 MAA
Reunion Dinner:14th October 2010 |
Building on
the success of last year's event, the
second of the reinstated MAA Reunion
Dinners will take place on Thursday 14th
October at Balls Brothers, Mincing
Lane in London.
There will be a champagne reception
followed by a three course dinner and
the evening will cost £60. Do put the
date in your diary and spread the word
- we would be grateful for your help in
putting tables of 10 together. More
details will be sent out shortly but if
you would like more information now
please email
tory.williams@miltonabbey.co.uk. We
are pleased to confirm that the new
headmaster (see below), Gareth Doodes,
will be attending.
After this dinner we are planning to
hold the reunion dinners every two
years, continuing with the next dinner
in 2012 in London and then a special
event at Milton Abbey in 2014 to
celebrate the School's 60th anniversary.
On 5th March,
the Governors announced the appointment
of Gareth Doodes as the new Headmaster,
taking over from Jonathan Hughes-D’Aeth
when he leaves to head up Repton, Dubai,
later this year.
Gareth, who
joined Milton Abbey as Deputy Headmaster
last September, was educated at
Eastborne College in Sussex and St
Andrews University, where he read
history.
He attained
his teaching qualification at Cambridge
University and started his career at
Taunton School in Somerset as a history
teacher.
Gareth moved
on to Oakham School, Rutland, where he
was firstly Master of Scholars, and
then, for five years, a Housemaster.
Gareth said: ‘I so
enjoyed meeting a number of Old
Miltonians when I attended the AGM in
London towards the end of April. Since
my arrival at Milton Abbey, I have been
consistently impressed by the good
nature, kindness, generosity and
politeness of former pupils. I echo a
comment made to me by a leading London
lawyer, who employs some former Milton
Abbey pupils – that I have never met a
better, or more loyal, collection of
people. My vision for Milton Abbey is to
continue producing fine, upstanding
young men and women. I want to provide
opportunities for everyone and to
develop confident, interested,
independent and ambitious gentle men and
gentle women, who all have big
achievements, big ambitions, and big
hearts.” Gareth will be attending, and
speaking, at the reunion dinner in
October (see above) and is looking
forward to meeting as many of you as
possible there.
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Annual
General Meeting |
The AGM will took place on Monday 26th
April 2010, minutes are available from
lindsey.kelly@miltonabbey.co.uk
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Sporting
Fixtures |
Upcoming sporting fixtures include the Hornets
cricket weekend on 9th - 11th July.
Please see the Sports Calendar for more
information and contact details if you
would like to take part.
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Milton
Abbey School Campaign |
The school's 'Educating, not just
teaching' Campaign has organised more
than 20 events around the country to
bring together Old Boys and Girls,
parents and friends of Milton Abbey to
hear about plans for the school's
future.
It has been encouraging to see so many
Old Miltonians turning up to these
events and choosing to support the
Campaign.
The current total stands at over £800,000
towards the £1.5 million target - an
excellent effort. If you would like more
information please contact the
co-ordinator Lindsey Kelly at
lindsey.kelly@miltonabbey.co.uk.
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Rugby
and Football reports now available on the
Events page. |
The Old Boys v Blandford Barbarians
rugby match and the Old Boys v School
football match were both very
successful, see the
Events section for write-ups and photos.
The first Milton Abbey Association
Reunion Dinner to be held for many years
on 12th November in London was hugely
successful. It was well attended with
130 Old Boys and 5 previous members of
staff coming to the black tie event.
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