OA The magazine for Dulwich College Alumni Issue 03 Digital

OA The magazine for Dulwich College Alumni Issue 03 Digital

THE MAGAZINE FOR DULWICH COLLEGE ALUMNI

FEATURING

OLIVER LAM-WATSON Double Paralympic Medalist

MEETING OA S WORKING IN SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIES

WELCOME TO THE MAGAZINE FOR DULWICH COLLEGE ALUMNI

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Meet the Team

In the last few years, the OA Magazine has taken the opportunity to speak with a wide range of OAs about their lives and careers. After what might be described as a career of careers in the music and publishing industries, Peter Hogan (63-70) has written a successful comic book called Resident Alien which is now also a TV series. We also meet up with Ulundi ‘Lundi’ Makhanya (91-98) who was featured on the Premiership Rugby website in October as part of its reporting on Black History Month. We caught up with him as he reflected on his role at Northampton Saints RFC, where he is Head of Commercial Partnerships and part of the Sporting Equals Leadership project designed to equip ethnically diverse community professionals and former athletes with the skills required to help influence equality, diversity and inclusion in the boardrooms of sport. The Alleyn Club Dinner returned in person to the Great Hall in November, and over 150 OAs and their guests joined to welcome both our new President Nick Rundle (69-76) and our first live guest speaker; journalist, broadcaster and cricket commentator Dan Norcross (78- 87). James Kendall (59-67) was appointed to be Treasurer of the Alleyn Club at its AGM in December 1978. When he handed over the Alleyn Club’s accounts ledger to Michael Wade (67-72) at the 2021 AGM, he had been in post for a remarkable 42 years. I would like to take this opportunity to thank James for the many years of distinguished service that he has given to the Club. I doubt very much if we shall see such a length of tenure ever again. Looking ahead, apart from building on our cultural programme, as well as our successful series of professional networking events, we will put on a Spring Reception at the College on the afternoon of Saturday 30 April where OAs and their guests will be able to join together in a garden party atmosphere prior to a question and answer session with Rory Cellan-Jones (67-76), former BBC News technology correspondent. On the evening of Thursday 30 June, the College will be open to all OAs for a summer OA Reunion, as it was in 2019. There will be food and music to help us celebrate as we catch up with old friends and reacquaint ourselves with present and past members of staff. I look forward to catching up with many of you there. Finally, I must thank those members of the Development Office who have worked so hard to help put this edition of the OA Magazine together. In particular, Isabelle Beckett, Joanne Whaley, Olivia Straker and graphic designer Lucy Baragwanath who have spent many hours writing, designing, editing and proofreading.

Covid of course dominated the headlines during 2021 with both the College and the Alleyn Club continuing to adapt to the ever-changing rules and regulations announced by the government during the year. The 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games took place in the summer of 2021 and it is wonderful to be able to celebrate the success of Oliver Lam-Watson (06-11) who won silver and bronze medals in the wheelchair fencing foil and épée team events respectively. We also reflect on OA Olympic rowers in an article which is accompanied by a brief history of rowing at the College. Closer to home, OA sport quietly began to re-emerge and although the Arthurian League was cut short, it was tremendous to see the 1st XI in second place behind the Old Carthusian in the Premier League. The team also enjoyed a stellar run in the Arthur Dunn Cup, reaching the semi-final for the second time in the club’s short history, before falling to eventual winners Old Foresters. The Halford Hewitt golf took place in the autumn after a seventeen-month hiatus and OA marksmen were able to return to the range where it was good to be able to welcome some younger OAs to the team. Wimbledon Common also welcomed back the alumni cross country race to its usual pre-Christmas slot. I was delighted to be able to join boys from the College for a day’s sailing in the Solent as part of the Alleynian Sailing Society’s Boys Sail Training Week. The sun shone and the wind gently blew. Perhaps not the ideal conditions for racing, but perfect for practicing newly acquired nautical skills. The autumn saw the continued growth of our cultural programme with a screening of The Father, starring Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins, at the May Fair Hotel. The programme continues this year with a number of events planned to celebrate the centenary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s death. The College prides itself on its wide ranging co-curricular activities and free learning programme and 2021 was no exception. During the week of 15 November, and following immediately after the COP26 Summit in Glasgow, the College ran its own Eco Week. Entitled ‘Choose your Change’, the programme challenged both members of staff and pupils to consider new ways of thinking about the environment and to adopt new practices that together would positively affect not only the College, but also the future of the planet. Not only do we celebrate several OAs whose work took them to the climate conference, we are also fortunate to speak to a number of OAs whose work involves working in or with the environment, and for whom climate change is a real and immediate issue.

Trevor Llewelyn Hon Secretary of the Alleyn Club

Matt Jarrett Director of Development

Joanne Whaley Alumni and Parent Relations Manager

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