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www cricketfield.Itwasalsogoodtosee Ben Barnes (Sc 95) and Julian Mascarenhas (Sc 95), who performed superbly on the cricket field in an annual fixture in Hertfordshire.
Guy Simmonds, my brother, reports a typically active year on the OO front, including organisation of the hugely successful OO Sports Lunch at the Queen’s Club in London and the annual Multisports Weekend rugby fixture against Oundle Town, which resulted in a loss for the OOs despite a debut for British and Irish Lion Danny Grewcock. Guy and family are in the throes of a house move to Buckinghamshire.
Tim Barnes (C 93) writes that after nearly 10 years as Director of Enterprise at UCL he left in 2016 and now runs his own start-up incubator in Westminster. He is also working with Loughborough and Cambridge Universities on their entrepreneurship activities. In May 2018 he was elected as a Westminster councillor, having fought a strong (but doomed!) parliamentary campaign in the 2017 General Election. The council covers an area that includes Mayfair and Soho, where he now lives, and he has recently been appointed to the Cabinet with the Economic Development, Education and Skills portfolio. He also keeps in contact with Toby Lambert (G 93) and a small number of other OOs, all based in London.
Sergey Fedotov (C 08) dropped me a note to let me know that he and his wife, Valeriia, moved to San Francisco Bay area in 2013 and are now living in Pacifica, California.
Nick Woolley (G 96) has been dealing with Ebola, kidnaps and disputed elections in his third and final year in the UK Embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. He plans to visit his brother, Robert Woolley (G 98), in Australia before taking up his next post as British High Commissioner to Lusaka, Zambia, from the autumn.
Rachel Walker (D 05) and Clara Wallace (D 05) launched their joint business venture, Rooted Spices, in April 2018, selling single origin spices and spice blends. They recently won an American Express competition for young food companies
and enjoy the support of many OOs who have stopped by their online shop (www.rootedspices.com). They encourage others to take a look.
Anthony Blackman OBE (N 45) has recently published his latest book. For those with an interest in aviation, all of Anthony’s books are available at http://www.blackmanbooks.co.uk. Anthony joined the RAF shortly after World War One and was a test pilot, later joining Avro and testing Avro Vulcans.
With three grown-ups now paying their own way, Charlie Hiscocks (St A 80) is taking a break from corporate life and taking a run at being entrepreneurial, with the launch of a new range of fermented soft drinks. He is living in Chiswick and West Cork. His brother, Tom Hiscocks (St A 81), is a full-time sculptor, recently having exhibited at Royal Ascot and due to have a solo show at the Catto Gallery in Hampstead in October. Charlie and Tom keep in touch with a number of OOs, and recently spent a great few days with Richard Smith (St A 79), who is now COO for the Invictus Games.
Olivia Cook (W 95) lives in Ashwell, Hertfordshire, with her three young children and still has a great time catching up with the Wyatt girls, including Katie Cockburn (W 95), Lucy Harris (W 95), Antonia Donlea (W 95) and Hannah Markland (W 96), to name a few. She sees her brother,
Richard Cook (Sc 91), frequently. He lives in the Cotswolds with his lovely family.
Sir Michael Pickard (C 51) has let me know that once again the Oundle 1949/50 1st XIs met in a box at The Oval 70 years after they first played together. He reports that sadly six members of that team have died, but the widows of Michael Massey, Freddie Price, Jim Woodhouse and Michael Skliros (Sn 52) joined Richard Botwood (St A 50), Tony Armitage (C 50) and him. Michael Wates (St A 53) and Andrew Wates (St A 59) were also there. Sir Michael also attended The Cricketer Cup match at Oundle and was delighted to see the improvement to the pavilion and the square. William Pickard (Sn 80) continues with his social care commitments outside Bournemouth and Edward Pickard (G 82) has just changed jobs in the insurance world. Both are enjoying life.
Philip Wilson (Sn 89) continues to be busy as a freelance theatre director. His recent productions have included Philip Osment’s This Island’s Mine at the King’s Head Theatre in London – where he caught up with Sebastian Cheswright (N 88) – and The Lights by Howard Korder at The Sainsbury Theatre. In addition, a new production of his adaptations of Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales enjoyed a sell-out run at the Unicorn Theatre.
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Clara Wallace (D 05) (pictured on the left) and Rachel Walker (D 05), who have launched a joint business venture, Rooted Spices