Clubs & Societies
preferably by email with a subject line ‘OA Chess’. Associate membership is also available to wives and other close friends. We would welcome some new younger members to help revitalise our links with the College.
OABC chairman Tom Saunders (01-06) spoke of the close relationship the Club enjoys with Dulwich College Boat Club and the College, and offered his thanks for their efforts. Both clubs are growing stronger every year and OABC is supporting rowing at the College to an ever increasing extent. The Master offered his thanks for the alumni contribution to rowing and the wider culture of the College, and praised the mutually supportive culture of both clubs. The evening ended with a rousing rendition of Pueri Alleynenses and drinks in the East India Club bar, before the young and the brave sampled the delights and pitfalls of the West End. Thanks must go to everyone who made the evening possible, and to everyone attending who made it one of the most special OABC dinners I can recall. We now look forward to DCBC’s 25th and OABC’s 10th anniversary in a few years’ time to celebrate our respective milestones. Sunday 6 April Boat Race: Smart casual event held in the boathouse. NB: This is a ticketed event. Saturday 6 September Alleynian Invitational Regatta: This is one of the Club’s big fundraisers and we are always looking for more alumni rowing clubs to get involved. If anyone has any contacts from other schools that would be keen to get involved, please inform the Secretary and provide them with the event details. Dates for the Diary
Trevor Jones (57-66) Secretary
Old Alleynian Cricket Club
Contacts: Vikram Kumar (94-99) / Imran Nasser (91-01) Email: kumarv @ ttint.com / imi.nasser @ gmail.com Chris Jordan (06-07) recently returned from a successful tour to Australia with the England one- day team. He impressed as England’s opening fast bowler and took a stunning return catch to dismiss David Warner in Brisbane. He has been labelled ‘a player of rare talent; an unbelievable slip fielder, a serious raw pace bowler and a decent hitter’. Following this successful tour, he has been selected for the forthcoming tour of the West Indies and the ICC World Twenty20. As always, the Old Alleynian Cricket Club will be following his progress very closely. The future looks extremely bright for Chris. In 2014, OACC have been drawn in the Cricketer Cup First Round against Charterhouse Friars on Sunday 15 June at Charterhouse. We are always looking for new players to strengthen our position in the competition. Should you wish to be involved, please contact the Alleyn Club, Imran or Vikram for further information.
Imran Nasser (91-01)
Tom Saunders (01-06) President
Old Alleynian Chess Club
Secretary: Trevor Jones (57-66) Email: htjones @ raildev.fsnet.co.uk
There was no OA Chess Club activity on Founder’s Day in 2013, because the Secretary and some other key members were away on holiday at that time, but the Club’s annual dinner took place as usual in December. This year it was kindly hosted by Rory O’Kelly (62-68) and his wife, Kathy, in their own home near Kent House station. It was attended by six OAs, three partners, and two associate members, making a record 11 attendance, at least for many years. The Club itself is currently purely social and does not have any tournaments or play any teammatches because those members who are still active players all get their competitive chess through other club and county teams. There is, however, nothing to stop a group of newcomers, perhaps from amongst recent leavers, getting together and organising a team or competition in future. Any OAs interested in joining should initially contact the Secretary,
Chris Jordan (06-07) with the College’s Outstanding Individual Sporting Award in 2007
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