A term in the life of the OA Club Office Abingdon’s vibrant Old Abingdonian community is reflected in the daily work of the OA Club Office. From inviting Tom Digby (OA 2016), Olympic and World Champion rower, to speak to our Upper Sixth leavers, organising the receptions held in Shanghai and Hong Kong, arranging the Gerald Smithson Memorial Cricket match, to writing an article on an OA award-winning wildlife director and cinematographer based in Botswana’s Okavango Delta – no two days are the same. Illustrated are some of last term’s activities. OA Club Abingdon 25 abingdon.org.uk UCAS 360 Degrees on Friday 26 June. Fifty three OA volunteers signed up for the School’s UCAS 360 Degrees event. Students network with alumni to gain first-hand insight into specific degree courses, and university life. Henley Royal Regatta on Friday 3 July. Members of the Abingdonian community enjoyed strawberries and Pimm’s during the afternoon tea break. Evensong at Westminster Abbey, followed by OA drinks at The Feathers on Friday 1 May. Leavers’ Day on Friday 8 May. OA Club Chair, welcomed 184 Upper Sixth leavers to the OA Club. OA 50s, 60s Lunch on Friday 15 May 100 OAs and guests attended the annual lunch at the Leander Club. OA Drinks, Hong Kong on Thursday 4 June at The Racing Club, Happy Valley Racecourse. Year Group Reunions ('56 '61 '66 '71 '76 '81 '86 '91 '96 '01 '06 '11 '16 '21) on Saturday 13 June. The Gerald Smithson Memorial Cricket Match on Friday 19 June OAs vs School’s 1st XI. Richard Stafford, Director of Music, with Telfer Saywell (OA 1958) Guest speaker Tom Digby (2016), and Julian Denée (1991) OAs met Michael Windsor, Head and Jossie Austen, Director of External Relations
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