The Old Portmuthian Club - founded 1885
Sent on 5 December 2006.
Dear OP,
Thank you for requesting the OP Club Newsletters by e-mail. Please find a copy of the latest mailing below.
The Newsletter includes details of the Annual Dinner on Saturday 16 December.
The Winter edition of the OP Magazine has recently been posted and should appear on the site shortly.
Regards,
Simon Laurie (88-98)
OP Club Webmaster.
http://www.opclub.co.uk
December 2006 Newsletter
Annual Dinner
Date: Saturday 16 December
Timings: 1845 for 1915
Place: At School in the Dining Hall of the David Bawtree Building
Cost: £25 per person (£20 for undergraduates)
Dress: Dinner Jacket or Dark Lounge Suit
Traditional Christmas fare will be served by the School caterers (who provided the 2006 AGM and Autumn Suppers). A professional bar will be available for pre- and post-dinner drinks and wine for the meal will be sold by Mike Peters in the Dining Hall.
The Club will be delighted to welcome members' guests.
Early reservation is recommended and must be before Saturday 9 December as the caterers need to know numbers by then. Queries about arrangements should be made to Roger Harris, Hon.Sec., on 023 9282 0619.
Reservations and payment should be made either by e-mail to beaston@kingscourt.org.uk or by post to:
Roger Harris, 77 Victoria Road South, Southsea, PO5 2BU.
Please enclose a stamped, addressed envelope if acknoeledgement of receipt of cheque is required.
Please make cheques payable to "Old Portmuthian Club".
On the same day there will be sporting events between past pupils and the present School teams in Hockey (both sexes) Rugby and Netball. If you would like to play in these games let the Hon.Sec. know and he will pass it on to those organising the teams.
If you have any questions please email Roger Harris: beaston@kingscourt.org.uk.
Notes re Annual Dinner
We plan to have a more relaxed and convivial seating arrangement for this year's Dinner. The considerably more spacious Dining Hall at the School will allow us to have individual tables of eight diners rather than the formal high table and sprigs. This, as well as creating a less formal atmosphere, should enable OPs to converse more easily with a greater number of friends than in the hitherto traditional arrangement.
OPs are asked, therefore, to stipulate, on making their reservation, the names of others with whom they would like to share a table. Why not indeed invite seven friends and make up a table? In the absence of specific requests, RHGW will, as ever, attempt to form groupings according to vintages. To ensure that OPs have as much time as possible to socialise during the evening, the duration of speeches will be somewhat reduced this year.
For those OPs who might require hotel accommodation in Portsmouth, I have researched four or five hotels in the vicinity of the School. The most attractive proposition would appear to be the Holiday Inn, Pembroke Road, Portsmouth, PO1 2TA (T: 0870 400 9065 or central reservations on 0800 40 50 60 or www.holiday-inn.co.uk). This is the best value at £50 per room including breakfast or £60 for two people sharing.
G A Perry
Sport...Sport...Sport
On Saturday 16 December the following matches will be played against the School sides following the arranged timetable:
1045 - Ladies Hockey (all weather pitch)
1345 - Netball
1415 - Rugby
1415 - Mens Hockey (all weather pitch)
In addition there will be a Reunion for all this years Upper Sixth Leavers, with a buffet lunch in the Pavilion starting at 1200.
Any OP wishing to play in one of the matches should contact, according to their sport, the following memebers of the sports department at the School on 023 9368 1388, or e-mail: sport@pgs.org.uk.
Netball - Di Spencer
Rugby - Owen Cobbe
Ladies Hockey - Glenda Cheesebrough
Mens Hockey - Duncan Woods
If you have any difficulty, please contact the Hon Sec on beaston@kingscourt.org.uk or 023 9282 0619.
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