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Michael Adams (CO90) loses in the last 16 of World Chess Cup in Baku

Hok Fan ‘Benny’ Leung (CO77) visited School

FP Netball v School

FP Mixed Hockey v School

FP Rugby v School

Annual Reunion Dinner

Creekside Theatre raise funds for The Invictus Trust

TSFPA Arts Day Chapel Anniversary Service Creekside Theatre - How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse Jazz Jam

Max Levene graduates from the University of East Anglia

Class of ’02 - Impromptu Reunion Photos

Bereavements

Future events - London Networking Reunion – Thur 1 Oct from 6pm Upstairs bar The Masons Arms, 38 Maddox Street, London W1S 1PY

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London Networking Reunion

Thursday 1 Oct from 6pm until late

Upstairs bar in The Masons Arms 38 Maddox Street London W1S 1PY

Just turn up Food provided


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FP News

Michael Adams (CO90) loses in last 16 of World Chess Cup

Michael Adams, currently ranked No 17 in the world, reached the last 16 of the recent FIDE World Chess Cup held in Baku, Azerbaijan but lost to Hikaru Nakamura from the USA, who is currently ranked No 4 in the world.

Hok Fan ‘Benny’ Leung (CO77) visited School

Benny recently visited School with his wife, Christine. Benny now lives in Ontario, Canada.

Although he only stayed for one year (1974-75), boarding in Trennick, he could remember many parts of the School and other pupils.

Jo Wood, our archivist, managed to find the original letter Benny’s father had written in 1974 requesting that his two sons attend Truro School.


SEPTEMBER 2015

FP Netball v School

The Former Pupils’ team defeated the School in the annual netball match by 30 goals to 18. Many thanks to Christina Homer for organising and captaining the team and all the players for playing. Former pupil players were: Becca Hughes (CO15), Millie Burdell (CO15), Christina Homer (CO15 - captain), Ellie Sayer (CO13), Kiani Pay (CO13), Stacey Pascoe (CO14), Jess Pascoe (CO15) and Claire Tresidder (CO10) who is now working at School as a teacher in the PE Department.


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FP Mixed Hockey v School The Former Pupils’ team beat the School by 5 goals to 1. Many thanks to Jess Pascoe for organising and captaining the team and many thanks to all the players, especially those who went straight from playing in the netball match to the astro for the hockey. Former pupil players not in the photograph were: Jess Pascoe (CO15 – captain), Christina Homer (CO15), Anna Venning (CO15), Adi Shields (CO15), Tom Parry (CO15), Stacey Pascoe (CO14), Kiani Pay (CO13), Tegan Cockcroft (CO15)

Not all the players are in this photo but the players in the photo are : Back row: Henry Matthews (CO10), Neil Stevenson (CO12), Pete Ashworth (CO09), Will Jones (CO10), Simon Reed (CO02), Luke Rugg (CO12), Matt ffrench-Constant (CO12), Jeremy Pascoe (CO85) Front row: Chloe Sutcliffe (CO11), Jack Carr (CO11), Joe Grassby (CO08), George Baird (CO08), Amie Tall (CO10)


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The School Mixed Hockey team

FP Rugby v School The Former Pupils’ team were short of a few players but still gave the current School team a hard game, scoring first to great cheers from the watching crowd. The School eventually won by 28 points to 7.

FP players: Cam Sayer (Captain), Ed Jane, Harvey Jones, Fred Young, Oscar Holdsworth, Mawgan Ibbotson, Chris Lin, Charlie Dean, Toby Knox, Peter O’Toole, Charlie Boon, James Turpin, Tom Parry, George Parry, Joe Elderkin, Will Harris and Will Murdoch


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Annual Reunion Dinner The Annual Reunion Dinner took place on Saturday 5 September 2015, with our Guest Speaker, Connie Schneider (CO95), who is the Judicial Affairs Officer with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations. 100 people enjoyed the superb food provided by Head Chef, David Connolly, and his staff. Advance warning of next year’s Decennial Reunions at the dinner on Sat 10 September 2016, which will be the Classes of ’06, ’96, ’86, ’76 and ’66. We already have ten people committed from the CO76, including Tim Tinker from Australia. I’m told Tim still cheers for England, though his two sons and wife are Australian supporters. Could be a lively evening next Saturday in the Tinker household when England take on Australia in the Rugby World Cup. Two photographs below from the 2015 Reunion Dinner.

Class of ’95 attendees: Vicky Just (née Winter), Jo Wicksteed (née Mooney), Valerie Buckingham, Jemima Luckhurst (née Ball), Connie Schneider, Lizi Hesling, Sarah Hayes (née Holmes) Also in attendance (but not in photo) Ceri Harvey (née Drew), Demelza Hills (née Salter), Rebecca Harvey (née Coward), Verity Slater, Julia Ives (née Richardson), Debbie Baldock (née Cocks)


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Class of ’75 attendees:

Jonathan Middleton, Peter Ham, Bill Sharpe, Huw Dyer and Brian Milstead. (Ed: Those of you worried that Bill Sharpe has shrunk, despair not. He’s still just as tall as he ever was)


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Creekside Theatre raise funds for The Invictus Trust.

Creekside Theatre put on its second drama showcase at the Burrell Theatre on the 28th of August, raising £250 for The Invictus Trust The showcase, directed by Old Boys Dominic Latarche and Cameron Williamson, starred former pupils of Truro School and Truro High School, was produced by Dominic Latarche and Truro College's Georgina Carlin, and supported with technical effects by Old Boy Alistair Cota. In the first half, the audience enjoyed a series of sketches, written by playwrights including Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE; in the second half, three audience members were decided to be capable of surviving a zombie apocalypse in an informative seminar, 'How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse', a comedy written by Ben Muir.

Dom Latarche graduated from the University of Southampton with a degree in History. This year he completed a Law conversion course in Cardiff. Over the summer, by day he worked in local law companies and by night he organised his theatre's second show and hosted the rehearsals at home. Dom extends his special thanks to his co-producer Georgina Carlin, who advertised the show online and in print and secured the production three separate radio interviews on the day of the show; to his co-director Cameron Williamson, whose direction of several rehearsals enabled Dom to continue working for his law companies; and to the Burrell Theatre, which was kindly made available for rehearsals close to the night of the show.

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'How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse' was performed for a second time at the recent Former Pupils Association Arts Day on Sunday 6 September. The cast: Former Truro School: Harrison Dean, Hugh "Freddie" Hougham-Slade, Nathaniel Keymer, Charlie Martin, Alexander Piper and Cameron Williamson Former Truro High School: Gabrielle Dawson, Verity Ford, Megan Tamblyn Current Truro High School: Eugenie Nevin


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TSFPA Arts Day – Sunday 6 September 2015

Chapel Anniversary Service The TSPFA Arts Day this year started with the 88th Chapel Anniversary Service. Led by the Rev Mark Liddicoat, the service was a reflection of past and present, celebrating and commemorating what has gone before and looking forward to the future. The service opened with oboe music by Eleanor Sullivan. Readings and prayers were said by members of the School’s Senior Leadership Team, together with the Head Girl, Deputy Head Boy and a senior prefect. The School’s Monteverdi Choir were magnificent in their performance of Words by Edenroth, and really lifted the roof with their descant in Praise my Soul the Kling of Heaven. Bethany Williams moved the congregation with her beautiful solo Homeward Bound by Marta Keen. Tom Smith rounded off the occasion, accompanied by Martin Palmer on the piano, with Barat’s Fantasia in Eb for trumpet.

Creekside Theatre: How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse by Ben Muir The Arts afternoon started with a brilliant performance by former pupils of the school. First seen at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe, How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse was directed by former pupil Dominic Latarche and featured Nathaniel Keymer (CO13), Cameron Williamson (CO13), Harrison Dean (CO13), plus Gabrielle Dawson. The play took the form of a seminar, given by Dr Dale Seslick, who took the audience through the elements of surviving a zombie attack, with hilarious consequences. Much audience participation was required and by the end of the seminar only three members of the audience had proved that they could survive! Creekside Theatre was set up by former pupils of Truro School. Now in its second year it is going from strength to strength.

How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse


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Jazz Jam The final event of the weekend saw the School Jazz Orchestra perform a number of Jazz Standards and the band was joined this year by former pupils Ben and Toby Comeau and Nathaniel Keymer. The repertoire included tunes by artists as diverse as Duke Ellington and Stevie Wonder. The school ensemble numbers were interspersed with a number of keyboard duos from Ben and Toby including the classic tunes All the Things You Are and Autumn Leaves. The whole concert was very well received and appreciated greatly by former pupils of many generations. At the conclusion of the concert Toby, who is about to take up a place to study jazz at The Guildhall School of Music in London, gave a personal vote of thanks to Simon Latarche for his inspiration and introduction to jazz piano when Toby was a young pupil at the school.

How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse


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Max Levene graduates from the University of East Anglia

Congratulations to Max, shown below with his Mum and proudly wearing his former pupils’ tie, who recently graduated from the University of East Anglia with a Business Economics degree.

Superb touch Yvonne – an understated, but obvious to those in the know, Cornish scarf.


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Class of ’02 – Impromptu Reunion

The Class of ’02 organised a last minute reunion initially meeting at the FP rugby match v School on Sat 5 September. Several were given a tour of School by Swen Kearey, who is from the Class of ’02 and now works at School as the Burrell Theatre Technical Manager. Names from the left are Simon Reed, Jane Mitchell (née Julyan), Dan Regan, Swen Kearey, Victoria Funke (née Frost), Hugh Doble, and Kirsty Cooper.


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Contact details: Steve Floyd TSFPA Administrator [email protected] 01872 246010 / 07870 486392

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Future Events

London Networking Reunion – Thursday 1 October 2015 from 6pm Upstairs Bar at The Masons Arms, 38 Maddox Street, London W1S 1PY Just off Regent Street Nearest tube stations Bond Street, Oxford Street, Green Park and Piccadilly Circus No charge. Food provided and buy your own drinks. Please let me know if you plan on coming but if you want to just turn up on the night, that’s fine.

Bereavements

Chris Roberts (CO76) died from motor neurone disease on

5 September 2015 aged 57.

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