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Tommy Adeane is in his last year at Magdalene College, Cambridge reading History of Art.

Kieran Angelini-Hurll and his wife, Becky, are on their way home from Singapore with a new born little girl (the first female A-H ever, claims proud grandfather, Patrick A-H!). 

Rogan A-H and his family (three boys!) now live in Pimlico.  Leo lives in Fulham and is doing something complicated in the City to do with finance.

Adrian Arnold is always keen to keep in touch and to find out what others did “with that fine education”. He wrote:  “after the Indian Army (& Pakistan Army for Partition), I went to prison for 32 years - Pentonville, Nicosia, Kaduna & several more - as Governor!  H/M Williamson wanted me as Deputy Head, when I was at Goudhurst Detention Centre. I don’t think it was because Ashdown’s inmates had deteriorated! I have just closed down a ‘Doollally’ reunion (Deolali OCTU, nr Bombay), since it was becoming a list of obituaries, and just now President of the Old Ardinians Society (Ardingly College). Be good to find out what other O.A.s have done - well done, Darren Lui!”

Harriet Asquith is having a great time at Wycombe and is doing a lot of sport which she says is really good fun, but she has a lot of prep to do all the time including things like English coursework and revision for Latin and Greek GCSE's.  (4 February 2008)

In the words of his Housemaster, Ed Atkin’s housemaster “cannot think of a sports scholar who has given so much to the Marlborough cause”;  he was an influential member of the 1st XV and  the 1st hockey XI and was captain of the rackets and tennis teams.  He is off to Leeds to read History of Art.

Oliver Atkin has just left Marlborough (a year after brother Ed) with As in Latin, Greek and French and is off to Bristol to read Classics after a gap year skiing in Quebec and then travelling in Mexico.  He remains a passionate footballer (and supporter) and captained the school 1st XI as well as playing for the 1st VI in tennis.

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Polly Baker is in her second year at Benenden and having fun, as are Tash Barrington,Lucy Williams and Abi Clow. She is really enjoying lots of sport and art too and  hopes to visit Ashdown soon again!

Gigi Barker is head of her House (Walpole) this year, a school prefect and became the youngest girl ever to receive the Duke of Edinburgh Gold at King’s Canterbury.  Chris Barker got all As and Bs in his GCSEs.

Hugo Barttelot is in his last year at Eton where he continues to run the Politics and Sailing Clubs. (20 May 2008)

Myles Beaufort (1978-1981) writes: Just an update of what I'm now doing: Executive Development Chef for Mitchell's Quality Foods (www.liteneasy.com.au) a manufacturer of nutitionally balanced frozen meals for the Australian dieting market.  Celebrating 10 years of marriage to Virginia next year (2009) and we now have two sons, Maximilian (19/10/00) and Jett (06/05/05). Still loving life in Australia - particularly when we are on our boat on the Gold Coast. Often think back to happy days at Ashdown especially having recently found a few old Ashdownian friends on Facebook! (myles@mitchellsqf.com.au) (7 October 2008)

George Belcher is off to Exeter to read Ancient History and Archaeology.  He spent some of his gap year working for Mark Warner in Courcheval.

Alex Blessley - 'I am on my gap year having left the King's School Canterbury and am currently working for a conservative party spin doctor in Westminster helping to run a campaign for Mayor of London. I also spent a spell working for Rt. Hon John Redwood MP as a research assistant. I recently won a place to study PPE at Brasenose College Oxford from 2007 and am thoroughly enjoying myself.  Hope alls well there and that the welly hasn't fallen down...

Rosalind Betts’ triplets now go to a Montessori school.

Jono Bennett is studying Economics.  He plays rugby for his college as well as playing water polo for the university. He enjoyed an internship at JP Morgan during the summer vacation.   He sees Jim Sellars and Will Fremlin-Key, both of whom are with him in Durham.

Derek von Bethmann-Hollweg - 'I worked for Shell International for 34 years around the world, and after retiring became a small-time second-career but Equity-carded actor - played Chesney Allen in a touring tribute show called "The Falnagan and Allen Story" for six years, but have just'retired' from that too! '

James Bide-Thomas (jbidethomas@kingstreetchambers.com) 'Perhaps the experience of fluffing my lines as 3rd junior counsel for the defence in the mock trial rubbed off on me, as I am now a practising barrister on the Midland Circuit, undertaking general common law work. After leaving Ashdown, I went off to Charterhouse and then to Leicester University to study archaeology and ancient history. I spent some lovely summers digging up Bronze Age cities and travelling around Greece before studying law and then reading for the Bar in London. I popped back to Ashdown recently for a turn around the grounds and found it happily not much changed, as I have many fond and no doubt inaccurate memories!  My sister, Alexandra (Ali) Thomas, (1989-1995) works at the Natural History Museum, where she is currently in charge of volunteer, having studied ancient history and archaeology at Newcastle after leaving Benenden.

Chris Binney is director of and chef at a company called Jersey Sushi (in Jersey), but is doing a few weeks cooking in a luxury chalet and getting some snow boarding in while his business partner looks after the sushi. (20 May 2008)

Francis Binney is doing environmental work for The Royal Bank of Canada. He has spent the last two years out in Sri Lanka working as a fisheries programme advisor for a local charit, helping local fishing communities after the tsunami and restoring mangrove forests that had been destroyed by the war and overuse.  (20 May 2008)

Ed Birch got into The National Youth Theatre (4,000 auditioned this year, and he is one of the youngest...).  He will be doing French and Spanish A Levels (and Theatre Studies and History) at Bryanston.

George Blessley is thoroughly enjoying Downing College, Cambridge where he is reading Natural Science. 

Alex Blessley is Head of School House at King’s Canterbury and is hoping to win a place at Oxford to read History.

Jamie Briggs is working in London for an Investment Management Company.   He is going to be Fred Bjorn’s best man at his wedding next September (2007).

Esme Brand is doing well at Roedean and predictably was seen on stage early in her career there!  They report that she has developed from a reluctant to a very keen swimmer so much so that she recently swam half a mile in a ‘swim the Channel’ event. 

Gemma (née) Broughton is living in New York and has gone back to studying – a three year Nutrition course at Hunter College.  Michael Broughton is doing a lot of flying in his job and is also busy trying to sell olive oil and pizza to the Chinese.

Charlotte Burge has moved to Marlborough for the VI form where she is studying Maths, Physics, English and History.  She is loving Marlborough.

Harriet Burge played for Badminton’s 1st hockey team and coaches the junior school girls.  She is playing the saxophone.

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Alex Carlson is starting her A level year at Benenden and applying to enter Drama School next year. She has been appointed a prefect and made Deputy Head of her House and is looking forward to the added responsibilities that this will bring.

James Coghill was Head Prefect of Marlborough in his final term where he achieved good A levels in Art, English Lit, French and History.

Laura Christopherson has been extremely busy in her two years at Uppingham.  She has been tennis captain for the last two years, in the first teams for hockey, tennis and netball, and plays county hockey for Leicestershire.  She has also been in the girls’ golf team, and in the CCF.  Her nickname is ‘HOBBIT!’  for various reasons!

Tom Clowes writes:  “Back in 1986, I was in trouble with Clive Williams (Headmaster) for climbing the Wellingtonia. I was 13 years old. Eighteen years later, I somehow managed to secure enough sponsorship to attempt Everest on its northern side from Tibet. Our team was forced to retreat at 8000m in storm conditions where eight climbers lost their lives. Having sworn never to return again, two years on I found myself planning another Everest expedition, but this time going from the southern side in Nepal up the SE ridge - the same route that Hillary and Tenzing climbed in 1953. Sponsorship was again found after much work and I asked my brother Ben to join me.  At 7.45 am on 18th May 2006 we were both standing on the roof of the world.  It was unusually cold, about minus 60 degrees, and we both suffered from frostbitten fingertips and toes.  It was an experience that I shall never forget. For more information please visit my website at www.tomclowes.com”.  Tom Clowes is the proud father of Sebastian, born in January 2008.

Oliver Collins is going to Leeds University.

Toby Cooper is marrying the lovely Hannah soon.

Charlie Cox continues to excel on stage and screen.  He received rave reviews for his part in ‘’Tis Pity She’s a Whore’ and will shortly be seen on ITV in ‘Lewis’.

Alix Culbertson now has 10 GCSEs under her belt at Downe House.  She loves the hockey, swimming, Prue Leith cookery and driving lessons!  Now it’s heads down for AS levels – English, Politics, Geography and Drama. 

Ross Culbertson has achieved an A grade in his Maths GCSE already and is thoroughly enjoying Radley.  He sails a lot and carries on with his Mandarin.

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Vishal Dalamal writes “Wow, I’m getting old! I am actually in my last year of university. I graduated from Eton in 2002 and decided to study in the United States. I am enrolled at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. I am studying Economics with an Italian minor. I plan to work in New York City or in London.”

Nick Davies has received his Geography degree from Bristol and is now living in Putney and working for Trailfinders in High Street Ken.

William Davison was Head of his House at Marlborough.  He enjoyed a trip to India immediately after A levels and is going up to Selwyn College, Cambridge to read Natural Sciences.

Ed Davison suffered an appalling fracture in a rugby accident and this, combined with illness, made for a tricky year.   However, he is now quite recovered and proved it by being made captain of the Colts 1st XI cricket team and achieving straight A*s at GCSE.  He will be taking Maths, English, Latin and History at A level (and has bagged an A in French AS).

Ben Dodson is currently in his final year at Eton and is Captain of House Games.  He spends a considerable amount of time as lead guitarist for his band ‘Hello Bruno’. 

Emma Dodson is swimming for Wycombe and getting ready for GCSEs.

Crispin Dyer is still busy with Knight Frank in Hong Kong.  Magnus Dyer is working as a vet between Brisbane and Cairns.

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Piers Egerton-Warburton has received 17 Show-Ups at Eton, a house record for a first term.

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Tom Floyd has left Cheltenham and is on a gap year.  This has included work experience in Hong Kong and three months in New York teaching racquets.  He is looking to go to Oxford Brookes to read Land Management.

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Simon Gibbs has had a great gap year with Raleigh International in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.  He is now reading English Lit at Newcastle.  As well as his football, he wants to do the Great North Run next summer.

Hannah Gibbs graduated well from Leeds and will soon be working in her chosen field – charity and aid development.  Alexis Gibbs continues to enjoy Oxford and is about to embark on his Portuguese year out.  Maia Gibbs had wonderful journeys through India, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam and is now at Nottingham University (on the back of three A grades at A level).  Patrick G keeps the family presence going at King’s Canterbury. 

Sarah Gibson (2002-2005) is currently in the 1st XI for hockey, and has started her own cheerleading squad which already has 9 members. She took French, Spanish and Maths GCSE early last year and gained A*s in all of them.  She has managed to gain a large part in the school musical 'West Side Story'. (10 October 2007)

Robin Goddard (1937-1940) "Mr and Mrs Wallace were running the school when I came in 1937, with Major Formby as Deputy Head. There was also another very interesting master whose name I cannot recall, but who was a very keen lepidopterist, setting traps for moths etc, a job that we all participated in.  Tim Wallace was a contemporary of mine and he came once or twice to my home in Exeter. He would be my age now, i.e. 78, if alive. I would like to hear from him if possible.  I learned to play golf with a set of Hamleys clubs, swim and ride apart from being educated at Ashdown.  I was evacuated in 1940 when a couple of German landmines landed rather too near the school and continued prep school at Exeter, before going on to Haileybury and Sandhurst. I retired from my own machinery export business in 1997/98 and now live permanently in France.
I have many happy memories of Ashdown. (robingoddard@hotmail.com) (4 February 2008)

James Gozney writes: "I thought I'd send you a little update on what my brother and I have been up to over the past few years since we left the world of prayers, rest and early morning Greek with Mr Williams.

I left Ashdown for Eton in 2000, where I eventually won my scholarship and in 2005 went to read Economics at Bristol. Mrs Millar's red pen obviously had a major influence, since I stuck at maths and further maths until A-level... much appreciated! I've come out with a First from Uni somehow, which should hopefully give me a little leg up on the investment banking world next year.

Alex left in 2003 for Eton as well, and achieved a clean sheet of results in all exams. He was also a stalwart player in the tennis VI. He's off to Oxford in October this year to read Arabic and Middle Eastern studies.

Preliminary plans are in motion to do Vuelta Sudamericana, the world's longest organised bike race next July (also the first year it has been done) - 13,000km worth of mountains and the like across South America for charity, spanning 5 months. I'll be writing my will beforehand. I'm about to go off for a ski season in Whistler though, so organising it all from there might prove too big a mountain to climb. We'll see..." (james.gozney@gmail.com) (8 September 2008)

Fred Greenish is really enjoying Stowe.  He is in the B team for hockey and captain of the A for cricket. 

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Sam Hare is in his third year reading Classics at Edinburgh.  Jo Hare is in his first year reading Land Management at Reading.  Freddy Hare has started well at King’s Canterbury.

Alexander Harris is enjoying reading English at Leeds.  Katie joins him there next October after a gap year in India looking in, doubtless, on her uncle Mark (Tully).  Caroline remains at Bryanston and is very keen on her riding.

Alastair Harrison (left 1986) now coincidentally lives near East Grinstead.  Married to Suzanne with three young children (two at six and one at nearly three).  Imports champagne and breeds highland cattle in equal measure.(21 May 2008)

William Harrison Webbe (iluvrealhockey@yahoo.co.uk) 1968-1974 - works for Deutsche Bank in Jersey and has travelled the world with the bank. He has 4 great sons aged from 21 to 12 who help to keep him out of trouble. (22 May 2008)

Fiona Hamilton has been made Captain of School ( Benenden's title for deputy head).  She has very happy memories of her time there and loves coming back.

Tommy Haughton hit the headlines (well, page 4!) of The Times in February in an article about top up fees putting more school leavers off university than had been predicted.  Tommy had opted not to go to university two years earlier and is now apprenticed to Cluttons in East Grinstead as a trainee land manager where he is doing well.

Emma Hayes is enjoying her first job at Hillingdon Hospital as a physiotherapist.  Tom Haynes is enjoying Stowe where he continues to play bagpipes

Jonathan Heath is doing Finance and Accounting at Exeter where the life and work apparently suit him very well.  Dominic is in his last year at Stowe and Oli is in his second year there.

Fergus Herries spent three months in China with Rhydian Emlyn Williams,  brother of Matilda, including a spell working for B & Q!  He will be joining Alexander at Edinburgh to study History of Art.  Ivo Herries is well and half way through Eton.

Congratulations to Anthony & Lucy Hayward on Eliza's arrival last year - a sister for Oliver and Sam. (20 May 2008)

Tom Heywood-Waddington has enjoyed his time at Exeter while Richard H-W did a stint here as a gapper and passed his BASI as a ski instructor.

Oliver Hickson (2001- 2007) is having fun at Oundle (5 November 2007)

James Hill left Marlborough with A levels in RE, History and Politics and will be applying to universities now to read Theology.  He will be having an exciting gap year working in a Chinese Anglican primary school in Hong Kong.

Congratulations to Edward Hills on his engagement to Virginia Simpkins, a fellow lawyer, who also enjoys travelling uncomfortably!  Ed is still with an American law firm based in London, but had six months in Saudi.

Olivia Hills is cooking in a deli in Queenstown, NZ and spends the rest of the time skiing, ski touring and paragliding.  She’d love to see anyone passing through Queenstown.

Fred Hills has returned from his early ‘gap year’ and now thinks he’s ready to attack A levels, probably in London.  He had an amazing time in India, firstly on a mountaineering course with the HMC in Darjeeling with a girl from New Zealand and 60 Indian army NCOs – quite a mix! – and latterly working for seven months at Future Hope in Calcutta. 

George Hills is going to Bryanston for A levels.  He is still a fanatical rider and has done a lot of cross country running at school as well as playing real tennis.

William Holden gained straight As in Art, Geography & Business Studies/Economics at Harrow and is off to Newcastle to read Economics.

Indy Howes has been made Head of School for 2007.

David Huang has just won 2nd prize in the OEMS (Old Etonian Medical Society) 2006 poster competition, for non-specialists on disease prevention.  The entry topic David presented was on SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). 

Jojo Hubbard is not only Head Prefect at Marlborough, but has also won a coveted place at Christ Church Oxford to read English. She got a distinction in her AEA paper in English.

Bertie H is in most of the same sets at Marlborough as Ed Davison and Alex Chaize.  The three of them form, we gather, the backbone of the Greek set in their year.  Congratulations to Bertie on his Upper School Scholarship.

Thomas Hutton studied Islamic Art at Edinburgh University where he obtained a First and won some prize(s).

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Kitty Irby is in her last year at Bristol UWE and Edward Irby is in his first year at Oxford Brookes (Politics).

Jessamy Irwin-Clark, on the back of four A grades at A level, is loving Edinburgh.  She is reading Theology, Scottish Literature and Art History.  She directed an Anthony Minghelles play ‘Cigarettes and Chocolate’.

David Israelachvili left Winchester after AS levels and returned to Rome where he studied at the American Overseas School of Rome. He has just finished his first year at Stanford University, in California.  He will probably major in either history or philosophy. He hopes to become a Professor and one day teach at Stanford (“it’s so pretty!”).

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Richard Jackson is now at University College London studying BENG Geospatial & Environmental Information Management.  He is really enjoying it.

James Jennings continues to thrive at Marlborough where he starts AS Maths, Physics, Politics and RS this year.  He enjoys his rugby, polo and athletics (javelin) and is quick on the buzzer in inter-house general knowledge competitions.

Hi, it's Tamsin (Jupp). This is the first time i've been in touch since I sadly left Ashdown so many years ago.  Although  I came as young as Mr Williams would allow (having turned 7 three weeks earlier my mother sent me off in the January), and left as late as I could, it wasn't long enough.  Ashdown was my home.  I loved it as such.  My dad often says how I was the only child happy to board the coach at Portland House, and the only one upset at the end of term. I got myself into some trouble during my years at Ashdown (in the boys' area for instance) but remember even my punishment with fondness. (I did have a certain Williams sister with me so I suppose I deserved it!  Anyway, I left and went to Wycombe Abbey which I hated.  I left school with 9 GCSEs none of which did me any good as I promptly ran away to Europe, not suprising to anyone who knows me.  Many adventures later I find you all here, settled with a son and fiance, writing a novel (no this is not it!). I would truly love to hear from anyone who knows me, or any OAs.  Take care.  With love Tamsin Gilbert-Jupp.  (or nismat treblig-ppuj as Mr Ansell used to call me)
EMAIL: jef_shaw@btinternet.com

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Tom Kemp is currently on a gap year before taking up a course in Sports Coaching and Development at Bournemouth University in 2007.  He had five good years at King’s including being Captain of Athletics in his final year.  His gap year plans include working for 4 months at an outward bound/adventure resort on the Thai/Burmese border.

Emma Kemp has left Kings after GCSEs to return to Hong Kong for 6th form. Amongst other things, she plans to study cookery and Chinese Brush Painting.

Sophie Knight helped Marlborough’s 1st netball VII reach the U18 National Finals for the first time in the school’s history!  She is taking Business Studies, Maths and Latin A levels.

Will Koops reports that Eastbourne is “a bigger version of Ashdown with the seagulls acting as Thelma’s farm”!  He continues to score for the cricket teams and is involved back stage while awaiting his chance on stage.  He is involved with the Chapel brass on his trumpet.

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Many congratulations to Monty Lewis on his great GCSE results from Stowe.

The Lloyd Owens flourish.  Harry, eldest brother, left in 91, is married to Charlotte and they've both just had a baby boy called Rufus Elmo, born in July.  They live in London and he works for a hedgefunding company and is doing well;  Tom, left in 92, after a spell in the Army (and in Iraq) is now a shipbroker and is enjoying the high life living in Chelsea.  Bella is now running a luxury chalet company in the Alps, with two hugely wonderful chalets in Morzine.  www.independent-luxury.com.. She is engaged to Will Butler and are due to marry next May 2008 with a few old Ashdownians there hopefully.

Alex Locke is going to Bryanston in September although he’s not looking forward to English winter weather again.

William Lough left Marlborough as Head of House, member of 1st XV and 1st XI hockey and 2nd XI cricket teams and with A grades in English, French and History.  He is going up to Oxford to read History.

Darren Lui had the brilliant idea of an OA reunion at the Meza Bar & Restaurant in Soho and proceeded to organise the entire thing by email.  Participants were from all eras but mainly the decade ’86-’96.  About 60 came and everyone thought it terrific fun.  He is working continues as a senior registrar orthopaedic surgeon in Dublin.  Myra Lui flew over from Canada especially for the reunion!  She continues with her work with autistic children in Canada.  Mum and dad still in Toronto.

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Melissa Macan has just returned from a year abroad in Lisbon and Paris and is finishing her degree in French and Portuguese in 2007 at Bristol.  She is hoping to do a law conversion course after graduation

Nicholas Macan is now Now a grad student at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts studying for an Master's in Engineering (Logistics) (macsysdesign@hotmail.com)

Tom McGairl is hoping to break into the big time with his acting.  Joe McGairl has spent an unscheduled six months helping victims of the tsunami in Sri Lanka – a life changing experience.  He is about to embark on a technical music course.  George McG is studying for his Law degree in London.

Andrew Maclean (1987-1991) is living back in Tunbridge Wells, after about 5 years in London, and a season in the Alps, now working for the Newspaper Licensing Agency,  he is also still doing the odd bit of freelance TV/Film work as a Production Coordinator/Manager. (4 September 2007)

Lucy Marriott (Bond) (1984-1986) writes: "I have just put down my 2 children for Ashdown! I have been living in Hong Kong for 15 years now. I've started endurance running and have competed in 7 day races across the Gobi, and the Atacama in Chile.  In May 2009, I will race across the Namibian desert. More information can be found on www.racingtheplanet.com (lucymarriott@netvigator.com) (5 September 2008)

Sophie Martin is going to RADA to do a stage management course (after cramming a gap year into the summer holidays!).

The Haynes family were skiing in the north of Sweden when they discovered their Ski-Rep was a chap called Oliver Merrit who had ‘been to a really very nice small boarding school in Sussex - called Ashdown House’... The Haynes discovered that not only was he a terrific ski instructor, but he is also a deep sea diving coach!   Actually he also dives under the ice in Sweden.

Tom Miles has spent the summer travelling round Germany watching the World Cup!

David Mocatta has successfully completed his first year at Leeds.  Rachel Mocatta was head of house at Benenden. (20 May 2008)

Harriet Moon has been offered a place at New York University (NYU) to do a General Studies degree.  Her Freshman year will be at the NYU Campus in Florence.

Courtenay Moon is at Marlborough and looking forward (?!) to GCSEs in 07.

Oliver Morgan won the Design Technology prize for the junior school at Marlborough by building a motorised go-kart.   He also built a computer and was a Rawlings prize winner.

Andrew Morrison has become a grandfather three times over in the last year.  He is busy being a Councillor, bee-keeper, bandsman (trombone) and he has two allotments.  Golf and sailing claim his time and all this is addition to a tremendously busy social life.  Fellow Norfolk dwellers will understand.

Angus and Caro Murdoch now have a lovely little girl, Hester, to add to Patricia M’s collection of grandchildren.  Andrew M and Denise have Alexander and Emily.

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Stephen Newman (stephennewman@bigpond.com.au) (1976-1979) has been living in Australia for past 13 years, married with 2 children, he has fond memories of his years at Ashdown, would like to contact Marco Sucharitkul and any one else from those years. (March 2008)

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John Park enjoys his Eton life and is now John Park OS MS.  He also plays a key role in the school Orchestra with his oboe, but seems to be  still struggling with his sports!

Toby Powell is set to study Politics, French, English and History at AS level at Marlborough where he much enjoys his football and cricket.

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Catriona Ramsay has won a place at Newnham, Cambridge to read Archeology and Anthropology.  She left King’s last summer and has been gapping in Australia.  Douglas R has now been joined by Euan at Eton.

Mike Ravalomanana  misses Ashdown alot and his teachers. He is really enjoying Harrow.

Tom Richardson acquires ever more responsibility at ING Bank. (20 May 2008)

Cara Robinson has just graduated from Newcastle with a 2:1 in Politics. She has spent the summer working in a variety of jobs in London, including the Broadcast centre during the Wimbledon Championships. She continues to pursue her goal of working in television.

Myles Robinson has just completed his gap year, having spent some time in Ghana coaching football to local children. He’s off to Newcastle to read Economics & Maths and hopes to play some more water polo (he was in the 1st team at Charterhouse). In the meantime he is improving his golf, which is coming along nicely!

Will Rogers got four As for his AS levels in English, French, History and Govt & Politics.  He scored 293 / 300 for his French and still says Madame O’s the best French teacher he ever had.  He is taking Oxbridge exams hoping to read English at Oxford..

Nick Roope wins a lot of races (distance) on the athletics track at Eton and continues to work hard in College and Izzy Roope is enjoying life at St Leonard's Mayfield.

Philip Rouse thinks life at Tonbridge is great! All goes well on the sports front and he is enjoying hockey as well – ‘a good find’.

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Naresh Sakhrani is now an offshore lawyer (based in London).  He previously spent four years with Kroll’s intelligence and investigations business and then went on to qualify as a solicitor with Kennedys. At 33, he says he is frankly exhausted and would benefit from an afternoon playing in the Jungle! 

Anouk Sallansonnet (miss.tartaruga@gmail.com) left Switzerland to study in London, she graduated at the University of the Arts, and will be starting a Master degree in Rome next year. She is now in Berlin and hopes she will come and visit Ashdown in the future.

Freddie Sassoon has just finished a great gap year - working for Martin Harris at Sandroyd as a gappie for a term and then off to Australia to work at the Commonwealth Games for Channel 9, the Australian sports broadcasters.  Stints at Sky Sports in London filled some other spaces.  He is off to Newcastle University in September.

William Saunders has completed a two week trek in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, climbing the highest peak (13,500 feet) and trekking through the desert in full Lawrence of Arabia gear.  He has taken Maths, French and Latin GCSE early.

During Bryony Sellars’ time at St Andrew’s, she trained as a scuba diving instructor, and taught scuba diving for the University sub aqua club.  She recently graduated with an MA in economics and is now living in London and working for KPMG in the city.

James Sellars is at Durham University reading History and French. He is an Erasmus Scholar at Montpellier University this year. During the summer he completed the Mongol Rally from Hyde Park to Ulan Bator in a Nissan Micra, passing through 19 countries (necessitating numerous visas)  and having many adventures on the way

Junta Sekimori was a boarder at Ashdown between 1995 and 1998. He writes that it has been a pleasure revisiting fond memories through images and articles on our website!  He is just about to graduate from Edinburgh University in French, and is looking to get into media. He has been doing a lot a student journalism over the last three years or so, and hopes to expand on his interest in a professional capacity. He is currently writing articles for the Edinburgh International Film Festival website, whilst looking for a full-time job. (31 May 2008)

William Sheridan has left Eton with good A levels and has got a place to read Law at Nottingham in 2008. Off to work on a ranch in the USA.  He  has got a bursary from Hurlingham Polo Association to go to NZ for four months over the winter and plans to finish up on an oil tanker in the Caribbean.

Lanto Sheridian is in his last year at Eton.  He achieved good AS Levels and is Keeper of Polo this year.

Richard Sherrington got a First in Biology at Oxford and is now enjoying his Law course at BPP.  Beamer Sherrington is half way through her Oxford career:  she won a blue for netball and finds time for cricket and Spanish.  Edward S is enjoying his gap year and will make the third Sherrington at Oxford next October when he goes up to Pembroke to read Theology.

David Simmonds is enjoying Newcastle and Lucy S is on the first leg of her gap year in France.

James Simpson is continuing to control the traffic over our skies while Christopher Simpson is becoming more and more eminent as a lighting and sound technician working for ‘Blue’ in some of the major theatres.

James Soper  is going from strength to strength at Marlborough, he formed a band last year and some of their music is at http://www.myspace.com/thebluedelusion , there is also a photo of James on the site. Annabel settled in well to Marlborough last year and is well placed for an excellent year ahead. She is still in touch with lots of her Ashdown friends and will no doubt pay you a visit at some time.

Isabel Stewart-Roberts - I'm having an amazing time at Lancing. In April I'm going on the senior 1st XI hockey tour to Barcelona, even though I'm a junior. I was recently one of the youngest members in the school musical, Guys & Dolls. The performance was apparently the best Lancing has seen for many years!I am also playing Lady Montague in the school production of Romeo & Juliet. I have been doing loads of sport, playing for the 1st XI hockey,U15B Netball & the athletics team. I love it here!   05StewartRobertsI@lancing.org.uk

Ed Stogdale (2000-2005) left Radley and moved down to Kingsbridge Community College in South Devon, he is enjoying many hobbies including his Surfing Career, Photography and arts. He is hoping to visit Ashdown again. (12 Nov 2007)

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Arabella Ure is in the second year of a Law degree and has now won a training contract.

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William Wade is mid A levels at Oundle and was thrilled to win an Army Scholarship. He intends to go to university first to read Engineering  Imogen W is first year GCSEs  at St Edward’s Oxford and plays a major part in all sports, meanwhile Jack W has joined her who is enjoying his first year

Freddie Wardlaw won the Kingsleys (cross country race for the uninitiated!) for the third time at Wellington, a feat never achieved before in the history of Wellington.   He is looking forward to going to Leeds University.

Archie Wardlaw is to be head of house and a college prefect at Wellington.

Jeremy Warshaw (jwarshaw3@optonline.net) (Year:1962-1967) has happy memories looking back though at the time he experienced his fair and not so fair share of canings at the hands of Billy Williamson. He still recall the bamboo cane!  He hopes times have changedm but there are wonderful memories of fellow students and beautiful scenery and a little academic support as well!

Robert Webber is in his third year at Edinburgh where he is studing Ecological Science.

Ros Webber spent her gap year at Ashdown where she was a terrific success with children and staff alike.  Ros’s sports reports crop up throughout the sports section of this magazine! She is off to train as cabin crew with Virgin.

Frazer Williams continues his busy life as Vicar of Penn, but he found time for a 12 day visit to Australia and New Zealand as a Rotary ambassador

Robert Whitaker is workign on a hotel course in Hong Kong. (20 May 2008)

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Thomas Yaxley (1998-2003) writes: I left Marlborough this summer, after being head of house in my final year. I am currently preparing for an attempt to become the youngest and fastest person in the world to walk solo unaided and unsupported to the south pole. This will hopefully take place in November 2009. (Thomas.Yaxley@btinternet.com) (3 October 2008)

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