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Clockwise (l to r): David Kitchin (Sc 72), Jo Marland (K 03), Poldy Van Lynden (C 03), Kate Dillon (D 08), Simon Pearsall (G 81) and Tom Stallard (N 97)
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Features
Regulars
COLUMNS
Editor 5 President 6 Secretary 7 Director of Development 64 Head 65
THE CLUB
Officers and honorary members 4 Sport 44 Correspondents 74 Marriages and births 128 Obituaries 130 Index 142
NEWS FROM HOME:
Birmingham & West Midlands 75 Buckinghamshire, Berkshire & Oxfordshire 77 Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire,
South & West Yorkshire 80 East Anglia 82 East Midlands 83 Ireland 86 Lincolnshire, London 87 North-East 93 North-West 95
North Yorkshire 97 Scotland 100 South Wales 102
CONTENTS
The Old Oundelian
A SUPREME JUSTICE 8
David Kitchin (Sc 72) tells Lance Ashworth (G 82) how he became the first OO to be a Justice of the Supreme Court
WE ARE INVICTUS 11
Polly Irvine speaks to Dominic Reid (B 80) and Richard Smith (St A 79) about their Invictus Games roles
THE ANTARCTIC DOCTOR 14
Kate Dillon (D 08)
writes about her 18 months on the coldest, highest, driest and
windiest continent on Earth
AN ARCTIC EXPERIENCE 16
Poldy Van Lynden (C 03) reports on a world first by running, swimming, cycling and rowing from London to Svalbard
ADVENTURER FIRST AID 18
Stephen Fisher (LS 93) explains how the deaths of two OOs led to the formation of first-aid training for students
A NATURAL FIT 20
Tom Stallard (N 97) tells Simon Redfern (Sc 75) about his varied career as an Olympic rower and a Formula One engineer
OO TALENT 22
Jeremy Oddie, Head of Art at the School, reports on the exhibition of OO work at The Yarrow Gallery in March
ALWAYS A JOKER 24
Simon Pearsall (G 81) tells Mark Moore (Sc 68) how he has become a cartoonist with Private Eye
THE CLASS OF 2009 25 Louisa Troughton (W 09) rounds up the
news of her fellow 2009 leavers
MENCAP HOLIDAY 56
Sam Cone (St A 05) reports on another successful Mencap holiday at Oundle
South-West
The Weald
Armed Forces Cambridge University OO Lodge
NEWS FROM ABROAD:
Africa, Australasia 116 Bermuda & Caribbean 118
Canada
Central & Eastern Europe 120 China 121 Hong Kong 122 Japan, Malaysia & Singapore 123 Middle East, Northern &
Southern Europe 124 Thailand 126
THE SCHOOL
Archive 58 Staff farewells 66 Staff welcomes 70 Academia 72 Sport 73
@OldOundelian
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https://www.linkedin.com/ school/oundle-school
104 School photography:
108 Oundle School Photo Club Team, 112 third parties and
114 Ivan Quetglas Photography
115 www.iqphotography.co.uk
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119 Social media
Facebook and Twitter are both
THE OLD OUNDELIAN 2018 –2019
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