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Five and TenYearOnReunions
In May the classes of 2006 and 2011 returned to Bancroft’s for their five
and ten years on reunions.
More than 100 Old Bancroftians gathered in the Dining Hall to listen to the Head, Simon
Marshall who gave an update on the School and OBA President Nick Bowman who spoke
about how the alumni can get involved with the OBA and the School. This was followed by
a selection of canapes and drinks and gave everyone the opportunity to catch up with their
contemporaries and teaching staff. A great evening was had by all.
OBA Ladies’
Evening
The second of our series of Ladies
Evenings took place at Bancroft’s
School on Friday 9 September
and, oh, what fun we all had!
A big ‘thank you’ to OB Rosamund Hall
(1992-99) who delivered a superb and
very entertaining talk to approximately
40 OBs and former staff, together with
the delights of scrumptious cheese and
biscuits and some excellent ‘natural’ wine
tasting. The evening was so successful
that we will be looking to arrange a Jazz
Evening at Rosamund’s wine bar in E7 in
the very near future!
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University Challenge 2017
The 17 September
episode of
University
Challenge
saw Hugh
Oxlade captaining the
team from Fitzwilliam
College, Cambridge.
Hugh comes from South
Woodford and is currently
reading History. His team ran
out worthy winners against
Leicester. Hugh is the
second recent OB to appear in the long-running quiz show; Daniel Morgan-Thomas (2005-
2012) enjoyed a run of success with Durham’s team in 2014.
OBA Business Breakfast
In September, the OBA hosted
another Business Breakfast, this
time at the Gherkin. The event was
hosted by OB Luke Savage (OB 1972
- 1979) of Standard Life Aberdeen.
Doug Webb (OB 1972-1979), CFO Meggitt
PLC and former CFO of London Stock
Exchange gave an inspiring talk ‘British
Engineering and Manufacturing, there
is another world beyond finance!’ to a
packed audience of OBs and friends of
Bancroft’s. Who would have guessed
that when you fly, you are never
more than a couple of feet from a
part supplied by Meggitt, and that
the UK leads the world in aerospace
engineering? There followed a lively
Q&A session and time for networking.
Leavers'
Evening 2017
OnWednesday 13 September the
school held an informal drinks evening
in the Dining Hall for the U6 leavers of
2017 and their parents/guardians.
The evening was a great success and very
well attended. Our leavers were officially
welcomed to the OBA by our President Nick
Bowman and were presented with OBA Ties
and Ladies’ OBA Pins. We were delighted to
welcome back OBs from the classes of 2015
and 2016 who came along to help with a new
incentive to offer mentoring and support
to our new Old Bancroftians, sharing their
university and work experiences. We wish
them all every success for the future.
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