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TheOldCoventrian
The newsletter of the King Henry VIII School former pupils association CHRISTMAS 2014 Issue 8
The following day, the Coventry Schools
Season’s Greetings
Hockey Reunion Dinner was held at the
On behalf of the OCA school. The OCA hosted a tour of the
Committee, I wish you all a school in the morning and several Old
very Merry Christmas and a Coventrians attended the dinner in the
Happy New Year. evening.
In 2015, the school will be celebrating forty
years of co-education. I was one of the first
thirty girls to join the school in 1975 and it’s
a real pleasure to be chairing the OCA at
the start of this anniversary year which will
kick off with a visit to the school on
12 January by the world-famous novelist,
Baroness Ruth Rendell OBE. Please
contact the Headmaster’s Personal Assis- Hockey Veteran OCs
tant, Amanda Skinner, if you would like to outside the Trevor Webb Sixth Form Centre
attend this event (skinnera@khviii.net). after their tour of the School
The highlight of the OCA calendar is the
Arrangements are also in hand for the OCA Annual Dinner which took place this year on
Classes of 1997 and 1998 Reunion on
22 November. The dinner was attended by
Saturday, 25 April 2015, and invitations will OCs from every decade since the 1930s
be sent out shortly. Please contact us if you and the guest speaker was Ian Harrabin
have any queries about the reunion or want (Class of ‘71). Renowned for his often
to book a table in advance. dramatic contributions to the dinner, Morris
Teers (Class of ‘46) excelled himself this
Several successful events have taken place year by departing in an ambulance after a
this term starting, on 5 September, with the nasty fall. We hope he is recovering well.
OCA Annual Bowls Tournament organised
by OCA Committee member, Peter Bruton We would like to take this opportunity to
(Class of ‘50). thank OC, Richard Atkins QC, for his
tremendous contribution to the school.
Richard (Class of ‘77) served on the
Peter Bruton
awards the Norman Governing Body for nearly 16 years and as
Teers Trophy to Chair for the last three years. He stepped
Martyn Cooper, the down on 5 December having completed his
winner of the term. We wish him all the best for the
OCA Annual Bowls
Tournament. future.
Helen Cooper (Class of 1975)
OCA Chair
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