NO.122
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
trademark display of quick hands and
speed around the court, along with some
fine hitting and serving from Portz.
Despite a strong start in the finals against
Cheltenham, OW I failed to prevent the
trophy returning to Gloucestershire for a
second consecutive year. See
www.tennisandrackets.com/NewsItem.aspx?
id=1540.
OWI
OWII
OWIII
Mike Bailey (A, 00-05)
Christian Portz (H, 05-10)
James Bailey (A, 96-01)
Patrick Maxwell (H, 78-82)
Tom Meek (H, 06-11)
Richard Apperly (I, 06-11)
OW Sailing Club
We have had an eventful year, starting
successfully with victory (7 -1) in the
Belvidere trophy in early April. Our boat,
helmed by Alastair Hall (D, 95-00), was
crewed by Alastair Morley (B, 93-98),
James Markby (C, 93-98) and Ed Knight
(G, 98-03).
Our regular Cowes weekend in May for
boys and OWs with yachts was a great
success and we were joined by both Claire
Webster, WSC secretary, and Tamara
Templer of Win Coll Soc. 32 sat down for
dinner, a hot was held and a flower bed
may have lost.
There are two events in quick succession
in the autumn: the Sir Reggie Bennett
Cup at Seaview and the Arrow Trophy.
The Seaview weekend was great fun,
although with only five OWs - David
Anderson (Coll, 69-74) Calum Sillars (A,
72-76), Michael Toogood (H, 78-82),
Jamie Roe (G, 10-13) and Fergus Bentley
(G, 10-15); Eric Billington brought nine
men from the School. An enjoyable
dinner on Saturday night was followed by
racing in light airs on Sunday. The OW
team was joined by Claire Antoniazzi as
an honorary OW. Win Coll demonstrated
its high level of sailing skill by
comprehensively beating the OWs, who
also lost to Old Radleians.
A strong crew met in Cowes on 1st
October, to defend the Arrow trophy: we
were joined by Duncan Byatt’s (D, 75-80)
son, Harry, who made us up to the full
complement of 12. The first of four races
on the Saturday went well and we
finished 3rd out of 24. Gybing for the line
and again in 3rd place at the end of the
second race, the Sunsail boat broached
and the mast snapped. And that was the
end of our Arrow defence.
There is a dinner at the Royal Ocean
Racing Club in London on 6th
December. OW sailing is enjoyed by OWs
of all ages and we are always looking for
others to join us. Please contact the
Commodore, David Anderson,
[email protected] or our
secretary, Claire Webster,
[email protected].
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OW Tolling Club
Anthony Doolittle (Coll, 98-03) requests:
Please put Saturday, 17th December in
your diary for the annual Alumni race in
Wimbledon. No need to commit or
decline quite yet.
Please also provisionally pencil in
Saturday, 4th March, 2017 for a match
against the School in Winchester. The
date has not been conf irmed yet, but we
and the School are trying to get a
regular fixture in the diary. I’m sure I am
not the only OW who fancies a canter
along familiar paths up, down and around
the South Downs. If that weren’t enough,
there is also a rather smart trophy that
will be polished up for the occasion. More
to follow.