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R E V I E W<br />
THE LONDON<br />
ORATORY SCHOOL<br />
T R I N I T Y 2 0 0 8 | I S S U E 6
Celebrating Boys’ Experiences<br />
It has been wonderful over the last term for many of us to be able to<br />
enjoy the experiences and talents of our pupils in the Junior House,<br />
Senior and Sixth Form. Once again the following pages represent just<br />
a sample of life at the <strong>School</strong>.<br />
I would par ticularly like to congratulate those ten pupils who achieved<br />
<strong>The</strong> Headmaster’s Award. This was presented to the boys for achieving<br />
a Cer tificate of Academic Excellence in each of their three term<br />
repor ts last year. This required the boys to obtain a minimum of 80%<br />
of their repor t rating scores at Level 1(Outstanding) and the remainder<br />
at Level 2(Very Good). An outstanding achievement, when you<br />
consider they managed to achieve this standard for the whole year.<br />
Why a Boys’ <strong>School</strong> in the 21 st Century?<br />
A number of Independent boys’ schools in England have recently admitted girls for the first time and thus become fully coeducational.<br />
Whilst co-educational schools are ideal for some pupils the decline in the number of boys’ schools is regrettable<br />
especially in the early teenage years. <strong>The</strong> <strong>London</strong> <strong>Oratory</strong> <strong>School</strong> plans to remain a boys’ only school up to the age<br />
of 16 years. I believe a boy’s only environment provides many unique advantages:<br />
An environment free of cross-gender distractions in which:<br />
- boys need not waste energy posturing or trying to live up to the gender stereotypes so prevalent in the<br />
media and society at large.<br />
- focus on academic tasks and achievement in which co-curricular activities can be paramount.<br />
- frank and direct communication foster development and growth.<br />
- is conducive to the full development of male spirituality<br />
Educational programmes tailored to meet the developmental needs of boys where:<br />
- boys can gain confidence in their ability to learn without being compared to girls who mature more quickly<br />
and tend to enjoy more academic success in school.<br />
- books and curricular materials that excite boys can be integrated into all aspects of the school’s programme.<br />
- boys have oppor tunities to be taught and coached by teachers who have been engaged because they want<br />
to work with boys.<br />
- boys can grow at their own pace and can “be boys” for as long as they need, protected from society’s pressure<br />
to get involved with girls before they are ready.<br />
A stimulating and safe learning environment that:<br />
- encourages full par ticipation by boys in all activities (ar ts, athletics, community service).<br />
- promotes self-expression and a respect for the many different paths to manhood.<br />
- provides an atmosphere in which to explore sensitive gender and sex-related issues.<br />
A setting in which boys develop strong bonds of friendship and camaraderie with peers and teachers so that:<br />
- the impact of positive male role models can have its fullest effect.<br />
- a distinctive esprit de corps enriches the lives of boys.<br />
David McFadden<br />
Headmaster<br />
A C A D<br />
Cover: Order of Malta Volunteers (OMV) article page 6
E M I C A W A R D S<br />
Back row: Alexander Alecio, Camillo Cuddeford, Valleran Meaby, David McFadden, Carlos Siganporia, Rupert Adams and Thomas Lawton.<br />
Front row: <strong>The</strong>or Lury, Finnian Walker and James Lees. Inset top: Ludovic Meaby - Inset bottom: Mark Chapman<br />
E X C E L L E N C E F O R A L L T H R E E R E P O R T S<br />
Finnian WALKER (1ML)<br />
James LEES (1SR)<br />
<strong>The</strong>o LURY (1SR)<br />
C E R T I F I C A T E O F E X C E L L E N C E<br />
Joseph CORP (1ML)<br />
James BRASSINGTON (1SR)<br />
Peter MORRIS (1SR)<br />
Ruairi WALKER (1SR)<br />
James DAVIES (2MS)<br />
Dominic GOODALL (2MS)<br />
C E R T I F I C A T E O F M E R I T<br />
Edvardas BAZYS (1CN)<br />
Peter BROWNE (1CN)<br />
Nana Yaw OTENG (1CN)<br />
Sean RYAN (1CN)<br />
Alistair STABLES (1CN)<br />
Brandon BAKOWSKI (1FS)<br />
Elliott CAFFREY (1FS)<br />
Patrick KEARNEY (1FS)<br />
Barnaby STEVENS (1FS)<br />
Anthony DA SILVA (1HS)<br />
Sean FITZGERALD (1HS)<br />
O<strong>liver</strong> GEORGE-IBITOYE (1HS)<br />
Matthew MALONE (1HS)<br />
Ryan SOOKLAL-GRIZZLE (1HS)<br />
Benjamin ABREO (1ML)<br />
Matthew BREEN (1ML)<br />
Alexander DOYLE (1ML)<br />
Joseph DOYLE (1ML)<br />
Arthur LE CALVEZ (1ML)<br />
Dermot NELIGAN (1ML)<br />
Ryan RAGHOO (1ML)<br />
Jason ABI-SAAB (1OL)<br />
Patrick CRONIN-COLTSMANN (1OL)<br />
Thomas CULLEN (1OL)<br />
Ludovic MEABY (2CL)<br />
Thomas LAWTON (3O)<br />
Rupert ADAMS (4C)<br />
Simon AU (3H)<br />
O<strong>liver</strong> FINN (3H)<br />
Josephy GUPPY (3H)<br />
Craig LAWSON (3H)<br />
Charles WARREN (3H)<br />
Joshua STEVENS (3M)<br />
Senan HOGAN HENNESSY (1OL)<br />
Maximillian JACOBS (1OL)<br />
Damian JUNG (1OL)<br />
O<strong>liver</strong> KRAHELSKI (1OL)<br />
Timothy KWASKOWSKI (1OL)<br />
Finnian MALONEY (1OL)<br />
James MEAD (1OL)<br />
Alexander SHICKELL (1OL)<br />
Stefan WALECKI (1OL)<br />
Maximilian COGAN (1SR)<br />
Liam CONNERY (1SR)<br />
Patrick KEEFE (1SR)<br />
Caolan CASSIDY (2CL)<br />
Patrick BONE (2FR)<br />
Niall BROPHY (2FR)<br />
William CRACKNELL (2FR)<br />
Conor CROOK (2FR)<br />
Daniel FREELY (2FR)<br />
Martin FREELY (2FR)<br />
Joseph MACAULEY (2FR)<br />
Nicholas QUEFFURUS (2FR)<br />
Daniel HURLEY (2HN)<br />
Nicholas LEIGH (2HN)<br />
Loui CHIARELLO (2MS)<br />
Camillo CUDDEFORD (4C)<br />
Valleran MEABY (4F)<br />
Carlos SIGANPORIA (4H)<br />
Benedict TOWNSEND (3M)<br />
Noel ARCINAS (3O)<br />
Andrew SMYTH (3S)<br />
Stefan FERNANDES (4C)<br />
Mark CHAPMAN (4H)<br />
Dilup MAHIPALAMUDALI (4O)<br />
Robert OSBORNE (2MS)<br />
Dominic SHETCLIFFE (2MS)<br />
Giancarlo STORINO (2MS)<br />
Nathan ALLEN (2OS)<br />
Liam CUMMINS (2OS)<br />
Harley HACHEM (2OS)<br />
Benjamin WALLAT (2OS)<br />
Francesco GNUDI (2SL)<br />
Alfonso LOPEZ-MARTINEZ (2SL)<br />
Kim SLIM (2SL)<br />
Jason D’SOUZA (3C)<br />
Martyn JENKINS (3C)<br />
Daniel LYNCH (3C)<br />
Roberto CARSI JAUDENES (3F)<br />
Nnaemeka ANOCHIRIONYE (3H)<br />
Joshua DARBY (3H)<br />
Hugo DELAMAIN (3H)<br />
James DOOLING (3H)<br />
Alexander FERGUSON (3H)<br />
Timothy HIGGINS (3H)<br />
James MONAGHAN (3H)<br />
Chima NNANNA DIKEOCHA (3H)<br />
William REILLY (3H)<br />
Samuel WALKER (3H)<br />
Alexander ALECIO (4O)<br />
Mark CHAPMAN (4H)<br />
David Christopher RAGUSA (4O)<br />
Adrien DE GERMINY (4S)<br />
Marwan SARSAM (4S)<br />
Alexander JOHNSTON (3M)<br />
Robert KRAWCZYK (3M)<br />
Jake CHAPMAN (3O)<br />
Louis COWLING (3O)<br />
Conor GODSALL (3O)<br />
Lukasz OSTROWSKI (3O)<br />
Joseph TURNER (3O)<br />
James SALMON (3S)<br />
Francis THOMAS (3S)<br />
Maciej ADLER (4C)<br />
Dominic O’CARROLL (4C)<br />
Matthieu DURAND-HILL (4F)<br />
Liam MCALINDEN (4F)<br />
Thomas WHITEHORN (4F)<br />
Ogochukwu ANOCHIRIONYE (4H)<br />
Pietro DE BESI (4H)<br />
Peter MACKIN (4H)<br />
Nicholas PIWOWARSKI (4H)<br />
Jack TYRRELL KILLIAN (4H)<br />
Gregory BAKER (4S)<br />
James COVILL (4S)<br />
Michael NNANNA DKEOCHA (4S)
Newman Society<br />
This has been a par ticular ly interesting<br />
term for the the Newman Society.<br />
We were for tunate to have Lord Leon<br />
Brittan (former EU Commissioner and<br />
member of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet)<br />
who talked to the Newman<br />
Society about developments in the EU<br />
and we had Lord Douglas Hurd (former<br />
Foreign Secretar y) who talked about<br />
his new book on the life and politics of<br />
Sir Rober t Peel.<br />
Best Kept<br />
Classroom Award<br />
During Trinity term a competition was held to<br />
find the best kept classroom in the first and<br />
second forms. Pictured above are the committees<br />
set up by the winning forms who during<br />
the term busied themselves with putting<br />
up display work, keeping their rooms extremely<br />
tidy and introducing those individual touches<br />
which made their rooms stand out. Miss<br />
Devereux and Mr White, who carried out the<br />
judging, were very impressed by the overall<br />
standard and found the competition so high<br />
among the second form that in the end 2O<br />
and 2S were judged joint winners. <strong>The</strong> three<br />
2S<br />
Standing: Sam Harney and Emanulle Wondimu<br />
Seated: Christopher McMahon and<br />
O<strong>liver</strong> Wahnon
A letter to Miss Delap from William Newton<br />
I de<strong>liver</strong>ed a cheque for £5,000 to the Royal<br />
Marsden on my last visit. <strong>The</strong>y are going to use<br />
the money to buy a Dynamap machine, which<br />
they need to check all the vitals of a patient, but<br />
it will do it all at once allowing them to check<br />
up continuously on the patients and therefore<br />
speeding up the process of chemotherapy. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
will also buy a TV and invest in a DVD library,<br />
which I often joked about with the nurses during<br />
my long, boring chemotherapy sessions. It<br />
was my personal idea, suppor ted by the nurses.<br />
<strong>The</strong> nurse on the left is Elizabeth Crowther, the<br />
head nurse in the chemotherapy ward, and the<br />
one on the right is Karen Lambe, the lymphoma<br />
specialist who dealt with me and accompanied<br />
me through everything I did at the hospital.<br />
I have really appreciated the school's gesture<br />
and am happy that something good has come<br />
out of my problem! Many thanks for your suppor<br />
t.<br />
Milo Pissarro (1H) is photographed presenting a<br />
£1000 cheque to Mark Lovell, ‘Whizz Kids’ charitable<br />
organisation, on behalf of all the pupils in<br />
the school who raised this money during the<br />
Advent Collection. Whizz Kids is an organisation<br />
which provides wheelchairs for disabled<br />
children. Milo is an ambassador for ‘Whizz Kids’<br />
and was invited to spend a day at the BBC to<br />
discuss the lack of disabled people who feature<br />
on television. (<strong>The</strong> pupils at the school raised a<br />
grand total of £11,500 in the Advent<br />
Collection.)<br />
winning forms were treated to<br />
afternoon tea in their houserooms,<br />
served by their<br />
Housemaster and form teachers.<br />
Many thanks to the pupils and<br />
their teachers who responded so<br />
positively to the challenge and for<br />
their positive impact upon the<br />
classrooms. We will continue to<br />
tap the energies and talents of<br />
our pupils to improve the learning<br />
environment.<br />
Mr Flanagan<br />
A d v e n t C o l l e c t i o n<br />
2O<br />
Back Row: Ben Blackmore, Nathan Allen, Jonathan McGrath, Harley Hachem<br />
Seated: Dominic Goodall and Francis Edge
O u t<br />
&<br />
A b o u t<br />
Second Form Journey to Reims<br />
Russell Royer (2F) is par t of the dance troop Zoonation and<br />
is photographed here with Nelson Mandela. <strong>The</strong> troop performanced<br />
at Nelson Mandela’s 90th Bir thday celebrations<br />
in Hyde Park.<br />
CCF Camp, Weymouth<br />
Seagrave Stompers perform at the Polish Jazz Cafe POSK<br />
Annual Mayor’s Tea Dance - Lower Sixth form pupils<br />
helped out at the Hammersmith & Fulham Mayor’s Annual<br />
Tea Dance for Senior Citizens. <strong>The</strong> Sixth Formers did a<br />
splendid job which was duly acknowledged by the organisers.<br />
Wiktor Pietraszewski (6C) serving sandwiches.
J4 Kingswood activities weekend<br />
Sixth Form Journey to Paris<br />
Sixth Form pupils attended a special BBC Question Time<br />
for young people held at Central Hall Westminster<br />
CCF Camp at RAF Benson<br />
Cadet Carsi, not an LOS pupil, Cadet Thompson (30) and Cadet Janman (3F)
Cara Sullivan (6S), Tim Jenkins, William Newton, Sophie Norden (6O) and Hannah Sullivan (6S)<br />
Order of Malta Volunteers (cover photograph)<br />
Father George has been taking groups of sixth formers to Lourdes with the Order of Malta Volunteers (OMV) for the past<br />
ten years, and this summer a lucky dozen had the chance to share the Lourdes experience.<br />
<strong>The</strong> week is spent caring for the pilgrims, and generally embracing what Lourdes has to offer as a place of pilgrimage to<br />
which millions of Catholics flock. Throughout the week there are also many oppor tunities for reflection as well as socialising<br />
with people our age as well as with pilgrims.<br />
This year we met a varied group of characters, people who made an impact on our lives and from whom we have learnt<br />
a lot. Having the responsibility to help a disabled person is daunting, especially for first-timers never theless the pilgrims<br />
patiently communicate how to help and the experience has taught us to be a lot more selfless and compassionate. We all<br />
agreed that it is something you have to experience to fully appreciate and without a moments consideration would eagerly<br />
do it again.<br />
Adi Juraszek (6H)
W o r l d Y o u t h D a y<br />
During the summer 800,000<br />
young people from all around the<br />
world went to Sydney in Australia<br />
for World Youth Day, an event that<br />
happens every three years.<br />
Adam Foley (5F), Liiam Clancy<br />
(5O), Joe Lavin (5O), Tom<br />
Prendeville (5H), Ciaran Meehan<br />
(5C), Dominic O’Reilly and Shane<br />
O’Keefe went to World Youth Day<br />
in Sydney. “An amazing experience!”<br />
said Adam “I believe every<br />
young Catholic should go to a<br />
World Youth Day” said Liam. Ours<br />
was the largest school group from<br />
the Diocese of Westminster, and<br />
for next World Youth Day, which<br />
happens in Madrid, we plan to<br />
take a really big group from the<br />
school, following in their footsteps.<br />
Liam Clancy (5O) and<br />
Adam Foley (5F)<br />
Liam Clancy (third from left front row)
WORLD CHALLENGE<br />
Cambodia & Thailand<br />
Team Two<br />
Team two left school on Saturday 19 July. We arrived in Cambodia's<br />
capital city Phnom Penh and were immediately taken aback by the<br />
stifling humidity! We had a couple of days in which to explore the<br />
city before we headed out. <strong>The</strong> first week was our project phase; a<br />
rewarding, very enjoyable and humbling experience with lots of<br />
interaction with the locals and many oppor tunities to really experience<br />
their daily routine. We then visited Siem Reap where we spent<br />
a couple of days visiting the incredible temples. <strong>The</strong> jungle was next!<br />
Now in Thailand, we trekked for a week and stayed with the hill<br />
tribes and witnessed all the great things you can do with bamboo. A<br />
few days of rest and relaxation rounded off our expedition. We<br />
headed to the beach and just relaxed before heading home.<br />
A wonderful adventure!<br />
Miss Bickell<br />
Serge Villa (6S), Jonathon Moloku, Rex Koranteng Addo (5O), Brendan Roberts<br />
(6O), David McFadden - Headmaster, Johnny Engele (6O), Mathew Turner,<br />
Conor McCarthy (6C), Fred Moylett (5O) and Sebastian Rozek.
Team One stayed for 7 days at the Ptea Teuk Dong Street Families Center, Battambang, Cambodia and worked on their project, cleaning<br />
up the site which had been abandoned for nine months with no funding, playing games with the children, and teaching some English
Cambodia & Thailand<br />
Team One<br />
Pawel Jarzembowski (6F) with children at the Center<br />
Mr O’Dwyre
Chamber<br />
Choir<br />
tour to Malta<br />
Preparing to sing at the High Commissioners Residence in Malta. and<br />
Sixth Form leavers on their last tour (inset)
<strong>The</strong> Schola<br />
<strong>The</strong> Schola had a very succesful trip to Tuscany, where it sang at the<br />
presitigious festival Incontri in Terra di Siena accompanied by an<br />
excellent group of string players from Rome. <strong>The</strong> programme, one of<br />
English Church music culminated in Handel's Coronation Anthems.<br />
<strong>The</strong> beautiful cathedral in Citta della Pieve was the venue for the<br />
concer t and it was extremely well received by the large and appreciative<br />
audience.<br />
<strong>The</strong> boys robing up “al fresco” before singing Mass at the parish<br />
churh of Chianciano Terme, Tuscany.<br />
Concer ts<br />
<strong>The</strong> theme of this year's end of year concer t was 'We'll Meet Again'<br />
and included a good number of war time songs, the Dam Busters<br />
March, Mars and Nimrod, played by the school's main ensembles. <strong>The</strong><br />
theatre was decked out in Union flags and there were projected war<br />
images on the huge screen at the back of the stage, all to great effect.<br />
Mr Ward<br />
Director of Music and Director of the Schola
SUCCESS FOR THE SIXTH FORM DANCE GROUP<br />
Group members: Felix Vazquez (6O), Rex Koranteng-Addo (5O), Serge Villa, Johnny Engele (6O), Richard Blewitt (6M), Ally Chalong<br />
(6S) and O<strong>liver</strong> Engele (2C).<br />
Although only recently formed, as par t of the Step into Dance programme of the Royal College of Dance, the sixth form<br />
dance group gained a place in the show, Step into Dance Live! and performed at the Mermaid <strong>The</strong>atre in Central<br />
<strong>London</strong>. Dance groups from only five <strong>London</strong> schools were chosen to take par t. With over 70 schools, and 1,800 pupils<br />
involved in the programme, this is an excellent achievement and testament to the talent and hard work of both the boys<br />
and their dance teacher, Vikki Bremner.<br />
Mr Gifford<br />
O l i v e r !<br />
Nancy played by Laura O’Mara (6O), Adam Tamimi (J4) was the Dodger and the Junior House boys Fagin’s gang.<br />
This year the Junior House put on a production of O<strong>liver</strong>! <strong>The</strong> audiences greatly enjoyed all the famous songs which were sung with great aplom<br />
ing was very well received and all who were there thoroughly enjoyed the two performances.
. <strong>The</strong> cast’s act-<br />
Mr Terry<br />
This year’s Lower <strong>School</strong> Drama Club production was Duck Soup, an adaptation of the popular<br />
Marx Brothers’ 1933 film. Twenty-two boys took par t in the general mayhem which ensues after<br />
Rufus T Firefly takes over the running of Freedonia. Having learnt the mannerisms of the original<br />
Groucho role to a tee, Benedict Townsend’s sharp de<strong>liver</strong>y meant no punch line was missed,<br />
enhanced by the dead-pan reactions of Mrs Teasdale, played by Edward Collier (1S). <strong>The</strong> hilarious<br />
antics of Chicolini and Pinky played by twins, Martin and Daniel Freely (2F - who swopped roles<br />
half-way through) were the audience’s favourites, both boys mastering the cod-Italian accent and<br />
mute anarchy of their characters, but the enthusiasm and sense of fun of the whole cast made for<br />
an enter taining and energetic show.<br />
Mr Ashenden<br />
Written and directed by<br />
James Machell (2S)<br />
DUCK SOUP<br />
MURDER UNDER THE VEIL OF GOD<br />
Murder Under the Veil of God explored both the events leading up to, and the aftermath, of the<br />
murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. It was a remarkable achievement in that it<br />
was not only written by James (in the 2nd form) but also rehearsed and brought to performance<br />
by him with minimal help from teachers.<br />
His young actors from the 1 st form were Anthony Carter (1M), Henry Kirby (1F), Ciaran Griffiths<br />
(1M), Justin Blagrove (1F), Benjamin Tshibangu (1F), Kyle Farren (1F), James Dillon and from the<br />
2 nd form Sean McGurk (2S) and Joe Macauley (2F). <strong>The</strong> very positive response from the audience<br />
will give James much encouragement – not that he needs it; he has already written another<br />
play set in the time of the Spanish Civil War!<br />
Mr Gifford
A2 FINE ART EXHIBITION 2008<br />
PAOLOZZI GALLERY<br />
Ben Walker, Canadian Landscape, mixed media<br />
This year’s show of A2 painting, sculpture<br />
and printmaking is par ticularly strong in<br />
individuality and also explores a wide<br />
variety of media in very expressive ways.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cool, refined textures of Ben<br />
Walker’s landscapes contrast vividly with<br />
Lorenzo Strappelli’s very personal<br />
response to the Italian youth fashion of<br />
expressing amorous feelings through the<br />
hanging of symbolic padlocks in urban<br />
spaces. This theme of “Love Locks” was<br />
vividly interpreted in painting, sculpture<br />
and printmaking. Both Ben and Lorenzo<br />
used their recent trip to Jordan and Syria<br />
as the stimulus for their very successful<br />
exam pieces.<br />
Johnny Cullinan made a beautifully<br />
detailed response to the urban landscape,<br />
whilst Chris Morrogh explored the violent<br />
side of city life. Surrealism provided<br />
the star ting point for some skilful oil<br />
paintings from Rober t Willougby, whilst<br />
Joe Kerrigan’s work demonstrated a more<br />
conceptual response to structures and, in<br />
so doing, showed how effective photography<br />
an be in the development process.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se examples only scratch the surface<br />
of the exhibition which continues into<br />
September. Do take a look. It is well<br />
wor th a visit.
“FOURTH PLINTH” SCULPTURE AWARD WINNERS<br />
Mr Rigano and nine boys from forms 2S and 2O attended an<br />
awards ceremony at City Hall to receive the Borough Prize for<br />
their winning entry in the competition to design a sculpture for<br />
the long-time empty plinth in Trafalgar Square. <strong>The</strong> competition<br />
involved schools all over <strong>London</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> large plinth has never suppor ted a sculpture but, in recent<br />
years, modern sculptors have been invited to submit designs for<br />
works that would enjoy shor t-term occupancy of the site. At<br />
present it is occupied by Thomas Schutte’s “Model for a Hotel” –<br />
a brilliantly coloured plastic structure.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 2nd year boys created a group of standing, placard-bearing<br />
figures which crowded onto the plinth, bearing the title “Freedom<br />
and Oppression”. <strong>The</strong>y are to be congratulated on their success.<br />
2O: Mark Nealon, Fionn O’Doherty, Liam O’Sullivan, Fintan<br />
Stewart, Benjamin Taylor, Oisin Teevan, George Thomas, Michael<br />
Tunnacliffe, Benjamin Wallat, Dominic Pipins, Dominic Pires,<br />
Myles Scantlebury, Kieran Sills, Kim Slim, Benedict Snelson,<br />
Olumayowa Sowunmi, O<strong>liver</strong> Wahnon, George Webber, Reece<br />
Wells, Emanuelle Wondimu, Richard Davis<br />
Lorenzo Strappelli, Jordan, oil on canvas
Junior House Spor ts Day was held at Barn Elms on<br />
a glorious sunny day and enjoyed by both the pupils<br />
and their families.<br />
<strong>The</strong> volleyball team in the recent <strong>London</strong> Youth Games<br />
were representing Hammersmith and Fulham and won the<br />
Bronze medal against an opposition of 22 other boroughs.<br />
Back row: Stas Krzyzewski (6H), Sam Rosa (6C), Robert<br />
Jung (5C), Wiktor Pietraszewski (6C), Romek Zakrzewski<br />
(5C) and Adam Skibinski (6C).<br />
Front row: Felix Vazquez (6O), Andres Barco (6C) and<br />
Hubert Andrzejczyk 6C)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Senior Athletics Shield was won by Fisher House. <strong>The</strong><br />
day included Richard Antwi-Boasiako trying his hardest to<br />
beat the school record at high jump and providing quite a<br />
thrill for the first form!<br />
Joshua Lino da Costa (6F), Ben Grady (6F), Richard Antwi-<br />
Boasiako, Ian Odiwe (6F), Tom Saul. Missing from the<br />
photo are O<strong>liver</strong> Adams (6F) and Luis Garcia (6F).<br />
Rugby, netball…and now cricket – the Lower Sixth girls have<br />
shown considerable sporting prowess and commitment. <strong>The</strong><br />
girls took part in an exciting tournament at St Paul’s Girls<br />
<strong>School</strong> and, in spite of their slender experience, they managed<br />
a convincing win in one of their three matches – a first for an<br />
LOS Girls Cricket team. Congratulations to Daniella Linehan<br />
(6M) on winning the inaugural Girls Cricket ChallengeJuly – a<br />
fine all-round performance. In action against St Paul’s Girls –<br />
Adrianna Jurasek (6H) bowling, Maddie Lay (6M) wicket<br />
keeper and Rachel Fox (6F) mid off.<br />
<strong>The</strong> annual Mum’s Race and Dad’s Race at Sports Day<br />
were as competitive as ever. <strong>The</strong> Mum’s race was won by<br />
Mrs Nicholls and the Dad’s by Mr Stables.
S P O R T
Marc Dodd - Chairman<br />
Since leaving the <strong>Oratory</strong> in 1986 I have worked for a small merchant bank and a fund management company, focusing<br />
on treasury management. I now run a money market broking operation for a niche broking firm in Cannon Street. I<br />
have been married to Janette for four teen years and have two children, Libby, 9 and Ashley, 4. We live in Tunbridge<br />
Wells.<br />
Paul Conway - Deputy Chairman<br />
I am married to Aileen and we have three wonderful<br />
boys (Cormac, Rory and Fintan). Since graduating<br />
from Plymouth University in 1992 I have been working<br />
as an IT Consultant in the banking/financial sector in<br />
the city. My main hobbies are playing 5 a side football<br />
with a bunch of Old Oratorians, helping with my boys’<br />
rugby club and the occasional game of golf.<br />
Old Oratorians<br />
L O N D O N<br />
<strong>The</strong> fir st member s of the Old Oratorians <strong>London</strong> Committee<br />
Standing: Simon Bennett, Neill Cahill, Patrick Carberry, Mark Lorenzet, Mario Humphreys, Marc Dodd Seated: Carlo Palmieri, Paul Conway<br />
Mark Lorenzet - Treasurer<br />
I am married to Fiona, who like myself attended the <strong>Oratory</strong><br />
Primary <strong>School</strong>. We were married in 1992 in Italy by Father<br />
John Fordham (<strong>Oratory</strong> Father) who kindly came along to conduct<br />
the ceremony. We now have four children James aged 13,<br />
who attends <strong>The</strong> <strong>London</strong> <strong>Oratory</strong> (2OS), O<strong>liver</strong> aged 9, Joseph<br />
aged 7 and Hermione aged four months. All four children were<br />
baptised by Father John at the Brompton <strong>Oratory</strong>. I work for<br />
an Italian bank in the City. I have an F.A. coaching badge and<br />
am actively involved in the organisation of Kingston Little<br />
League which provides football every Saturday morning for<br />
500 children, boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 14.
Future Events<br />
Our next event will be a Carol Service held in the school Chapel on Sunday 30 November 2008<br />
and a date has been set for <strong>The</strong> Newman Evening which will take place on Friday 24 April 2009.<br />
Fur ther details about these events will be posted on the Old Oratorians page of our website<br />
www.london-oratory.org.<br />
Mario Humphreys<br />
I have become involved with the Old Oratorians<br />
association because I feel that I want to help those<br />
in the school who maybe don't come from the<br />
most privileged of backgrounds like myself but<br />
ensure that they are able to make the most of the<br />
oppor tunities that the <strong>Oratory</strong> offers in the same<br />
way that I was able to.<br />
Carlo Palmieri<br />
I left the <strong>Oratory</strong> in 1987 and went onto study<br />
medicine at Charing Cross and Westminster<br />
Medical <strong>School</strong>. I am now a Cancer research UK<br />
clinician scientist, senior lecturer and consultant in<br />
medical oncology at Imperial College <strong>London</strong>. My<br />
role involves looking after women with breast cancer<br />
as well as being actively involved in research<br />
which includes running a laboratory research programme<br />
and establishing clinical trials.<br />
Patrick Carberry<br />
I believe that there is a great oppor tunity for this<br />
association to grow and develop as like minded<br />
people who can share their experiences and<br />
resouces for the benefit of the school and the<br />
current crop of LOS schoolboys. As old boys we all<br />
have something to offer whatever role/job/career<br />
we are in, perhaps we could offer to share our<br />
career stories, offer advice that could help the<br />
boys in their career decisions , perhaps we can<br />
help with funding etc. <strong>The</strong>re are many ways that<br />
we as a collective group could help the school and<br />
this is a wonderful way to restablish old friendships.<br />
It would be edifying to have as many old<br />
boys as possible getting involved , suppor ting this<br />
association and attending the for thcoming events<br />
to get this moving forward.<br />
Neill Cahill<br />
I am a 23 year old Law student currently taking my<br />
Bar Vocation Course at the Inns of Cour t <strong>School</strong><br />
of Law. On leaving the <strong>Oratory</strong> I read History at<br />
Royal Holloway, University of <strong>London</strong>, and proceeded<br />
to take the Law conversion course at City.<br />
I have spent the last year working as a paralegal in<br />
various city firms and banks, whilst also travelling<br />
extensively through South East Asia.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Old Oratorians Reunion Dinner<br />
Held in June the evening was a great success. Fur ther photographs<br />
and more information about the Old Oratorians <strong>London</strong><br />
is available on our website.
Mr Richbell and<br />
Kirsteen were married<br />
in Lancing College<br />
Chapel, West Sussex.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Schola sung during<br />
the service and the<br />
Seagrave Stompers<br />
played at the reception.<br />
Mr Deegan and<br />
Lizzie were married<br />
at Our Lady<br />
Immaculate in<br />
Whitstable, Kent.<br />
Editor<br />
Jackie McRoberts<br />
Development Office<br />
email: jmcroberts@los.ac tel: 020 7381 7648 www.london-oratory.org