Late at night we said our farewells, promising to meet again in another 10 years. Let’s hope we can. Finally, a sad farewell to Virginia McKenzie who, having joined us at our reunion, passed away just a few days later. Our very best wishes to you Forbes.
CCOBA 2017 Calendar
Richard Lewis (6646)
Auckland Community Event Tuesday 23 May, 6-8pm Chapman Tripp, 23 Albert Street This is a combined event with St Margaret’s College Christ’s College vs Christchurch Boys’ High School 1st XV Thursday 1 June – at CBHS 1967 and 1992 1st XV Reunions CCOBA Drinks at Trenches Bar, RSA from 4.30pm 40 Years On Reunion - 1977 start 8-10 September Gentlemen’s Lunch Wednesday 25 October Including 65 Years On (1952 start) and 75 Years On (1942 start)
70 Years On
Seventeen lads gathered at College on 25 February for drinks and lunch at the high table in the Dining Hall. This feast was provided through the generosity of the CCOBA to whom we pass our grateful thanks. Garth Wynne spoke of some of the school’s new initiatives which sounded interesting and innovative. We were mostly from a start year of 1947 and had travelled variously from a few hundred metres to about 1,000km to be there. Excellent drinks at the new Christchurch Club on Friday night, and lunch at Riccarton House, Dean’s Bush on Sunday were enjoyed by all present. Our wives put up with stories they had heard countless times and continued to show us patience. We thought the College campus looked marvellous and the new Upham Quad a fitting testament to that brave soldier. How are we faring? Mostly, we reckoned pretty well. It was great to see Don Lill (5595) and Terry Westenra (5631) amongst us, as well as John Wheelans (5632) and Eric Stonyer (5625). What the younger brigade thought of us all remains unrecorded. We are contemplating a 75 Years On reunion in five years’ time. Possibly this will be pushing our luck, but we remain optimistic that we can hold decrepitude at bay for a while longer. Back Row: Robin Pridie, Bill Wilson, Alastair Chaffey, Richard Wells, Peter Chamberlain, Ian Cresswell, Gerald Batchelor, Edgar Turner, Dick Tripp Front Row: Roger Christmas, Daniel Richards, Tim de Castro, Terry Westenra, John Wheelans, Bill Ensor, John Packer, Donald Lill
Young Old Boys’ Drinks Thursday 16 November
2018 AGM Friday 23 February 2018
2018 Reunion Weekend Year groups who started in 1998, 1988, 1968, 1958, 1948 and 1938 23-25 February 2018
Email ccoba@ccoba.com for more information
Tim de Castro (5571)
Christ’s College Canterbury
100
Made with FlippingBook HTML5