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Last update: 24th August 2016
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100 Club

The June OW STAR 100 Club draw was carried out at the OW Golf Day held at Sprowston Manor Hotel and the winners were:-

Kathleen Jephcote [Jackson] - resident of Nuneaton
[by chance David, Kathleen’s brother, was sitting next to me at supper!] - £500.00

Johanna Griffiths [Cook] – resident of Belton near Great Yarmouth - £200.00
&
David Cook - resident of Farnborough - £75.00

The evening was a little bit special as it is now 65 years since the first intake of pupils entered Wymondham College in 1951. It was great to see so many of our fellow alumni from that era. We were also joined by Margaret Norton, Eileen Baron, Pam Seeley & Mervyn Taylor. It was an excellent evening amongst like minded people with Wycol as the common bond.

The July OW 100 Club draw was carried out at The Gin Trap in Ringstead and this month’s winners were:-

John Mayes - resident of Thetford
&
Chris Chamberlin - resident of Harold Park, Essex

Cheques in the sum of £55.00 have been sent.

We were joined by Alan Bridges, Sandra Howard, Jennie Foster [Clarke] & a new attendee – David Tudor - who lives close by in Dersingham and is married to fellow Wycol pupil, Hilary Garrard. David kindly carried out the draw for us. Alan kept us entertained with stories of Ringstead village life as he spent most of his childhood there.

The Gin Trap was taken over by new owners last year and they seem to be doing the right things judging by how busy it was for a Wednesday evening. But maybe that was due to the start of the Summer holidays now that the schools have broken up. A good selection of East Anglian beers were on offer including Adnams Southwold bitter, Woodfordes Wherry & Greene King IPA.

Please click here for a photo showing, from front left, going clockwise:- David Tudor; Jennie Foster [Clarke]; Phil Robinson; Alan Bridges; Steve Read and Sandra Howard.

The August OW 100 club draw will be held at the New Hall Reunion on Saturday 27th August at The Sandboy, Bawsey, King’s Lynn.

Hope to see some of you there.

Best Regards,

Phil Robinson
OW 100 club administrator - Philrobinson55@btinternet.com

Old Wymondhamians Travel Award

Each year the Old Wymondhamians provide a Travel Bursary to a current Year 13 student. Pupils undertaking some form of travel and activity after leaving the College, either in their gap year or before going on to further education, are encouraged to apply for the award. The activity should, ideally, have some purpose or benefit for persons other than the student and is awarded at the end of the Easter term.

This year Lottie Mountford was successful in her application.

Lottie is going to Masaka in Central Uganda for 10 weeks between January and March 2017. She has written about what she will be doing and the reasons behind the trip and this can be read here.

She still needs to raise some money for the trip and if you would like to donate, however large or small, you can do so via her Just Giving website.

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