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Public Health “and loving it”. He has recently returned from a wonderful holiday in Peru and the Galapagos Islands.
Adam Mair (G 00) got married to the lovely Georgina Louise Burrows at Boomerang Farm, Mudgeerraba, Queensland, at the end of June. This was followed by a very pleasant honeymoon in Tanzania, combining a week of safari with a week on Zanzibar for beach relaxation and time in Stone Town. Otherwise, life is hectic as they buy in to acreage near Brisbane and work through architectural plans for their new home.
James ‘Jock’ Walker (D 92) continues to run his own corporate finance advisory company in beautiful Byron Bay. He still keeps in touch with Julian Cork (Ldr 91) and Simon Clark (S 93).
After not having had any contact with OOs “for the past decade”, Mark Reed (Ldr 81) was hoping to catch up with several at the wedding of his brother, Paul Reed (Ldr 82), in Somerset in August.
Nick Fiennes (C 88) made the wise choice to move his photography business to new premises last year and has been reaping the rewards ever since.
Alexa Glynn (K 00) reports that she is still living by the beach in beautiful Sydney with her two-year-old son, Jamie, while pretending to work in the city. She catches up regularly with OO and Etihad pilot David Owen (F 03) as he passes through and also on a recent trip back to the UK she saw Tim Armitage (B 00), Charlotte Wiseman (K 00), Sue Korff (K 00) and Sarah Kowenicki (K 00), and their respective families at a truly Aussie/English BBQ and Pimms affair. Her brother, Cullum Glynn (N 98), and his wife, Emma, were expecting their second child in August, while her other brother, Marcus Glynn (N 97), and his wife, Kellie, welcomed their second child, Declan to the southern California Glynn clan on the 18th December 2017.
Duncan Bridel’s (C 62) original plan, in 1967, was to work in South Africa for a couple of years, move to Australia for another couple and then return to the UK. Instead, 40 years and two sons later, he retired to Australia. He and Jackie celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last year.
Congratulations to Matthew Clark (S 120
96) on his marriage to Rachel Worth, in July. As one would expect, his brother, Simon Clark, was in attendance!
Major Mark Mankowski (Sn 94) will be moving to somewhere in the Adelaide Hills at the end of the year when he assumes command of 16 Air Land Regiment, based at Woodside Barracks. He adds: “This area is home for us, as I have served twice there in 2008 (when I first came across) and again in 2012. Sydney has been great and we hope to get back here again. If any of my mates from Sanderson want to experience Sydney on the cheap, they have six months!”
Finally in Australia, Mark Schroeder (G 76) reports that having merged his advertising business with another around 18 months ago, he is busy trying to lead an enlarged team of “young digital natives to a glorious future”, whilst in his spare time attempting to offset the stress of doing so by cycling and kayaking “like a madman”! A highlight of last year was a family holiday with his father, Alan Schroeder (G 56), to celebrate his 80th, a memorable trip that included a safari in the wetlands of Botswana and visits to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe as well as Cape Town.
Now on to New Zealand. Congratulations to Tom Lax (B 06), who as well as being the OO who lives the farthest from Oundle (in Christchurch), married Julia Campbell in February. In attendance were fellow Old Bramstonians Ben Lane (B 06), James Grigson (B 06) and Freddie Cook (B 06), plus Patrick Turley (S 06).
Each year (and 2018 was no exception) Neil Hollebone (D 60) and his brothers, Keith Hollebone (D 65) and Charles Hollebone (D 68), fish the rivers around the Snowy Mountains in Australia and then the rivers back home. And he still plays tennis! This year he managed to catch up with Sir Mark Waller (D 58) and Chris Pocock (Sc 60). His greatest pleasure, though, was to see his son, Warwick, finally cured of his MS through a revolutionary stem cell transplant procedure undertaken in Russia.
Despite “getting old” and the past year being lean in terms of contact with OOs, John Winder (St A 58) did manage to get to Thursday Island for the first time and spend an enjoyable few days with his son.
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Ralph Titmuss (L 11) found himself “on some extremely exciting and unique projects” after his switch into commercial project management with RCP,NZ’slargestinfrastructure company, the biggest of which is the PwC Centre in Wellington. Costing NZ$80 million, it was the first to use new base isolation technology, which reduces the risk of damage during seismic events. He is looking forward to embarking on some major Crown and Treasury projects which will keep him very busy for the foreseeable future.
Sport continues to play a major part in the life of David Ching (C 83). He recently won a silver medal as the goalie for the NZ 50+ hockey team at the World Masters. He has also taken up squash and is in training for his first ultramarathon, which takes place in October. In his spare time he has a job as Marketing and Sales Director for Obex, a medical device distributor, in Auckland. At Christmas he caught up with his brothers, Alastair Ching (C 73) and Bruce Ching (C 74), in Shropshire, and Richard Brooke (St A 83) in Holland.
Mack Morum (S 59) together with his brother, F.J. Morum (S 62), attended a presentation on Horse Guards Parade for the Elizabeth Cross for their eldest brother, J.B. Morum, who had been killed in action in Cyprus in 1955. The presentation was by the Lord Lieutenant in the Duke of Wellington's Office. During that trip to the UK he also met up with Mike Hellier (S 60).
Robin Ward (B 88) emigrated with his family to Auckland in early 2016, having worked in the Square Mile for 23 years, and is definitely not missing the 5.30am starts! Away from his day job of investing in the emerging markets of the South Pacific, he has a renewed interest in viticulture, as he inherited a small vineyard with his new house. He now looks forward to drinking his own mulled wine at Christmas!
Jeremy Sankey (Lx 78) wrote that any chance of rest at the weekends has had to be balanced by the need to be uber dad, taking kids to multiple sports. He adds: “A cold beer on Saturday evening is well welcomed!” Jeremy has had a visit from nephew Oli, son of A.A.J. Sankey (Lx 73).
Thanks to all those who got in touch and best wishes for the coming year.
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THE OLD OUNDELIAN 2017 –2018