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Jintao Liu (00-02) and his wife, Jing, celebrated the birth of their son, Adam Liu Xinyou, on 21 April 2014. Conrad Manning (09-11), who is studying Ship Science at the University of Southampton, is hoping to compete in the 2016 Vendée Globe – the only single-handed, non-stop round-the-world yacht race, regarded by many as the ultimate test of a sailor’s skill and endurance. Conrad’s many sailing accolades include Student Yachting World Cup winner (2014), national student sailing champion (2013) and winner of the 2012 Artemis Offshore Trials. Conrad was a member of the Alleynian Sailing Society crew that won the 2014 Arrow Trophy regatta (representing Dulwich College). Conrad has partnered with Five Degrees West, a leading sports consultancy that specialises in the sailing and maritime industries, and is now in the process of securing the sponsorship that will enable him to be on the start line in November 2016. For more information, or if you know someone who may be interested in supporting Conrad, please visit conradmanningracing.com or contact Conrad via conradk.manning @ gmail.com. Tom Mercey (94-05) was a member of the Northampton Saints team that won the 2014 Aviva Premiership Final at Twickenham and the 2014 Amlin Challenge Cup. Tom also played for England Saxons against Ireland Wolfhounds in January 2014. Tom faced fellow tighthead prop Alex Brown (06-08) in the final of the 2014 LV= Anglo-Welsh Cup, which was won by Exeter Chiefs. Rubel Molla (80-84) now works as a Mathematics tutor, has returned to the College on several occasion over the past 12 months to speak to speak to Upper School students on the mathematics of finance. Professor Arthur Morris OBE (52-59), a retired consultant reconstructive plastic surgeon, wrote to the Club in July 2014 to report that he has been a volunteer surgeon for 20 years in Kumasi, Ghana. Professor Morris has been leading a project to establish a reconstructive plastic surgery and burn unit using the ‘tripartite partnership model’: visiting volunteers establish workload and train local specialists; selected nurses and surgeons were then trained in Dundee, Scotland; and, finally, facilities were set up in Ghana to be of permanent benefit. Equipment that has been provided allows the unit to treat 150 severe burn patients every year, as well as to perform more than 1,500 surgical operations. All this has been done in partnership with the Ghanaian government and with philanthropic support from many organisations throughout the world, including Rotary International. In 1994 there was a lone Ghanaian surgeon with no other specialist staff and no dedicated facilities; in 2014 there were four trained Ghanaian surgeons and four senior specialist Ghanaian nurses, who have set up local teams of specialist nurses. James Mountain (98-06) was a member of the Isis crew that won the 2014 BNY Mellon Boat Race reserve crews race on Sunday 6 April. The Oxford reserve crew led
from the start and completed the 6.8km course more than 30 seconds clear of Goldie. Daniel Norcross (78-87) captained the Nightwatchmen team in the 2014-15 series of the BBC Two quiz show, Only Connect . James Orford (03-14), Organ Scholar at Truro Cathedral in 2014-15, has won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music for September 2015. Robert Parker (50-57) and his wife, Meryl, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on 17 October 2014. They married in South Africa but have lived in London since 1978. Tom Pollock (92-02), author of young adult fantasy novels, published two books in 2014: The Glass Republic revolves around the secrets of a young protagonist’s life and disappearance of her sister; and Our Lady of the Streets tells the story of a hidden London and its ruthless leader. Christopher read Economics at Cambridge and then taught for three years at Sevenoaks School, where he helped launched Business Studies as an A Level, in conjunction with Marlborough and Gordonstoun. Christopher then went into the City and spent more than 30 years in merchant banking with Barings, Charterhouse and Credit Lyonnais Securities, and also had a spell with Cadogan Estates. Professor David Reynolds FBA (61-70), who is Chair of the Faculty of History and Professor of International History at the University of Cambridge, published The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century in September 2014 and presented a BBC Two documentary of the same title. Brigadier Robert Rider (77-83), formerly of the Corps of Royal Engineers, was awarded the CBE in the March 2014 Operational Honours and Awards List for operations in Afghanistan between April and October 2013. Luca Romano (98-03) is currently working on Heroes of the Antarctic , a computer game that aims to teach players about the harsh experiences faced by Shackleton, Scott and Wilson on the Discovery Expedition. The player must manage the trio and make all critical decisions on their behalf as they journey to the South Pole. The game will be released later in summer 2015. Rohit Sagar (88-90) will assume the role of Chief Informaton Officer (UK Audit) at Deloitte on 1 June 2015. Between June and August 2014 Matthew Sellwood (91-00) walked from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise money for the Free Representation Unit (FRU), a charity dedicated to providing representation in the Christopher Poulton (54-62) wrote to the Club at the end of 2014 to share details of his career.
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