Book now for the OBA 2010 dinner
The 2010 Old Bournemouthians Association Dinner will be held on Friday 17th September 2010 at the Queen’s Hotel. The event will be open to Members and their guests. To apply for spaces, please use this form.
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2010 Pre-Dinner Golf Trophy
A year on – come and show us you can improve on that score from last year! To all you past players in this event, I look forward to our annual meet-up. You know the drill but here are a few reminders and a welcome to new OBA folks who I hope will join us on Friday [...]
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Old Bournemouthian Dinner Report, 2009
This event was without doubt one of the best dinners to date. The format remained consistent with 138 gathering at the Queens Hotel for an evening of convivial entertainment. There was much anticipation regarding the presence of our new OBA President and Headmaster of Bournemouth School – Dr Dorian Lewis.
Following grace said by Mr Bryant [...] -
Old Boys back from Afghanistan
Kevin Lindsay, who left the School in 2006 having taught there for 5 years and was an Officer in the School’s CCF, writes:
I thought it fittng to mention that there is an article in the Daily Echo today (Saturday 10th April) on page 20, featuring news of three Old Boys, Iain and Nik West (brothers) and [...] -
Parent’s Association Annual Quiz
Phil Brightwell writes:
In November 2008, we entered a team in the Parents Association Annual Quiz, which was held at the School one Friday night. Our team comprised Neil Bichard, Malick Kudmany, David Bryant, Pat Stokes (I think), my wife Gwen and me – and, possibly, A.N. Other. (Sorry, my memory is not too good at [...] -
Search for two Old Members 1938-1945
The family of Peter Hull (1938-1945) is very interested in finding their father’s school friends, John F Collins and Geoffrey Turner. Sarah Hull, Peter’s daughter, writes: “Dad’s recently widowed and a bit lonely – would be great if these two ‘boys’ might still be around.” If you have any information on the whereabouts of these two Old Boys [...]
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Harold Windebank passes away
Grahm Jones draws this notice, from a Rotary newsletter, to my attention:
Rotarian Harold Owen Windebank died on 15 October, aged 93 and had been a loyal member of our Club for 36 years. He was born in Bournemouth, educated at Bournemouth School, living in the Town Centre – Christchurch Rd, then Kinson, then Canford Cliffs [...] -
Association 2009 AGM minutes
The minutes to the OBA’s 2009 Annual General Meeting are now available online, thanks to David Sidwick.
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Memorial service for Howard ‘Mac’ Hunt
Ray Hunt writes to tell us of the death of his brother, Howard ‘Mac’ Hunt (1940-1946). A memorial service is to be held at All Saints Church Branksome Park on 14th January 2010. Ray writes:
We both attended Annual Dinners until recently. Among his immediate contempories were, Chris Eales, John Demont, Gordon Prosser, John Ives, John Davis, [...] -
Old Boy update
Sean Boyle (1994-2001) sends the following update:
Upon leaving school in 2001 I decided to have a year out. I worked for 6 months at Sky Sports in London before spending 5 months travelling around the world. This definitely gave me a broader perspective on things and held me adjust to the change of going to [...] -
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