The Alleynian 704 2016

Entrepreneurial

Philip Amodio (64-72, pictured) f lew helicopters in the Army in Germany, Norway and Ireland for nine years, before f lying in Ethiopia for aid and reconstruction purposes. In 1997 he set up his own company, ‘Amadeus Aviation’ and he now manages the helicopter for the owner of Leicester City FC. Ben Fordham (88-97), founder of successful restaurant chain, Benito’s Hat, opened a pop-up branch in Selfridges in March 2015. There are now seven sites in London: Covent Garden, Oxford Circus, Kings Cross, Goodge Street, Farringdon, Bromley and Selfridges. George Hughes-Davies (07-12), graduating from Nottingham University in 2015, spent his summer travelling from New York to Los Angeles to learn more about healthy living. Upon returning to London he took what he learned and founded ‘Daily Dose’. Daily Dose is a healthy lifestyle brand selling 100% Raw Cold Pressed Juice. Daily Dose now supplies a number of restaurants and cafes in Dulwich and beyond. All of the juices are pressed and bottled in Dulwich; for more information see www.ddose.co.uk. Nirav Karia (01-12), graduating from Nottingham University in 2015, founded ‘NutriGoal’ – an innovative start-up in the Food & Health/Fitness Industry. Currently based on Instagram, (@ nutrigoal), Nirav is raising capital for pop-up cafés in London Anthony ‘Eddie’ Alleyne (08-12) returned to the UK as an overseas player for Walton-on-Thames CC in the Surrey Championship [Division 2] from May - September 2015. His 3 100s, 3 50s, 20+ catches and 20+ wickets guided them to first place in the league and promotion to Division 1. Anthony then returned to Barbados, winning the local three-day and 50-over cups with the University of West Indies (UWI) cricket team. After multiple impressive performances, Anthony was given Vice-Captaincy of the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) First Class team. Anthony has now returned to Walton-on-Thames for the 2016 season. Nick Easter (91-96) was called up to the England Squad ahead of the 2015 Rugby World Cup match against Australia, replacing the injured Billy Vunipola. He put in a Man of the Match performance in England’s final game of the World Cup against Uruguay, scoring three tries. Nick currently plays for Harlequin FC. Alec Fiddes (07-12) has scored 15 goals to date playing football for Yate Town, near Bristol where he is at University, studying. Alec is transferring to Chippenham Town, who are currently 2nd in the league above (Premier Division) and is hoping the club will achieve promotion at the end of the season. His season highlights include scoring four goals in a game against the league’s table leaders. Bradley Goldberg (07-10) signed for newly promoted Sports

and LA. For enquires, email nutrigoaluk@gmail.com. Nirav will be in LA August through September 2016: if you live or work in the area, he invites you to please be in touch. Andrew Kojima (87-97) [Masterchef UK 2012 Finalist] hosted a pop up restaurant, ‘Koj’, in Cirencester over two weeks in August. He also ran a collaboration with friend Ben Fordham (above), who founded ‘Benito’s Hat’, to create a Japanese inspired burrito. For more about Andrew, see www.kojcooks.co.uk National League side, Bromley FC. The team are currently sitting mid-table, having performed well considering their first year in a league above. Bradley has added a couple of goals to his name in the season so far. Joshua Ibuanokpe (07-14) has been continuing to play part-time for Harlequin FC whilst studying Physics at Bristol University. Chris Jordan (06-07) represented England in the Test Cricket Series against the West Indies and took two stunning catches at slip to dismiss K Braithwaite and D Bravo. Roger Knight OBE (57-66) was appointed the new President of MCC as of 1st October 2015. Conrad Manning (09-11) gave a talk at the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), entitled ‘There’s No Such Thing as Solo’. He shared his experiences of sailing the Round Britain and Ireland Race. TomMountain (04-11) competed in the Temple Albert Challenge Cup for Newcastle University and represented British Universities at EUSA [European Universities Rowing Championship] in Hannover. Alastair Neden (09-14) and Thomas O’Flaherty (05-12) were both named in England IPF Rugby Sevens Squad.

Antonio Shinebourne (04-12) won the Greater London Powerlifting Championship in the U23 u93kg category; he has qualified for the British Championships which will take place this summer.

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