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STEVENSON, LUKE (Apsley, 2008-2013) Luke will run the 2022 London Marathon in aid of the Scoliosis

taken to a theatre Off West End for a limited run in early August.The show is due for another run in Durham this October.Vivienne told us that the opportunity to perform in London was an ‘amazing experience’. She also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe with Durham University’s award- winning singing group, ‘Northern Lights’, singing everything from Bastille to Mariah Carey toWhitney Houston.

TENNANT, GEORGIA (Jubilee,1998-2001)

THORNE, LILY (Mac’s, 2015-2020) Over lockdown, Lily set up a small card business called Lily's Card Designs. (www.lilyscarddesigns.shop) She makes all her own designs turning them into cards and she now has a wide range including three new Christmas designs. She raised money for a trip to Kenya in January 2021 where she spent two months working on many projects including working on farms, in schools, with animal conservancies and endangered marine life. Part of the money she raised also went to the charities and other conservancies such as Tusk and the Borana Conservancy. Georgia starred with husband David Tennant and Michael Sheen in the second series of Staged , a BBCTV series capturing the confusion and claustrophobia of life in a pandemic. They played caricatures of themselves as bickering actors working from home during lockdown and the series received excellent reviews.

Campaign Fund.Whilst in his Shell year at Teddies, Luke underwent life-altering spinal fusion surgery to treat his Scoliosis. Luke writes: ‘I don't know why I developed this condition, but I do know that it has changed me and shaped me as a person both literally and metaphorically. Like a lot of people in this brave new world that we are living in, I have good days and bad days. This condition can be extremely tricky to live with, but I still feel blessed and grateful every day just to be alive. After all, everyone has their own baggage and we've all been dealt our own specific hands in life.We are all living during hard times. I'd therefore like to raise both money and awareness for Scoliosis by way of my fundraising campaign and by way of competing in the 2022 Virgin London Marathon.’ You can donate via uk.virginmoney giving.com/LukeStevensonScoliosis1994 Freddie has recently been awarded the RHSYoung Designer of theYear 2021 Award by the Royal Horticultural Society, at RHS Tatton Park Flower Show. He also won an RHS gold medal, and Best Construction at the Show. Freddie created a show garden at RHS Tatton Park, highlighting climate change through the use of exotic plants, inspired by the sub-tropical plants typically seen in Cornwall and the SouthWest. Freddie runs his own garden design and soft landscaping practice, now situated in Bristol but working all over the UK. Anyone interested in horticulture, please do get in touch with him. freddiestrickland.com STRICKLAND, FREDDIE (Apsley, 2007-2011)

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SHIPPERLEY, RUPERT (Kendall, 2006-2011) In the 2021 FIH Hockey Pro League, Shipperley became GB’s highest scorer in the second season of the league. Rupert also competed for Team GB in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games over the Summer, where the team reached the quarter-finals. Welcome home and here’s to more great successes next year!

SMITH,THEO (Field House, 2009-2014)

Theo ran an ultra-marathon of just over 50k/31.1miles from Eastbourne to Brighton in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. It took six hours on one of the hottest days of the year, finishing on Brighton Pier as pictured! Together with his team,Theo raised over £3,500 for Macmillan. He told us: ‘It was tough, but a huge achievement. I’ve come a long way since my school Steeplechase days, that’s for sure...’

Theo is on the left

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