Annual Dinner

October 16th—Association Annual Dinner at Bath Cricket Club, North Parade. 7 for 8pm. Black tie or Lounge suit. A chitty should be found below for your convenience, or better still, print it out and send it back to me pronto. Our friends at Bath Cricket Club are hoping to hold their prices and so are we. Tickets will be £35 each but you can get an early-bird discount! A mere £30 if paid before the 5th October. The toast to the Association will be conjured up by Roy Harper; Rich Wood, the President will reply; Andrew Davies, the Headmaster will have his customary few words and the Rugby Club will have the last word. All will be curtailed to around 5 minutes to maximise the social time. I have no doubt that my trustee whips will be rounding up their groups but don’t wait to be cajoled, send off your chit now and feel warm and virtuous. Above all, put the date on the calendar (if you are allowed, or speak nicely to the keeper of your social itinerary and show this note!)

Old Sulians’ Association Annual Dinner 2010

I enclose a cheque payable to ‘Old Sulians’ Association’ for £35 per person,

(£30 if paid before the 6th October) for this year’s dinner on

Saturday 16th October. 7.00pm for 8.00pm. Black tie or dark lounge suit. The Bath Cricket Club, North Parade.

Name(s):

Address:

Please return to: Roger Wood, 101 Hansford Square, Bath, BA2 5LL Queries phone: 01225 832207 or e-mail: roger.wood3@virgin.net

BY THE 5th OCTOBER Tick here for the vegetarian option ………

If possible seat me near…………………………

Pat Colbourne (Teacher ’66-96) has recently embarked on a mammoth challenge in his 70^th year.

He has started a walk around the coastal pathway of the UK. It’s a 5,000 mile (8,000km) journey and may take him two years to complete.

He says “I have decided, before I pop my clogs, to do something that’s really challenging, purposeful and worthy so that others may benefit from my actions”.

He invites past pupils and fellow teaching colleagues to join him for a day or more? You can follow his progress and read his diary on the website : www.patsukcoastwalk.co.uk or contact him on his mobile while he walks – 07702 606713.

In 2003 Pat had the obligatory hip replacement op’ followed, in 2005, by a heart attack and subsequent coronary by-pass. Later on (in Sept’2007) he wanted to find a way to prove his fitness so he walked from coast to coast, across the country, along Hadrian’s Wall, and loved the experience.

He comments “I was so fortunate, during my 30 years of teaching both at CBBS & BCS. I had the opportunity to climb mountains in the Alps and travel the world with youth cricket teams. I witnessed great opulence, poverty and destitution in many places while travelling and I know I can do something to help a few people in the world add some dignity to their lives and that’s what I aim to do with my small fund raising effort – please help me”

He would welcome donations from Old Sulians towards his charities (see his website). He says “There are over one billion people who live without clean, fresh water and nearly 5,000 children die each day due to severe poverty, starvation or disease. In our 21^st Century this should never be. Many organisations, including Rotary (I am a past-President of the Rotary Club of Bath) do their best to help alleviate these problems even if they cannot immediately solve them. This may be the last worthwhile thing I am able to do in my life so please join me in this project by giving to the charities I am supporting. Please help me help others to help themselves”.