Will Hardcastle reports: Shiplake won the toss and decided to play up hill ( we were on the 3rd team pitch… rather than the 1st XV). Pangbourne spent the majority of the 1st half in the opposition’s 22. With the pressure building Shiplake conceded many kickable penalties but, in the spirit of a…
DetailsTHE OLD PANGBOURNIAN SOCIETY INVITES ALL OPs,TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS AND GUESTS, TO A CENTENARY LAUNCH PARTY on Friday 11th March 2016 – 6.00pm to 8.30pm at THE MANSION HOUSE, LONDON EC4N in the company of THE 688th LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LONDON, THE LORD MOUNTEVANS (OP 61-66) Full details of the invitation, including how…
DetailsDuring 2015 OP Robin Paine (55-58) visited South Australia and the site of the planned restoration of the last surviving Devitt & Moore clipper ship, City of Adelaide, where he talked to several of the key local figures involved in what is a multi-million dollar/pound sterling undertaking. In a 4,000 word account of the project and…
DetailsAn illustrated history of Pangbourne College, timed to be published during the school’s 2016-17 centenary year, has gone to the printers in Slovenia. All being well, books will reach a warehouse in the UK in mid-February, 2016, and start to be distributed to subscribers and purchasers from early March. More than…
DetailsAn OP living in Australia, Richard/Sam Strachan (58-62, has generously stepped in to support a car restoration project highlighted in the latest issue of the College’s Ensign magazine. He emailed Tom Cheney, head of the Design Technology department at the College: “I am not, per se, a petrol-head, but do remember the ‘Equipe’ from a…
DetailsFrom the Reading Chronicle November 12th, 2015: Two goals from Rick Mantell and an outstanding display by keeper Tommy Alexander (03-08) enabled Reading to stun England Hockey champions Wimbledon with a 2-1 win on Sunday. Man-of-the-match was Alexander. He was only beaten once and…with some help from his defence, kept the home side at bay…
DetailsRoger Pike (55-59) has joined Mark Martin as joint OP Reps in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Roger introduces himself: “On leaving the College in 1959, I joined British India Line; obtained my 2nd Mates Cert in 1962; 1st Mates Cert in 1964, and moved to Australia in 1966. At that point, I joined the…
DetailsAll images courtesy of OP Angus Thomas at http://angusthomas.com OP Society Chairman Merrick Rayner (68-73) reports: “It was a proud moment for all Pangbournians on Saturday 12th November, 2016 when Jeffrey Evans (Lord Mountevans; 61-66) became the 688th Lord Mayor of London in the 800th year of the Mayoralty. The first Old Pangbournian Lord Mayor…
DetailsRoy Raby, Director of Music, writes: “It is with great pleasure that I extend this invitation to Old Pangbournians and Parents of Old Pangbournians. Jeremy Carter wowed the audience with his musicality and breath-taking piano technique last year, which was acknowledged by a spontaneous standing ovation. I very much hope that you might like to…
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