Lusimus Issue 27 June 2013

LusimusTHE RADLEY BROADSHEET

www.radley.org.uk Issue 27, June 2013

Clock Tower – pages 5,6 & 7Foundation – pages 2 & 3 Strauss Marathon – page 10 Events – pages 12 & 13 Sport – pages 15 & 16

The New Building nears completion on the Old Gym site

MailingTo avoid waste we have tried not to send more than one copy of Lusimus to any address. Please let us know if you do need extra copies and the addresses to which we should send them.

Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET

2

Foundation Progress Report from Anthony RobinsonThe Foundation grows in depth and breadth; £1.2 million raised in gifts and legacy pledges since January 2013; £12.4 million raised since 2000 against an ultimate target of £50 million; momentum building for Bursaries; first Rupert Thorneloe Bursary Award made from the Armed Forces Fund

THE CURRENT FUNDS WITHIN THE RADLEY FOUNDATION

Entry Bursaries and Scholarships:Silk FuNd

A capital fund to widen entry and fund talented boys whose families could not

otherwise afford the fees

RiChARd MORGAN AwARdAn ‘immediate use’ fund to widen entry and fund talented boys whose families could not

otherwise afford the fees

ARMEd FORCES FuNdFunding the education of sons and daughters of Forces Personnel killed or wounded while

serving their country

SChOlARShiP & BuRSARiES FuNdAn opportunity to name your own scholarship or

foundation award after a loved one

Helping current parents:huGO RuTlANd MEMORiAl FuNdHelp for current Radley parents facing

unforeseen crisis and financial difficulty

Helping current boys:MAlCOlM ROBiNSON MEMORiAl FuNd

Providing awards for Radleians in the Sixth Form to travel to William and Mary College in

the USA to study American History during the school holidays

Cultural:Old GyM REdEvElOPMENT FuNd

A major redevelopment in the heart of the College to provide a new History Department,

Art Gallery and informal social space for the boys

Sport:ROwiNG CENTRE FuNd

A rowing tank and training facilities on the main campus

CRiCkET NETS FuNdThe addition of all-weather surfaces in the

main cricket nets

Spiritual:ChAPEl FuNd

Improving the beauty of the building, the quality and sound of the organ and the comfort

of the worshippers

General:ENdOwMENT FuNd

A long-term home for legacies and capital gifts

TRuSTEES diSCRETiONThe Foundation Trustees decide how to make

the best possible use of your gift in line with the priorities prevailing at the time

Legacies

Legacies are vital to the future of the Foundation if we are to achieve our ultimate target of £50m and fulfil our founder William Sewell’s 1847 vision that one in every ten Radleians (now seventy boys) should receive a free education. The Foundation welcomes legacies of any size and is structured to receive bequests of cash, shares in quoted and private companies, houses, land and property, wine collections, art and other artefacts.

The Silk Fund and Foundation Awards

Momentum is building across our various Bursary Funds and the number of Silk and Foundation Award Holders at Radley will increase from 27 to 29 this coming September. The majority of applications come from boys originally at state primary schools, and we now have many more talented all-rounders wanting to join Radley than funds to finance their education. In the last few years we have had between eight and twelve applicants each year; a considerable increase on earlier years when two or three was more usual. Our ambition is to fully fund about seventy places.

Malcolm Robinson Memorial Fund

Two Radleians in 6.1, Alexander Johnstone and Louis Shingles, have been awarded the Foundation’s Malcolm Robinson Travel Scholarship to William & Mary College in Virginia, USA where they will be attending a three week course in American History this July.

Armed Forces Fund

The Armed Forces Fund continues to attract donations and a total of £1.342m has now been gifted or pledged, including funds raised by Downe House and St Mary’s Calne. Fund-raising by all three schools is on-going and we are aiming for £5m. The girls at St Mary’s have voted the AFF one of their two ‘charities of the year.’ A third AFF Award has recently been made to the daughter of a Rifleman in the 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles, wounded in Afghanistan in 2008; she has been awarded a Rupert Thorneloe Bursary Award and will join St Mary’s in September 2013.

Rowing Centre

The building of a rowing tank on the main campus will be a prime objective during the 2013/14 academic year. The architects have prepared detailed designs for Phase One (the tank) and Phase Two (a connecting building to house ergos, circuits, club room, honours boards etc.) so that planning permission can be obtained. The tank will be sited between the CCF Building and the Running Track.

The Clock Tower Square development

The new building on the site of the Old Gym is nearly finished and will be in full use by the start of the autumn term. The Foundation will be making a contribution towards the construction costs from donations made to The Old Gym Redevelopment Fund. The Art and Sculpture Galleries are looking spectacular; the History and Politics classrooms are practical, spacious and full of natural light; the forum space, with its high ceiling and glass front, and the coffee shop will be impressive and versatile additions for boys, parents and visitors. Interestingly, alternative energy sources will ensure that the running costs of the new building will be minimal; warm water from a fifty metre bore hole will be processed through heat exchangers to capture and store the heat which will be dispersed via under-floor heating.


3

Anthony RobinsonDevelopment Director, OR and Former Parent

Support for Careers: new Networking Event in London

The Foundation and Radleian Society continue to host a number of events, funded by the College, to bring together Old Radleians of all ages, including a Student Dinner in Cambridge last March, a Property Dinner at Boodle’s, kindly hosted by Gerald Kaye (1971), and a Livery Dinner at Girdlers’ Hall in April, led by the Master of the Girdlers’ Company Mike Roberts (1960). A new event, the London Networking Drinks Party, took place at The Mermaid in Blackfriars on 6th June to help ORs with career opportunities, mentoring and work experience; over 150 parents and ORs of all ages took part. The ‘Radley For Life’ group on LinkedIn, ably led by Mark Soundy (1977), has grown from 150 to 1,200 in the last twelve months and will be an important engine for helping young ORs to find jobs.

New Prize for Exemplary Sportsmanship

A beautiful silver Loving Cup has been donated to the College, via the Foundation, in memory of the late Jeff Doyle (1983) to encourage and reward ‘Corinthian Spirit’ in the playing of all sport at Radley. The ‘Jeff Doyle Prize for Exemplary Sportsmanship’ and a cheque for £75 will be presented to the winner at the last Warden’s Assembly of every summer term in perpetuity. We extend our thanks to the Doyle family for this and other support.

University Funding for Young ORs

A new award, The Christopher Shale University Prize, has been gifted to the Foundation in memory of the late Christopher Shale; Christopher and Nikki had two boys at Radley, Edo (1997) and Alby (2004). For each of the next three years, applications will be invited from Radleians in 6.2 for means-tested grants towards their university fees. A number of applications have been received for this year’s awards which will be made in June; a total of £10,000 will be available for allocation to the successful applicants. A similar sum will be available next year for young ORs starting at University in October 2014. We are most grateful to The Stanley Foundation for funding this University Prize.

The Silver Ball

The next Silver Ball, likely to be in support of the Armed Forces Fund, will take place in November 2014 in London. Will Bailey (1968) of Planit Events has very kindly agreed to provide the venue again and Richard Huntingford (1969) will be chairing the organising committee for a second time. We are indebted to both of them. The date and location will be published shortly.

Emma Lyon

The Foundation and Radleian Society would like to record their deep appreciation to Emma Lyon who left the home team in May after nearly eight years of loyal service. Emma has managed the development of our database with skill, patience, accuracy and considerable talent and has been an important member of the team. We are very sad to lose her but we thank her for a job very well done and wish her continuing success and happiness in the future.

If you would like to donate online, go to:www.radley.org.uk/MakingGift.aspx

The Most Important Message of All

We offer heart-felt thanks to the many thousands of our supporters who have made possible these achievements, and others not mentioned, by their generosity and kindness to the Foundation. 25% of all living Old Radleians and 37% of parents since 1995 have made single or multiple gifts or legacy pledges to the Foundation and we are immensely grateful to each and every one of them. Thank you all very much indeed.

Eliza Silk, Will Silk (1984), Tom Silk (1981), Diana Silk, Jack Doyle, Dennis Silk and Peter Doyle Peter Doyle (1987) with his father Jack and the trophy

The USA

The positive response to the Foundation in the Far East before Christmas has encouraged me to visit the USA again in June. I will be visiting Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington and meeting at least twenty ORs and parents. We know of 165 ORs, parents and former parents living and/or working in the USA. 84 of them live in five main areas: Boston (10), New York (34), Texas (11), Florida (7) and California (22). I plan to visit the West Coast during the summer of 2014.

2007 Parents Bursary Award

Last summer’s leaving parents generously donated £76,000 to the Foundation to create a 2007 Parents Bursary Award. This has enabled the College to offer a place and a 50% Foundation Award to a boy who will be starting at Radley in September. Another boy has been awarded a 100% Foundation Award from the Borrows Charitable Trust and will start at prep school this September before joining Radley in 2015. Our grateful thanks go to those parents who have made these awards possible.


4

. THE RADLEY BROADSHEET

Olly West (1994, G)

Phil James (1994, C)

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Radley. Arriving from a small prep-school in Sussex the first thing that struck me was the facilities the school had. From an academic side of things, we were consistently challenged and encouraged to obtain the best results. My overriding

memories from school though are of playing various sports and of the friendships I made whilst at Radley.

It goes without saying that the standard of teaching at Radley was extremely high and was a great base for both university and working life. However, I think that it is the all-round nature of Radley itself, with its regard for not

It was a great privilege to go to Radley. Alongside the excellent teaching the facilities were first class with beautiful grounds, top quality class rooms and better music and sports facilities than most universities. I certainly enjoyed my school days, particularly all the opportunities related to music – the choir, orchestra, singing groups and music trips.

Academically my dons at Radley helped me achieve my potential and built up my confidence to apply to Cambridge University. The College gave me wonderful sporting and musical opportunities in a very supportive environment. The geography classes first opened my eyes to the world of international development and sparked the interest which I’ve pursued as a career since then.

I read Geography at Cambridge and then I started my career in relief and development work in Southern Sudan amongst refugee and internally displaced populations. The following three years involved working on sustainable development and environmental projects across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. I then shifted to disaster management work in

It is 21 years since the Fund was launched in 1991. Dennis Silk retired in the summer of 1991 and asked that instead of receiving a cash gift himself from well-wishers, a fund should be set up to provide bursaries for the talented sons of parents who could not otherwise afford the school fees. Over this period the capital in the fund has grown to over £2 million, and 17 boys have received awards out of the income from the Fund.

Here are some of their stories:

Dennis Silk

Besart Kadia (1999, F)

only academic work, but for art, music and sport that was the most valuable part of the Radley education.

I shall always be indebted to Radley and Dennis Silk for the Silk Award. It was very much a contributory factor in making it possible for me to go to Radley. Having met Dennis Silk and being aware of what he has achieved, it is an honour to be linked to him.

It gives me great joy that other young boys could benefit just as I have from a Radley education.

The teachers there are formidable and very supportive. I cannot forget also how hospitable my peers were. It was indeed the best school environment that one could

hope for. Radley made me feel at home. I had all the support I needed to develop and flourish academically, especially from the Warden and Mark Jewell.

I left Radley full of confidence, with respect for others, a strong religious feeling and good enough results to secure a place at Bristol University where I graduated in 2007 in Economics and Politics.

I have now returned to Albania and I am working with Ernst and Young. I have been involved (mainly in economic research) with a new political party in Albania which is comprised mostly of people who graduated in Western universities. In August 2008 I launched my new real estate agency in Albania which is focused to UK investors.

Radley was no ordinary place for an Albanian boy and my time there certainly was not ordinary. I often think how lucky I have been to benefit from the Silk Fund and the difference it has made in my life.

Without the Silk Fund I would not have been able to attend Radley. I feel incredibly privileged to have had the opportunity to experience all Radley had to offer and the Silk Fund played an absolutely integral part in that.

“art, music and sport... the most valuable part of the Radley education”

Alistair Mitchell-Innes (1993, F)

I am now an Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon in the West Midlands, living in Birmingham. I am married to Amy, and we are expecting our

first child in October. Being a Silk Scholar pushed me – it gave me much needed motivation to pursue all my interests (which I still do). If anything I now find it very difficult to decide what sport/work/music etc. to specialise in as I still enjoy far too many areas!

“it gave me much needed motivation to pursue all my interests”

“Radley was no ordinary place for an Albanian boy”

Ed Mawby (1994, G)

The Silk Award helped me to do many things: to attend one of the leading public schools in the country; to row at a level that is envied throughout the isle; to make use of top range theatre equipment (which has since been made even better); to learn French on the shores of Lac Leman; to spend 3 months teaching English in Romania; to meet representatives from

the Regiment I now call home. Radley provides boys with knowledge, confidence, loyalty and a plethora of paths into the future from which to choose. The Silk Award opens the gates into the school for many for whom it may otherwise be

closed and allows them these same opportunities. This, I believe, is the fundamental ethos behind the award – the provision of those things that would otherwise be missed by some boys who, for whatever reason, need assistance coming to Radley. The history of the school is one of charity, of altruism and the Silk Award is surely something Sewell would have agreed with.

“the Silk Award is surely something Sewell would have agreed with”

Jonnie Heath (1999, A)

Without the Silk Award I would have been unable to go to Radley. As my father died a few years before I came, the financial assistance helped enormously with the termly fees and meant I did not have to worry about my financial future. Instead I tried to make the most of everything Radley had to

offer. From the cricket field to the fives court, the Grapevine Society to the sixth form lecture series, I enjoyed opportunities which would otherwise have been denied to me. Radley also turned me around academically: from Shell 4 to a place at Oxford to read History by way of some pretty good exam results. I enjoyed my time at Radley hugely and am enormously grateful for the help from the Silk Award which enabled me to do so.

“I enjoyed opportunities which would otherwise have been denied to me”

“I feel incredibly privileged to have had the opportunity to experience all Radley had to offer”

Northern Kenya, Ethiopia and Darfur before studying my MSc. in public health nutrition. With this platform I was then able to help set up emergency nutrition programmes for a couple of years in Ethiopia and Liberia. I am currently managing a research team in Ethiopia looking at ways to improve the management of acute malnutrition. It’s been a challenging but fascinating decade in this sector, and I owe such a lot to the academic grounding that Radley gave me.

The Radley Foundation Funds: 3. The Silk FundThe Radley Foundation is currently made up of ten Funds, each of which has a specific purpose. Together these ten Funds give the Foundation its character and purpose. This is the third in a series of articles giving a little more detail about one of the Funds.


5

Exactly what were Messrs Sewell and Singleton thinking when they decided that what their brand new school really needed in 1847 was a bell tower? They were in the middle of a desperate fund-raising campaign, trying to sell a revolutionary educational system to sceptical parents (and even more sceptical boys), and had just taken a twenty-year lease on the Hall and grounds at Radley. They had no money, three boys, four staff, and were renting somebody else’s house. Obvious that what the place really lacked (apart from a dormitory, school room, books, salaries, food...) was an iconic structure with no utilitarian function.

The bell tower was central to Singleton’s vision of a school operating as a monastic ideal. It was hoped that one day they might be able to afford a clock, but the bells were the priority; the bells would call the boys to chapel and to daily worship. The bells were not solely about keeping time, or marking lessons, or even about getting people up in the morning. They were to peal across the countryside, joyously calling Christians to prayer, taking their place among the bells of Oxford in a paean of praise:

‘A superb moonlight, almost dazzling. I never saw such a night. We heard great ‘Tom’ on the one hand, and the Abingdon bell on the other.’ (Singleton’s diary, 22 September 1847) Great Tom’ the bell of Christ Church, Oxford, is about five miles to the north-west. The bell of Abingdon, either St Helen’s or St

Before the casting of Big Ben by George Mears, the largest bell in England was ‘Great Peter’ of York Minster. Singleton took great delight in calling the largest of Radley’s bells ‘Peter’, and in knowing that the Archbishop of York, who had been unsympathetic to plans for the new school, would be able to hear it tolling across the River Thames from his house at Nuneham Courtenay: ‘We feel rather a malicious satisfaction at the idea that the Archbishop of York will be compelled to hear its deep sound, swelling over the river into his Grace’s study.’

Sewell and Singleton may have approached the most pre-eminent craftsmen of the day, who were already associated with the most prestigious building project in England (the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben), for the clock and bells, but the design of the turret itself was a much more modest affair. This was the work of one of the first three schoolmasters of Radley, Edward Howard. Howard also designed the College seal. Howard’s design for Clock Tower was a plain, free standing, square turret built in brick, surmounted by four steep gables. The most important feature of a free-standing bell tower is that it must be stable enough to tolerate the swinging of the bells. Its foundations are crucial. Its height and width dictated by the bells themselves. The original site selected by Singleton and Sewell proved unable to support such a tower:

‘Commenced the Bell Tower, which is to be a simple building of brick, narrow but lofty, – 13 feet wide, and about 50 feet high, terminated by a roof with four valleys. The design is Howard’s, after the German style. I am sure it will look charming. At first it was to have been built joining on to the Venison Larder, for the sake of good grouping, and accordingly the foundation was sunk until

a bed of gravel appeared. Mr Johnson, however, was much perplexed at a settle which he had observed in the Larder, and for which he could not account. The foundation appeared to have slightly given way. He therefore determined to sink lower, and thus lighted upon as fine a deposit of building sand as could be found anywhere... After sinking a few feet, water appeared in abundance; – another great convenience. How very fortunate that we had not built on this spot; the tower would infallibly have come down.

We were of course obliged to choose another site, – which we fixed at a few yards distance, where we found stiff clay. The excavation is filled up with a great mass of concrete, and the brick work in the centre is grouted with hot liquid mortar. Above the plinth the walls will be 18 inches thick, and will be tied together with cross beams which bear several floors. Thus, he says, that the work will never stir, and that we are quite welcome to swing the great Bell; no ordinary comfort. (Singleton’s Diary 6th October 1847)

The Tower is a very beautiful structure, built of plain brick, and thoroughly German in character and proportion. It is 13.6 square, and 60 feet in height to the top of the ridge-tile. There is thus abundant height for bells, and a clock, if we should hereafter be rich enough to buy, or fortunate enough to receive the present of, one.’ (Singleton’s Diary 22nd November 1847) Exactly what is meant by ‘thoroughly German in character’ is unclear. Tony Money and Michael Cherniavsky in their pamphlet Looking at Radley identified the four steep gables as characteristic of several surviving examples

Nicholas, about two miles to the south-west. It is still possible to hear both bells simultaneously on a clear night, although the traffic noise from the A34 masks them by day.

Although a Radleian writing in 1892 found the sound of the striking bells anything but romantic:

‘I went out and sat down on a sunny bank and gave myself up to dreamy languor. I should have liked to read The Lotus Eaters but I couldn’t rouse myself to fetch it... placid and still I lay, and thought and knew of nothing, till the harsh notes of Peter smote on my ear. Was ever anything so cruelly unsympathetic? The man at the end of the bell-rope can have had no soul for poetry, no feeling for the glorious sun of spring, no mind above the cobwebs and entomology of clock tower, no perception of the finer artistic emotions! In the first place I hate any bells; they always suggest something unpleasant or unromantic; and bells at that time – ugh!’ (The Radleian 9 April 1892)

There is also an [unsubstantiated] anecdote of an irate Don, kept awake through the night by the striking bells, firing a shotgun to Clock Tower.

Plans for the bell tower appear very early in designs for the new school. The first meeting of the founders of Radley took place on 5th March 1847. Three days later they first visited the house at Radley Hall. By 21st March they were settled in and beginning to decorate. The

first mention of the bell tower occurs on 7th April: ‘Where the Venison safe is. Thought of raising this last mentioned structure to the height and dignity of a bell tower. Its figure is hexagonal.’

On 15th July, Sewell and Singleton approached the most prestigious clock maker of the day, Benjamin Vulliamy, to discuss costs and practicalities. Vulliamy was the head of the famous clock and watch-makers company founded by his father in London in c.1730. The firm had been based at 75 (later renumbered 68) Pall Mall since 1752. He specialised in clocks for turrets and had narrowly lost the contract for the clock which was to become Big Ben, in the new tower at the Houses of Parliament in 1844:

‘Mr Vulliamy, the great clock maker in Pall Mall, called & dined with Sewell & me. Sewell had written to him about the cost of a turret clock to strike the hours on the great bell, & the quarters on the small. He subsequently sent plans and estimates of three. The middle-sized one would come to £235. It is clear that we cannot think of this at present, but we can erect the turret so as to admit of it hereafter if funds come in.’ (Singleton’s diary 15th July 1847)

They had already ordered three bells from George Mears. Mears was the pre-eminent bell founder in Britain in the mid-nineteenth century. His company, now known as the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, then operated under variations of the name of Mears and Stainbank or George Mears and Co. It had produced some of the most famous bells in the world since at least the reign of Elizabeth I, including the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia in 1752. In 1847 George Mears had begun work on Big Ben, although it was not completed until the 1850s. Radley’s three bells arrived on 3rd November 1847:

‘and have been deposited safely on the ground in and by the tower. Their weights are as follows: cwt qr lbs B 9 2 20A 11 3 21D 30 3 21

They are provided with tolling hammers, as well as with peels and clappers, so that we can sound them as we please.’ (Singleton’s diary 22nd November 1847)

Clare Sargent, librarian and Archivist, on the history of Clock Tower

A watercolour by F.T. Dalton, Tutor of F Social 1879-1886

The earliest extant photograph of Clock Tower taken in 1860 with the fives courts butresses present but no clocks


6

Clock Tower from page 5

Charles Talbot’s drawing of Clock Tower. A sketch of this drawing was added to the transcript of the letters now in Radley College Archives. The copyist failed to observe that the buttress is clearly visible on the left side of the tower and so omitted it. This caused AK Boyd to annotate the letter with the note ‘this is the only extant picture of Clock Tower before the buttresses were added by Sewell.’ Unfortunately, the buttresses were added in 1855 and letter written in 1856. Therefore there is no extant picture of the original bell tower as designed by Howard and built in 1847.

‘Friday 19th 1856Today I sent off my letter to you and some drawings which Ge and I had done during the term... Today... while we were playing about a man came up with rather a jolly pony and so I asked him to let me have a ride on it so he did and I rode it at full gallop in the park and just as I was stooping down to open a gate... and near which there were some railings like this when the pony wheeled round before I could stop it or say anything the pony had tried to take the fence but not being able to do it, it came down on its knees and sent me right down head foremost into the mud, but I picked myself up quick and took hold of the reins and got on him again and had a canter, but I was not hurt a bit so I didn’t care a hang.’

of Romanesque towers in the Rhineland. However, they illustrated the point with a photograph of the 11th century tower of Sompting Church, Sussex, which lacks the deep valleys described by Singleton. Another possible inspiration that they identified is a nineteenth century drawing of a chimney at nearby Abingdon Abbey. The major point being made by the design is probably simply that it was the height of fashion. This was a Neo-Gothic building, echoing much of the new style being introduced elsewhere in Oxford. It was ‘German’ in style, and therefore a nod to modernity and to the influence of Prince Albert in

contemporary new builds. Its style was markedly different to other turrets simultaneously being constructed at Radley. Staircase turrets built for the chapel and dormitory (both since demolished), were circular with cone-shaped, pointed roofs. Singleton was concerned that such round turrets appeared ‘more martial than ecclesiastical; still we deliberately chose it in preference to a square concern... and I am sure that it will look very well if we crown it with a conical roof. We must in this, as well as many other points, brave criticism and defy cavil.’ (Singleton’s diary 24th September 1847)

An American visitor in 1935 saw a less beautiful structure:

‘I’m afraid we didn’t look on Radley as exactly the most attractive spot in the world... My cousin even went so far as to say that Clock Tower looked like the watch tower in a prison and that she expected to see a machine gun poked through the slit at any time.’ (The Radleian 18 December 1935)

The three bells arrived on 3rd November 1847:

‘While standing inspecting the arrangements for raising ‘Peter’ (as we call him) off the cart, saw about 8 gentlemen coming up towards the Offices, and looking rather bewildered... [including] Mr Halse of All Souls’... Accompanied him part of the way down the drive, when I suddenly heard the first stroke of the great bell. While it was in suspension, before being lowered from the cart to the ground, Mr Johnson took up its clapper and struck a blow. The sound was very fine, rich and deep. ‘There’, said I, to Mr Halse, ‘is the first sound of the great Peter of Radley.’

By 26th November they were finally installed: ‘the three bells have been safely placed aloft in their berths. They were struck by drawing the clappers with the hand, and are lovely.’

The bells have rung the hours since 1847, only being silenced during World War 2, when all bells across the country were used only for dire emergencies. But they did ring out on Sunday 15th November, 1943, to celebrate the victory in the North Africa Campaign. About two-thirds of the boys at the school during those years had never heard them before.

No photographs survive of the bell tower in this earliest phase, as a single, unsupported tower without clocks. The earliest image of it is in a letter from Charles Talbot to his parents in 1856. Even then, it is incidental to the drawing as Charles is describing the layout of some railings which lay between the bell tower and the park. At this date the wings had already been added and are just visible in the drawing.

In 1853, amid a crisis in the leadership of the school, William Sewell took over as the third Warden of Radley. Sewell’s vision for the school gave greater priority to the aesthetic and arcadian side of the founders’ joint vision, rather than Singleton’s more austere The Risley Plaque

The wings of the Fives courts also made excellent wings for a stage for the annual Latin and Greek plays in the 1890s and 1900s. Swedish drill was practised there by the entire school in 1915. The interior of the tower became a dumping ground for those things no one wants and which cannot be thrown away, such as the broken remains of the Museum. In 1939, Clock Tower was declared a tripping hazard while walking around College during the blackout. The exterior became so much a pedestrian route that it took on the role of a roundabout. Originally, the tower was surrounded by grass, with a large tree, the home of a rookery, between Clock Tower and the Old Gym. Gradually the grass suffered from being churned up into mud.

Aristophanes – The Frogs, 1900

monastic approach. Nowhere is this more apparent than Sewell’s rapid conversion of the bell tower from a single function building to house the bells for Christian worship, into the central play area of the school. In 1855, Sewell constructed four wings, each projecting from the four corners of the tower. These have occasionally been described as buttresses, and it may be that the tower as originally built was unstable. But the wings were primarily the sides of four Fives courts, with a low wall at the back of each court, only one of which now survives as a boundary

wall for A Social Tutor’s garden. The courts were painted white, which would have stood out clearly against the red brick. The bell tower courts compensated for the loss of informal Fives courts which had developed in the bays alongside the School Room (now the Library); these were converted into a series of lean-to classrooms in 1855. The opening of the new Fives courts was a grand affair celebrated with a large party, with Mrs Hook, mother of Walter (1851) and Cecil (1855), laying the first stone, on 3rd September 1855. Playing Fives at the bell tower courts became the obsession of

Squash on the East Court circa 1880


7

Dons and boys. The diaries of both Sewell and his Sub-Warden, William Wood, constantly refer to Fives matches. The smallest boys in the school would challenge Sewell to join their game if he were simply walking past (at least, according to Sewell). Wood’s photo album shows a mixed team of Dons and boys – the earliest sporting photo of Radley.

It is unclear whether all four courts were all intended for games. The tower contains a staircase for access to the bells, approached through a double door. This door would have made one court at least unusable for racket sports. By 1894 there were certainly only two courts in use for Squash Rackets, with the suggestion that a third might be organised by laying down stone slabs. The original shop, organised by the boys themselves, was also located somewhere close to Clock Tower. The key spot above the doorway into the tower was appropriated by the parents of Robert Risley, to commemorate his role as the third Senior Prefect of the school, and Senior Prefect under Sewell. Risley left the school in 1855, to go up to Sewell’s old college in Oxford, Exeter. Now it looks an incongruous location for such a key plaque, but when it was erected it was the central, secular place in the school.

This central location made the tower an ideal candidate for other communal activities: it was always the rallying point and meeting/ collection place, but in 1892 it was suggested that the door into the tower would be the ideal site for a new school shop: ‘rumours... there was to be a magnificent erection à la Swiss chalet... with myriad trays of French pastry and French chefs doling out sweets... if tastefully carried out [this] would considerably improve the appearance of the tower...’ (The Radleian 15 November 1892). The wings of the Fives courts also made excellent wings for a stage for the annual Latin and Greek plays in the 1890s and 1900s. Swedish drill was practised there by the entire school in 1915. The interior of the tower became a dumping ground for those things no one wants and which cannot be thrown away, such as the broken remains of the Museum. In 1939, Clock Tower was declared a tripping hazard while walking around College during the blackout. The exterior became so much a pedestrian route that it took on the role of a roundabout. Originally, the tower was surrounded by grass, with a large tree, the home of a rookery, between Clock Tower and the Old Gym. Gradually the grass suffered from being churned up into mud. In 1928 there were complaints that the ground was so heavily trodden and waterlogged that there was danger of being lost

in quicksands. By 1929, the car was beginning to make its presence felt, and the tree was felled:

‘We were surprised the other day to see two workmen demolishing the wall of the old court on the north-east side of Clock Tower. The cement was also being removed from the wall of Clock Tower. The idea is to give more room for cars. It is interesting to note that this wall is part of one of the oldest buildings in College.’ (The Radleian 28 July 1929)

By October the same year:

‘The paving stones on Prefect’s Court have been removed, and the whole space surrounding Clock Tower tarred and gravelled. The stones have been used to pave certain areas which formerly reminded one of nothing so much as the Slough of Despond.’ (The Radleian 23 October 1929)

The only surviving wall of the fives court. This particular court was reserved for the use of prefects, consequently all other boys were forbidden to cross the court, so had to walk behind the wall. This tradition survived until 1966 even though the court and wall had long lost their original purpose.

It was not until 1864 that the school could finally afford a clock. Then a clock with two faces, looking south-east and south-west was installed. The clock radically changed the focus of the tower. By 1871 an article in ‘The Field’ about the opening of the golf course, the inauguration of another new sport at Radley, describing the landmarks of the course, saw the Fives Courts as the primary structure with the Clock Tower as an adjunct to them:

‘The entire distance of nine holes is about 3,330 yards round the inner Park... and consists of the Ricks, the Path, the May, the Wood, the Elm Clumps, the Firs, the Ridge, the Warden’s and the Home’s Holes; the places named being conspicuous objects... The Clock Tower of the Fives Courts rising above the roof of the Gymnasium gives the leading mark to the Warden’s Hole...’ (quoted in The Radleian, October 1871)

This shift in emphasis from tower to courts is repeated in 1880, when The Radleian printed a correction to an article which had appeared in another school’s magazine, The Lorettonian: ‘We certainly do play Bat Fives on the outdoor courts, which are built around a clock tower...’. In 1876 the school built an indoor fives court for Winchester fives. This court is still in use. By the 1880s the open air courts around Clock Tower were also being used for squash rackets as well as bat fives.

By 1908 the lack of dials on the two remaining sides was becoming a matter of complaint. The new school Shop had been built, two hundred metres away from Clock Tower, but there was no dial on the side facing Shop – a great annoyance for those without watches. 1913, still no more dials. 1930, still no more dials. 1935, still no new dials. 1938, a plea for just one more dial, on the north-east, which could at least be seen

from the playing fields... In 1925 there was a plea that even with only two dials, they should at least indicate the same time. This was repeated in a limerick competition in 1926 when third place went to this effort:

To determine the time from clock towerIs a task quite beyond human power;When it strikes quarter-toOn the side facing you,On the other it points to the hour. (The Radleian July 1926)

At the Old Radleian dinner held in his honour in 1949, Vyvyan Hope recalled three particular highlights of his time at Radley in charge of the OR Society and fund-raising:

‘In 1930 a packet dropped from a plane on to the pitch containing £30 for the Land Fund... In 1939 he received 98 ‘fivers’ from an anonymous OR... and finally in the century term [Easter Term 1947] he received a cheque for £1000. This was spent on electrifying the works of Clock Tower and putting synchronised clocks round College, in an attempt to mark more accurately the passage of time in the second century of the College!’ (The Radleian 13 March 1949)

In 1948 the two missing dials were also added. The gift of the clock faces and the electrification was originally anonymous, but the donor died on 8th April 1948, and his obituary revealed his identity. He was George Saunders of A Social, who had been a boy at the school throughout World War 1, 1914-1918. In World War 2 he had served on Field-Marshal Montgomery’s staff in 1945 and was probably instrumental in arranging Montgomery’s visit to Radley in 1947. So it took exactly 101 years from Singleton’s and Sewell’s first meeting with Benjamin Vulliamy for their hoped-for Clock Tower to be complete with four dials, three bells and electrified mechanism. As they had hoped, somebody gave the school a present.

The East Squash Court – 1902

This shift in emphasis from tower to courts is repeated in 1880, when The Radleian printed a correction to an article which had appeared in another school’s magazine, The Lorettonian: ‘We certainly do play Bat Fives on the outdoor courts, which are built around a clock tower...’In 1876 the school built an indoor fives court for Winchester fives. This court is still in use. By the 1880s the open air courts around Clock Tower were also being used for squash rackets as well as bat fives.


8

Above: an aerial shot by Max Horsey and his team using a GoPro Hero3 camera on board a remotely controlled DJI Phantom Quadcopter. The equipment was funded by filming shows and concerts for other schools. See some of their video at: www.radleyvideo.co.uk/videoclips.html Below: the coffee shop area in the new building on the Old Gym site


9

Above: looking out of the new building towards Clock TowerBelow: the back of the Rackets Court is a prominent feature inside the new building


10

Charity Fund-RaisingRadley donsPaul Fernandez is planning a Relay Triathlon to Gibraltar during the Summer holidays. Run to Dover (132 miles in 4 to 6 mile sections), swim the Channel in 15 minute to one hour stints then cycle to Gibraltar in one to three hour rides. A team of Dons will take part (and maybe some Old Radleians) and they hope to raise money for up to four charities including the Helen Clarke Fund and the Radley Armed Forces Fund.

Current RadleiansMark Jewell has organised a ‘Mufti’ Day, a Dons and 6.1 Pub Quiz and a Krispy Kreme Doughnut day to raise money for a water pump at Gehandu School, our partner school in Tanzania. A Radley group will visit Gehandu School in July 2013 and will be trialling a new software package with their pupils for learning English via mobile phones.

G SocialIn April G Social had a 24 hour football match in the Sports Hall to raise funds for the Hawkwell Trust, an Oxford-based educational charity. After 24 hours of non-stop play, the Reds emerged victorious by 4 goals, winning 598-594! Over £7,000 was raised for the Trust.

Mongol derbyJames Johnston, in his last year in J Social, will ride in the Mongol Derby in August with his sister, a Downe House Old Girl. The Derby is a 1,000 kilometre horse race across the Mongolian steppe. They aim to complete it in about 8 to 10 days to raise money for the Radley Armed Forces Fund.

Mongol RallySam Hörbye and Andrew Sweerts (both 2006) have entered the 10,000 mile Mongol Rally in July to raise money for Sobell House in memory of Dr Jim Summerly.

Old Radleian MarathonsAndrew Strauss (1990) and Edwin Atkinson(1957) were two Old Radleians who ran in the London Marathon for The Lord’s Taverners and the National Autistic Society respectively.

Rob Martineau (1999) and two friends have run 1,000 miles from Odessa to Dubrovnik in just over a month and have raised £159,345 for Love 146, a charity which helps the victims of child trafficking.

Adrian Theed (1983) took part in The Black Death Run, an extreme 10 mile run which appeared to cover as much vertical distance as horizontal, for the Cordwainers’ Charity for blind children.

Anthony von Christierson (2001) ran with Jack Tyrwhitt-Drake (2001), Charlie Oakes (2001) and Tom Muir (2001) in the Gobi March, a 250 kilometre event comprising four single marathons in four consecutive days, followed by a double marathon on day five. Severe weather on day five brought the event to a temporary halt and the final few kilometres were completed on day six. The group have been raising money for Savitri, a charity which provides free cataract-removal surgery for poverty-stricken individuals in India. So far they have raised more than £150,000 which means over 9,000 people will have their eyesight restored for free.

Ruth and Andrew Strauss Rob Martineau in sight of Dubrovnik after 33 days

Harry Bicket (1974) conducted Giulio Cesare at The Metropolitan Opera during April and May in New York.

“Hail, Cesare! Met Production a Conquering Hero” (New York Post).

“Supple, vivid, and complete... The genius of this production lies in the mixture of the deep and the frivolous, the dance of slapstick and sublimity.” (New York Magazine).

“The Met’s smashing new production... is a thrilling

harry Bicket at The Metoperatic experience that is a feast for the eyes and ears” (Huffington Post).

“A masterpiece the Met is treating with just the right mix of respect and irreverence” (New York Post).

Conductor Harry Bicket “draws a lithe, lyrical and stylish performance of this great score from the Met orchestra” (New York Times)

During June and July Harry Bicket will be conducting Lucio Silla by Mozart at the Opera Liceu in Barcelona.

Ric

hard

Hau

ghto

n

John Bridcut (1965) produced Colin Davis In His Own Words for the BBC in May. The intimate and compelling portrait of the conductor Sir Colin Davis, who died in April, revealed a reluctant maestro.Shortly before his final illness, Sir Colin Davis spoke poignantly and at length to John Bridcut about his life, his beliefs, his musical passions and his method.

Jake wilson in Scott’s hut John Bridcut

In 2012 Jake Wilson (1991) produced a CD in tribute to the five British explorers who perished while returning from the South Pole on Captain Scott’s Antarctic expedition in 1912. In March 2013 Jake sang the five songs, each dedicated to one of the explorers, in Scott’s original expedition hut in Antarctica. He hopes to produce a film about his journey.

Cru

x Pr

oduc

tions

Sir Colin Davis


11

Capability Brown’s trees

A view of Radley Hall from the north east from Turner’s ‘Oxford’ Sketchbook, c.1789, graphite on paper

Radley Hall from the North-West by Turner – Date 1789 – Pen and ink and watercolour on paper

In the February edition of Lusimus I wondered whether the two trees shown on the right of Turner’s watercolour were planted by Capability Brown when he worked at Radley twenty years earlier in 1769 or 1770. The two trees appear to be very close to the position of two infected and rotten lime trees which were felled in October 2012. The Tate suggests that Turner did not paint the watercolour from this precise viewpoint while at Radley, but produced it later using sketches he had made on his visit.

Would Turner’s sketchbook provide any extra evidence?

It is remarkable that Turner kept his sketchbooks from such an early age and that, after making an appointment with the Tate, it is possible to see them in the Prints and Drawings Room.

Hardly daring to breathe for fear of damaging the ‘Oxford’ sketchbook, and with the help of an official page-turner, I examined all the pages containing sketches of Radley Hall.

There are two sketches which illustrate the Mansion and trees. In the sketch to the right, although there do appear to be two prominent trees with others to the west of the house, it is difficult to pinpoint their exact positions. In the sketch below there appear to be a number of trees to the west of the house.

Would Capability Brown have planted trees so close to Radley Hall – trees that would become large, excluding light from the house and obstructing the view of the landscape?

Unless new evidence is discovered I doubt we will ever know if Capability Brown planted the lime trees but it has been enjoyable to speculate and a huge privilege to see Turner’s sketchbook at the Tate.

Jock Mullard

© T

ate,

Lon

don

2013

Self-Portrait, Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851, circa 1799, Oil on canvas

© T

ate,

Lon

don

2013

Section of the Lodge and Gate of Radley Hall, [entrance at Lodge Hill]

© T

ate,

Lon

don

2013

© T

ate,

Lon

don

2013

Distant View of Radley Hall from the North, c.1789, graphite on paper

© T

ate,

Lon

don

2013


12

1979 to 1986 ReunionSaturday 14 September

Shell Parents Drinks at RadleySunday 22 September (provisional)

Radley West Country Dinner, BathFriday 1 November

Under 30s London DrinksDecember (provisional)

Calendar of Events 2013Radleian Society & Foundation

The Right honourable Owen Paterson (1969), MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs talks to 6.2

The ven Julian henderson – Bishop of Blackburn

Owen Paterson came to Radley in February to talk to 6.2 about the Environment – pictured with Hamish Aird, the man who taught him everything he knows.

Andr

ew C

unni

ngha

m

The Ven Julian Henderson (1968), Archdeacon of Dorking; and Hon Canon, Guildford Cathedral, is to be Bishop of Blackburn – he will be consecrated in the autumn.

Cambridge Supper – 4th March

Property dinner – 6th March

Seventeen Cambridge students gathered at Brown’s for an informal supper with Dons, Garry Wiseman and Paul Gamble, and Richard Wilson (1956), former Master and Fellow of Emmanuel College. A very jolly evening was had by all and it was lovely to hear the fond memories that Radley holds for such recent leavers and to hear about life at Cambridge which seems to be greatly enjoyed. There were wide-ranging discussions around the table from the diets of

Once again Gerald Kaye hosted an excellent evening at Boodle’s for Old Radleians connected with the Property world. As usual the occasion was a sell-out, starting with champagne in the Committee Room at the top of the Club and a stunningly good dinner in the Saloon. For the benefit of foodies: delicious home-potted shrimps, fillet of beef en croûte, accompanied by Chateau Thieuley, and a light-as-air warm soufflé for pudding. There was a very relaxed and friendly atmosphere among the ORs present and a larger than usual contingent of younger ORs enjoyed

the opportunity to network with more seasoned professionals.

Hamish Aird delivered the Radley Grace : “Take pity on us, Lord, and bless these gifts we are about to enjoy”. At the end of the meal (the Good Lord having amply fulfilled the request), the Warden spoke warmly about Radley, at that moment in the middle of an ISI Inspection. We have become used to the quality and success of these evenings (now biennial). For all this we extend immense thanks to our host, Gerald Kaye.

lightweight rowers to musicals and the merits of a a city internship whilst studying geology to Cambridge colleges asking students to become donors.

The supper was one of a series of university events hosted by the Radleian Society who are keen to ensure that those leaving Radley know of the activities that the Society offers and, especially, the professional networking opportunities it affords.

The Revd dr Michael lloyd – Principal of wycliffe hall

The Revd. Dr Michael Lloyd (1971) has been appointed as the next Principal of Wycliffe Hall. He will take up his post in the summer. Wycliffe Hall is an evangelical theological college set within the University of Oxford, an international centre for the study of theology, an Anglican seminary for the training of Christian ministers and a centre for postgraduate study and research.

6.1 Careers Conference 4th June

A huge thank you to all the ORs and Parents who helped make the event such a success.


13

Golf Team Classic – 18th AprilBy popular demand, the Radley golf team classic came back! On the day of the usual ORGS medal and foursomes a ‘fun’ stableford event was held in the afternoon. Despite an ominous thunderclap, torrential rain on the first three holes and very strong winds the

Warden, Angus McPhail, prevailed to win with 35 points from Patrick Cumming (1953) on 34. The team event was won by the Warden’s team including Patrick Cumming (1953), Jack Sawbridge (1999). We hope next year’s event will be at Radley in the autumn.

Radley liverymen’s dinner – 29th April

Angus McPhail, the Warden and Anthony West (1955) before the Liverymen’s Dinner

43 members of the Radleian Society, including the Warden, ORs, current parents and a current grandparent enjoyed an evening at Girdlers’ Hall kindly hosted by the Master, Mike Roberts (1960). The weather was warm enough for drinks in the garden

which were followed by a delicious meal served under the watchful eye of an OR banqueting manager! Guests were entertained to some delightful background music with Nick Raison (1955) on the piano, and speeches from both the Master and the Warden were roundly

John Hutchins (1950)

appreciated. We hope the next Radley Liverymen’s Dinner will take place in 2016 when all members of the Radleian Society who are associated with a livery company will be warmly welcome.All events photographs by Jan Glover.

london Networking Party – 6th June

young, there was the chance to meet the more experienced in many disciplines and for those with more experience there was an opportunity to network across disciplines and to help the young on their chosen career paths. This event was also to celebrate

Over 150 ORs, Parents, Former Parents and guests attended this new event in the Radleian Society calendar, in the Upper River Room at the Mermaid. It was a social occasion which also provided the opportunity for professional networking. For the

achieving our target of over 1000 members on Radley’s professional networking group on Linkedin, Radley for Life. This is our online network which aims to provide career support and business opportunities for anyone associated with Radley.


14

Radley Flag flies over Gozo

Mick & Janie Wright, who recently retired from Radley, with Andrew Ashton, the Radley Bursar, under the Radley flag at the Wrights’ house in Gozo

Freddie Sjostrom (as Freddie Stroma) (2000) had a significant part in the box office success, Pitch Perfect.

Freddie Sjostrom

Get

ty Im

ages

BAFTA for Made in Chelsea and Jamie laing

Presenter Holly Willoughby (left) and the cast and crew of ‘Made In Chelsea’, winner of Best Reality and Constructed Factual, at the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards 2013 – Jamie Laing (2002) is the foremost second from the right.

The Next Reunion1979–1986

If you do not receive an invitation, please contact Jan Glover

Tel: 01235 543171 Email: [email protected]

or go towww.radley.org.uk/OldRadleianEvents.aspx

Saturday 14 September

iceland at Easter

Fifty-seven Remove Geographers and five dons travelled to Iceland at the end of the Easter holidays. The five-day trip packed in a huge amount: with the boys engaged in activities such as hiking on a glacier, swimming in outdoor sulphur pools, eating geothermally-heated eggs, being serenaded by a Viking, spotting whales in Reykjavic harbour, gazing at icy waterfalls, clambering to the top of volcanic craters and venturing into the steamy heart of a geothermal power station.

Pete hawkins Exhibition

Pete Hawkins (1993) had a sell-out solo exhibition, ‘Behind Closed Doors’, of his paintings on antique doors at The Outsiders in Greek Street


15

Cricket

Rowing – 46th year with Cambridge for donald legget

Donald Legget (1956) started coaching the Cambridge Squad in 1968 (so 2013 was his 46th year) but, after some close racing, it was an Oxford year with Isis winning by ⅓ length and Oxford winning by 1⅓ lengths

Radley Party for

donald leggetat henley

12.30Friday 5 July

www.radley.org.uk/OldRadleianEvents.aspx

Freddy Fairhead (6.2), Captain of Cricket, scored 51 playing for Middlesex 2nds on Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May, against Sussex 2nds. Not only did Freddy score his 51 in only 48 balls, he also bowled consistently, taking 1-50 in eight overs in a high-scoring match, which Middlesex eventually lost.

Nick Gubbins, who left Radley last Summer and who is on a Summer Contract with Middlesex while at University, was in the same Middlesex team.

Master-in-charge of Cricket, John Beasley, said of Freddy (pictured, with Andrew Strauss, at Radley in January): “It’s an achievement in itself to be picked for Middlesex while still at school – let alone to be the first-choice off-spinner in the side and score some valuable lower order runs.”

Alex Hearne has played for Cambridge MCC Universities, Nick Gubbins for Leeds/Bradford MCC Universities and Wilf Marriott for Oxford MCC Universities.

Sailing

The ORSA crew of ten with Julian Facer (1982) as skipper, Richard Saker (1953) as tactician with Simon Palmer (1987), Richard Cross (1972), Ross Culbertson (2003) and guests, took part in the Round the Island Race in early June. Their time was about 7 hours and they came tenth in their class of 40. The perhaps unsurprising news was that Sir Ben Ainslie had beaten ORSA (and everyone else) with a race record of 2 hours and 52 minutes. Alexis Dogilewski (1958), the Commodore, provided essential refreshments and advice on dry land.


16

Lusimus

Nig

el F

renc

h/EM

PIC

S Sp

ort

Radley College, Abingdon, OX14 2HR Web: www.radley.org.uk

Anthony Robinson, Development Director Tel: 01235 543151

Email: [email protected]

Lucy Johnsson, Administrator &PA to Development Director

Tel: 01235 548543 Email: [email protected]

Kim Charlton, Database Manager Tel: 01235 543172


Jan Glover, Events Manager Tel: 01235 543171


Hamish Aird, Foundation Philosopher Tel: 01235 548574


Jock Mullard, Publications Tel: 01235 543103


Contact details

The Radley Foundation – Registered Charity No. 272671 The Radleian Society – Registered Charity No. 309243

Galleons day

A burst of winter snow forced the cancellation of Galleons Day on the last Sunday of the Lent Term

Andrew wagner wins the Sky Sports ECB Coach of the year award 2012From Sky Sports, 29 January 2013

Radley College Head Cricket Coach, Andrew Wagner, was selected from hundreds of cricket coaches to win the coveted Sky Sports ECB Coach of the Year award 2012.

Andrew has been coaching for more than 30 years since retiring from playing county cricket for Somerset.

As full-time Head Coach at Radley College for the last 25 years, he spends more than 45 hours a week developing grassroots cricket.

During his time at Radley, Andrew has been responsible for supporting a number of talented cricketers such as Ben Hutton and Jamie Dalrymple, but he is perhaps best known for his first protégé, former England captain, Andrew Strauss.Commenting on his award, Andrew said: “It is an honour to be recognised by Sky Sports and the ECB and to have won the Coach of the Year award.

“I have been extremely lucky to forge a career from doing what I love most and being rewarded for that is a dream come true. The support that I have received from the Sky Sports ECB Coach Education programme in the past five years has helped make my job a lot easier and guided me into using more drills to help develop grassroots cricket in Oxfordshire.”

Commenting on the achievement, England batsman Jonathan Trott, said: “It is really great to see such a deserving recipient of this award. The fact that Andrew has spent that many years and hours coaching grassroots cricket is a credit to his love of the game.

“If he continues to develop players like Andrew Strauss then he is certainly a top asset to the help drive forward cricket coaching in England and Wales.”

Rugby

Nick Wood (1996) has been given a new three-year contract at Gloucester

BigB

lade

Pho

togr

aphy

lightweight Boat Race

Will Handy rowed at bow in the Cambridge Lightweight crew in the Henley Boat Races which took place at Dorney this year because of the strong stream conditions at Henley and the forecast direction and strength of wind for race day. The Oxford lightweights won by 1⅔ lengths.

Documents

Lusimus Issue 27 June 2013