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40 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

In Memoriam We are sad to report the deaths of two prominent members of the Teddies community: John Woodcock OSE (below) who was cricket correspondent of The Times for 33 years and is widely acknowledged as the finest cricket writer in the history of the game and Professor Michael Hay who was a Governor of St Edward’s from 1994 – 2014. Full appreciations of their life and work will appear in the autumn issue of Rhubarb magazine. PEOPLE Farewells We say a fond and profound farewell to Stephen, Katie and Tiggy Jones and wish them all the best for their next ventures (see pages 6–12). We also send the following on their way with earnest good wishes for the future: Matthew Albrighton who leaves to become Headteacher at Burford School (see page 42); Margaret Lloyd to pursue further academic study; Peter Lloyd-Jones, who retires after 24 years in the Art Department; Clare Elford, to take up a HR role closer to home after a decade at Teddies; Cassie Cooper, to take a pastoral role at the Swan School; and Penny Challans, Gemma Ferrier, Shweta Soni and Anneli Ruehle to explore pastures new. Personal News Congratulations to Tom and Buffy Holdsworth on the birth of Izzy in March.

The Chirnside family

New Appointments We extend a warm Teddies welcome to the 14th Warden, Alastair Chirnside, his

School to teach Physics; Rebecca James from Marlborough College to teach Biology and to be Head of Netball; Ross Perry to teach History; Luciano Rudolf from Whitgift School to teach German; Alexandra Talbot from John Mason School to teach English; and Bethany Marrett as Artist in Residence. In the Sports Department, we welcome Natasha Townsend as Senior Girls’ Rowing Coach (see page 13); Abi Flory as Girls’ Cricket Coach; Hamzat Ahmed as Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach (see page 55); Rachel Stoakes as Sports Coach; and Henry Kerton as Sailing Coach. Internal Appointments In internal changes, Marc Gillingwater becomes Assistant Head of Sixth Form; Christopher Tyer, Head of Middle School; Ross Simmonds, Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) Coordinator; David Caro-Solano, Acting Head of Spanish; Patrick Herring, Acting Head of German; Lauren Bray, Assistant IB Coordinator with responsibility for Community, Action and Service covering Anne Laure Davies’ maternity leave; Jack Fairbrother, full-time

wife Zannah and their daughters Mary and Lizzie. Alongside his Warden’s duties, Alastair will teach Classics. We also welcome David Flower from Dulwich College as Deputy Head Academic and to teach History and Politics; Louise Barr from LVS Oxford as Head of Learning Development; Abdi Badri to teach Modern

David Flower

Foreign Languages; Matthew Golesworthy from Trinity College, Oxford, and Andrew Goldsmith from Bloxham School to teach Maths; Matthew Hubert from Westminster

Hamzat Ahmed