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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

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