OA The magazine for Dulwich College Alumni Issue 03

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Action, who give grants to hospitality staff who have lost out due to the pandemic. Tom is now working on a Bartender Series, the first of which is a pineapple and pepper gin.

Crew: Charlie Lowe (94-01), Reg Kheraj (02-07) Ant Lindley (92-00) Ollie Light (03-08), Harry Tinker (02-11), Matt Gorvett (06-13), Ben Taffs (09-16), Chris Law (11-16), Tommaso Quaglia (15-20) and Will Holmes (12-19). OAAFC in the Semi Final of the Arthur Dunn Cup The Old Alleynian Association Football Club (OAAFC) reached the semi-final of the Arthur Dunn Cup in May following a magnificent victory in the quarter finals. After an uneventful first half, Captain Josh Lawrence (02-07) led the team to a dominant second half, with CamKelly (04-15) scoring a hat-trick and later being named the man of the match. Their semi- final game was against a disciplined and resolute Old Foresters who halted their progress to a first Arthur Dunn Cup Final.

of VaxiMap, an online resource for GP surgeries across the country to optimise the delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations to housebound patients, of whom

NEW YEAR HONOURS 2022 We are delighted to share news of the following OAs whose achievements and service has been recognised in the New Year Honours List for 2022.

SPORTS NEWS Arrow Trophy 2021

there are over a million in the UK. Healthcare professionals can upload spreadsheets of anonymised patient postcodes then the website sorts these into the optimal order and maps the routes, saving hours of planning and travel time. Within a month of starting up, Vaximap had already reached 25% of the target patient population, saved the NHS £400,000, and won backing fromMicrosoft, JHub Med (MoD) and Oxford University. Alec Bannister and CamHenderson Combat Holiday Hunger in Southwark The London alone, 400,000 children currently face food insecurity and in Southwark, increasing numbers of children are eligible for free school meals. This leaves them vulnerable to hunger outside of term time. Alec Bannister (05-16) and Cam Henderson (11-16) were inspired to help combat holiday hunger amongst children in Southwark and launched an initiative to raise funds to support Kitchen Social: Take & Make Boxes, part of the Mayor’s Fund for London, which provides healthy recipe boxes to children during school holidays. Amongst other ideas, they organised a mufti day with all proceeds going to Kitchen Social. pandemic has had a devastating impact on children’s access to food. In Tom Lord Supports the UK Hospitality Industry Through Gin Tom Lord (02-09) is a hospitality veteran and the founder of Hospitality

Sir Peter Riddell CBE (59-66) was knighted in the 2022 New Year Honours list for his services to journalism and foir public service. As a journalist he worked on both the Financial Times and Times newspapers before leaving to work in public service. It was a career that in 2016 resulted in his appointment as the new Commissioner for Public Appointments, a position he held until 2021. Sir Peter served as Chair of Governors at Dulwich College until 2021 and was awarded Fellowship of Dulwich College in 2021.

The Alleynian Sailing Society (ASS) competed in the Arrow Trophy J80 Regatta at the Royal Thames Yacht Club in April. At the helm was Mark Richmond (95-00) with Matt Gorvett (06-13), WilliamHolmes (12- 19), Ben Taffs (09-16), Harry Tinker (02- 11) and Tommaso Quaglia (15-20) making up the rest of the crew. After a hearty supply of bacon sandwiches supplied by the land crew, the team had a full day of racing competing in seven races, with four of those wins. The main Arrow Trophy Regatta took place 2nd and 3rd October with a new format. The fleet was split into two, twelve schools racing on the Sunsail First 41’s and fourteen on the Fairview Oceanis 37’s. In essence, it was really a Division 1 and 2 fleet, based on previous years’ racing results and longevity of participation. There was no promotion or relegation this year as it was the first time the fleets have not been a single class. The weekend’s weather seriously curtailed the racing on both days. On Saturday only two races were concluded due to wind speeds increasing considerably to in excess of 30 knots and on Sunday one much longer race was completed. Some of the ol’salts thought that the programme should have been postponed due to the conditions but actually getting a regatta on the water at all and holding the dinner was a major achievement for the Arrow Trophy Committee, given the ongoing uncertainties of the last 18 months. Dulwich managed to finish the weekend 8th overall which considering a number of crew changes, blooding in two new mates, Will Holmes and Tommaso Quaglia, a couple of rigging breakages and sailing a new untried boat was all in all quite an achievement.

Beno Obano selected for Calcutta Cup 6 Nations Game

Beno Obano (11- 13) earnt his first England cap after being selected by England rugby

coach, Eddie Jones, as a replacement for England’s 6 Nations opener against Scotland at Twickenham on 6 February 2021. Beno helped the College to win two Natwest Cup Finals before leaving to pursue a career with Wasps.

Peter Burnett OBE (70-78 ) has been awarded an OBE for his services to the British Business Community in Hong Kong.

Oliver Kebble (09-11) was also selected as a replacement for Scotland.

Chris Jordan Rejoins Surrey County Cricket Club Chris Jordan (06-07) will re-join the club next season on a three-year contract. He first played for Surrey in 2007 when

Andrew Braddon OBE (63-70) has been awarded an OBE for his voluntary and charitable services. Andrew is a founder trustee of the Story of Christmas appeal, a Christmas charity event which raises funds to support a broad range of charitable organisations, supporting the homeless and underprivileged children in the South East. Another of Andrew's charitable interests includes fundraising for prostate cancer and counselling those diagnosed with the disease.

he left the College at the age of 17 and has said that he is "extremely pleased to be returning to the place where it all started".

Gin, who have pledged 100% of the profits from their product, Hospitality Gin: Charity Dry, to support the hospitality

industry. It quickly became clear to Tom that Covid-19 would have a devastating impact and he wanted to find a way to provide long-term support to the hospitality industry and its people. The main recipients have been The Drinks Trust and Hospitality

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