No.127
AK Weymouth
(C, 97-02) has just
won the £5,000
Sunday Times Young
Writer of the Year
Prize for Kings of the
Yukon. Particular
Books; ISBN:
978-0241270400.
EW Wigram
(G, 55-60) has been
living as a healer and
teacher for 30 years,
helping people to
open to their hearts,
to know that love
is life, and to live as
love. He has written
The Cosmology of Love. Balboa Press;
ISBN: 978-1982214890
Business
The Joint Administrators of
Bloodhound Programme Ltd, the
brainchild of RJ Noble (E, 59-64)
have announced that a purchaser for
the business has now been secured,
which will allow the Bloodhound SSC
project to continue.
The Trusty Servant
Sport
Athletics
SD Baines (G, 84-89) represented
Great Britain at the World Masters
Athletics Championships in Malaga
in September, competing in the 45-50
year old age category. He finished
4th in the cross-country, helping GB
win the team bronze medal, and was
placed 5th in the 10k road race.
Rowing
The following competed in the 2019
Boat Race: Dara Alizadeh (Co Ro,
15-17) CU Blue, TM Schroder (Coll,
12-17) OU Blue, HR Durward (E, 12-
17) Goldie, L Robinson (C, 12-17) Isis.
ASC Wythe (Coll, 12-17) was part of
the Oxford squad.
JM Temple (C, 09-14) has continued
his impressive year by coming 3 rd in
the LM1x at Senior GB trials. The top
four were some 30 seconds clear of 5 th .
This is a phenomenal achievement
and builds on his success at U23
level during the summer. James is the
fastest lightweight rower ever from
Win Coll, or at least in the last 20-30
years.
OWFC
Tom Goulding (G, 05-10) describes an
important game: On Saturday 9 th
February, some of the last surviving
OWs who attended the school pre-
war were part of a crowd of around
Media
Simon Aldridge’s (H, 88-92) feature
story on the 1952 Cunningham C4-
RK was published in Octane Magazine
191, May 2019. Simon has been a
regular contributor to Octane since
2015 and founded his own motoring-
news website www.movecto.com in
2017. If you have any interesting
subjects for a future feature, he can be
contacted at [email protected].
23
50 old boys, dons, parents and friends
of the Wykehamist community to
watch the current OWFC face the
Old Carthusians in the Arthur Dunn
Cup, the prestigious competition that
dates back to 1903.
William Slack (D, 38-43) and Rob
Tillard (D, 37-42), both in their 90s,
led a famous OW side to victories in
1948 and 1950 and cheered alongside
Micky Fontes (D, 55-60) and Ian
Maclure (I, 47-52), from the last OW
team to win the cup in 1961. Ending
the 58-year barren streak would
require beating the Carthusians,
who had won the cup six of the last
eight times, in an era of undoubted
hegemony over old boys’ football.
Hugo Sever (I, 08-13) in defence and
George Herring (I, 09-14) in midfield
helped ‘The Dubs’ battle fiercely
in the first half, against a side with
several players fresh from playing
professionally in non-league football,
and we felt a win was within our
grasp, with the score 0-0 at half-
time. Regrettably, defending corners
was our downfall, conceding three
in quick succession shortly after
half-time. Mike Hodnett’s (C, 08-
13) free kick got one back but the
game finished 4-1. Ensuring survival
in a tight Premier Division of the
Arthurian League remains on the
2018/2019 season’s agenda.