on the 21st of August<br />
and its a great chance to play a bit of quality rugby and see<br />
a few old faces.<br />
If you are interested please email<br />
Tom Gibson at tg6811@bristol.ac.uk.<br />
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Charlie Wylie (1994) and Mark Lees (1995) were members of the Royal Thames team<br />
which won the Carmela Cup in January, the National Champioship of Two-Boat<br />
Team Racing in Keelboats<br />
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Boat Race<br />
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Oli Moore (1999) rowed at 6 in the winning Oxford Boat Race crew. He was due to row in a Pair in the World Cup in<br />
Munich in early May but his partner had to replace an injured oarsman in the Coxless Four. Meanwhile Tom Parker<br />
rowed in another GB Pair with Thomas Burton and finished in 10th place. Oli Moore and Tom Parker rowed together in<br />
the World Cup at Lucerne. <strong>The</strong>y were the fastest British pair but failed by a tenth of a second to reach the semi-finals.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Revd. Jock Fletcher-Campbell (1925) at Torpids in<br />
Oxford to witness Magdalen rowing as Head of the River,<br />
the first time Magdalen had been Head since 1934 when<br />
Jock Fletcher-Campbell was in the crew.<br />
Tennis<br />
Mike Bellhouse (1989), Henry Forsyth (1989) and Marc<br />
Harris (1989) are taking part in the D’Abernon Cup, a<br />
competition for teams of Old Boys. <strong>The</strong>y have qualified<br />
for the quarter finals which take place in June.<br />
Cricketer Cup<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Radley</strong> Rangers play their first round of the<br />
Cricketer Cup against the Old Amplefordians at<br />
Ampleforth on 15th June, starting at 11.30 am.<br />
Cresta Run<br />
Golf<br />
<strong>Radley</strong> went out 3 - 2 to a strong Loretto side in the first<br />
round of the Halford Hewitt.<br />
Contact Details<br />
<strong>Radley</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Abingdon<br />
OX14 2HR<br />
Fax: 01235 543149<br />
Web: www.radley.org.uk/or<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Radley</strong> Foundation - Registered Charity No. 272671<br />
<strong>The</strong> Radleian Society - Registered Charity No. 309243<br />
Rackets<br />
Mark Hubbard, the <strong>Radley</strong> professional, retained his<br />
British Professional Singles title in January.<br />
Anthony Robinson, Development Director<br />
Tel: 01235 543151<br />
Email: anthony.robinson@radley.org.uk<br />
Hamish Aird, Foundation Adviser<br />
Tel: 01235 548574<br />
Email: hha@radley.org.uk<br />
Anne Widdup, Foundation Administrator<br />
Tel: 01235 548543<br />
Email: anne.widdup@radley.org.uk<br />
Charlie Hamilton (2001) with his team from Exeter<br />
University, defeated the teams from 40 other universities<br />
to win the Cresta Run University Championship in St.<br />
Moritz<br />
Jock Mullard, Hon Sec Radleian Society<br />
Tel: 01235 543103<br />
Email: jkm@radley.org.uk<br />
Emma Lyon, Database Manager<br />
Tel: 01235 543172<br />
Email: emma.lyon@radley.org.uk<br />
Sarah Hart, Events Manager<br />
Tel: 01235 543171<br />
Email: sarah.hart@radley.org.uk<br />
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