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OO UPDATES . . . OO UPDATES . . . OO UPDATES .David Lewis (1994 - 2005)After leaving School went to Southampton University and studied PopulationScience for 3 years. Studied Mandarin as an extra subject and was thenaccepted at the University of Language and Culture in Beijing to study Mandarin.As part of the course he mixes and integrates with their culture and society andhopes to stay at the uni for 2 years. He has visited the Birds Nest Stadium,experienced National Day in Tiananmen Square and has just had his photo takenfor a tourism promotion in December for the Beijing Metro! Has met Jing forcoffee. Hopes to get a job connected with Mandarin.Angharad Edwards (1997 - 2003)Currently living and working in Manhattan in an internship forthe Bridgeman Art Library until Christmas. Next February shewill take up her place on a Post Grad' course in FashionJournalism at Central St Martins College, London.Ian Scott-Garrett (1989 - 1994) Email: garrett27uk@yahoo.co.ukGraduated from the University of Wolverhampton in 1997 with a degree in Law.Underwent surgery in 2000 to remove a benign brain tumour - 2 operations,eventually successful.Qualified as a Legal Executive in 2003 and thenceforth worked for ShropshireCounty Council Trading Standards Department and as a Charity Lawyer forWolverhampton Voluntary Sector Council. Moved out of practice and intoeducation in January 2006 and now work as a lecturer in law. Living in WestBromwich with my partner Vicky and our two children - plan to get married in thenear future (finances permitting!). Would love to hear from anyone who was in myyear at school.Paul Matthews (1981 - 1983)Paul moved from the UK to Mexico City just over two years ago which was a stepchange for himself and his family. He had spent the previous 14 years working inEurope for Imperial Tobacco in several senior Sales and Marketing roles, and wasappointed as General Manager for our business in Mexico in 2006. His wife and 3children, Felix (now 4), Joe (now 8) and Laura (now 15, going on 22) all relocated toMexico City at the end of 2006 and experienced a culture shock difficult to explain.“We moved from the organised comfort of the UK, to one of the worlds most largeand dangerous cities. With 20 million people, only Tokyo is bigger; and, sadlyMexico City is the kidnap capital of the world. Together with the altituide - it is at2,500 metre above sea level (think Ben Nevis and Snowdon on top of each otherand then some) - the move was tough. Oh, and then there are the earthquakes!However, after two and a half years we have foundthe experience enriching in the broadest sense: allthree children are billingual (and their parents arepretty good at Spanish too); and we have enjoyedthe chance to see and immerse ourselves in anotherculture.” The picture is the view from our apartment.Ian Roberts (1979 - 1986) Email: i_roberts68@yahoo.co.ukIan Roberts recently travelled to Pune, India as jumps coach for the England Track& Field team at the Commonwealth Youth Games.'It was an incredible experience, with 71 nations takingpart. It was the biggest multi-sport event for youth in theworld, and with that in mind, it was gratifying to lead ateam that actually won the athletics’ discipline with 13medals. These young people could quite genuinely bethe household names of the future and this opportunity was incredibly valuable inproviding them with major games’ experience in a totallydifferent environment. On the second day of competition, it was for example 109degrees on the triple jump runway, the hottest place in the world. It was a totalcontrast to my own early experiences of athletics, because I do not ever recallhaving to clear monkeys off the track on the Maesyllan, or collect dung beetlesand preying mantis from the long jump pit at Park Hall!!'Ian's next international opportunities will come as team manager of the Englandteam at the World Schools Championships in Talinn, Estonia in June, and as coachat the World Youth Championships in Finland in July 2009.Andrew Renwick (1974 - 1990) Email: andrew.renwick@sodexo.comCommercial Manager, Sodexo Facilities Management, part of Sodexo LandTechnology, who provide a range of facilities management services - frombuilding maintenance and landscaping to cleaning and reception.Recently married to Helen (nee Chalmers), lived in Llanfechain for past threeyears, having returned to the area from Bristol in 1995Charles Ingram (1973 - 1981) Email: di4charles@gmail.comMarried for 20 years with three daughters, the eldest is now at Exeter Universitystudying History. I manage a computer consultancy called Abacus ComputerSolutions and my wife, Diana, manages her own jewellery design andmanufacturing business.Tim Sarginson (1968 - 1974) Email: sarget@telus.netAfter nearly 19 years of working as an airline pilot for Gulf Airin Bahrain my wife and I felt that it was time to move on.Being an airline pilot is not the most sociable job in the worldand I was missing too much of my children growing up.My daughter is now 16 and my son is 14. There was very little for them in Bahrainand, as moving back to Kenya was not an option and I don't like British winters,we had to find somewhere else to go. I had bought a house to the West of Calgarysome years ago and so we emigrated here in May 2007.I have spent the last year assisting in the renovation of our home, which ought to becompleted by the end of June. I am now looking for a job in the executive jet market.My brother, Mark, is still with Gulf Air and will complete 20 years with them thisyear. He is a senior line Captain flying Airbus 330 and 340 aircraft. He will return toKenya when he has had enough of airline flying. My sister, Penny, now lives in theWest of Ireland with her husband and two sons. Hopefully I will visit the UK in thenext year or two and will attempt to make it to Oswestry. I would enjoy showing itto my children.Philip Ernest Lewis (1956 - 1966) Email: Philiplewis05@aol.comHave retired a couple of years ago as PE teacher [for 32 years] at Ysgol DavidHughes. Married 38 years; 2 children, 3 grandchildren... busier than ever nowretired ... see Russell Bracegirdle, Davy Edwards, Gavin Shaw and cousin StuartLewis occasionally ... recently visited the palace for tea! Off to Annapurna inMarch. Would be glad to hear from any contemporaries in the area.Andrew Legg (1950 - 1956) Email: andrewwallace40@googlemail.comAlthough now 68 years young am still working full time as a Principal Consultantwith the Sports and Landscape division of Scott Wilson where we design andimplement the construction of full size synthetic soccer and hockey pitches,five a side pitches, tennis courts etc.Married now for 44 years with two children and two grandchildren and living inAlkington, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Sadly both my best friends at Oswestry -John Halton and Don Inman have passed away.Sigi Faith OO (1939 - 1945)Sigi recently spoke to BBC Radio about his Kindertransportexperiences. A celebration to commemorate the 70thanniversary of the British Parliament's decision to admit10,000, children as refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe,nine months prior to the outbreak of World War II, tookplace at the Jews' Free School in Middlesex in Decemberattended by Prince Charles.If you'd like to update us on what you have been up to please email Liz Moore at theoldoswestrianssociety@hotmail.compage 12
. . OO UPDATES . . .The rescue mission that followed, known as Kindertransport,took in nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from NaziGermany, and the occupied territories of Austria,Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Free City of Danzig. Thechildren were placed in British foster homes, hostels & farms.Under this arrangement, eleven year old Siegfried SamuelFeitlowitz from Hamburg arrived at Oswestry School in 1939,into the care of Headmaster Ralph Williamson, where he spentthe remainder of the war, leaving school in September 1945 asHead Boy.Sigi Faith OO, as the young boy is now known, was interviewedon BBC Radio Shropshire in a feature commemorating theanniversary. Press coverage of the celebration includedfeatures in The Sun and Daily Telegraph newspaper.Maids of honour at Tinks Farrow’s wedding in late November2008 were :Helen Frank (82-97) Email: helen@mortonstables.co.uk andDorothea Cramer (95-97)Email: dotcram@aol.comRobert Lamb (92-97) now lives and works in Bristol and canbe contacted on Email: lambii@hotmail.co.ukThe Society are very happy to have contact with IainMcIntyre (68-75) and his elder brother Tony (68-71).Iain lives in Monmouth running his own business and can becontacted on Email: iain@tinsleysupplies.co.ukTony left Oswestry and qualified at Durham and taught inindependant prep schools such as Dover College but wasmainly based in the Oxford area until his recent retirement.The years of playing rugby at a high level (England B squad)have taken their toll and he is presently recovering from twohip operations. Tony has moved to Frogwell near Tivertonin Devon where he enjoys umpiring in the Devon countycricket league and can be contacted onEmail: a.mcintyre952@btinternet.comJohn Elmhirst (formely Elmhirst-Baxter) (62-67)has recently moved to Hewnhan-on-Severn, Gloucestershire,he keeps in touch with Professor Roger Dennis and was sorryto miss The Final Triangle in 2007.Email: john_elmhirst@yahoo.co.ukHenry Savery Info WantedWe are seeking any information the society might haveregarding an old boy of Oswestry named Henry Savery.Savery was the author of Australia's first published novel,Quintus Servinton, and is thought to have attended Oswestryaround the years 1804 - 1808. The school archivist Gay GoreBrown is researching this claim and would like anyinformation from members onEmail: g.gore-browne@oswestryschool.org.ukOO brings science toManchester United FootballersMan U’s Human Performance ManagerDr Richard Hawkins (OO 1988-90)was appointed Head of Sports Science atManchester United in March 2008 where he workswith the sports science team at Manchester United’straining ground at Carrington, helping the players reach peak physical performance.An alumni of Loughborough University, Richard was Deputy Head of FA Sport Sciencefrom 2000-04, moving on to West Bromwich Albion FC from 2004-07 as 1st Team SportScientist and then Sheffield United as fitness coach in late 2007.Richard brings us his latest report:“The 2007/08 was a turbulent season which began atWest Bromwich Albion, had a 5 month period at Sheffield United from Oct-Feb and ended atManchester United for the final 3 months of the season.The Sheffield United role was very similar to the conditioning role I had at WBA except itoffered a new challenge which I felt was needed after 2 1 ⁄2 years. Due to variousfactors the role was short lived which coincided with an opportunity at Man United.One of the major constraints that conditioning and sports science staff in professionalfootball face is the need to service 30+ professional players with only one pair of hands. Thisis clearly not possible and therefore you often have to compromise the level of support youoffer players. One of the main attractions of the Man United role was that a team of supportstaff was being assembled, which meant a greater level of individual support for playerswould be possible. Hence the role of Performance Manager was something I was interestedin, and would allow me to utilise aspects of conditioning and sports science that’s notpossible if you operated as a one-man-band.The structure of sports science and conditioning at MUFC is such that there is now anumber of individuals that take on a specialist role while collectively providing day to daysupport to 1st team players. My specific role has focussed on the development of aperformance laboratory that is utilised to identify the conditioning needs of players,assisting in the development of individual player programmes. A testing and assessmentstrategy is now in operation which not only performs a key role in the long term developmentof fit players but also assists in the appropriate transition through the various stages ofrehabilitation for injured players.The new role now enables me to concentrate on more specialist areas and integrate thelatest developments in terms of technology and science into our programme providing theyfit in with our long term philosophy, which is simply to create an environment in which wecan maxmise the genetic potential of our players. A considerable amount of information isnow collected on players such as testosterone and cortisol levels to look at hormonal stress,salivary proteins to monitor immune status, heart rate and gps training and match records tolook at the various demands, physiological measures and performance tests to monitoradaptations, the list goes on. One of the major tasks we now face in the field is filteringand making sense of all the information we generate on players to ensure we make thecorrect decisions, as we strive to maximise performance whilst minimising the risk of injury.The demands placed on players and the squad in general, over what could be a 68 gameseason for us this year are excessive, and with every player responding differently to thedemands imposed on them it is important that appropriate strategies are utilised withindividual players to enable them to express themselves and perform every 3-4 days.The challenge that lies ahead is to ensurewe stay ahead of the opposition in termsof our conditioning and sports sciencesupport. Although this will not guaranteesuccess it will give us the best chancepossible if all other aspects are equal.”page 13Players Nani, Anderson, Fletcher, Evra
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