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  The following 17 Worthians plus guests attended the 1992 Leavers’ 20-Year Reunion :    Fr Luke Jolly Jeremy Dowling   Jonny Boux  Rob Carter     Philip Coulter           Joe Delaney Rick Hook                                                      Simon Frearson                   Mark Hurley  Justin Kelly   Paddy Lynch                        Ben MacGregor                    Bill McNamee           Fin O’Sullivan          Edwhite Pe   Adrian Shawcross   Greg Swarbrick         James Theis                         [...]

30-Year Reunion for the Class of 1986-91 Having read of the huge success of the 1980 Leavers’ 30-Year Reunion in the last issue of The Blue Paper, we knew that our time had now arrived and the pressure was on! Step forward John Bennett, former Rutherford boy, who bravely volunteered to host and organise the [...]

10-Year Reunion for the Class of 1996-2001 10 years since leaving Worth – and I have another ‘blue paper’ to write; although refreshingly not as punishment for dissent in Mr Smith’s maths class. With some gentle encouragement from Olivia, 25 Worthians convened for supper in central London on Saturday 20th August 2011. Events were largely [...]

2011 : Recent Leavers’ London Networking Evening September 2011 saw the Recent Leavers’ London Networking Evening return to the City for the second year, and our aim is to ensure this event becomes a permanent fixture on the Worthians annual Calendar.   Hosted at the scenic riverside Samuel Pepys Bar and Restaurant, the event’s primary [...]

2012 Revisiting Worth 60 Years On The greatly anticipated day of the Worth Jubilee Jamboree dawned as a wonderful bright summer’s day, and the excitement mounted as noon approached and the guests arrived to see the huge preparations that had been made for these festivities by the Friends of Worth. As we entered the Quad, we [...]

2012 City Lunch I remember sitting in the Officers Mess at 10 Stone Buildings back in 2002 – brandishing a list of 30 Worthians who had ‘promised’ to attend our pilot WOBS City Lunch – just waiting to see if anyone would actually turn up!  These 30 had not proved easy to pin down but [...]

  The following 31 Worthians played in the 2012 Worthians Football Tournament :  Rishi Amin (F’11) Dale Bellis (F’03) Nick Bell-Young (G’05) Mark Breen (B’05) Nick Elvidge (C’11) James Henwood (C’07) Daniel Hyde (StB’05) Jack Jenkins (C’07) Matthew Jeffery (C’10) Ed Kemp (F’10) Alexander King (C’10) Julian Kirk (StB’75) Ryan Lall (C’10) Edward Long (G’03) John [...]

  The following attended the 2011 Recent Leavers’ Networking Evening :   Working Generation :  Ben Babington (G’96)     Jackson Stops & Staff (property) Andy Bayles (B’98)     Law Christian Bruning (StB’88)     Greshams (private equity) Howard Brookman (G’93)     Bloombergs (business and financial news info) Nick Butterworth (G’76)     Jackson Stops & Staff (property) Ben Elwes (G’81)     CIG (investment [...]

  The 10-Year Reunion for the Class of 1996-2001 was attended by : Je Ahn Perdo Alves Luca Belpassi Rob Birchall Mike Botcherby Phil Butterworth Alex Cooper Mike Corbyn James Coutts Donald James Dempsey Ian George Simon Hawkins Niall Keelaghan Chris Lamb Tony Long Matt Margret Andy Mars Tom Noakes Rob Palmer Louis Pitto Adrian [...]

  The 30-Year Reunion for the Class of 1976-81 was attended by :   Monks and former staff : Abbot Kevin Fr Stephen Ortiger Fr Philip Gaisford George Daly Keith Owers James Cockburn   Worthians : Andy Adams Simon Atkinson Richard Bell John Bennett Andrew Bernard Chris Bloy Benjamin Burroughs Andy Carroll Rohan Cavaliero Andrew Clutterbuck Jeremy [...]

The following attended the 2010 City Lunch : 1960s Desmond Calnan (R’69)  1970s : Andrew Agnew (G’77) Nick Barnett(G’73) Michael Berkeley (G’76) James Blake (B’77) Mark Breen (StB’76) Robert Bodnar-Horvath(B’74) Nigel Burnford (StB’72) Paul Cattermull (StB’73) Mark Drummond-Brady (B’75) Hugh Easterbrook (R’76) Jeremy Fletcher (G’72) James Forte (C’72) Steve Fowler (R’75) Gavin Hamilton-Deeley (R’70) Brian [...]

Charlie Sacarello Memorial Rugby Match Sunday 21st October 2007 – Worth Old Boys versus Stonyhurst old boys Charlie Sacarello (B’97) was a much-loved Worth boy who died in a tragic accident shortly after finishing his A-levels at Worth.  It left hundreds of his family and friends at a great loss.  Many of his friends and [...]

1998 Leavers’ 10-Year Reunion When Worth Society suggested a reunion for 1998 Leavers’, they naturally asked for  Richard Gairdner’s assistance, who enlisted the help of myself and Ollie Barnett.  With that not proving quite enough of a draw – we entered the IT space age in a way that would have made Father Christopher proud!  [...]

The following Worthians attended the 2008 “Call My Bluff” Wine Tasting Evening :   Our esteemed panel : Eddie Robinson (B’89) Simon McMenemy(R’89) Shane Allin (B’89) Julian Gairdner(StB’89) Mel Carson (B’90)    The tasting teams! : Robert Bodnar-Horvath(B’74) Richard Breen (StB’75) Nick Butterworth(G’76) and Geraldine Simon Gordon (StB’74)   Mark Collini (StB’89) Piers Connolly (R’88) Charles de [...]

The following attended the 1988 Leavers 20-Year Reunion: Alex Buckley James Canepa Giles Coghlin Charles Dunster Tom Garrigan Nial Joyce Jason Juden Jon Kelly James (Jim) Little Stephen (Steve) McDermott Paul McGarry Jason Pavry Nick Pond Paul Radziwill Dennis Roberts Robert (Doug) Sanday Guy Stagnetto Martyn Sullivan Rob Tye Simon Walsh Marc Wiehe

The 1959 Founder Members 50-Year Reunion was attended by : Anthony Aris David Bell Jeremy Best Rodney Bligh Tim Carr Michael Clarke Paul Clegg Gareth Dancer Terence Delaney Bernard Elkington Vincent Ellis-Brown Peter Esmonde Christopher Frederick Mike Gilpin Julian Lee John Muscat Patrick Nivelles James Pontifex Christopher Setter Simon Slaughter Nicholas Wynne and Mrs Sally [...]

The 1989 Leavers’ 20-Year Reunion was attended by : Shane Allin Peter Blake Mark Collini Neil Davy Peter Escott Nick Gilodi-Johnson Dominic Hirons Paddy Hopkirk William Horner Chris Kenny Alex Kitchin Richard Marriott-Dodington Simon McMenemy James Maxwell Scott Adrian Penfold Eddie Robinson James Vernor-Miles Mike Watts  

The 30-Year Reunion for the Class of 1975-80 was attended by : Abbot Kevin Fr Stephen Ortiger Keith Owers David Adeleke Dick Aldridge Ugo Baccanello Edward Belgeonne Mark Behard Gerald Berkley Matthew Bowden Bruno Brenninkmeijer Richard Challoner Simon Coughlin Charlie Cruz John Dyne Dominic Ferguson Garry Goghlan Michael Golton Ben Goodger David Harries Peter Haydon [...]

The Worthian girls’ inaugural reunion in 2011 was attended by :  Fiona Bond Sophie Bowe Jessica Coffin Sarah Featherby Charlotte Hart Laura Hurley Charlotte Hutchinson Maddy Ilsley Dani Jeyes Catherine Jones Alexandre Kinde Naomi Larsson Flora Macdonald Zarah Manning Louisa McCarthy Chloe Noakes Anna Webb Caroline Brown Fr Stephen Ortiger Rebecca Paterson Joanna Phillippo Nevill [...]

The 10-Year Reunion for the Class of 1995-2000 was attended by : Fr Martin McGee Rob Campbell Lorenzo Curci Tom Holt Matthew Page Oliver Parry Andrew Pollen James Pymont Hugo Sanders Nick Smyth Alistair Stirling Oliver Tyrwhitt Will Walshe Dave Whyte John-Henry Wicks Peter Vere (in spirit!)

The following attended the 2008 City Lunch : Father Kevin                                                    Richard Pollen (StB’64)                                              John Crookenden (G‘68)                                 Michael Worrall (R’71)                                                James Forte (C’72)     Nick Barnett(G’73)                                         Steven Noel-Hill (StB’74)                                            Richard Breen (StB’75)                                              Michael Berkeley (G’76)                                  Mark Breen (StB’76)                                       Nick Butterworth(G’76)                                              Mark Simpson (StB’76)                                               John Griffith (B’76)                                          Ewan Ward-Thomas (B’77)                           Nick de la Bedoyere (G’79) Ian Gilmour [...]

The following attended the 2009 City Lunch : Fr Kevin Ben Babington (G’96) Nick Barnett (G’73) Richard Breen (StB’75) Nick Butterworth (G’76) Tom Calnan (R’95) Paul Cattermull (StB’73) Chris Coopman (R’02) Rob Cottrell (R’97) Hugh Easterbrook (R’76) James Forte (C’72) Charles Gerada (R’90) Crispin Hayhoe (StB’82) Pete Hilton (G’98) Edward Horgan-Goumas (C’85) Julian Kirk (StB’76) Chris Madsen [...]

The following attended the 2011 City Lunch : Abbot Kevin Ben Babington (G’96) Nick Barnett (G’73) Ollie Barnett (StB’98) Simon Bayles (B’90) Luca Belpassi (G’01) Michael Berkeley (G’76) Hugh Bett (B’73) Christian Bruning (StB’88) Nick Butterworth (G’76) Desmond Calnan (R’69)                     Christopher Coffin (G’73) Mark Collini (StB’89) Simon Crane (StB’70) Phillip Davey (F’04) Sean Donnellan (StB’86) Simon Drummond-Brady [...]

The 2011 Worthian Girls’ Inaugural Reunion The start of 2011 was greeted with the sound of excited screeching as 17 of the original 32 girls returned to enjoy a meal in the Cowdray Room. Having been treated to regular ladies’ dinners whilst at Worth, it soon felt completely natural to be enjoying school food and wine with [...]

10-Year Reunion for the Class of 1995-2000  Whilst we were relatively few in number, ours proved to be quite a formidable gathering in the private room of the Antelope pub, off Sloane Square. For some it was the first time in a decade that they had set eyes on those present – and yet still [...]

2010 – 30-Year Reunion for the Class of 1975-80  Well I will be honest – as I walked out of the School in July 1980 I did not look back and, as I had the whole of the rest of my life in front of me (still do actually!), I set off to find out [...]

2010 Inaugural Worthians Recent Leavers’ Networking Evening The inaugural Worthians Recent Leavers’ Networking Evening took place on Wednesday 22nd September 2010 at the Samuel Pepys Bar in the City.  It was an informal gathering aimed at bringing together the bright minds of Worthians already established in the City, with recent School and University leavers needing [...]

10-Year Reunion for the Class of 1994-99 Ten years have certainly passed unbelievably quickly and we haven’t changed very much – other than acquiring jobs, wives, houses and all those other things that awaited us when we left Worth as fresh-faced 18 year olds in 1999. It came as an unwelcome surprise when I discovered [...]

30-Year Reunion for the Class of 1974-79 It was the year Margaret Thatcher came to power; the year Trivial Pursuits was invented; the year, in fact, when nudists were first allowed on Brighton Beach!  Plus, of course, it was the year that Pink Floyd came out with “We don’t need no education”. Hardly surprising then, [...]

1959 Founder Members 50-Year Reunion The big day finally arrived – Tuesday 21st September 2009. Worth – magnificent in late summer sunshine – is still approached by the same broad drive that we all took on another sunny day 50 years ago (and with similar trepidation) to begin the work of building a new senior [...]

1988 Leavers’ 20-Year Reunion On a sunny Sunday morning in early November 2008, 21 members of the class of 1988 returned to Worth to mark 20 years on the ‘outside’. The years had clearly been harder on some than others, with knee injuries cited as the root cause of the all too visible signs of [...]

Sniffing Out the Bluffers This was the second such event organised by Worth Society – although the first under its new name.  And if the audience was not confused at this point they certainly would be by the end of the evening!  Such was the fun had by all. The format is very simple – the [...]

The Australian Chapter It is almost ten years ago now that a WOBS (as Worthians were called then) dinner was held in Sydney to coincide with a Worth rugby tour and theatrical tour of Australia.  The Joeys (St Josephs) score board revealed that a team of elegantly proportioned and porcelain coloured ‘poms’ was certainly no [...]

1970 Leavers’ 40-Year Reunion On Friday 8th October 2010, 14 of the Class of 1965-1970 gathered, with Abbot Kevin and Keith Owers, for their 40-Year Reunion at Shampers in Kingly Street, London W1.  Jason Squire (R’68) reported in after the evening … … Was it some macabre fascination that attracted 14 of us to attend a Reunion [...]