Old Lawrentian News 2010/11

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The Summer OL Day, on June 25th 2010, was blessed with wonderful weather and good turn outs for both Tennis and Cricket. Commencing with a drinks reception in the ‘Peel Room’, there was a chance to catch up and to browse through some old sporting photographs taken many moons ago. After lunch in the Dining Hall, it SUMMER’S OL DAY OL TENNIS was off to the courts for the OL tennis players and a stroll up to Newlands for the cricketers to ‘conquer’ the school teams! As you’ll see from both reports, this was not to be the case. However, good fun was had by all and a well-deserved match tea followed by Pimms on the Headmaster’s lawn was the perfect end to a fun-filled day. On a blisteringly hot afternoon Old boys Adrian Gates, Jonathan Cannan, Harry Dickens, Rodney Wilkening, James Elliott, Mark Single and Cem Baltacioglu (pictured from left) gathered on the all weather astro in front of the Chapel to take on the College 1st and 2nd teams. After a fine first two rounds of sets the scores stood at 3 - 3 with all to play for in the final round. The youth and energy of the boys, however, meant that they won the final three sets to take the match 6 - 3. Rod Wilkening (Newlands Deacon, 1984) The OL cricketers spent a very pleasant afternoon playing against SLC’s 1st XI. The weather was most favourable and a good crowd enjoyed entertaining cricket. The OLs won the toss and elected to bat. The loss of KB Asiedu in the first over was a severe blow, but following the loss of Gareth Birchley for 1, Charlie Collins and Nick Muncey steadied the ship in a partnership of 58 for the third wicket. Unfortunately, once Collins had gone for 24, the remaining OL batsmen subsided, thanks to some tight bowling and two run outs. 95 was not a huge target but the College batsmen were made to work for their runs as KB Asiedu OL CRICKET Toss: OLs - Result: College 1st XI won by 8 wickets and Aaron Conn hit a good line and length. The early wicket of Jones encouraged the OL bowlers but Robbie Newbery and Alex Underhill dug in for the College to put on 47 for the second wicket. Nick Muncey bowled well to dismiss Underhill for 23, but the calm and assured batting of Tim Collins helped Newbery deal with a tricky spell from Geoff Philpott to see the College home by 8 wickets with 3 overs to spare. The OL team were: Charlie Collins, KB Asiedu, Gareth Birchley, Nick Muncey, Nick Marchant, Jonty Wakefield, Geoff Philpott, John Young, Kit Bowra, Ricky Frame- Smith and Aaron Conn. Tom Moulton 42 43
We were pleased to welcome Richard Bird as a new member this year. Having not shot for many years he immediately managed to score 47 (out of 50) at 300 yards! We hope to see more of him next year. We also introduced a system of Social Membership and were glad to welcome Tony Harris, Vernon Moffet, Aidan Stowe, Mike Wisdom and David Dagley. Their contributions to our coffers were gratefully received! • OL Rifle Club President Robert Fromow (in his school blazer!) receives the CS Gale Cup following the OLs’ victory over the College OL RIFLE CLUB The first match of the season was the .22 shoot against the College, held in the range at the back of the laboratories - yes, the range is still there! It was good to be able to hold the match again, after the previous year's last minute cancellation. We are pleased to report that we decisively beat the College by 448 to their 408, and so retained the CS Gale Cup. Among those taking part were Peter Thompson, who had been part of the victorious 1959 Ashburton team, and Vernon Moffet who had made a special journey from Dorset. At Bisley, in April, we beat the Old Albanians and, in a concurrent competition, Andi Parker-Smith won the President’s Shield. The next fixture was the Q Match - this is shot at 500 and 600 yards. There were 10 teams including the veritable marksmen of the Old Bedfordians club who had managed to get themselves invited for the first and last time! Against this stiff competition we nevertheless managed to come 3rd. • Above, from left Peter Thompson, Robert Fromow, Richard Bird, Christopher Laing & Chris Weeden at Bisley. Right Mike Davidson at the Bisley range Congratulations go to Chris Weeden in our team who scored a ‘possible’ (highest possible score) at both ranges, i.e. scoring 100 out of 100. Then in early May at the Long Range match, on a rather wet and cold day, all 12 members of the OLRC turned up - 100% attendance - this has got to be OL RIFLE CLUB a record! We were therefore able to field two teams; our ‘A’ team came 3rd and the ‘B’ team 7th (out of 10). In June the All-Day match took place, with firing at 300, 600, 44 45
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