OB Club Events

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Events

Date / Time		Event	Venue	Contact
Ongoing (term time)
Tuesdays 6:15pm		Blundell's Association (current & past parents) Running Group Weekly on Tuesday evenings	Prep School car park	BA
Thursdays 7:00 - 8:30pm		Blundell’s ‘The Braves’, touch rugby training group Weekly on Thursday evenings, followed by drinks in Beale 8:30-9:30pm	Astro Pitch	OBC
2023
Nov	8th	Winter Lunch – Speaker: Richard Dyett (M 1966-72). Topic: "A look into the world of Air Traffic Control" Book your ticket here: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/CMZK	Beale Centre	OBC
Dec	6th	Winter Lunch – Speaker: Ian Seaton (OH 1964-69). Topic: "The City of London Corporation and the London Livery companies" Book your ticket here: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/CMZM	Beale Centre	OBC
Dec	TBC	Germany Reception	-	DO
2024
Jan	9th	Winter Lunch - Speaker: Ben Collins (FH 1988-93) AKA The Stigg. Topic: "Stunt driving for 007 & Jeremy Clarkson". Book your ticket here: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/CQWC	Beale Centre	OBC
Feb	7th	Winter Lunch - Mark Tucker (W 1978-83). Topic: "Scientific advisory board for the Westminster APPG for industrial hemp and CBD”. Book your ticket here: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/CQWI	Beale Centre	OBC
Mar	13th	Winter Lunch, speaker and topic TBC.	Beale Centre	OBC
Mar	22nd and 23rd	OB Sport Weekend, including boys’ and girls’ Hockey, Football, Netball and Rifle Target Shooting.		OBC
June	22nd	OB Day Please await further details.		OBC

Fixtures for fives, golf, shooting, hockey, soccer, cricket, tennis and squash against the School and others will be arranged by Sports Club Secretaries.

Induction events for Westlake pupils will take place in the Beale Centre during the year.

Contact abbreviations:

DO = Development Office. Contact devoffice@blundells.org
OBC = Old Blundellian Club. Contact obclub@obclub.co.uk
BA = Blundell's Association. Contact Kate Wheatley, kjw@blundells.org

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Further Information

Winter Lunch Transcripts

March 2023

At the 8th March Winter Lunch, the Revd Tim Hunt spoke about "Is there a continuing relevance for regular chapel worship/services at school in an increasingly secular age and if so, what is it?"

Please read a transcript of Tim's talk.

October 2022

At the 12th October Winter Lunch, Michael Wade spoke on the topic of "The Rise and Fall of Our Extraordinary Language".

You can listen to Michael's recital of The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, and you can also read the transcript of his talk.

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Winter Lunches

Date	Speaker and Topic	RSVP Date
2023
Weds 6th Dec, 12:30 for 1pm	Ian Seaton (OH 1964-69) Topic: "The City of London Corporation and the London Livery companies" Book your ticket here: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/CMZM	9:00am, Mon 4th
2024
Weds 9th Jan, 12:30 for 1pm	Ben Collins (FH 1988-93) AKA The Stigg. Topic: "Stunt driving for 007 & Jeremy Clarkson". Book your ticket here: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/CQWC	9:00am, Mon 9th
Weds 7th Feb, 12:30 for 1pm	Mark Tucker (W 1978-83). Topic: "Scientific advisory board for the Westminster APPG for industrial hemp and CBD”. Book your ticket here: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/CQWI	9:00am, Mon 6th
Weds 13th Mar, 12:30 for 1pm	Winter Lunch, speaker and topic TBC.	9:00am, Mon 4th

Please book onto these events via the Trybooking Links provided, where payment of £15 is taken for the cost of the two-course lunch, including cheese and coffee. Please book your ticket no later than the date and time given.

The OB Club will unfortunately be obliged to charge for cancellations not provided before this date and time and trust this meets with your understanding.

Bar available 12.30-1pm, with contactless payment only.

If you have any difficulty whatsoever booking onto any of these events, please contact Janet Wooff on 01884 232010 or by email.

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Every second Wednesday between October and March the Beale Centre sees a gathering of 30 or so who meet for drinks and conversation, then sit down to an excellent lunch followed by a short talk by an invited speaker. These are the “Winter Lunches”, managed by Sue Beale and Janet Wooff, which have now become a cherished annual institution since they started back in 2005 at the suggestion of John Hollands and Ted Crowe. All who have a Blundell’s connection are welcome to attend and there is always a good mix of OBs, former staff, parents and others. The speakers are drawn from the same pool and have covered a wide range of subjects – historical, cultural, military, educational – even breeding prize pigs. If anyone is interested in receiving this monthly nourishment for both mind and body then please contact Janet Wooff at The Beale Centre on 01884 232010 or obclub@obclub.co.uk.

Winter Lunches dates are listed in the main events table, above.