SPORTS NEWS
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RIP Chris Wall, Chris Trussell and Brian Jones Former teacher of Mathematics, Chris Wall passed away on Friday 14 August in St. Christopher's Hospice. Chris taught Mathematics at Dulwich College from 1968 until his retirement in 2006. Outside the classroom Chris coached the Junior Colts rugby and assisted with the Colts and 1st XV and coached several 'Sevens' teams. Chris also coached the 2nd XI cricket for 36 years.
OA RUGBY
Dave Stephenson (60-63) has been awarded the 2020 Chairman's Award by USA Rugby for his part in the 1976 USA Men’s Team vs Australia.
With a number of OAs having successful seasons with Premiership and national sides, here is a round up: Tommy O’Flaherty (05-12 ) has had a fantastic season winning the European Champions Cup Rugby with Exeter Chiefs. Beno Obano (11-13) has produced, directed and features in the rugby documentary 'Everybody's Game', which is available now on Amazon Prime Video. The documentary includes contributions from professional rugby players Maro Itoje, Anthony Watson, Ellis Genge and Biyi Alo and focuses on the backgrounds of BAME players within rugby union. 'Everybody's Game' sees the group discuss the perceptions of race and class within the sport, as well as how rugby union should be open to everyone. Congratulations to Oli Kebble (09-11) who was part of the Scotland side who celebrated a Six Nations win in Wales for the first time in 18 years with victory in Llanelli in November. Oli has played 50 times for Glasgow Warriors since joining from Super Rugby side Stormers in 2017. He was also part of the 2012 South Africa squad who won the Junior World Championship on home soil. Oli made his Scotland debut against Georgia in October, coming off the bench in the 48-7 win.
Chris Trussell, former History teacher at Dulwich College between 1987 and 2012, passed away on 5 October 2020 following an illness.
Brian Jones , former Head of Biology between 1952- 1986 died, peacefully at home after a short illness on 25 May 2020, aged 94. From 1961 to 1971 Brian was the housemaster of Blew House, one of the school’s boarding houses.
The USA RFU was founded in 1975 with the purpose of acting as the governing body responsible for the promotion and development of Rugby in the United States and in 1976, they introduced the Eagles to the rugby world. In 1976, the USA Eagles played against Australia in their first test match of the modern era. Australia won the hard- fought game 24-12 with Dave playing outside centre in this landmark team.
ART & CULTURE
In October Stephen Finer (61-66) presented a virtual exhibition, Paintings That Capture . The show was comprised of paintings spanning the last four decades, exhibiting 21 artworks created between 1981-2014. Stephen's works are held in notable international public collections including the National Portrait Gallery London, Arts Council England and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Among his numerous sitters are included David Bowie, Marlene Dietrich and Merlyn Driver.
Images: ©Stephen Finer, Bridgeman images.
SAM FANNING – RISING STAR
Sam Fanning (08-14) is currently building a big reputation for himself as a top order, left-handed batsman. Sam was born in New Zealand in October 2000 and came to Dulwich in 2008. The Sporting Alleynian of 2008/9 records his outstanding performances in the College under 8’s: “The pick of the players was Sam Fanning who has great technical ability already as well as plenty of potential.” Sam left Dulwich in 2014 when his family moved to Australia. Last year, Sam made 108 against Sri Lanka u/19 in Colombo which was followed by a move to Perth to join the full Western Australia squad containing six Test players and a further half dozen One Day Internationals. He was the leading Australian batsman in the recent u/19 World Cup in South Africa, making 75 against India and 62 v Afghanistan. One to watch in 2021.
Congratulations Ned Bennett (95-02) for receiving the Best Director Award at the Off-West End Awards in March 2020. His bold production of Equus picked up three awards including Best Production and Best Director.
Ekow Quartey (01-08) was nominated for this year's Ian Charleson Awards for his portrayal of Lysander in the Shakespeare's Globe production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The awards recognise actors under 30 performing classical roles.
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