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I am deliqhted to welcome you to the 197theditlon of the old Boys Notes and hopethat you wi/ enjoy feading about recent oldHa berdash er a ctivities, news ofsdo0 eventsandachievements overthe lastyeaf and the featurearticles on Haberdasher5 pastand present.

In keeping with the 0.|].43 aim offonering linksamongst old Haberdashers and between the school and its aiumni,we continue to look for more ways to connect 0d Haberdashefstoqether. ln [4arch, some 70 0 d Haberdasher accountants, bankersand lawye6 enjoyed th e fi rst "|] ab5 inthe0ty"evening, kindly hostedbyJonathan B ake at5.J. Berwin LLP Fo lowing the popular resporsethis prompted, there will be rnore business-telated events in fut!re.We wel(orne any offers from old Haberdashers to act as ho(s orspeakers.

0ur regular social proqramme at the (roxdale Road club house thisyeaf induded a Quiz Night,lazz Evening and 6ourmet Dinner andthe slx weekly "old Lagi' lunches. ltlany thanks are due to RodneyJakernan, Graharn l\.lacfar ane, Elk Purcell, Pet€rVa(herand GeoffreyWheal for their hard work in organising these events. Thanks ahoto Andrewlarpey for running the annua Fathers'and Sons Dinnerwhere a number of "multi generatlon" 0.H. families once againeljoled compa rng roLe,0r rtair Kl"oo eype.iFtce\.

l\4any of0uf members tell us, not surprisingly, that they patk!larlyenj0y events where they can catch up with their contemporafies.Leaversfrom 1968,1978,1988 and 1998 met up attheAnnua Dinner(with 23 frorn 1978 rnaking the larqest qfoup) and some 40 frcmthe 1968 year enjoyed their 40 Year reunion evening at the schoo .These events re y up0n individuals in their fe evantyeartearning upto orqanise and contact their peefs. (alling those wh0 left in a yearending in - 9rStartplanninq yourreunions nowl

0urAnnualDinnerwa5 a gfeat success in the impressive surroundingsof the Haberdashers' Hall where 108 Haberdashers and guestsenjoyed good food, good company and the wit and wisdom of oufg!est speakers, notably Peter Bradshaw the Guafdian ilm .fitic. Iam most gratefulto Roger Lylefof once again organising the Dlnnerand to lllike Jeans, the current l\4aner ofthe tompany (and 0.H.A.honorarymembet for his support.

A5 their reports show our Cficket, Football,Golf, Rifle and Rugbydub5andsocietiesfrmlyupholdthe0lympiantradition,thatit 'stakingpartthat counts. But the more people thattake partthe better s0 whetheryou arean active playetotjustwantan occasional game, I encourageyouto contactthe relevantcaptain so heknows 0f yourinterest.

In keeping wlth the woid in general, the 0.N.A. tries to make thernost 0f digital comrnunications (see www.oldhabs.com). We nowhave some l200 registered emailaddresses but would like t0 reach allofyou this way. lfyou haven't already done so, pl€ase register 0n thenew Habs. Online database (through wwwhabsboys.orq.uk) whichthe o.H.A. and the school are sharlng and which ako enab es 0 dHaberdashers to cortact each othef.

In addition to thos€ aheady mentioned, I would lke to thank oursecretary, lMartln Baker, the Editor of the old B0y5 Notes, SimonGelber,Alan Phipps, ourSteward [,le Howard and his dauqhre6 Ke lyand Natalie and all the members ofthe 0.H.A. Executive, its subcomrnittees and th€ Assodated 0!bs'committees for their supportand hard w0rk. None ofourAssociation's activitieswouid be possib ewrth0utthern.

Alan NewmanPres denL 0ld Hab€fdashers'Association

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Look ing back a t as t year s ed i to r la i t l sin te fes t ing to no te tha t lhe ques t ion wasasked as t0 where the Assoc ia t io n w ish ed topos i t io f i t se l f in the nex l few years ln l lg h to f the de ter io ra t nq c0nd i t o r o f the tLubhouse. Wel i the pas t twe lve months havebrouqht tha t ever more in to l0cu5 as thecred i t c runch ' th rows up the vagar les andbad dec ls ion mak ing o f the dornes t i ( andi f te rna t o f a l bank inq ind !s t ry .

As the . r i s s s ta r ted to dampen opt im ismjus t about a year ago l t s now even moreper t inent to focus on the 5 ty le 0 f opera t lontha t the Asso( la t ion shou d be in thecoming decades - indeed in these days o fever moTe numerous soc ja l oppor tun i t les 5a rep a(ernent ( roxda le Road des i rab e o r arequ i rement 0 rshou ld th€ 0 d Haberda5hersAssoc ia t ion metam0rphose in to sorne th ingless tang ib l€ and jus t p rov ide the v " .h ic € fo lpas t pup i l s to meet ocras l0na l l y and o f fe rthe Schoo a ready made emal l da ta bare fo ra lumnl fund ra is ing a c t l v i t les .

A t p resent the Asso. ia t lon cannot to ta l l yanswer tha t ques t l0n bu t i t may be tha tthere w i l l on y be a l lm i ted demand f0 r aphys ica presence on a new s i te w i lh a c ubhouse and sp0r ls f ie lds .0n the o ther handi l rnay ju s t be th a t the rnove w i l l p rov d€ lhecata ly5 t fo r an upsurge in ac t ve mernbersLrs ing updated ,modern fa . l l l t i es . l t i5 apafadox tha t needs a po5 i t ve answer .

Ar usuaL a t the end o f th ls p iece the usuaround o f thank yous to a l l who havecont r bu ted to th is ed i t ion o f the 0 d BoysN o tes , e5p€ c ia l l y our regu la r a dve r t i se Is anda so to lohn Wiq ley who desp i te d l f f i cuL lpersona l c Kum5tanaes has aga ln p roduceda h !ge ly ln te re5 t ng a f t l c le , lh ls t i rne abo! tanother of the Freernan broihef5, l i , lembero f Par iament Peter . 0nce aga in I t rus t thereis someth inq o f in te re5 t ln th is rnagar jn€ , ti s there to sp fead lhe dea l o f be ing an 0 ldf laberdasher .

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2OO8 REPORTI am sad to report that the widow we have been helping fora number of years has recently d ied.

I have re(eived a letter from her son confirming how veryappre(iative she was 0f the financial help that we gave herevery Christmas.

The son s letter also spoke of his father who died in 1982and was at the School from 1920-1932. With rhe letter areen(losed two photographs 0f numerous cups, medals andcaps because his father excelled at athletics, rugby andswrmmrng.

There is n0w n0 current beneficiary fof the Fund's resources.I t i s many years s ince the Fund has been in th is pos i t ion .Any0ne who knows o f any 0 ld Boy or dependant 0 f an 0 ldBoy who may need and qualify for modest help should letme know.

it4. J BovingtonFund Secretary, 1, Green Lane, (roxley GreenRickmansworth, Herts WD3 IHR

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The regular Gourmet Dinnet organised by Geoffrey Whealand expertly c0oked by (lub steward l,, lel Howard and hisfamily to0k place 0n the 29th February 2008. Attended by 24people it was 0nce again voted an 0utstanding su.cess.

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Those prerent werer.Pf€5identrS. (halwood

K. Bhatta(howyaAlexis BowdenA. (hr idian

R. CIarke(. (orney

J. Crawford5. (ronba(h

K. Davie5R. Downe,S. GelberPenny Harr i ronJ. H i l lsP. Hodqkin,6. lef f(oteR. i€ff(oteR,.JonesJ. KempH. Lan(asterLois Lan(ai tef

Liz 0ual lermainLan Ri( iM. SimkinsM. Sholtsl l . !hortsI Sto(k€rP. Spen(eD. Waflen

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Ten year5 after Lord's ir lcket Gr0und be.amethe venue lor the 0 d |]aberdarhers' Ir i(ket ( ubd lnne r we aga in re tu rned 1o l he [0mrn i t t eeD n ing Ro0m on the 26 th 0dober 2007 th l ryea r on a f r i day e l ] en lnq .

Numbers hdd i n ( rea5ed 0n the p rev ous yea r lattendan(eandwhethef l t l , \rasthepfox mityof theweekend o r s0me o the r n f uence the assemb edmembef i and ques t l we re i n a bo s te rou5 moodas the t me f0 r d lnne r app r0a (hed . l wa i q randto 5ee so me lo rmer p aye rs a l t he d lnne f , no tab yJo(ky tfal, \ l f l )rd and (au5lk Bhatta(harya ,,!hohad (ome dovr'n from Siotland for the event andfrom the 5(ho0 , [ ,1 ke Yeabr]ey we I kn01,{ 'n t0 u5al . t war, therefofe wjth 5ome d lf (u ty and nota i t t le t ime that Pfe5ident 5tephen (har vr 'o0d(a l ed eve fyone i o o fde r j n t he D in ng Room a rd\4aited f0f a respectJu s ence bef0re ay rg Grace .

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A5 i s eve r t he (ase the (a le reB a id on the u5uaf rst ( lars meal and with p enty of compet t [e y

2ndX/ awald Mnne/tahn Kenp lcent/e) yr'it.Chlk Ca/ney, Akath Chlistian and Dond,,.

p f l ced w lnes 0n o f fe r t he no i se vo ume anden j0ymen t qu0 l i en t war runn nq a t max mumrel/s and a huge y enjoyable eveninq wa5 n fus\a ng. For some thouqh it al became far ic. iemo t iona and the s igh t o f 0ne p aye r f a 5 lncthe prize 0f an i l ici t contraband 0f fermentec

qrape ju (e ab l ]ve h is head and then p fompt Ifa l lnq f a t on h 5 ba(k \ \ ' i reman inde l b lp r n ted in 0ur memor ies fo r a ong t ime (vJ0n Ithey lonesy?) . The ex t to a 5u lab le round o lapp ause went u fheard bu t \ !e l de5etved.

After the urua (l i]s5 and Loya toastl thePresident l, l ]as on(e aqa n on his feet t0lve (0me everyone to the d nner and stat nqhow p lea5ed and honoured he war a t be lnq

asked to be Pre5jdent ofthe 0ld Boy5'Cficket ( uba ren l iment lha t appeafed to be appr0ved 0 f

by a l those the fe . S tephen then fu r ther reqa ledus by mentioning hli f irst ba fof 0.|]. eari er inthe 5ummer l,\'hl(h he had romehow managed t0square drive t0 the boundary for four. When orderreturned fol 0w nq ihls ane(dote the fina partof the evening, the awardlnq of the pr zes g0tunder way and the Pre5 dent \,jas able 10 awardrhe 2nd Xl trophy to lohn (enp for his genera a Ir0l]nd (ontributlon to the team in what had beena diff (ult year.

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The lst Xl prize wert io 5am Al who hadcontributed with both bat and ball in the lst Xl'5effort5 thr0uqhout 2007. Finaly the Prerident'5trophy tor 2007 was an easy (hoi(e al i i5 noteveryday that one of the club manaqes to score20J* in an inn ings , r io fe 1016 fun5 dur ng theseason as wel a! take 36 wickets and to mucha.(lamatlof Akash Ihr 5tian re(ei!ed the Iup a5 awe I deserved w nner. |]e was a l5o pre5ented withthe Herts. League batting award for h 5 lnnir!sagainn |]art ngfordbury, only the fonh t me inthe league's history that a d0uble century hasDeen sc0re0.

slmon Ge/ber wth Joe Hil/tgett/ng flleDd/y wlth Akath.

Mdtt Sholts an d Pen ny Ha///s on.

rhe Prctldent awadt Akash chittianHelts. I eague b att/ng p//ze.

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President:Alan Newman ( '74)

Theret something unusual about the Fathefs'& sons d nnef. Somehow it ls l ik€ an o d pairof 5hoes or a fav0urite jacket wh (h a5 soon asyou put 0n, you feel at home; a itt le cd mer lna changlng and confusing wof d.

Such are the emotion5 as one sleps ihrough thedoortothe (lubhouse, asthirtyJive chaps, qoodand true, did on lst February 2008.Ihe (leak ofthe h inge; thesmel o f th€ log f i re ; thecand eson the tab e, but most of a I the smil€s on thefaces 0f those at the baf, turninq towards youafd welcoming you in. As W. H. Auden asked,"Who can bear to fee himse f forqott€nJ" andf ever th€re was a p ac€ to a lay such fears, lt isat thl5 d in ner.

l lel Howard and hj5 team nevel disappointand this was no exception. Nomemadeboui labalsre warrned the cockles ofofet heart0n the F€bruary evening and led to sirloin steakwilh al the irirnrnings. (heesecake with vanl lacr€am made al purr with conteniment ard ahearty cheeseboard capped offthe evenlng.

Y0ur corresp0fdent muses, in leflect ve mood,on what makes the dlnner 50 p0pular. Severalreasons can be foundr one ls the 0bvlous factthat a wlnninq fo!r (ourse meaL, plus coffe€,wines and port, caf b€ had for a rnere f25;whatmoney cannol buy however i5 mofe important.The fanqe ofages eav ngyearsspannedsixtyfour years th s time Iound - a55ures evefyonethat there wl I always be someone lhere of a

Bodney Jakendn, Phl/ip A/re/nan andDavid Heatnan. A// wlth bee/ in hand.

simiar vintage, o d or young, t0 theirs. Thatsuch a high proportion of the diners are nonpermanent fxture5 i5 a55urance of the funand qua ity 0f the event, but a so that friendl!faces wl I greel one tim€ after t ime. Testamentto thls is the fa( that both Bob Stagg! son!were oth€rw se engaged this year our losshowever he st l l carne a ong, ju5t fof th€ cra ((n an E-Type lag, to boot; damn the man!easy stylishnessl). Newcomers are greeted w th

G/ahan 8i/.h, ,n ralpey, Ri.ha/./ SustkinddndJdnle suiskind.

equa fratefnal warmth and lt was 0ur pleasureto welcorne two new dan5 this year: lenk n5and Susskind (father Richard being a Schoo6overno0. ndeed 0llver Birch and Dun(anlenklns deserve special mention by virtue ofbeing in the upper slxth afd technical y noty€t mernbers of the 0.H.A.l Nats off to srchdedlcatlon to the ca use.

5tock markets are in turrn0il; comm0d ty pricejare focketinq; !ncertainty grips once-solldas-a-fock banks. n such a wofld of an!st,touchstones such as the s mp e p easure ofofe another! company ln convivial sett ngswith €xce lent food dnd drink are allthe rn0reva l !ab le : the d in ner i s in rude hea l th and look5set to floulish for many years t0 come.

fyo! are n0i already on th€ mail ng l lstforthisevent and would Like to be, p ease e-malL me atmar@ata fpey .c0m.

AndrewTarpey

Tony Alexander ( '62)Tin Alexander (Gue!0PaulTrussel l (Gue5t)

Ph i l ip Alterman ( '49)David Alternan { '79)

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Grahan 8ir(h ( '78)0l ivef Bir(h ( '08)

Peter ( larke (Guert)Robert ( larke { '90)

{ei th Edelman ( '68)Ni(k Edelman ( '98)

David H€asnan ( '59)Rob Heasman (6u€tt)

Mi.hael lack { '44)lnson Ja(k ( '75)

Rodney Jakeman { '61)Ri(hafd Jakeman (Gue5t)

Ri(hard lenkins ( '74)Dun(an Jenkins ( '08)

Dol]9las M(Qu.id (Gu€st)Stuart I i4(Quaid ( '01)

Alar Morr is ( '55)Alexand€r 5(honfeldl(Gue5t)

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lMi(hael Possener ( '49)Adrian Po$ener ( '82)

Bob Stagg ( '72)

Peter 5t i f f (5(hool)Phi l St i f f ( '99 & S(hool)Tim St i f f ( '01)

Ri(hard Susrkind (5(hool)Jamie Sus5kind ( '07)

Jim Tarpey {r td S(hool)Andr€w Tarpey ( '97)

D u n.a n -./e n ktn t Rich ad Jen k /ns pdul rtutte//, rtn 4/exandet, Me/Howad aad

When ltb OK to say Ao**ocks: rhe Woodpe.ke/ Might have to go!

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Thosepresent:

TonyAlexander& Paity (4)Phi l ipandTessaAltermanl\,li(hael and loan Bovington& Party (5)Keith andMaryCheyney& Palty (3)Rob€rt(larkeHarold and Dofothy(oudPatCook{en Davier & Pa{y (61David and Jean DaviesJohn and (afoline Egan

ichaelJad (l)Rodney and Gill Jakeman&Pary (6)Ddvid and PatJdme!G|aham and Janet l\4adarlane& Party (6)AlanandPatNeMon& Party {4)John Pa (er (2)Alan and.lane Phipp5& Pany (6)Peter& PatriciaVa(hef

'Rule Britannia & All That Jazz'- 0.H.A.(lub hou5e - saturday,17th May 2008

A total of 58 0.|.]. members and friends throng€dthe (lub ho!seforanotherln this occaslonal seriesol fecital even fgs. Foftifed by an ex(ellent chojceof wines and 1,4€l Howard! sp endid food, theysat back and reve led n a joumey back to t mespast, c0rnpercd by jazz h storian and wrter PeteTVacher. toncentrating on the tradltjonaljazz boomolthe 19605 - shades of Barbef, Bilk afd Ball, r' thappfopriate recordings p ayed if superiof soundse€med to be io the taste 0fallthose present.

Init iaily the recordlngs 5elected fepr€sefted anearlierefa and there was ako some attemptto pa rtan outline pi(ture of present day jazz in Britain, blttruly fof the majorlty ofthoi€ preseft it was a caseof Brtsh trad ru es 0|(. Ihe opportunity wa5 a sotakef t0 pay proper ir bute to the late H!rnphreyLyttelton, whose death in late Apfi, s€erned toaffectso many people,jazz lovers or not.

Past Presid€nt Rodney Jak€man welcorn,od theg!ests, and spoke bfiefly abort the w nes he had

re ected before distribut ng tasting notes for ea.hcholce wfitten up for !s by his son Richard. na further reinforcement of the evenlng! Brt sl.theme, [4el! ch0ke of (eak & kidney pie, wirstidy toffee puddlng to fo ow, gained appro,/afiom everyone.

An event of this fature on y runs with the a(t visupport of key peop e, narnely, the Jakeman fam ltthe Ho\'/ard fam ly and finally, my wife Patficia, scmy grateful thanks are €xtended to thern a , foiforgettifq N.5.R. Ltd, who rupp led the audio g€ar

P€tefVacher

Humph'lyttehon wnh 'rhe Duke E///ngton.

We would always be delighted to we come newcoTners to ourgatherlnq5 so if you would like to know rnore piease contact €ith€rTessa ofPatri(ia.

0ur rext lunch is 4th 5€ptember afd orr Chr strnas lunch is on I lthDecember.

[ontacts:Tessa A t€rrnan 0208346 3620 tp@alterman.(o.ukPatrkia Vachef 020 8428 6060 p€tervacher@onetel.com

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It is a truisrn that ladles l ike to unch and the 0.|]. Ladies afe noexcept ont0th s fu e. Asrnall groupof ladi€s(about20 0f us) continueto rneet every couple of months for an informa unch, and has beendoing soforsixyears now.

In add t on to enjoy ng a splendld meal provided by li4e1, Kel y andNatalie, together with a 9lass ofwine afd some ffiend y chat, we alsornanage to make a srnall pfoit forthe 0.H.A.l

This yedrt Dinner was a bitmper occasionwith one of the best evet attendances as108 |]aberdashe15 and gue5ts fi l led theHaberdashers' Hall. The participati0n 0f severalreunion gl0ups, notably 23 members of thetlass of 1978'i as well as a nurnber from'68,'88 and '98 leavers helped to make this a l ivelyand enjoyable evening.Ihe Dif ner provides anideal opport!nity for year groups to qettogether for 10, 20, l0 even 40 yearreunions and we hope lo see these gfowin future years.

After a fine dinnef and the customaryinformal toasts which enabled thePfesident to take wine with all thedirer5, the speeches began with thetoast to the Habefdashers' [ompantSchooland 6overnors, proposed by AlanPhipps, wh0 had organised the 40 yearreunion party for'68 leavers.

Mikelean5, formerChairman of the Boyl5choolcomrnittee, hon0rary member ofthe 0.H.A. andour host as lMaster Habetdasher, was able toaddress us in his own right, after having sp0kenat four previous Dinners as a substitute forothers. Alan Newman, the President presentedl\,4ike with an 0.l l.A. t ie jn fecognition of hissupport for the Association over rnany yeafs.

The Headmaster, Peter Hamilton reported onthe past year at the 5cho0I which as usual, leftthe formef pupi s in his audience amazed at the

range 0f activit ies that todayt Habefdashe15manage to pack in. Duncan Jenkins, the schoolVice Captain proved that Haberdashets areas cocky as ever by not being afrald to faise alauqh at the Neadmaster's expense. His fathef,Richard, (1974) was among the diners whoenjoyed heafing Duncan! strictly unofficialanecdotes of s(hool l i fe.

0ur guest speaker, Peter Bradshaw (1980), the6uardian film critic, lived up to Jonathan Ross'sdescription 0f him as one 0f our best comicwrlters with a very amusing des(ription of hiscareer path since his first acting experiences ifSch0ol plays. He recounted how this led him onto an Englkh PhD. and F0otliqhts performancesat (ambridge and then to writ ing T.V.scripts with his contemp0rary David Baddiel

before endinq up being paid bynewspapers to wat(h lots of f i lmsand write about them. Nice work ifyou can get ifl

Alan Newrnan concluded theevening with thankstothespeakersand to Roger Lyle, the organiser ofthe Dinner and to Andrew [aspari,the toastmaster. lt4any of thediners then enjoyed a final drink atthe Hall before making their wayhome.

Pretident of the Assodation:A.P.S. Newman f74)

Guest! of the Asrociation:M. H.V.leanr {Master ofTheHabedasheB'(ompany)Mrt. D. Knjght (ftair- Boys'school(ommittee)P. B. Hamilton (Headmade,D. Jenkins (Sdool Vi(e Caprain)P. Bradshaw (80) (Guert sp€ake,

AttendeeslA. J. S.Alexander (62)A. J.Allen {Guest)D. Alteman i79)P. Alterman (49)S. A. Altennan (75)G.Atkins (85)l .D.Bal 'er{60)M.Eennett(67)D, G. Be't (68)Mrs. K. R. Best {Staff 88-03)l. R. Binneyi48)G, M. Blaker(88)i,l. ]. Bovington (51)l. G. Brent {85}M.Gman (03)A. (aspa (78)(. G. (heyney {Stnff 6 t-94)R. (. ftde (90),. Coomb$ (50)R. (ottle (GuertlH, t. Co'l(h (54)D. E- Davies {stafi 59-95),.li4.oavk {59}CDontin(85)M. Eade! (66)P. J. tsan (56)s. L tng {47)R. Ford (Guert)B. A. Goodman {43}4,6. Gorti( (85)0. Griflith! (sta#68-96)ll, P. Hall (73)D. J. Heasman {59}D. A. tlo<hberg {77)R. G. Howe {58)(. ,Hyl l 'ar(79)CR.B.Jakenar{61)R. g. Jal(eman {Goest)R. Jenkinr (74)n,M.lfipps{55)A. Lafierty {cuest)P. [. lawrene {88)n.B.ryb{55)P, tyonr (85)G. J. liladadane {61)l. a*ente (Gue!t)

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J. J. Maqowan (63)R. P, Mandell(88)S.H.Ma*r(88)J. S. Mccuin (Guert)D. S. Mitdell(00)A, E. Moffir (55)A.M.Newton(53)A,J. Phippti6s)x. s. Pike {a5)irl. Po$ener (49)(. Roberts (Guest)R, M. s(arles {48)A. P. Scott {58}P. C. Shielh(52)R. lu. Simon5 {60)l, C Smart (68)A. Soloman (GuertiP. Spen(e (S6, Dif. Ext. nel,)

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B.W Freeman war the ffrh of thelx Freernan brothe6 who a{IendedHaberdasherl at ihe turn of the19th. and 20th. (entuihi. Edrh hdda d n nguished creer, as d d ea(h oftheirlhree sslerl. The family! oriqinswere revea ed in the 5pell ng ol thelulure [4Pt fri name, and n hisethkalbe €f5andreligiou5convktioNBernhard Willla m was Ihe qnndron ofJames Reykers Freeman, del(endantof Dutch immlqrants, th€ man whohad founded the iamly ( iqar andhba(co buslness,sn(e 1884run by hisson Ieorqe James, \!ho5e wife EdithMaion wa! the daughler of a Baptlstnin ner,andthu5a radica Proteftnt .A devoled mother, she enrured $atea(h of hersons began every day w iha ro d bath. During 1894 and l395rhenursedlhefamilythrough an epidemi(

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of whom le5u5 Christ was but one, Thus Peter! invek ln cenlra and ealternEump€, ndudingSovietRusi ia,conf irmedhi5convct i0nthal50(la reform(ou dand5houidbea(hievedby(onrt i tut ionalmethods.

Ella Tofiance, daughter of5 rAndrewToflance, a \leritable p ar oflhe p0ltt.ale5hbl i5hment: l iberal l \4.PforG arg0w(entra, [4ayorof s l inqton and Chairn]anof theLondon(ountyCoundl.

Peterand I a sei up home at No. ] Redory Row n Penarth, a pmiperou5torrnsouih weit of (ardiff. He had a ways been ntereied in pub i( affaiB, hav ngfounded lhe kh00ldebaiinq roclety and u5ed itto champl0n unpopularcause5,ru(h as (onvert ng the Un ted Klngdom to metrkat on. After the FirstWor d Warthe bu5 nesi in Grdiffand his horn€ ln Penarth qave hirn a ba5e from whi(hto enter po iUcs. H e wa5 a foode em ployer, provldinq 50me 400 worker w thexcurionr, ho day5 wt pay, and si(kness benefts. n 1922 he qave a wepubli(sed donalon to the Chri5tmas tund for Penarth's unempoyed. n 1924hewas eleded thefirsr ever Labour member of Penarh ljrban Dtlrkt (ounrand 5oon chaiman of its F re Brigade Commlfiee.ln 1926 he supponed the (oaminerl nat ona nrike, whi(h had spa rked off the Cenera strik, an d wrore a nopen letler to the (onrervatve Prime llllnister (Stanley Baldwin) cal ng iorarbllrat on to end the coal dlspute.

Hisethi(a andre iq ousl/ewrwerechang ng.Ateetotal ierand(despltetheiam ybusiness) a non 5rn0ker, he was also a vegeta an wh0 supponed the hurnane5laughter of an mals, and oppored capital puni5hrnent l0r hunrans. Naturalyenouqh, he was a parfst . n 1917 he had jotned the Penarlh lheosophi(d50(iety, and from 1921 to 1944 was the General 5ecrelary 0fthe Wel5h 50( et)lwhi(h in 1925 he rcpresented aI a conierenc he d at Adyar, Madns, where headopted Indian dier and dress forihe duration ofhi5v sii. Anonqit otherthinqs,The0s0ph st5 beleved thal the (ore be hE 0fea.h major re iqi0n lupp0rted theachievement0funive6a brotherhood and peace, al taught by sp ritua nrane6,

of dip$eria, meas er, saar et fever and typhoid, ran the business, and at theend of 1895 mov€d then {rom a flat above the prcmisel to a large house {No.6Woodbefry Down)set in ts own 9r0und5 (in. uding a tennii court and fie dofrheep)on the eart side 0ffin5bury Park, from where Peler {al he wal d waysknown) r0mrn uied to Haberda5hedln Hoxionandafterl398in Hampnead.

Born on 19th.oftber 1888, Peterloined the S.hoolai $e nart offte springIerm 1895. Aged on yreven by Comrnendat on Day on 1oth. December, he wd5paced 30th. n fte Fjr5t Form 0f 32 whose averaqe age wa5 10 yea6 and 11months,Hhpotent la warrecoqniredbytheawardola guneaschoa6hlpfor'1896, but he rema ned in the Flri Form untl January'1900 when hejonedtheThlrd Form, a 12year old ln a c as5 whose averaqeaqewas l4yearsand 3months. He rea(hed theSixth Foni in 1904 and flourished:one ofthe (hooltbest swimmer, it best tenni5 piayer, captain of bolh f00tbal and dcker, itwas almost inev tabh thai he b(a me schoo Captain. By the t me he efl inApril 1906 he had 5hown hii aradem c abillty: f0urth n (hool oder f0r theUniversily ofLondon [4atri(ulation, he was awarded the 5choo'5 5ilver N4edaandLeavingCertifcate, t5Stokesl\/1emoria PrizeforS(ien(e,andhilnarnewd5pla(ed on the H0nou15 B0ard5 disp ayed in the khool hall.

He immedlately entered the fa mily busine55and n 1907 was senlio itl cigarmakinq facory in f t rdi f r by'19' l0was managing dir(orand n 1914movedit to a larger s te, As ihe farnily's bu5lne5s prospered, its membe6'so( d 51aru5rose.Ihey aitended Hlqhbury Quadftnt Congregational[hur(h (barey a miksouth of iryoodberry Down).Therethey joined theTorran(e famit in the rhurchtmhsi0nto introdurethrift and iobrietylo ihe adu ts ofBritannia Row (a s um(reetabout a mi lefuf ihersouih in k inqton)andtotakerhe(hi ldren on heal ih-qiving ho iday5 to lhe 5ea5 de.0n l3ih. February 1914 Peter Freeman maried

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af A ttwlqa 0F tNEPENtKflt ao| ltL LA9f Nla\ft^< ?tftt FtatilAn (aNAIRMAII 0, fuE ItRE 'RlL^9'aitlMlrltE) titvl filt RAlePAltN FTELEA'| Aaaot{MrfftE) tiAta fi|t RAI'P |'lt? FrtL EAgy Aatalile&tf aF At e 6lE,E attat, AM Ho'aala.

Dur ng the l92h the l,Velsh e(on0my was in o 5b. The number of (oal m nerjin 5outh \{ra er fel fronr 271,500 io 172,900 The perentaqe 0f roa minersuneJnp oyed fose frofn barey l% t0 a most 3l%. Averaqe industrial ,,(agerates te by ol/er 5010, but be(ause pri(es algo fe by a 5lnrilar per(entaqe, thepurcha5 ng p0!t/ef ofa fuly emp oyed !v0rker rema ned d m0st (at r.Ihela linqprke of lamb and w00ldamataaly redu(ed the inaome of vest l ] (kfarmer5ontheWe sh upand5, peEuad ngthem t0 for(e down,,t/orkers f/age5 n a l/a natlem pt to a!'oid poverty or ba n kruptry. Apa rt tom ntrodu.ngthede rating ofagr(u lure, indu5try and the rai ! /ays, and mplementing a sahene t0 trandelr'!'orkeB out of areai 0f espe(ially high unernp oynent, Stan ey Ba dv/ n![onser\ratve qovernment appeared to have no 50 uti0n to the pr n(ipa ty\probkfis.

When Baldtr'ln clled a qenera ee(l0n for f,1ay'1929 futerdefeared (apta nWedg!,/00d Batn (T0ny Benn\ fatherliorlhe Labour andidarure ofBreron andRadnor, pr0baby be(aule he r, /as m0re vr inq io pay the 0(alparty! ele(tonexpenles, en mated at betlreen t600 dnd t900. He resiqned h j d reftr+ pof l .R. Freeman and 50n5 (and henreforth ved 0nthe inrome irom h i 5hares)to devots h msefto ap0lti(a (areer. Ne !'r'0n the r0nten de!p te himlelfIhe [0r5er\]atir]e "Bre(on [o[nty T mel p0 ntedoui ulal lre,L!a5 an oltlider oppos ng a o(a f]arhero (ihe sittinq C0n5er\]atj!e, Capi. Wa ter DAr(yHall, l\,1.(., D.5.0.1, a pirfin n a leat \r'/hose ma ntolr'/n (Breron)rr'/as the garrson ofthe 5outh Wd e5Bordere15, an ant i f0x huntnq veqetartan n thelargert sheep rearinq aon!ttuenr:y n ihe lln tedKngdom, who hdd made the msiake of ca nqagr,'u tura Lforkers "ur5ki/ed'1 F0rtunale y, Petert !a\ 5upported by rad.a nr lned "Breron andRadnorhpre!5 and bythe m neri io the 5outh l reiand roLrth ea5t ofthe a0nntuenq, in Ynradgyn i 5and Brnmawr. After rampa(n n9 n a three p e(ehreed su t, r'th,r'h (h he !/ore h s 0.|] t e, he beatD Arry Hal bf 187 votes,,r'/ththe Libera (andtdate,Capl. temtn lone5, a o(a farmer, a bare 145 v0telbelr nd.

0n(e n %rliament, where the Labour go\]ernmentla(ked an overa malority, he devored himjefr0severa d n nrtly periona rau5es: for example0pp0l|n9rorpora pun shmenl in(h00 r, theboi l ngalveof obner5 rn the House of[0mmon5 ki tchens, and $e uje or e epnan$ rnpublr pro(ession5, and polce vi0 ence n Eombayipr0pos I g r0 prdre vd5e5 orhesh flower5 from the Royal Park! in the Charnber ind ts .ornrni ee rl]offs.There inlervenlons redur:ed hil effe(il]enes5 a5 a ieriou5 M.p Henieforththe Brecon Counry Timet' referred to hinr as"rhe friend 0fb0 ed lobner\'l nresponse to hi5 ron(ern about e ephants Arrhk |{irkwood, a fello\,,,labour 4.p,askedi i lheg0vernrnenl, , f0ud"prohibt[s i l ly]asset ' theHousero(ked!, , , thlauqhter n fact he devoted most ofhi5 time and energy as an [4.p to js!ues

rele,]ant to h s (0nsttuency and to locialcondft ons aqriru tural wdge5, landdrainage, rura telephone lerv re5, pub a a5sislance f0r poor adu ts, providingbo0t iandshoe5forpoor(h dren, and the probknr 0funemp oymeni.

\(/hen in Augun ]9ll lhe Lab0ur g0lrernment splt and Jell on h0vr' t0 dea\ i / th that very 55ue he d d not lupp0rt lyacD0nald5 Naiond Governmeniandn ror0rnon with m05t Lab0ur [4Pt ]0n his 5eal in the generale e.t ion he d inor1ober n N0vember 1915 he stood for Nevrpori (t0lhe n0rth eajr of Grdiffland l0n t0 the [0n5erlratire randidate, Reginald (arry, perhap5 b(au5e 0lh r advoca(y 0f nd an ndependen(e dnd unequ vo(a suppo{ for parili5mand disa|rnament,Ihe latrer in a r0nsttuetuy !rhose R0yal 0rdnanre fu(0ryprovided manl murh needed jobs. DLrrng the i ter l9 l0! peter trave edertensively and \!hi n in Vienna met and fel n 0!,e !/th Ee0n0re Ka5tjnqer,.onfrrm ng his repurat ion as \rhat va! then olkd a adeimanlDuringtheSe(ond World War, whkh persuaded peierto modit hh pa(lfrtnr. hb wjie E dapp edlorand, la!granted a di ! 'orce on the qround5ofh s nfde ty,exp0! inqboth ol them r0the r i rk of50{idl0strar i fn and niqma.

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ln 1945 he ,ra5 e\\' off Roy lenkins, \irho wal ookinq for a qui(k wdy ntoPadiament,andLlajagain ad0ptedasthe Ldbourcandidatelor No!port . n thegen..ra ele(t0n he dinlu yhebenej i tedfromthenat i0n \rr 'deLabour ands idednd defeared Reginald C drlys su((e$0r, Li. Cmdr. Be] R.N.V.R., by9,rl9l \r0iesn that and sub5equenr e er:iions in 1950, l95t dnd t9j5 (ea(h 0f vr'hr(h peterwonlthe ssuelrveresimiar.IheC0niervatives a a med that eft wing extrem stssu(h a5 Pr0lessor Ld5k and Aneurin Eevan would irnpose so(a i5t c0nlrol on

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Not invlled lojo n Chment Atl eet Laboul Covelnment, he continued his prewar lntercsts. Durlng the Aulumn 0f1945 he feturned toVienna and marriedE eonore, despite the fact thal a wa rlime a(ldenl had cl pphd her for ife, andbrouqhtherbacktohi5hou5e nR€rtoryRoad,Penalth,wheresome(onri tuen$believed herto be hhfri wife, unfortunaa ydisabkd bypolio.llechamp onedNewp0rt, negotjat ng with Lab0urand (onserval ve governmenis to bringjobsto thetown and lo improve its linkswith 50uthern Enqland by buildinq a brldgeover the Severn, a projed on wh ch hls brother Ra ph was working when hedjedinl950.Abovea l ,p€rhdp5,heront inuedhis nterel i inanlmalandhuman

rights,b(ominqa eadlng l ighl inlhe R.S.PC.A.,dndtrylngto makelt i l leqalf0rparenlsto beal lheir(hi dren.

l]e developed hls ideas n two pamphhti, "AnimaLs and Llen" and "6reatBrtr in and rheW0rd! Food Supply ' i ln lhe atterhe propounded a then nol/elarq u menl whi(h ln Gd eth tal vegetd rianisrn to world poverty:'An avelage acleof land wou d produ.e about 168 pounds 0f beef in a year, but the same a.rewould produ(e 2,000 i0 2,500 pounds ofcerea or 20,000 pounds of potaloes.Everybody who in5srs 0n eatinq meat b deprlvinq about 50 other peop e ofth€ rf00d suppL, somewhere in fte wor dl lndivldual beliefand pra(ke couLdthui have a wor d w de benef (iaL effe(t.

He u5uaLlyavoided.ontent ious pany po i l lcal lssue5, but lnthe 1950s opposedcerman re-arnament (a5 d d the Labour eft) and supported honre ruk forWa er (whkh the Welsh Labour party opposed). lI wa5 5urprislng thal su(han indvldual i5t had toed the party l ine for so Long.In Apr 1956 he resignedas lreasurer of the We5h Gr0up of Labour lvlPs be(ause it oppored t0lls 0na projeded Severn Bridqe, a po ky he thought wou d delay or ru e out theconstru(t on of any bridqe at al. 0n 19th. l\,1ay 1956 he died unexpected y 0iran(erofhis bone marrow ln aqonybe(ause,true t0 his pr nciples, he refused totake druqstesled on anima s,

At h 5 memorial servi(e ln Stow |1 L l\4eihodlsl Church, Penarlh, the WerhLabourestabli5hment( aimed Pet€rFreenran asone 0fits own. |] s be(friend inPar iamenl, WlWillamr, M.P for Barons [ourt caured qasps ofastonishment

when he mentoned Peter's dvoKe. George lhomas, [4.P, later to beSpeaker of the |]ouse of ftmmonr, and James [allaghan, ]!1 P, a futurePr me [4inister, both aitended. ButPeterwa5 nevera mere pany pol]ti(la n.0nce regarded as an ((entrlq he (an be seen as a precu$or not only ofthean maland humdn r ightsmovenrent i , butof theqreenmovementand (forqoodor l )of (ontemporary5ocialbehaviour.

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ALAN Bt00M: INTERVIEW

Early this summer whenDawnay, Day, a 12 billionfinancjal cong omerate,raf into diffc!lties afterfindirq itself caught upin the cfedit crunch, therewere few surprlseg whenthe companyturnedto AlanBloom for help. B oorn,whoheads up Ernst & Young'scorporate resttuduringtearn, has ong since

established his reputation as a leading insolvency specialist, one ofthe City's most 5uccessfu' corporate undertakers i

Bloom is one ofthefew remaininq insolven(y expertsto have playeda prominent r0 e in the recession of the early 1990s. He has had toremain calrn in any number of crises since. But he is best known,perhaps, forthe part he p ayed jn the sale ofBafings afterthe collapseofBritain's oldest rnerchant bank, and for his role as an administratorfol Railtrack. Atthe time, ajournalistatThe 5un dubbed him "the manto put our railways back on track I

There was a lot of media interest in Bloom after Railtrack wasplaced in administEtion. And an intefview in on the broadsheetnewspape$ even (overed his sch0o days at Haberdashers. Accordingto the interviewer,'Alan\ t ime at public s(hoolwas not particuladyenjoyable. fle was a dlligent pupil but never a 5raf.'

Alan aughs when the afticle is mentioned.' lwas forever in themiddle, at times the lower 0fthe middle. But I enjoyed Habs more asitwent on, the lastthree years espe(ialy.lwas a late devel0perand Iappreciated it mofe towa fds the end.'

Fromtheaqe0f l6heknewthathewantedtobeanaccountant' lwasinfluencedbyfamiyfriends, itseerneda goodidea' and hehopedtotake [,laths. A'Level. But his leach€rs had other ]deas. 'l rememberit being 5aid, don t let him d0 [, laths, he's not qood enough."'50 hetook Econ0mi6, English and |]istoryintheSixth Form,taughtby Peier5quile, Ffank Hanbidge and Clive flowe. And hethrived t0thepontthal he had a dllemrna.

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By the Upper sixth, the 5ch00 wanted him to try for 0xbridge. 'N0

one would even have dreamed ofita few yean earlierl'ButAlan wasdetermined to become an accountant, and univer9ity wou d havedelayed his qualif.ation. ' You didn't need t0 qo to university to do ti,therewasa perfectlyleqitimate a ternative career path."

Howdidteachersat Habs. react?'Theywere notirnpressedl'Anddiditmatter, inthe end, that he nevergotthat A Levelin l4aths? twouldhave been too theoretical, he tells me. '^,,1y carcer has been aboutapplyln! numbers,tryingto advise people based onwhatthe numbersaretelling me, ratherthan aboutthetheory ofnumbefsthernse v€s. Asmuch as thi5job is about the numbers,lt is about consensus bui ding,the consensls between borfower and lender, its about establshinqtrust between a lparties.'

Aticled at Lane Heywood, Alan qualiied in 1980. He j0ined ArrhurYoung in 1981 and became a partner in 1988, one year before itbecame Ernst &Young. He has concentrated, throughout his caf€er, ondea ing with managementtearns in trouble. People tend to burythe rheads in the sand, Alan explains, they put thinqs offifthey (an.'Theyh0nest y belleve what they'f€ saying, they think that things wjll getbetter, butpeopletend to painta rosierpidurewhen in diffrculty.'

And fa se hope creates problems: in insolvency situations, the 0ngeryou leave thing5 the worse they gel and the fewer options there arefor restfucturlng. The role ofthe recovely professional is to push ba(k,'t0 say, 'thls doesnl fing true, that doesn r add up'l optimism is on€thing, Alan says, but tfying to defy gravity is another A certain kindol s(epticlsm ls requiredt "you cannot take things on trust, you haveto have an enquifing mind, you must be wary 0ftaking things at facevaluel

Alans nrst large assignment was acting as joint administrator of0lym pia & York, the pa rent (0mpany ofthe Ca na ry Wharf developme nt,which faced severe diffio ties in 1992 after banks refused to extend it5loans. 'Thiswasthethickofthe last fecession. lt was a wastela nd overthere, there were eiqhttenants, n0ne 0fthem were paying tent, andthey were alllooking t0 get outl' l,,loth ba I ing the whole CanaryWhafproject had become a serious possibility. "Thefe was no cash frorngovernment t0 make it a success. lt was in(redibly difficult to securetenants. Everytenantthoughl'wi i endupinaghosttown? Wewerelooking ata razorwireand guard dogs s(enario.'

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Alan and his team, however, managed to secure two large tenanciesduring the administrati0ntihe Daily l\4irror6foup and the DepartrnentofTransport. (anary Whaf was one of the major contrjbutors to thelubilee Ljne; the negotialions thaftook p ace while olympia & yorkwar in administration ailowed the extefsion t0 the Jubilee Lineto takeprace.

After Canary Wharl Alaf began to enjoy a snowbaling reputation:'almost ac.identaly, we had be(orne players in the marketp aceiWh ch was why Efnst & Young war bfo!ght ln by Bafings after NickLeesof had made his €norrnous lo55es.

twas a very exct ng tirne, veryffenetic. twasfantastj.forus, tr€a ly usedal the finafcialexpertiseofthe firm. Forten days we allhadone ortwo hou15 s eep a night.Theday before thecourt applicat]on,lrernember s eep nq 0n a sofa nthelawirrnsfecepton.Wejustgotup in the morning and wentto the court hearing.

Desp te there be rq so much at stake, the exp€r ence had its llghterrn0rnents. A team of 120 of 110 Emst and Y0ung ernployees wer€ f-vo ved, nclud ng a numberoftralnees who were mannjng the phon€5atBarings.'WehadaflooratBaf ngssetasidefortheadministrators.It was mayhem, with p€ople fushing across the roorn, and ofe of0!r

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Alan n0w inds himself refefred to as an ' industry vet€ran'. Does hernind the labell 'Experience i5 both a blessing and a curse. A bless-nq,beca!se hav€a prettyqood idea ofwhatwil lhappef next. Butacu|5e, becalsea otof the peoplearound youwon't. ltwil takepeopleumetorea 5ewhatyo! know instindively. lt s mportant not to 5eemarrogant in this situation. You need to strike a baldnce, provid€ gu d-ance without belng patronislng.

0utside ofwork, he goes to ab0ut a dozen games atTottenharn HotSpur each season, playl qo fand works out ata gym lourlmes a week.Hehasbeendescribedasa'gym jLnkiel ' l 'mthebeforephotograph,,Alan (oncedes,'not the after. '

And his time at Habefdashers fernains extremely mportant t0 him.It5 th€ confdence that place gives you,' he exp a ns. iwasnever

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SPORT(ri(ketThe Cri(ket Club has enjoyed another record'breaking sea50n th s year, winn ngthevastmajor i tyof lhegarnesplayed. Interexinth€sp0rt satdna unehighand ihe introdud0n of addltional '( leam ixtures has q ven more boy5lhe0pp0rtunityto rcpresent Habs. in (ompetitl\le mat(he5,

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t0the Ealt National Chanrpl0nship Fina 5 atGreshan s 5.h0ol. Well done to aofiheteam5 invo vedL

FootballIhefooiba ( ub exper enced a disjo med slarttothespring season, with manyixturesfa inq foul0fwater oqqed pitchesand heavyn n.When itwas possiblet0 p ay, ihe lstXlshowed greatrcsilhnc in w nnjngiive0ftheirf6t5lxgames,qua ting for the Crusader (up knockout staqes in the process. (apta n Ed

[4orrjson (ll6]\/12)was 0ne 0fthe few ever preientln the sideaslnjurhstookihe rtol l ,andtheLowerSixthaLocontr iburedfirany ofihe goals, with Wl Ga lim0re (16|12)and Prashant|(ukadia (L6R2l indinq the net len tlmes between them,in( udinq a l{ukadla haftlck again{51. Columba5.

The 2nd and 3rd Xhfound ihe qolng more difficult againnstronq opporitlon, the sole rurcer5 being a 2 0 win forthe2nds aqainn Radhy C0l iege.Ihe U16 5quad have lost justonce,the hiqh iqht beinq the A rearn nafiinq with a mora ebooninq 8 I su@ssatSt. tdwards,oxford.

BadmintonBadminton has (ontinued l0 llourish this year with largenumbell ofboys paying the spol( both at rccreauona and

invctoryfor|1abs.teamr. Iheprevlousrecordof 9Swnsset n2006isl ikelytobe5urpais€d and the Cftket(lub h fandorinq in on 100 winr forthe firittimeever. Manyrongratu ations go to the LJl4A slde, whi(h won $e H.5.C.A. CountyCup andw n0w represent |]ertfordshirc in the national (ornpetitlon ln 2009.[ornmiserat ions meanwhi le 90 tothe U1]Ar, who naf iowly osl their fnalbyjuitfour runr.

0rherh ghl jghts includea 9l run vid0rybyan LJ16 XlaqalnstSydneyC.S., backl0-backwinslorthe ln Xlagainsi DougYeabsley! Xl( thanksto a seasonl beslreiurn of6lor45 frorn o{frpinnerT0m Edri.h and an undef€aied century fromcaphin Ajay Soni)and lhe 0Ld 11abs. C.t., and victory f0rlhe StaffXlaqaln(the Prep khoo Parents. Meadowswon an exritjng lunior Houiefna again(Rurse s wilh 0ne ballto spare aftertwo'sixeyw€re struck offthe previou5twodelivefuil

l\^anythank5 goto everyonewho contributes tothe su(ess 0fthe Crkket C ub.A spe(iaLmention mult al5o goto lstXl(oa(h, [4i(hae]Yeab5 ey, who have5 u5attheend ofthhlerm. During h stime here he has (ontrlbuled much, both a5aplayer and (oa(h,to Hab5. Ojcket.

Hockey|1ab5. Hockey i5 on a high.The. ub har raGed lts standadsthis year wlth rornerecod breakinq resu t5 agajnstWadord, not o5ing a 5ing e game, and seniorwinr over Hli(hin and Bedford lll0dem. Highlightsa so jnduded the su(es5ofthe Ul4s and lll65, winn ng the Heftfordrhire sdooh Cup.We are now County(hampionsfortwo of lhethree age grouprl

Ihe ljl4Hockeysquad, (oached by lVr. Fenn, went on to seeoffopporitlon fromBedford Schoolin lhe lasi ofEngland Quarler Flna s and they rnade jtthrough

.ompetilive leve. ltlany boys entered the i]ertfordrhire Schoo15 Badm monAs50.iatj0n T0urnament5 and a I w0n p0int5 for the Schoo. Indeed, Habs.retainedtheUl8 Heitfordshirc5rhoohtr0phyrheywon a5lyear.

0n october 18th the Ul6 team took part in the Watford and |]ertsmere s.S.PInter-S(hooh Toumament he d alYavneh Co eqe, Borehamwood. Playing fveqamesaqaln(five schook,l1abi. werc undefeated.They a !o won the Countynage of the Badminton Eng and National nter 5(hoos Tournament in thespringandanendedtheNatonal nler 'schoo5BadmintonFinalsheldinDerbyin April.

Thesecond Hab5. GofTourtoVi lamoura, ed by [4rWard and a(compankd byl\4r. fi4dntosh and !lr. Wha hy, kkked off in February. The Kene of ait yeat( imax [4illennium proved to be the mon rha lenging cou6e ofthe week,a5 w nd5 r05e wayabove expected 5peed5 and caused many probhms fortheplayers. No such prob ems for eader Vivek %tni (951 ), however, who was a bleto con5tru(ta magniicenlround of39 pojnts, along wilh p ayinq partner DavidFern e (9R2),whostayed inthehuntwltha round oflS points.Ihesetwo he d a5even point had overthefield.Thefina e presented a panicular y early startforthefeld. l iwas newcomerlaln Arora (16H1)who prcdu(ed the bestgo foftheday, but twas noten0ugh to ove aulPatni t lead,ashi5l lpointroundwa5enoughto se(urethe coveted I tle.

SwimminqThe sprinq tem saw the fnal rounds ofthe Panagraphlc swimminq league.The senior side showed a great strcngth in depth, with a roiation ofswimmerrehining the trophy for labs. This &h evement wa5 followed by the juniorboy5 in Years 7 and 8 who, in a ( o5efought batth with St. Albans, manaqed

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in third plare behjnd verynrong 0pposition.YearT tooklhe tit e in their own(onrpetti0n. Both the juni0r and nterrn€diate squadr received 'mprove6'

trophiesfor(o nq more polntsthan the rcspective sides astyear.

In addt ion to f te local eague, bothjun orand seniorsjdes part lc ipated intheDiv sion'10 Re ayChampionships.The senlorsfinjshed second in the medley andih rd in $efreestykandthejun ors achhved fourth ln the medhy and ftird nthefieestyh. We ldone to a the boys who have repre5ented the 5choo this

tugbvThe U14 Rugby squad enjoyed a fabu ous lour to Bjarrilz-souionr in South!1e5t Fran(e over autumn half-lem. Two makher were played against the(ol legede5t.JeanPiedde Port nthebeaut i fulBasque(ountrrwlthhonoursevenbetweenkdnr€andAnghlerre.5urfrng,theAdrena ine%r(andadaytr ipto Biarrilzwereju5Isome oflheactivii es around the rugby.

The U12 Rugby 5quads have enjoyed great suc(esser thh year, mak nq great5tr ideslo mprovea la5peCsof play. lnlhesprinq,the A!and Bstookthefeldagain5iHai leyburyand,playinqaqalnstsomeboysfronrtheyearabove,recordedtwo excellent vciorier. The iquad went nto the next fixture wth (onfidenceand wereexcited atlherhanre t0 rc5ltheteams'abiit es aqa nst Berkhamsled,w l - o l - d e o f e e d o r g f - r ' . d r . e I p a 0 r / p d r ' . 1 r o d _ r ' p

morning saw the A team produa some flowinq attackinq rugbyand recorded a de(ir ivevid0ry by38 0.The B'teamwonatensegdn e b) onp po r_ "-d

pld/.d ^ rh rod dole - aI on ard " lbelielto over(omeihe hl)me slde.

The iunior Rugby fulours Dinner in l\4arch qaveML l4atthews and [1r Donaqhey the oppodunity t0rccogniretheoutstandlnq aonfl bot on th 5 season from the entiresqua0.

WaterPoloThe U14 l4ater P00 team traveled Io Walsain lune n (onfident mood f0lowing monlhs of traininq.[4r. ]llaithews and l!lr.siiffwere de qhted with the dnw wh ch saw the b0y5laking on Clty ofLondon f6tand fnishlng with ( in9l Schoo, Grantham andl\,lan.hener Gram mdr Srhool. Th e f na 5(ore aqa nst ( ty of London wa s a wellde5ervedl I wl lh Hugo(l i f f {8R)andCapla nlom Dean(9N411 qett inq onthercreiheetwith thr€€ eKel€nrgoa 5. Ahhough they played wel againn(E.5.Birming ha m, the tea m wenl down I 2 a5 fie boy5 were (aught on th e counteratta(k ol/ce to et go a one goa ead. After a good break,the team took onBotonkhoolanddispat(hedthenorthemersT l .Playlngagain5rManche5ter6ranrnrat llabs. rc5e tolhe aha engeand pu5hed the oppositon hard forlheentire ir5t ha I |Jowever, the ina 5(ore was 6-l l0 l\4anchester Crammar, inspiteofthefact lhai0urboysqaveeveryihlng nthsmatchandqainedspecialmention from al who wat(hed it. The fina qa me was aqa inn old r vals, l{ ng!s(hool, 6rantham, and lt proved to be a gametoo far for our boyr, who wentdown 6-2,whi(h did not refle( the rc ative {rengths ofthetwo teams.

5pe(a mentionmustq0tothreeYeargboyrwhowereconshtentyoutstandingthroughoutlhe tournament |]ugo t iff (8R), Jared Baker (8()and Ryo Yamada(8R)were amongslthe bestfve p ayers at the r0urnarnent. A lofthe boys onthe team deserve ihankr for work nq so hard at th€ r training and parentalsuppofi har a ro been strong. These are exclting time5 for Water Po o at Habs.and with the advent ofa tour n€xl5ummer, the boys can ookforward t0 fresh(hd lenge5 nextyear.

Jared Baker and |]ugo Cllff have been invited to the Naiona Train ng Campin Water Po0 whkh i5 10 be held at lr^l iield khool durinq Augu5t the(u mlnaUon of n ne month5 training at $e A.5.A.\ regional training (dmp inBedford. Thh represen8 an outnanding achievemenl and placel the boys inthe iop twemy p aye6 in the country fortheir aqe grcup.The boyr wil workonthercondi loninq,ski lsandlactka awarenersandthi5wi l lcont lnuethelrdevelopment and reprcsent ihefri neF on the pathway to potential0 yrnpicg 0ry.

[4eanwh e, 0liver Inow (U6(2), lJ]9 vke captain, arhieved a ir5t lor Habs.\4ater P0 o when hewa5selededto playforthe U19 Engli5h Schoo 5 Barbarianltearn. After repeated outnanding perfoniancer in goalfor the 5(hoolleamaI lhe Nallona s in the autumn, he war relected 10 p ay n goal againn the6nniham |1 qh Performance Academy Squad. 0 ver acquitled hirnlelf wel,makinqa$ringof outstand ng5aves,IheBabarlansrccordedasurprisevlcroryj

as a result the team wilnow pay tuur mat(hesnext season and w take0n mur reg onat teamsthroughoul lhe spr ng and5UmmeL

Athletic5a Our l i l7 Hurdler wonthe Davld Hemery Trophyar the Achilks Re aysl\rleet ng in 0xford early nthe surnmer term. lames

Edmunds (10H2), Alex 8ameft ( l lCl) , Kazuhir0 0nq (11H1) and N4irav Vya5(1152)dlnchedthet i teandwon byonelenthof are(ond.Thh srh€thirdt imeHab5. havewon lhe trophy in the iastri)( years.

a Darlus Prke (8|]) and Ffe LJwa fo (8R) are Nationa Prep. khool Athhrl(sOampions afterwinninq theirevents at B rrn ngham in June, Darlu5 won theUl4Hiqhlurnpwith l .60mandEfeth€Ul4Tr p eJumpwithl0.66m.Thls sthefllttime that 11abs. has had two winne6 in these (hampionshlps.

a Joseph Bamfod (U14 Javelin) (8M), Rufus Mdlisler lU13 shol and 200nr){7[,]) and Rory Cartmell (U13 800m) {7J) were al50 se ected io represent rheEastern [0unties atthe iame meeting and a lgainedtop eiqht placings.

a After w nn ng the Herdordshire U]7 100m hudles tit e, |{az ong (11Hl)was se ecled to representthe [ounly in the Nationa Schoo 5 champ on5hip5 aIGaierhead inJuly.

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aJdme5 Ed munds (l0H2)wonthe Herdord5hire u17 [4u ti Events championshipsand wenton to linirhtenth in the 50uth EastRegional(hampionshtps.

alhe ljl4and lll6leams both won their area hagues in the County AthietirsLeague. The ll14r fnished 5econd in the League Final,losing by one pointto0ueent School Bushey.The Ul6sf nishedf fth.

aTheUl4sfnished justtwoplacesandeightpointslhortof qual j fy ingfortheNaiionalf nal of the E.5.A.A.Tra(kand Fhld Cup.

a Harylvistry (71\4)i5 the 2008 Hertfordshir€ LJll70m hurdks (hampi0n andPhi l ipSadqrove{8tr1) hasbrokenthelJl4S(hool5hotrecordtwkethisterm.

a Habs- won Year 7,8 and l0 boys'(ompetitjons in the Watford and Distridchampionshjps. They fnished third in lhe Year 9 competjtion and were

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Distrkt, hking inthe view ailvonsal Headand the 5ights ofEdale.

InApril,Rel/ercnd[4a*by andMr. Hardmanac(ompaniedtenboy5 to KinqsYouth Honel,Dolgel lau inlvlid Wa er. They(lmbed onlothe Qdair ldris

overa I Boyr'trophy. RufurMdli5ter (/lV)won the BeltPe r fo rman(ermpny mr aYear 7 boy forhi5 wln in the200m.

Ehven L6 boys spentEa5ter in Strasbourg,staying with puplsfrorn the preniqjo05Lyc6e lean slurrnIn l|le (ty (entre.The group met upea(h day for (ultumlvlsit5 throuqhoutAl5ace. In additlon tovisltinq the EuropeanParliament chamber,there were tr ps to

massif,"bagg ng"six peak- Later, gustywlnd and a low cloud base meantthatthe qroup were navigating with map and (ompas5 above 2000ft.They dlmbedAran Fawddwy,thehighestpeak0utsideiheSnowdonrange,andthreefurther5urnmitr.

Habr. Athletics Cub T pAprilsawanextremelysuc(essfu pre seasonwarmweathertrainjngcamptripto Lanzarote for Hab5. Alh etics Clubithe boys worked very hard, both on theta(kand intheield. Allboys rerorded pefionalb€iii in severalevents.

As we lasathht ics,thepartkipated inother differenl

Port5 and adviUes.for athhtks

award€d to Rory| (71), Efe

(8R), Adamdstein (9R2) and

V5 Lehmann { '10H1)r their pefoman(es

ng the week. Thenner of the Vicrorotum [up wa9

Price (8|1) foroflnq mo5t points in9nqreevent,

kiingbruary half-term

an eventfulskitrlp

the impressive Gothir cdthedra and the beaut ful Petite France cana I d i5vi(t,The boyr returned home, confident that they had made huge progress in theirlanguage 5kilk in the cou6e of a week.'

Habs,Mountainee ng(|ubThe lvoumaineering (lub has expeaenced an action pa(ked year with anumber 0t trhs. In september, twelve boy5 spent a weekend n North Waks.Ihey ( imbedfive peakfrom the ogwen Valhy as we las Arenig Fawr. Duringautumn half term, Reverend [,larkbyand l\,1r. Steelhoktvvelve boystothepeak

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The boyr enjoyed exceLent sk ng .0ndition5, wilh beautifu sun5bine everyday. F0dultous, a huge 5nou4alltheweek before retthe s(enefolsome great5kiingand 5nowboardinq.

appreciated r0usjcal entertainment, 5uch wa5lh 5u(cess th 5 yearthat theYearTtea party l00k5ietto become an annualfixture nthe |Jab5.(a endaf,

"Grimm!Taley'rthe 2008Iunior S(hool PlayIhe Drama Department! iuperb produ(lon of [arol Ann Duft and ]im

(t.n.N.n Febtuary tweniy slxth-formers a(0mpd n ed by l\4r Kerr, N4r |(ingdon and Mrlackron ofthe Phy5lc5 Departmenl, visted C.E.R.N. in Ceneva. Now the m05tenerqetc pank e a(celerator jn the w0rld, c.E.R.N. r a [uropean (o laborativeexperimentaL facility designed to nvesllgate the fundamenla pl0perlie5 ofmattel The tour in( uded a lalk, film and vlsit to one ofthe arqei pankledetedo15 in the facility (aLhd Ataii. The vist (0ncluded with a tour aro0ndLakeGeneva.

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Darren Shan bookr into Habr.

iuperb d re(lon of N4B fi4orris-Woffe and M15 Hein€n, a5s(ed by [4atthewCowen (16H2), AlexWoof (1612)and ALexSh€rr (L6l\42), wth an impr€ssiveyveratileand ta ented younq (asi as we Las the exrelent rcw nvolved nthelook and sound oftheTales.

De(orated old Boy retumrn Mar.h, |]ab5.had the p earureof w€ romingback old BoyMajor JeremyLamb (Joblinqr,l99l) as partot the (.c.F.

Supp e\ adaptalion olGrimms Iales ex(iledand en(lranted ts

eveninqs in trlay. Atriumphant example otthealre in the round,the productron waspaltitulary notable

pace and dynami5m. tbrouqht toqether the

Ihe popular rhl dren! author, Darren Shan, vlsited flabs. in May to give a talkto boys in the lunlofs.hool as pan of apromouona tourfor hls new book,Deatht shadow Theta k and readinglgavethe boys a greatinslght lnh wrtingtn e n0r0f genrc.

lroys were (hosen

fanlasti( and goryscenesfrom shanlworkwas parti(u arly appreclated by lhe audlence.Thi5walfolowed by a question-and aniwer reision before Shan sjgned many oftheboys'book.

Takinqtea with Yeaf 7n May,YearT hosted a tea partyfortheir fomel teache$ and headlea(he6,

Blennial n5pection.[4ajorLambwasawardedthel1^il]tary(ros5fora(1ion5eenour n l raq inluly2006,when he was com manding 'B fumpany l PW.R.R.Ihislnduded far nq an onslauqht ofinlen5e enemy fire, su(es5fullyie(uring twotargetbasesandreizlnq bomb making equipment in fte proce55.

AViiitfromthe lordIn February U6 boys had ihe privihge of being invlted to a hdurc from theLlbeclDemocrat Leaderln the House ofLords, the Rt. Hon. Lord Tom l\rlcNally.Hav ng had lu nch with twelve 5lxth form boys, he de ivered a spe(h aboutthehistoryandthefuture0frheSecond(hamber. twas( earfromthenumberand(ontentof quenionsthatthirhanlsruewhi(hrcsonateswiththeyoung peopleto whlch he 5poke.The eventwai enjoyed bya Lofthe boys invo ved and c ear ylnspiedmanytotakeakeener ntere5t inpolt lcsandthe|Jouse0f Lords.

ART

G.(.S.E. and A,S./A l€vel Pdvateview

The Prlvate vlew ofthe G.C.s.E., A.t. and A Leve Afi and Grami(s [xhib fionwar held ln lrlay. 0ver 100 parents, pup 5, stdff and guenr enjoyed a vlsualfea5tof (reat iveworkintheBourneExhibt ion Ha .Ri(had(orbett(0. |1.) , guex

our guesls werewell looked aft€r0y rne 00y5,who presentedthem wlth cardsand took themon a tour of the(hool beforetu(King Into tea,5an0wt(ne5 an0caker. Leland Hui(8[4) providedlome much

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of our itudent5 andencouragedth05e boystaking theA2 (ourse tocontinuetoexploreandenjoy their art beyond

earlierthis year, along with amed ey ofpleces by the DaveBrubeck quartet. Ihe Bandater embarked on their tourofBudapestand Vienna.

C.CF.

ln l\4ar(h the C.C.[underwent ltJ BiennlalGeneral nspection. Thi5saw a keenly contested

competition between theNavy, Royal Air Force andArmy se(tions, reveallng ftestrcngih of teanwork anda so the intense but frlendlyrivalry between the sections.Hiqhllghti induded eventsn cft building, tug of war,5hooting and a ra(e over the(hool (oniidence course.Ihe overa winners of thecompetition were the Armysection. The morc fomal

schoo. Rkhard awarded prkes ai 6.C.S.[. kvelto lGyur 6udka (10(1), Iom ough (l0cl),Andrew Specter (10C2), Dane Lehmann(10H1),Iosin 05hlnyemi (10|12), Jo5h Rose{10R1), Peler Sienkowskl (10R2) and Daiyaan6hani (11H2). At A.5. Level l\4khae Moore(16H2) won ihe paintlng prize and lt4khaelHolins (1652) the pri?e for (ulpture. samP nner (U6R1) and Neil Junice (U6R2) bothwon awardsfora 5eie5 ofirnaginai ve,5u5tained and high y persona wo*s,

ArtTdpto Bedin0rqanlied by Mr. Todhunter and accompanied byl\,h. Keenhyside and Mrs. Herben, lhe Afi t p to Be in ln ihe autumn qavetwenty four A Leveland G.(.5.E. A|t{udents the opportunityto vlew a wderangeof a,sculpture,cerarnicand gas5work.Theparlyvi5i tedsevenqal er iesand they also tooka lo0k ai'fte(kpoint Charlk'and the'Fernsehturm; or radiotower.The dnwin$ and sketcher (reated in the boyttour sketchbooks refl ectedthe !redt level 0f interen and appre(iation of the wo* seen.

MUSI(Hab5.(oncertBandwereinviledtopeffofinattheihirty eighth Nationa Fe5tivalof lllu5lc for Youth in Birmingham, fo Lowlng a 5plendid perforrnance at theregionalfestlvalin Lambeth, where theywere de5cribed byjudges as a'well-olled, hiqhly profcientplaylnq ma(hine'iTheConcert Band perforrned inluly atSymphony |]all, one ofonly eight schoo wind bands se ected lo pa fticipate fmma(ros5lhecountrya5paltof thefeniva.Iheyplayedtheir s ignaturetune,TheSlrippet Toby Young! (U611)Hamilton B ue5, whlch was wrinen for the band

eveniJ ofthe day nduded a parade, ma(h-past and an inoedibh dhplay ofdrummlng.

AWANDS AND A(HIIVTMENTJ

Debatinq|]abs. (ontinuer to go from stlength to strength ln Debaiing. n January theWo ds Style Debatet€am,compri5 ngJames Fox (U6H2), Ben Lewy (L6i,l1)andllasan Dindjer (11H1), pi(tured alonq wjlh the Brisiolllnlve6ityconvenor, wonthe BrlstoLuniversity khook Debate Competition. Ben Lewy also won for BeliSpeaker.ll was the f6ttime that Hab5. have won this parti(u artrophy theonlytrophyln D€bat ng thalwe had neverwon.

There was mof€ ruccess to come, James, Ben and |Jassan, as well as AarcnTaylor {1111), were 5e eded for trials for the England Scho0h Debating Team.Ihe team 0ffourwas amongst43 studentsfrom around the (o(lntry who wereoffered tria s. James tox and Ben Lewy made ltthrough to the second day andJames,pidured,wa5eventual ly5eeftdforthefourmanEnqlandteam.Thisisthe third (ons(utive year that a Habs. student has been se ected fn England.Jame5 wil be partkipating in the Wor d's khools' Debatinq Champ 0n5hips,held in Wa5hington, |J.5.A., in september.

In February, two teams irom |]abs. partkipated in the Rotary Youth Speakarea rcund. The Year 9 Iniermediate Team, (ornpriring Akhay |(i5hen |(aria((hairman), 0liver Anisfed (I4aln Speaker)and Zak Kay {Vote ofThankr, a Ifiorn 9R1, rno5t ronv ncingly won lhe lmerrnediate se(1ion (Years 7 9)on thetopic, 'Happiness s nota kughing Matterl

Ihe SeniorTeam, (ompri5ing RandalC iff(Chair), Charlie Reith (Speaker)andPrashant Kukadia, a lfrom 16R2, were worthy runners'up in the Senlorsection0n lhe subje(t Where have all the |]eroes Gone?i Randal wa5 voted be5tIhaiman inlhe Seniorsection.

TheYearll ieam, (omprisinq AaronTaylor((hair,1lll), |]asan Dlndjer (5peaker,1ll11), and Freddie Fullon (Questioner,1lll), (onrpeted n the second rcundofthe E.5.LJ. cornpetltion and won the Hertfordshire Utle dgain5t very 5tong(ompett ion-

Design andTechnologyThe Design andTechnoloqy depaltmentwere invited to havea disp ay(and at

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theBrl t ish nnovaton andT(hnologySh0watAlexandra Pa ac ntheauiumn.Habs. wdr the only scho0 to be reprelented at th s prestiqiou5 5how as it i5larqelya5howcaseforentrepreneurstoeNhibi t ther in\ lent i0n5.t0ngraiulat i0n5to N4ile5 Kaye (11Rll wh0 war awarded a g0ld meda and the rite 0f'younqnno1/at0r ofthe Year Av,,ard'for his 6.C.5.t. Water Sk ltand. Congratulatonsmust dl5o qo 1o Sam lvkPhail (lJ6RlJ who was awarded a rilver medalfor h sA.!. proje( a nd ro Basi Lelts (t I l] 2) who was awarded a bronze nredal for hisC.t.5.t. proje.t.

Exsdtec Sdence and Engineedng Fairn 0(0ber Dev Joshi (1612) was awarded the rop prke atthe k(te( k en(eand Engineerlng Prolect Dhplay Day he d at tmperial(olk9e The day was thetulmindt ion ofDev! work thi5 summer 0n a pa(ementat U,[ ,Ll Departmentof Bio(hemistry and lr/o e(ular B ology a5 part oflhe Nuffield khnre Bu6arysrhefire. His proj( ,r'/as entired'The Construction and Screeninq 0f alMetaqenomi( 50 D.N A. Library: De\l was one of seveml |]ab5. b0y5 who t00kpart 0n the daI a l\!on Plat num Award5forthelrefforr5.

Devi arhievement led t0 a 5p0nsored pdre to compete at the nternat0naSchnc and [ngineer ng Fa ir held ]n At lane nMay oneofonlyfouruKtudents5e e.ted to pa{ cipate.

PRTPAND PRT PREP

The Pre-Prep off cially opensThe Pre Prep had t5 formal open ng n June. Guen! jn( uded l\l chael Jeans,

the [4arter ofthe Haberdasheri(ompany, Nl6. Deborah Knigh! (hd rman ofthe Boy5'Sch0ol Conrmittee and var ous $affand parent5. They wer€taken on atour of the (hool by Pre hep boys, before fte unveiltng ol the (om memorat veplaque.

GoingGreenThi5 year has seen the boys lnthe Prep Schoo involved in anumber ol 6reen scheme' lnthe5pring,Year4boy5exploredthe impa( of wane on theenvironmeni. The projeatsucreeded n rairing awarenes5ol the need to redu(e ourrelian(e on disposab epackag ng.

Another 6reen (heme sawth€ boys getting mudd)', pldnr ng new trees and shrubs ktnd y donated by ihel loodlandTru(Abgthankyoutoa ofrhe boyl who pa i( pated, many ofwhomareaho nvoll/ed ln otherCreen in fiat ves, induding paper rerydlng andVeqetalr e grorr'/inq.

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Aftef llft ng the Heri5. and l\4iddx Vase in 2007 0ld |]aberda5he15 Rugby(lub enbarked on the 2007/03 season vr lh the ul imate qoa ol eagueprofn0r 0n.

A ne\\' efa ,.vas expeien(..d in 200/ at (roxda e R0ad _ 0 d flabs. (an no\'lboasl lo beatru yinlernal iona c ub. raddl lonlothelarge nurnberof l f lshand Wel5h b0ys n the tearn t !e al50 have some lniernat lonah of an0lherk nd.0 d Hab5. r lere lucky enou!h th r rea50n 10 boa( a squad vrth threecuTrenl nleTnal ona p ayers. BoIh our hlroker, Fran( s Booth and l'l)' ha IBen [4art n repre5enl S!r'1rer and, r,ihile 0 d Haberda5her 9eba5tan TaIlotr t l remaln5 the Svredi5h natonal (apiain Buoyed by a nr0fg 5quad,ieatur ing a number 0f boys who attended lhe sch0ol, 0 d Habs enjoyed a

".sr! 5u(es5fu L 5ea50 n on and offlhe plt(h

| ]ab5.5taned the 5ea50n r olvy 05nglhe 0pen ng kaque game al hometo a llr lty |Jeirdon 5 de that Nar to prove d thorn ln our s de fol the ielt 0lthe 5earon. 0ur nexl qame lva5 an exlreme y r'r'el f0ught 28 22 ar,/ay \!lnat (heshuit , ! , rho ended up dom nat i iq the eague f0r mo5t of lhe 5easonandarhievedthese(ondparepr0m0tlof at thesea5on5cole Hab5.vr 'enlcn ftom tht game and easiy o\]ercame 0 d Io110n ans, one of the !,reakerl€ams inthe eaguebyl l 0athome nfronlofa numbel0ft0rmel p ayelsand 50mercdwne.ThBm ni!v nn nq slreak , , \ ,as broughl l0 an end in theverynextqamewhentheevenlua eaquelr 'nre150ldStreeton!an5pr0\ 'edtoo strong torthe boys n magenta

Aft erthisd rappoint inq defeatt0lhe !eas0n turneda cotnef a5we embalked0n an incfedlb e len lame winning (feak. During thj5 charge,!e twke beat0ld Gammaflans. twlce beat 1,1 | l l l , onc again beal the5hunl and 0 d

Iottof an5, beat 0ld Strcetonjans, Roy5ton and \{atf0fd and beal Har equlnArnateu15 nthetup.Ihehighight0fthesegamesmu(ha\]ebeenthe84 5tra5hlnq 0fWatford al,'ayffom homevhirh 5a!,r bolh Bran Buller,li(k dndthe e\ lergreen RandalWh f tker se(ur ng hatt f (k5.

Llnfortunate ythis w nf ng ruf tr'ar br0ughl (Ia5hing do\rf lvher l,'e l/eredumped 0ut ofthe r lddiesex B0\\ ,1by a i ier(ey stmnq Tedd nqton tear i .0.H.r, /enl0ntof, , inthenextt ! !o eague game5 eavingthei:nalqameoflhereason avayal Royston to 5e(ure promot on. LJnfortuiate ythe unlhinkablehappened and the boys lost to a delerm ned Royrtlrn 5 de lealinq the 0 dBoys i i r rh ng the sea5on n i rd p ace and m sr ing out of promol0n 0npo nt5 dlfferen(e.

When the tears of the Roynon qame l inaly died 0 d | ]abr. ei joyed anex(elenl tout to Stfeel in 5orne15el, where 0n(e agdin \,/e ,rere

".ralmlywe rom€d byWelh R.Fl:

Ihankyoul0 a l t l ro5e vrho ha!e1:0me10 5upport ui dur ng the last yeaTwou d !\relcome everyone to (oTne a ong nexl year t0 ef]0y 50me'qua 1!rugby and greal tou(hl ne bantet Next season ls due 10 be \ ]ery pr0m s ngfor the ( ub a5 0n(eaqaif we prepare for a w nnlngyear

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0.H.(.C. Season 2007Fo lowing re egat 0n the previols year 2007 was to be a yeaf

of fetTenchm€nt and reappralsal under 'new' .aptain 5 Tnon6elber. Amazinqly whef the 0.H.(.C. took the fleld on the firstSaturday in l, ' lay they were fot faced with the usua aftermath

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the runs n partnership with Akash (B0*), before retirinq hurtw th cramp as the 0.H. cru s€d home and Coikfostefs swannedoff lails betvreen their egs.

Afd then the rea i t y check . . . . . . . .N€xt upwastheal West Indian searn attack of Ho twhite Tf nlbisand the pace and hosti l l ty was a I too m!ch with the 0 d Boys.o laps ing to 117 a l l ou t w i th on y Sunny Bar lh and Sami A i

putt ng up ary fesistance

And then l t ra ned aga n . . . . . . . . .A trip to Luton where not a ba I was bowledbut a pleasart afternoon was spent if thepub, ha f a game agalnst 51. Albans WestInd ia n and a bad y rain affe(ed 0ld Boyl Daywhich rneant the 5chool and C !b had theexper ence ofplayirq a Twenty/Twenty rnatchfof the Ta n ner trophy vi hich the 0 d Boys wonln the last ovef - highlights of th€ 0 d Boyljnr'rinqs comlng from Akash Chrinian wirh 57and making a welcome Teappearance afterseveral yea15, R ck Narr s with 17.

Then in July , at ast the sun started toshine ard a vl5lt to Hatfeld Nyde, at thet me eague eade|s, and a most impressivevictory for 0.H. with Hyde battlng fi6t on asl ghtly damp wlcket and being restr ded to141 (I\ ' l ike Filer 4-34 and 5im0n 6elber 4 2l ).Then Akash scored his f rst century of the

y€ar (103'), having been badly df0pped on 20 as Habs. cruisedhome, win n ing by / wl(ketr.

And then the whe€k fe l o f faga in . . . . . . .Baldo.k turn€d up at Boreharnwood and on d poof u'ick€t bowl€dLs Out fof 65 with only a gutsy 22 from ex pfesident HowafdLancaster and Sirn0n Gelber, 17, mak ng double figures. lt wasan easy win fof the vislto15 by 8 w .kets.

And th€n i t fa i fed a9a in . . . . . . . .Thls time at tea with the 0 d Boys in a very strong position 0f176 4 againn Langleybury and not getting the chance t0 pushfor the win. Jhe foliowng week a scrappy win aqalnst owyHatch End and de5pite SamiAll 's 45 0.H. could only craw to 128but then as in the first match of the year the 0ld Boys'spinnerswer€ too much to hand e and (hristian,4 37, and 6elbef,5 25,dumped the visitors 0ut for 79 and thirty points to the 0ld Boys.

of the Pi..ardy batt efields but with a dry, dlsty wicket rnoferemifiscent of August condltions in Devon. In fact the stfip wa5ov€r dry and the 0ld Boy5 w€re bowl€d out for what appeafed tobe an under par 110 runt. f lowevef the s ow bo!/lels got to woTk,Akash Christian and 5imon Ce ber wefe t0o mLt(h for 0ld Owensand iheyw€rewhi t t led or t fo r9 l w i thAkashtak ng6 20 .

And then i t s ta f ted fa in ing . . . . . . . . .Ihe 0 d Boys next iaw acti0n three weeks laier, although the[4 l lh i l i an5rnatchwasmyster iousy(a ledof fonFr iday ]uncht imew th the sun b azinq and the forecast equal y befign for th€ nextdayil. At 0ld Alban ans on a grey, dr zzly day thefe were severalnteff!pt ons to p ay befor€ the match petered out to a very tamedraw but not beforeloe hl ls had compiled a sparkling 87-h is top5C0Ie 0l t fe 5ea50n.

Top of the table (ockfosters swanned ift0 [foxdale Road on thefirst 5aturday in lune and were re5tficted to 171 in the r 53 ov€rswith Sami All takinq a handy 4 41, afd then helping knock off

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At Northwood, on a beautifLl hot day a very strong old Boysside pfoduced probably its best peffofrnance of the year. Solidbatting from Prltesh Varghela 62, Sami Ali 27, Akash 64 and ablittering 6lx ffom Adnan Bashir at the death saw Habs. to adeclaration at a very respe(table 262 6. Early wickets from(hristian and Varghela put th€ Old Boys firmly in control butstubbofn resistance from the Northw0od ower order meant thatvlctofy had to be worked hard for. Deepak Ramachandra 0penedthe gate with l-l ' l but veteran ]\4ike Ftlef rounded it offwith thewlnfing lbw in the penultimate over if a 4 42 spe L

The good f!n of forrn contlnued aqaifst Leverstock Green as0.|].C.t. ratt ed !p 255-l in 47 0v€rs with thts time Akash scoring169 and a paftnefship with 5imon Gelber (55) puttjng 0n j99 forthe first wi(ket. Good all round b0wling saw Leverstock out f0r202 with Gelber taking 3 34, 5!nny Barjh 2- 26, thrisrian 2-49and Abid Nasir 2-57. Then on the saturday before to!r a nailb ter of a match against high flying Wafton at Stone with the0 d Boys ge t t ing to 140 8ona hor r ib lep iq 0 f awicke t thanks toa heroic effoft from Bob (larke who batted for al but one overof the lnnin95 ln compiling his 44 and a be l igefent, un0rth0dox45 from How e Lancaster. I return, desplte a flying startof46for the first wicket, Watton found battlng equaly diff ic!lt andstruggled home by 1 wicket. Chrirt ian 4 59 and 6elber 4 48almost saw the 0 d b0ys to a remarkable win but an !nbrokenlast wicket partne15hip of l5 tuned the tjde for the h0me team.

Afd then i t a l wen twfong . . . . . . . . . .With pr0rnoti0n rn ore tha n a possibility, availability and some bad

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luck rneant that the last three matches a I ended in defeat dnd adEappointing end to the yeaf. Back from tour at Knebworth parkir unbelievable circumstan(es the 0ld Boys were fofced to fieldwlth 9 against a stronq l(n€bworth sid€. A rnagniflcent bowlingperfofrnance on a real mud patch of a wicket 5aw the hom€ side

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out tor 157 with again Akash figuring with 4,25 af d supportedby Abid Nas r 2 42 and Filer 2 44 but this rime the baiting fai edwith only l\ latt shorts 29 and Bob (larke 22 pufting up muchresistanc€.

Then off to Sandridge for the penultimate garne 0t lne seat0nand a ca5e of what might have be€n. 5andridge l5l all 0ut((hristian 5-31, Gelber 2-7, Nasjr 2 45) but the old Boys cameup short by 15 runs in a qame that rea ly shou d have been won.Finally to pr0motion chasing Nertifgfordbury and a remafkab ehigh scorinq match on the best wlcket ofthe year saw Akashround off th€ year by oblitefating the home attacK an0 nts ownindlvidual club r€cord in scoring a stunning 201*,0nly the f0urthev€r double hundred in the leaguet hlstofy. n a second w cketpaftnership of 175 with Sami Ali who s.ored 63 the Old Boyscornpi ed a total of 293 3 befofe declaring at halfway. The oldBoysattackwas, howevef, very under5tfength and with only oneofthe regular searn attack avallable the h0me team reach€d thetota in the last ovef with 5 wickets down. Akashl remarkableinninqs with 23 fours and 3 sixes was to eventual y earf him the5ara.ens Herts. L€ague batting award.

Devon Tour

As usua the 0ld Boys upped sti.ks and t0ok irs bat and ball downto Devon in August afd an unpromising drive d0wn through

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ftermittent rain was not a great prel!de but Ihard managed 10get a wicket prepafed and the 0.H. put together 167-6 ln their 40olers with R ck flaffls top s(oring wlth 55. In rep y thafd ln anexacl repllcatlon ofthe 2006 fixtur€ won by I wlcket with 2 ba lstospare DeepakKapad ia4- lTardSamiA l i3 34nearybowingthe to!flsts to victory.

And then l t even ra lned in Dev0n. . . . . . . . . .And the traditlonal Llonday fixtufe agalnst Kilrnington waswashed away ln the overnight ra n. Then $rhile London shiveredand qot ev€n wetter the sun shofe in the West (0untry for therest of the week. Energ red by the sun Akash p undefed the

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(hagford attack, on the r beautiful hj I surro!nded ground, tothe tune of I52 runs and even Alan Newrnan heLped himself toa crafty ha f century and a lot of splend d tea aftefwards. From ap0slt on of 82-l Chagford worked th€1r way back into the gameand eventua ly th€ rnatch ended ir the pelfeci touring resLlt of atie at 232-6 each 5lde.

Next day at Exetef another c ose match saw the 0 d Boys win by 7runs with [4att Shorts scoring 62 before not see ng the blg whltewooden thing at the edge of the b0undary and gouging a blghole in hls shin and severely restrictinq his performances in lhe

pub for the rert ofthe week.0n Thuisday the ongstanding flxt!reagainst Yarcombe and stockland was a run feast on the srnalcount ryq found. Pau Evers f ed l lTandSam Al i ,92 ,pu ton207for th€ second w .ket and with Nl(k 5horts adding a bel ig€rent50whl 5t more or less stand ng on one leq, the 0ld Boys tota 0f141 7 was a ways going to be too rnuch foI the hosts and th€ 0 dBoys got home by 95 runs.

Fna y to the fanta5tic venue of Sidrnouth where on thjs occasion,perhap5 due to our overwhelrning wln if 2006, Habs. ran upagainst a sid€ c0nta n ng seven olthe home t€am's eague lst Xland !nfortunately this was nol of e of the 0ld Boyr better days.0f this occasjon, at l€ast, we w€re put f irrnly in our place by amuch better horne s de.

5o then very much a season of contrasts son€ rea ly good teamand ind vjdua performances as h ghlghted above but at th€same time some al t0o obvlous sholtcornings. Poor regu aIavailab lity, for whalever reason by sen i0r players led to too rnanynconsistent leam perfofmance5 and at€ cry offs as the weekendapproached disrupt€d plans and had a detr mentaL knock oneffect wlth the 2nd x .

For the old Haberdasher Cri.ket ( ub to move forwafd lt mlstbroaden lts base ofplayefs and bulld on ihe stfength and qualityof r!ns that sorneone llke Akash glv€s us. Ne ls a remarkableclick€tef and the (lu b i5 extremely fortunate to have him playlngwithu5. I turn he har b€c0m€ a real 0ub chafacter s!pport ngus ln any way he can. The 0Ld Boys does have the ab lity to []ovei tse l f ioah lghef eve lbu t th is (anon lybedone l f nd iv idua ls takeon real fesponsibil ty for their own perfofrnance and not leave itto someone else. s that deslre real y there?

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The rc lntrcdudon of a second learn at Old |]abs.ls lhe alest developmenl inthefoolballdub3fortunesof late. TheClubwil nowfedtwosidesforthefKlmesn(e2000.The1nXl((aptalnedbyAndyEvaisJwi (ompeteinAfhu anLeagueDiv 2 wlth the2ndXi(captdined byJohn G enn) i Division 5.

Seaion 2007/08 was notabh for a host of new fuces in the ofl. ii6t team,providing rea slrefgth-in-deplhlothe5quad.Ihisprovedinvaluablea5theteamhitthe half way pointofthe 5ea5on ln a nrong hague position and siillin witha dance offufthersllverware ln the Londoi 0 d Boyslun of(up. The Chfistnassocialsaw the boys impose themselves on South-West Lofdon with a visit toC aphafir'r notorlous Infernot nightclub.,.a memory some dose to forqel,othershave no choice in the malterl Nevenhehss, a oacklng n ghl had byall.

Oid Nabs. cou dntquite mamaln the high-slafdards sel I thefrsi hafoflheseason followlnq the (hristmas break bui the team nrade it to lhe quanerlinals ofthe London 0ld Boys Jufior (up wllh a mlxtufe of styli5h and quEpe ormances.Thel 0defealby0dMeadonanswasagoodeffortagajnnadubregu aryfelding ll sides.. A pani(ularlyslr0ng endtothesearon ledtoalhird-pla(eleaqueffBh and gave risei0 mudoptimism forlhe impendlng season.

As many teams (ommented, 0d Hab5 has its youngell f6t team for manyseasonr with a ot of potental and the 2008/09 anpalgn promi5es lo brinqmu(h 5u(es5. Ilaining sesrionr are be ng planned toamalgamalethetwo teamsandthecompettionforp ace5 w llbe a driving fofce in novingtheclubforward.

The old Boys ne ded 2 nrong sides alainst the School and were victorous inboth qames.The firll X win was ft€ i6t for several yearl and revenge for a 9 ]drubb ngthe previous seasof.

Sea5on 2008/9 wlllqan for the first Xlwilh a fiend y 0n Auqu5l301h agajnst0 d Hamptonians, and in mid-Seplemb€rthe Jim Djxof lr/lemorjal 6n-5ide al 0ldChigwellians.

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The annual proqrdmme of fie 0.N.R.[. corcentrates maifly on ful-borcshootjng at Birley ranges from L4arch to septembef and indudes PncticeDays, whkh are open to supervised !i5itors, and team entiesto competiiionsrun bytheAssociationsto whkhwe are afliliated. 0.N.R.C. isa Nome OfficeApproved ( ub, affrliated to the Herts. R.A., ro Lofdon and ltliddlesex RifleAsso(iati0n (L.l\4.R.A.)- wherewe keep dub rifle5, ammoaitd kit-andt0theNatiofal Rif leAisoclation (N.R.A.),throuqhwh0mweare insured.

Taqet Shootifg is an unfathionab e advity although it requircs much ofthe self ditcipline and pcctice associated with orjental maBhal af5. Theobjective is to pla(e ihots (onsirtefty within a smallspace on the tafgetirre5pective of the variation5 in wifd and weather, el minatinq avoidab e

variables, beating othe6, andimprcvjng on on€l own previousperformance. lt i5 not a sportwhere only the young andvefy fit arc prc-eminenl, lt is afflend y sport where thore withexper ence roulinelyshare it Withothers, for examp e by providinqwindcoaching.

Thk yeaf we started in [,far.hwith an opening Pradkemorningat 300 yard5 fol owed if theafternoon by the Hen{ordshiie

Club5 (hallenge i\,latch.This is a friend y match in which the winning Clubhast0 organiiethe next year's event.We came second.In l\4ay we ent€red ateam for the flerts. Astor heats, but were unable to feld our be(team andIt had meln i t .

We supportthe L.ltl.R.A. Leaquewilh two teams of6.Thefe were oflytwoDivisiois, whkh rneans that teams are lers c osey rnatched than if the

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past when therc were three 0r more. fi4atches are in Apil, May and ]uneal 300/500/600 yafds Rounds 1 and 2 and long rafge 900/1000/ yards in

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Round 3. Team A came 4lh in Division I butTeam 'B were 7th aid last inDivision 2. Nordid ourteam of4forthe L.[{.R.A.Veterans achievea win thisyear

At the slan ofJune we held our lonq range pndce. Thi5 provides anopporlunity forthose who do not norrnaly get to shoot at 900 ard 1000yadt and also a warm-up a week befofe the L.l\,|.R.A. League long rangematch. lt was well suppofted with about a dozen or more people turningup.Bythetlmeyou read this we will hav€ had whatmanyconsiderthe high ightofthey€ar iheannua schoos]/eterans ^4atchdurjngthelmpeiall\4eeUng.This stafts at5pm on theThursday, immediatelyafterth€ Ashburton is overAsusualwehaveenteredthrceteam5indud ngmanywhoshootonlyatthismat(h. 50me of u5 meet in the afternoon for a wa m up 5hoot at 200 ya rds.Th€re k an 0.H.R.C. difneraftelwards, this yeafatthe L.I\4.R.A. c ub house.

Lastyearthose takif q pan n the 5cho0ls'Veteran5 iiduded (hris Fitzpatrkk,Alan l,4orri5, Bob Cattle, Dick, George and Peter Winney, Andrew Butcher,Andrew Fakonet David Raeburn,Julian Fuller,John Brabner, and ovefher""with the Canada team, Peter Redstone. The photo shows some oftheserepr0bates. The 0.H.R.(. teafis cam€ 8th overall. Alan ako ofgafised thepost match dinner in a pub. J0ining usforthe DinnerwasJohf Valeftine.

For the weekend of 20rh-21f september 2008 we have entered0.H.R.(. pairs in the L.l\4.R.A. Affliated Club5'match on Saturday, and willrun ourlnternalcompetitionsforlhe Lyleand Pa rs Cups on Sunday. IheLy eCup qoeslothe highest(orerand Pa fs Cup is nowawarded ona handicapba5isio an indivldual.

There is aho a possibiit) ofafother 0.H.R.C. opef Pnctice Dayt0 be heldthisyearatBlsl€y. lfyouarelnterestedintryinq0utfull-boretarget5hootinqc0macIme.

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The lifk.ourse on the westc0a5t0fNorfolk, saw ourSociety playaqaln5tHun5tanton G.C. on(€ again- 0urteam off0ur pairs were onthewinningsidescoringthreeagainstoneandourgenerouslunchwallomuchmoreenjoyedin thehtmosphere'ofthis win. The day was aranged in (o labontion withl\4ike Kenl7er, retired headmaster who has always ensured a memorableday in l,4a(h.

The spring nreeting at Harpenden Hammonds End war won by theorgd_6er lo'n Lidi 9r0r Lrmret rJo poi r. . lheewas a wif by a small margin 0f four poiftl in thestablefofd between six of the best frcm the 0.f1. andThe Hollybush.(193/189). 0ther placer went to [,fikerrF_.h l5 dna Davo Coy 12. Wp applaudpo John '0r

dlanq 10 dn edrlv pvp ing bu{et dno oflpe a-a hopefor a wel attended meetinq with good weather aqaif inAprl l2009.

The f,4ay triangular match with 0ld i/lillhiilians andLv0n dn\ dr Voor Parl wd, mpro'dblp for a t. ree - wdyr i F d r G v e l o o n L 5 e d ( ' . 0 u ' , d p r d r ' e p o r l p d . h i u n u s L a lresu t and the teribly convivial eveniig d nner.

At Nendon we were without fomer Nendon (aptain,{r l (rdp foLpn. O\ eve d )ple,t nu-ber oldyed d( l"blefo d aro wit f ,Lorp. .ooppd !y rwo lh r . f two\. thp' ounr bdclres- lLed in d w _ for l !4t lp Ware lq t t -e B"r- .and London suryeon havjng a we I earned day off),withRobeft (larke, a dose se(ond. At dinner amonqst the 0.H. were RobinMatthew, Peter l\,|ackie, [,fike Fren(h, i,,larshal Lawtof, Petef Shielk andAlan N€wtof.

The second triangular match of the year at l!,loor Park was cancelled,nrangely due t0low avaiability by the home team.There willbe efforts toreverse this in 2009

Inlhe5chool match, itwa5decidedto playatriaf gularmatch with eachthree(omprising a schoolboygolfef, a masterand an old Boy.Therc followed anouNanding win forthe boys.The naff at Aldwi(kbury Park provided a horbuffe!and the master in charge, AndyWard, jr to be thanked for his golfrfgexample and organising, in c0llaboration with Alan NeMon, the 0.H.G.s.(aptain forrhe day. Andy has ar least halfa dozen staffheiping with schoolg0ll lt is n0tic€able thatoppo unities forgolfon the Algarve ar€ taken inlhe spring tem break,by a numberofboysfrom 12 t018yea6 ofage. How

Please (ontad Andy Ward at 01582 469175.The €vent commences atl.lopm laten. P ease note the large buffet, and number ofpr ze5.

We have an Autumn l\,feetiig at Gerrards (ross G.C. on Friday 3rd October,8am for 8.30am. A morniig Stableford and a traditional lunch, with achan(€ ofan aftemoonTexa5scramble if you indicate you are able t0 51ay.

La5tly do c0nrider taking par{ in the Port€rt Park everrr run rn (afoemwirh Peter Hamblet ofthe hollybush C ub which starts 3pm at the 0ub in

Rad eltand iinishes with a dinnerth€re.

During the year ourt€am 0flow handkappeF undertheir leaderPeter l/Jarsh, took part ln the Grafton fi4ofiish trophy req onaiqualifier.Thisyear,bya handtu of shots,theydid notquitequaliryforthe 6na at Hunstanton and BnncasterTheteam with a fouf 0rlile handkapeach,comprised P filarsh, N.Black, t.Boa, R.Paffley,R.Nicklln and Jay Raja.l,4u(h encouGqern€nt f0r2009.

Last year's Grafton l,4orrish team induded Dr Liam Hughes,cardiologistat Norfolk and NolWich. Hespentthew nter0f 2006/07pradising rowing in ordert0 rowwith a numb€rofhis colleaguelto Holland with the lntenrion of htsing up r0 a It m lon for hhh0spita departmeft.Themi l ionwasrcached,withc0ntributions

from the hospitaland locality, bulwiih hi5tralning ni lappafentheentefed th e Innr Atla ntic rcwing race and he and his rcw wof. Hewou d be available to tellthis taleto thosedt Habs. [htree.lf h

eventcameto pas5 I would m€etyou there.

lhope like me, thatyou lookforwad to allofth€s€ g0lfifg days.

Alan [,loni5

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The dnnual [horleyWood match due on 9th July was truly rained off andrcarranged for llth August2008.lheteam ofejghi wiilb€ frelded by Robin

I now have the opponunity to adverrise the Habs at AldwickburyPark G.C. with pafenh, boys, masteE and old boys,with supporte6.

Harcld Cou.h and ./ohnlidington .ontider the

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DEATHSJ.A. (Tony)R. BEAult4oNI (1938) o(ober 2007Lenerl. (LARK (1955)24th o(ober 2007Thomasl.D. CoCHRANE (1945) 7th Apil 2008stanley5. HYMAN (1919) l6thlanuaty 2008

J.A. (Tony) R. Beaumonl(1938)

oadwasbom in London in 1921.At only 11y€a6 ofaqe hlsfatherdied afd it wat lefl i0 mygGndmotheriobrifg him up togetherwiih sister, (his.He was educated at Haberdashe$ school and 5oon after was c0nKripted

intothe army and sent to Burma to fight the lapanese, whkh would havebeeir a dreadful experief ce.After recove ng fom a serious war injury he studied for his a(countanqexam5 and worked in London during his twenies enjoyjng his compelitiv€rugby and no doubt his free and easy lifestyle.

It was in hh earlythirtiesthat he met my mother,lizabeth, through her brother A hur Spratt

whom h€ play€d rugby, and who iswith us

lowed sooi aft€rand thef my parents movedThe I\4ountin Rickmansworth, whkh proved tothe perfecifamily home arihey stayed th€rethe nert30 odd yea6,with myselfairdienniemingalong soon after. The younq couplethen

more thdn they bargained for with the arivaltwins, Tim and Adrian when both i/tum andwere in theirforties.

usyfamilylifefoll0w€d wjth Dad proving to bearm butfairfatherwho broughtu! upwith high

were maffied in 1956. First born, Jane

nlsandintegriq.had tnditional values and commanded

o.H.R.EC. Xv 19Ja-39, James Beaunont is in the ba.k low fourth frcm the left.

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Hh presenc€ and larye fnmewas sometinres daunting but we allbenefifiedfrom his parenting skilk.Hewas always involved jn hisfamilyand to0kan adive role in oureducationand pursuitr.lane remembe6workinq at BerkeleySquare garagesand goingf0ra dinkatTheTwo (hairman pub before g0ing hometogetheron thetrain.lennie,when her car bruke down, Dad would drop ever),thlngtogoand plcknerup.Asaloddler, walkingwirh Dad,Tim r€membe$always ho ding hisf ingera5h 5 hafdswere so hug€.And Adran re(alhd the years Dad 5pent on the 1sl Rickmansworth 5(outcommiltee.But talkiig to my sibling5 we a I have the fondest memortes ofblg familyholidays in Cornwa L Dad would load up our seven-seater car with twor0ofrack and sometimesthe dog afd leave home at4in the momifgio milsthetraffic. A typkalday we wou d be lraipsing along the (liffpath carryingthe pkik, surf boards, tennis ra(keB and othef beach panphernalia likea team ofpack horses would Dad nrlding fofth at the front. And after anaclion packed day and too much sun, we would sit in a quaint pub gafdendrinklngcold beerssurrounded by loved one5.Ihere k one persof heretodaywho is in ourthouqhts morc thar anyother,andihati5l\4um. SheandDadhadtheir50thwedd nganniversaryonlylasty€ar. Not only were they husba nd and wife, they were fftndt they were 5ou Imates. They helped each otherthrough thick afd thin and brought up fiveveryadivechildfenDadwasa good man. He wjll be sorely mhsed by us all.

Th stribute t0 Tony Beaumont was made by his 5on althe funem on 23rd0(1ober2008

Lester (lark (1955)

Theie is much to rclate about Lester, awide rdnging character whom knewfrcm the age ofelght.

The jnspiratlonal, had worklngpreliminarhs of his life prepared hlmfor a (oncentrated period of thirt) yeaBas produ(€r, resear(hef, witer, and

From a prlvate (h001, he commenced atNaberdashert Westbere Road in 194/,the yeaf that l\4r. John l\4cNair beqan

teaching intheianquage depatmeft, who now remjn ds us that Lester wajan ablenudent,and hlsabilitysecured hima (ambridge p ace. Neverthelesshewas anall'rcunderaf d involled himself lnlhelWimtringteam, being anexponent oflhe'new'butterfly stfoke, played water polo, ruqb, was in theR.A.F. seclion and excelled of the 5taqe.

In a (hool revue, with I iff Nash he brough rhe h0u5€ dowi by m]ming'Sistersl Ne appeafed in Gilbert and Sull ivan productons,and was aserious adof ln 'The Tempest' as Ferdinand. At (arnbridge he was agaln inShakespeare productlois of the [,larlowe 5ociety.

ln NatloialSerujce he was an R.A.l Pilot offic€rand durifg that two yearpe od he brushed up Latin studies convinced that thh wou d help duringhi5 ihree yea6 at Selwyn Col ege, whefe he gradualed l\4.A. Hons. Frenchand Spanish in 1961.

He 5eryed briefly in the Home []vil servke after Administrative GradeExaminat onsfor graduate entrythefol ow ng year.

Beforc rclatlng sorl]e of hk Televhion and Broadca(ing achjevements, ltmay be interestlngto describelhe (elebratlon ofhis lif€, a servi(e held at 5t.l\4ary Magdal€ne, Stoke Bi5hop, nearhis Bristolh0use. |]e used to contributetosufday servkewith a bible readingthere, andthh was an achievementif his alter yeaB, wlth increaslnq wearlnessfrcm a 5troke and emphysema.Hls dealh in November,was followed by a cremation attended by man,including Roger Lyle, PeterVacher afd lvlfJohn i\]lcNair. Ihe .elebra|on ofhis lifeoccurred on January26th 2008and alrhough ead by lgorClark, afd[,] jchae Watef house of ThamesTe]evBion, was a(urate y choreographed byLester:A broad(aning of Beethovent AKhduke Trio was heard; lgor readShakespeare's sonnetXXIX, and Aurcn was played by the famous guitaristJuan [,lartin. Af excerptfromWind if theWi]low5followed, afd, with somepresence, Rkhafd Leigh Harris payed s(hubert's lmpromptu No.3 ir 6 flat.

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R0gerWilliams and Roger Nllles read"F€arno more the heatofthesui';from5hakespeare's Cymbeline.Mkhael Waterhouse described'Working with Lester at Thames Television'There wa5 ai ercept from Berlioz! "llEnfance du (hrist"and Kay Avila readan excerpt from William B dket"Vala,0r,The Fourloal'Richad Leigh Harris and 6e0rge Hasam played "The fre and the rose aieofe':The introduction andlinalprayerwere by Revd. David Rit(hie 0f StokeBhhop, and we retired t0 Ella FitTgerald and Louis Armstrong, "They canttakethataway from me'l lg0rcatered for nearlyone hundred thercafteL

Lester's television wo* pro(€ded if earnest from 1962 when he was fortwo y.oa6 at southern TV 0r 'Day by Dayi He wo*ed with lulian Pettifer,lMurie Young , Di(kie Davies and Peter W lllams a nf from 196+ 1 968 he waswith Rediffusion TV on5ch0ok br0adcastifg.

There followed 24 year5 with Thames TV His position as AssoclateProducef and Reseader and Producer, resu ted in hrts Bazaar withll4icha€l Bentine; lllusica Tiangles with Iim Rice, whef musjc wass€leded for PaLrl Tortelier, Peter Frank Trio, lames Ga way, lulian Bream,PeterPearsdndSimon Pr€ston; The Sloryoflobla baletforlV; 'G ad Day)ac€lebratj0r0fWil l iamBakeand'Nureyev)astudyofthedafcer.(hrist ine,Le5ter3 wlfe had dan(ed with Nureyev and Lester dalrned a considerableknowledge of dance.

Prcdudions diredly under him included:Three hundred yea6 of Sadle/sWelh and Nige |{ennedy at Thaxted. li 1981 Lester persuaded a shy(ennedyto earn aidpaylt4ozart 'slrdViol lnCofcertoafdVivalditG oriaat5l.lamest P ccadilly.He heiped to devke a dramatic vefiion oflEnfdnce du Christ in 1985, andhe researched'God kfows where and Pon Ta bot'presented by AnthonyQuayle with Charlie Chester, Tommy Trinder, Alkia l!'larkova, amoigstothert h€ produced 'Afterf0on PluJl He appfeciated The Amadeus QLlaftetLill, ogden, Marsalis, osborne, Granger, swan ,Vctoria de os Anqeles,Luciano Pavarotti,where (ould we stop?have been iiterested in his niant tnislationssom€ ofwhkh have been

bfoadost.F0rexample"The Grandfather"by Benito Galdos,"Maestro PeiezIhe 019ani5t"by Gustavo Adolpho Bequel"(ominq Home"by Cam€n Laforerand "The 0x aid the AsJ'by Galdos. They w€re heard n th€ years 19771981

[4t John ]\4cNair wites, "Ne continued literary and anistk themes. li hisspare time he tranilated darsic Spanlrllworks, particula y Galdos. The5ear€ Dickens length novels. His trandation 0f'Fortunata y Jacintai a workhe started in 1968, and pubished in 1973 wa5 a Penguin classic ofone lhousand pages. Thh work represented one aspect of his total(ommitment to at and literature. l'le was a great €njoyer 0f life, andready con(ern for other peope. We rw and admired hjs courage andresilience in (oping in his last yea6 with the effects of his stroke and

breathlessfess. N€ never lost his sefse of humour We were in spasmodkcontact over lhe y€a6, and on many ocasions he tod me how gntefulhe was to Haberdashers forthe opportunities it had given him. He ceitainlyrepaidhisdebt' l

L€ster marred (hri5tine in the early sixties at Hafiow on the Nill. Herbrother John Beckley, war known io many Habs. in those dayr. The Carlcadopted gor and Dorlan.Ihey sad y divorced, and Lertermar,ed Rosemarieii (ambiidqe. After l\4arlborough they moved to stoke Bishop, a ho zonialhouse repacifg a many storied vefica house, thus allowing for theiral lments.

Peter Vacher writes about Lester's vlsits to the difners at Haberdashers'Hal, West Smithfeld, if rccenl years, and hh to erance of anac(umu ating list of diagnoses. Peter spok€ of Lester's cultural interestsand his belng well i'rformed and deiighful company.

Lerter listed the family, ballel opera, cassical mu5k and jaa, Eur0peanhkLo,tuoped "ndA^eri(d lr lprar-re. as r isi-te eit i .

I have spoken to those of hi5 yearthat lfiequently meet. They are as onein both predkting and acknowledging his love ol and achievement in theafs. lle was held ir such high regard. Hls colleagues afd friends wil somiss him. 0ursympathetkthoughtsare with hisfamill

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Stanley Samuel Hyman: (1939)

Ih r B the text ofa eulogy glven by Narryf ynrai (1961 l974Dec) and(l ive |]yman(1968 1979 De()al rhe r father\ funeral.Ihe funenl was attended by a lafqenumber offrends and fam t indud ngA ai Nelvman, Rer flal|5, Ddvid l\'lushin,David Hyman andlonalhan Nlet i55.

Son, brother, husband, father,grandfather and (onsummate profesrional.

stanley |]yman had a ong, rewardinq and 5uccet5ful lfe and ce eblateth r as v/e mourn h 5 pa5sing this veek. Stanley had many r0 e5 Srholaf,

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Stan/ey Hynan ls /n the nidd/e rcw te.ond f/on the r/ght.

5on, brothet husband, father, qrandfatherand businels man. Whatlval hisno.yl

Slan ey wa5 the f i r tchi ld of Harry and Zipporah Hyman (nee 6elm0sky). fewas bofn of l l rh June 1924 in H ghbury.

|]i5 falher \\las in sh pping and showing a qreat dea of hufiour lwhjchS t a n e ! n h e r t e d ) g a v e h l s s o n l h e n a m e s 5 t a n e y a n d S a m u e - m e a n n q o f( l rurse that he had the acronym fornearn shlp as his lni t ia 5. l :

5tanley's own sen5e 0fhuTnour ne\ler deserted him and he Nould need thatsense of humour duri fg hi5 l fe r ,rhich wa5l0uched by family t faqedy andthe se.ondWor d War

Hlsfatherwar p agued by i l hea thsuffer ng frcm Parkinsoni d lea5epmbably ai a re5ul of injure5rer€ived dufng the Ffn \alorldWar.Th 5 i ness meantthatStan eyhad to carry out many duties ihatwould ha\'e been e)(pected of afalher part tulary lor his brotherBr an some twe ve yea6 h 5 iuniolfle a so tried 10 nrake sure ihat h s5iier 5h,a a u'ho prede.eased himooked after herse f and her iwoclr i ldren Bob and Glq ard !vthBran in turn he ooked after hisong !vdowed molher Booba untiherpa5sing.

Slan ey wa5 a nar pupii. lle wonprzes at hi (hool in \{ lesdenand then in a qulte amazinq featlor llre time lvon a (hoiarsh p10 Haberdashers Aske! s(hool,Hampnead where he eKeledat 5port5 (aih dics, crkket andrugbyl and hh academ. 5tud e5-partku arly malhemat (s.

This \!as a notable achievement inils own right bul nrade more 5o bythe exstence lrfa Jewish quota.l le

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stayed at Hab5. untilthe ouibreak ofwar in I9,10 and was immensely proud0f beingaHab€rdasheLH€attendedFathers'and5on5 dinnerswthhssonsand was proud of beinq a member ofJobl ngs. lle ako reqularly attendedthe As5o(iation Dinner and the C.C.F. Dinners uftil i I heath prevent€d hlmfromgolng.

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stan€ywas lucki lyforhimandhi5family too young to see actlve servkeduringthewarbuthedid l lve in London duingthe Blj tz By eendofthewar he was leaininq to fly as a R.A.F. trainee. Not surp sing y the war lefidn indelible mark on Stanley and he neverwanted the word to forget theatemptedindufria genocideofthelewsin Europe.

After the war Stdn ey wa5 a member ofA.i.F.X- being ils trea5urer and a proudstandard bearerwith his brother Brian.

Theift ieswasbyall acount5a depfesslnqpla(e in postwdr England -rationsina lywere abolished in 1956 bul for Stan eyit was a ucky time as he met his futurewife Paula who as a wife of 52 years,mother and qrandmother has shown himsu(hamazing care and dedication.A mancould nol havewantedformorein a wlfe.In Pau a,Stanley waJ truly blessed.

Because he hadn't tuly inished his

cornplete his a(0uftancy quallliationby studying at night. He was h.Cpedif thh by hls lonq standinq friend andtutor lack Lewls. Stanley qua ifed as a[erliiied a(ountant in the ea y sixties.Armed with this he foufd succ€ss in the

n when war broke out he had to

business with Harry Rosenthal atlTou15. Stafley and Paula travel€dsivey inthjs peiod andwent round

Stan/eyHynan isin the ftontlout filst oD the /eft

Jusl where woud Stafhy's career have takef hifi wjth a ufivelsityeducatlon.? He had an e ectronically qukk mind and quite exlraordlnary

theworld a big achlevementfor 1964.

After Global was taken over by G.IJ.S.Stanley d€cided to eave. Ihis put severe

slrain on hisdom€stk budgetc0in(iding with Paula and Stafley's movefromIheirfBI maritalhome in Honeypot Lane to Borehamwood.Through thkkandthinthoughStanleyachieved hi5aimof payingforhistwosonstoaftendand complete theireducation at Haberdashe6 which they had attended inhi5 stept. He was l am told quiet y proud of th€ir a(hievements. lle madeends meet by workinq eveiy hour that God gav€ him spendirg whole

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weekends on extra work and balandng extended trial balances. lf nothingeke he inculeted theworkethk in ihosewho5urounded him.

Stanley had also in the fifties played a substantialamountofclub rugbyfortaling atfullback. He maintained his pasion for Rugby into his middle andlater yeaB and in his retinment Paula and he wenton severdlinternationaltours. He was never happief than at a 5 Nations intemational orthe eve ofintemational dinner with the Lords Taverners at Paft Lane. The dimax washis aftendance ofthe RugbyWorld Cup in south Afica. He knewa lot aboutrugby and followed the game untilthe verylast

Slanleyt parent had ako taught Stanley the joys of opera and clasricalmusi( through their love of78s and this pdssion was one that Paula addhe 5pent a large part of their retirement engaged upon. Although in trueStanley Hyman fnshion he could neither affoid nor wanted to pay top pricesthe two 0fthem werefriends ofCovent Gaden andthe 8.N.0. and attendedmanyperformances both in the u.K. and overseas.

What then were the essential chancte sti60fStanleyl

Honesty, piofussionalism, hard work and a desire to help 0the6 wereamongst those that we rcmember mort All caried out with the utmostgood hum0urexcept perhap5 when drivingl An ability to enjoy himsellVeryrdrely but memorably to ex(ess.

A sense ofhumourwas an essential paft of living with stanley. Not perhapsa man with much patience or the ability to toleate fooh gladly. Withinour household the "hammer technoloqy" soluiion to the central heatingprcblems Stanley was al5o not an ostentatious man nor one to offer pnisewhen praisewar not due. Praisefmm Stanley would only be fora job welldone.

lsaytoStanleynow-"welldoneDad"youdidital l "bdl l iantly"! Wesaluteyou.

Today you shouldjoi0with u5 and celebrate Stanley's manyachievementr inhis lonq and rewading life. True his last yeat after his stmkes wen by anystandards difficult. Stanley was thoughgstubbon fghter - perhaps fightingtoo long and too had. He didnl know really know howto quit and this Ithinkwasaduallya Eeat quality. He wasthough io gatetulto Paulaforher

tireless dedication to him and to the othe6 who trjed to make hislastyearorso at |(av Couf as comfortable as oossible.

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THE PERSUADERWPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell is the world's most powerful ad man- and the most driven. Damian \{hitworth meets a man who lives, breathes,eats and sleens business

The lair of the most powertul man in global advertising isnot quite what you would ex?ett. I was imaginjng lob of 8la!sand light. a rvaterfall in the lobby perhaps, an o6.e the size of atemb couit rith an enomous shrny blaci desh ,nd ihe comnu-nications king himelf enthroted on a fabdous piece of swivelinSItalian designer tumiture

Tlre entrance to lhe global HQ of $lPP is the lounh door onthe left donn a mews in Ma''fair. The lobby is so s]nal that thereisn t room for three *itoN a! io sit doM at on@. Atier a few min_utes, Sir Madin Sorell himseif appears, shales my hrnd and seisofr down a conidor "Need to fiDd somshe.e to do this. he says.''\47e ha!€ a sDac€ constraint." Wbat about his omce? Nah Fdl ofrubbish,' he says. opening doon to rooms that have leople in themEvmtually, we perch at a smal table in the offrce of one of his stafi.She isnt $re whether to listen politeiy or carry on $ith her worL

Sonell is the founde md chief executive ofw"P, the world!second biggest adve.tising and na.rketing 8roup, :nd arelably themost influential voic€ in the industry worLdwide. Hb companies

Now WPP is a f78 binion entity that ernploys 100,000 peoplein 2,000 offices in 106 countsies and services morc than 3,lO of theFortune Global 500 companies. Accodins io WPq as ma,ry as onein foll] of the adveJtjs€ments you will se€ anl{here in th€ worldhas been plamed or bought by its compaDies. Re.ent high-profileadve.tising campaigns have included Dovet "Clmpaign for RealBeautylHSBC's ciever er?loitation of differcnc€s of opinion andAmerican Er"ressb My life. My cdd'l

He is a fMolsiy handr-on. hard-dnving boss who lea.ls ftomthelronL "Beta se I st rted the buin€$ ny attitude to it js

different from anl'body els€b. Foundjng a business is lhe closest aman can come pht'sically to sivins birth. Founders must be moreconrnitted. WPP is not a matter of life and death. it is mo.eimportant the that," he says, echoing the legendary LiverpoolFC mana€er Bill Shanklys famols quote.'l dont regard this asbeins a jobl

He looks for executives who arc. "Brighi, intellig€nt,hdd - $orking. etc. But conunitnent is very important in ourbusiness. 'Penistence and sp€€d is not a bad motto."And whense the products and shape rhe images of

nany of the world3 most famous b ndtfrom Ame.ican E$ress to Yahool uhen hespea.kr about the global economy, his wo(ls

whi.h often take th€ forrn of elaborateealogies are po.ed over like the muin8sof an ancient oi:cle. And his osn life has ahalii of making the news, whether it is bjspay packet, his divorce setd€ment or thisyear3 colouftn lbel bal.

I had be€n wmed by those wtro hal€had dealinSs wiih Sorrel that he codd be'pugilific" and was advbed to "be on laurneitle'l I was told of runours of tehper tan_truns. ol stuff getting throltn around. N*ota single mjssile came my way 3nd he wascharm iisell But then he does know a thinSor two about lmage managemen!

Sorrell, 62, was tbe finance director iorsaatchr & Saatchi for ei€lt l€a$ before hehad a midlife crbis.

He left Saatchis and bought a stalein wire snd Plastic Products plc,a n$n',,f^ctuer of wire bdkets foi supennarketr.He r€nted to use the com!3nt as avehicle with which to burld bis oMempire, and his anbitiom wqe immodesrThe odgmal docments he fled qth thestock excbege said he wanied to builda multnationrl servic€ compmy.

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he doesDt get tha! do the cricket bats fly? "No cdcker bais orbaseball bats fly. hanahaha." And whe.eas sone chief executiv€snight foors pur€ly on broad sstrateg) Sorrel roines deQly intoevery mm€. of W?P. 'Some p€ople call me a micro,manager andthin-k rhat th€y arc insulting me I thini rhar! a complimenr.'

Soneii sieeps for 6ve or at nosl six bou$ a nigtt ard is inthe oftce amund 7am He has a business br$Han loraly at €ight,a rnotning of meetings, a business lunch, more m€etings, a busin€ssdii.er. H€ t?vels a]l the tine New Yo* twice a month. recolar'rops ro Europe.6!e or.i{ triDs a year to China Larin Americetous one y€ar- the Far Ea5t ihe ne\t "Even Hore the Blackl€rry Isas faidy impossible" Even on holiday? "Y€ah." Does he ever rela-f'For short leriodr of tim€. Do I 8€t sti€ssed? The answer is no. lf,nybody sals th€y suff€r str€ss, Ijust say, 'You are not having firn.' Idont think th€Ie is any such thing as stress: youjust arent enjoyingyounelf or you feel you cant bandle what's going on]''I don't indulge in art cou€ctioD!, which one of my prerioLsernployeri war partiotarly keen on," he says, r€fening to chaiiesSaaichi 'I dont have &rages tuI of antique cars_ I ski a bit, piaycricket a bit Thatl about it ieally. Borinety, nt aI about the b!si-nes!." This phenomenal focus and drive was inhented from a father$ho wo €d seven days a week in fetail. Sone! glew up in NorthLondon. and was educat€d at Haberdashm' Aske's Boys Schooland Chdn3 Colege, Gmbridge Simon Schaina the histori.aD anda.lose iiiend from school ,nd C3mbndgq s4r that he $"3 al.ways'yery intense" about his academic work and "femdously driven. Hetook life by the scrufi of the ne.k'

At Cambridge they sp€nt surrurlers Faveiling together. to east-em Europe and Amedca, where rhey anSled accrediration for the1964 D€mocr.tic Convention throu8h a contact nho put the..n intouch with Seutor Daniel Patricl Mornihan. They edited a naga,zme, Camrndg€ Optnion, which Solrell kept out of debr. H€ had ateam selling ad space," recalls Schama "It ever crossed his mindcrcssed his mind to do an thing bui business. That $Es stagg€ringtywas staggerngy eccentsic in the mid-Si1ties."

Sonell went on to Harvard Business School. He wo*ed forth€ sports agent Mark Mccormack among othen. b€Io.e b€coroing'the third brother" at what uas then Margaret Thatchert Iavou-dte advertising agency. His ilrce son! apperr to have inl€ritedhis work ethic.'They have b€€n abEolutely no tsouble thewhole of their exist€nce. AI investsnent bankels. Horrible. i5n r t?"he says proudly. "Al been to exactly the same s.hools and workinso etac y the sam€ companr." fhey ar€ at Goldnln SacIE

Ju5t about every artide about Sonelt descnt€s him asdiminutiv€. 'You mean refering to mlr 5ft 614in? And in eve.ysinsle profile I insist on the extsa har inch," he says, chorrting. He!beo described as having a clasric Napoieon conplex. ?ctualy,Napoieon was also 5ft 6'lirl I dont think it woni€s me particliarly.My dcknam€ at schoot was 'Tn€h':

He is a finance person and says he do€snt vet cr€ative workalthough. "I hav€ ar olinioR just as iou do." Can l rPp setl any-thi.8? "What? No. The.e ar€ sone liluits. Wepr@ucL better Can\remrr€a lousv prcducl good? No.If ils a 6us\prcduct. mn:umeN mi8ht bu! it on(t. but nor a .e(ond Ume

Does he eYer take on loust producrs that he wishes he hadn tl''l!'e11. it happars ell ihe time wbeE ihe prcmise of $har both the

client and ou.sehes thought wolld b€ deli!€rcd $as not deliveredand p€ople thercfor€ eithe. reSr€tted havinS done it or th€y failed.votrrc got to hav€ room to fail. One of the big pmbte!$ at themommr is that p€ople \rill not take risk."

The risli oI buling the Ogilv_v 6roup, shortly b€fore an adver-tising recession hiL m'ght harc undone less determined individualsSchama .erdembers the two of thern bavinS lunch at ihe Connaughiat that time It l1as a rcry toud time. He \r"s in a lery bad moodtbat day. He &"s nShdng for the life of hij company. t sai4 .we don thave to do ihis. H€ said. ftrough gifted teeth, 'We'.€ btoodv welgoing to hale lunch: He fought his \ray throu8h the ps.r'idg€ as jfrlurdering the bi.d all orer again:

Th€ l€ades Sone[ admires today indude BiI Clinton, whohe seys is still very irlluentjal despite having left o{fice and he addsthat "MIs ClintoD is vei,y efre.tiyd I think w€ can suess wherehe thinks Amenca is heading He savsj lNerv yo* ;ayor MikcjBloomberg is vert effective... B,air... Bronn? Thejury is stiD out. Iguess.' He Ieels ofi a lin of cwrent bosiness leaders but hans on.aren t they 3I clents of his? H. smx*si

In an increalin8v compentive wort4 the i$lortance otdifferentiating your brand in th€ narketplac€ witl keep Sorr€lt re._vbusy. And he is optimistic about n€r,t )€ar becau* ther€ vil be aIot of sp€nding at the Obmpics and in the US plesidential election.He i5 famous for his analogies atout recoveies and slumDs beinebath snaped "We Ner€ out oi tle bath a long rime aSo. We s€em l;be taking a cold sho\rer at the moment. he says, refer.ing to theliquidity c.isis.

T}le twin cialenSes for the media ale working our how toget more advstising onto the intemet ard other nerv technotocies_and exploiting the markeF of Aea. particuterly China. He |€esChina as a fantastic opportunity in the e€dium tern. with hisc!mp8nj€! involved in 14 campaigns at the Beiting Ollmpics,but he is dxunt€d by itspotentaL He reenUy sat next to a formers€cletr4 ofthe Chinese Communj5t hrtli \4to said there (!uld bet.5 billion rath€r thar 13 billion Ct'nese ,.Thart thre€ Ur\s or twothirds of a US that we dont know abour Th€ abitity ofrh€ W€nto compete with that is very limited"

Sti[ if anyone las the appetite for rhat sort ot cammtition iti5 Sir Marth Sonel ploning deats ftom Malhir. Bt rht rme rheintewiew is wnppins up he has decided. for whatever rc6or marrt kill be OK for me to se€ hrs of6ce. It i5 surpri<rn8t, \maU. burleels €v€n smal€I tlecars€ ot wel. not rubbish exa.r ly. bur cprtainlydntter there eft piles of papers and bools, tables are cov€.€d lrlpnotographs and as'drd! and hanging ftom one eal is a plasric sdrot amour and a Superman outfit - giffj from "r],e gir6- ryho wo.kas his assishnts. On the 0oor, dozing in a basket is a b€autin t r€dsette! qio :ccompanies him to wo* whenev€r he is in lonilon."Het crlled S$"ge" sa)r Solfe[ And the4 in case I've mjssed rheimny, he adls. "Becaure he isn'r"

He shows n€ his larye collection of oicket bats sisred bvnaUonal teams and "the basebalt bar rlut vou were ref,mng to:Eunnla r neer mentioned rhe basebal bat he drd. Tlat com; oulwher buds€ts arc not met" he chuckles.

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