Old Lawrentian News 2010/11

26th March OL Day and OL
AGM - 12.00pm-6pm
• 12.00pm-12.30pm: Pre-lunch
drinks in the new Sports Centre.
• 12.30pm-1.30pm: Lunch in the
Dining Hall.
• 2pm:Tours of the College.
• 2.30pm: OL Shooting; OL Boys’
Hockey on the Astro; OL Girls’
Netball on the Quad; OL
Badminton in the Taylor Hall.
To offer your services to the
teams please email Nick Jones:
nosj@slcuk.com.
• 4.30pm: Post-match drinks and
sandwiches.
• 5.15pm: OL AGM in the library,
followed by drinks.
To allow us to cater efficiently,
please let us know who you and
your guests are (before the 25th
March) by booking in with
kerry@olsociety.co.uk.
25th June - OL Day - 2.30pm-
6pm
• 12pm: Drinks Reception.
• 12.30pm-1.30pm: Lunch in the
Dining Hall.
• 1.30pm: OL Boys’ Cricket on
Newlands.
For more details contact Nick
Jones: nosj@slcuk.com.
• 2.30pm: OL Boys’ Tennis.
Contact Rodney Wilkening:
rbw@slcuk.com for more details.
• 4.45pm: Post-match tea and
JOIN US IN 2011
Pimms on the Headmaster’s lawn.
To allow us to cater efficiently,
please let us know who you and
your guests are (before the 24th
June) by booking in with
kerry@olsociety.co.uk.
25th June - Wine Extravaganza
Evening
• 6.30pm onwards.A light-hearted,
fun and informative evening to
include a blind taste challenge,
New World vs Old. Experts’
opinions, buffet.
This is a ticketed event. More
details will follow by email.
17th September - OL Day -
2.30pm-6.30pm
• 12.30pm-1.30pm: Lunch in the
Dining Hall.
• 2.30pm: OL Girls’ Hockey on
the Astro.
For more details contact Clair
Marchant: clairemilybrown@
googlemail.com.
Saturday 29th October - OL
Dinner - 7pm
• Champagne Reception. Dinner in
the Dining Hall.
For more details contact Kerry
Brown: kerry@olsociety.co.uk.
College Remembrance Service
Sunday, 13th November.
College Carol Service
To be arranged.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
This is now my seventh
year as OL President and
I feel that now is the right
time to give notice that I will be
stepping down at the AGM in
2012.
For some time the Committee
has been aware this was my
intention but finding a suitable
figurehead has proved difficult.
For anybody taking on the role it
is a wonderful experience and it
means meeting many charming
and interesting OLs, as I did -
my wife!
With a very young family and
increasing work commitments
the time is right for someone
else to take over.
I will of course continue to
work hard behind the scenes on
the OL Committee and as a
Governor at the College.
The Society is on a sure
footing in that we now have a
paid OL Secretary at the
School, increased funding from
the College, vibrant dinners and
a new website.
Hopefully my successor will be
found soon. Ideally we need a
person of stature who will give
‘gravitas’ to the role and elevate
the ‘status’ of the Society to a
wider audience.
The OL secretary, Kerry
Brown, is doing a splendid job
getting all the back room jobs
done and maintaining the
database, and along with
Andrew Brown (ex-staff and
archivist) she is working hard to
organise all the old photos and
archive material which has
been hidden away in the
basement of the College for
donkeys’ years.
This will be posted on the OL
website in the near future.
During 2010 the OL Golfers
and Rifle Club continued to
perform well in matches, but as
always they would welcome
new members so please do get
in touch with the respective
secretaries if you would like to
get involved.
One of the highlights of the
year for me was in March when
a group of us from Tower House
Alumni Secretary Kerry Brown’s contact details are:
Address: St Lawrence College, Ramsgate Kent, CT11 7AE
Email: kerry@olsociety.co.uk
Mobile: 07890 220758;Telephone: 01304 221300
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