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Nick Jelley (01): “It’s been a good year,
                                                                                both personally and professionally. We’ve
                                                                                celebrated the arrival of Harper, our first
                                                                                baby girl, and my gym in East Goscote has
     OR NEWS                                                                    high-intensity class facilities.”
                                                                                been extended, with the addition of new













        that we would all be able to share stories,   Matt, myself, and Jac Hicks (guest). There
        photos and anecdotes when we were   was a 36-hole competition on Saturday,
        literally  spread across  the globe?!  This   played as foursomes (Stableford scoring),
        September, 20 of us gathered in London   with match play on Sunday to decide the
        for a long-overdue catch-up (above),   final placings. Saturday’s scores led to
        and the excellent turnout reflected the   a third-place playoff between Ratcliffe   Paul Sander (72): “In August 2012, I moved
        strength of the bond and the spirit born   and Ampleforth, and I am pleased to   to Mexico, but this year, I moved back to
        at Ratcliffe all those years ago. Those   report that the OR’s pairings prevailed in   the UK to take up a lecturing position
        that attended were:  Sam Spillane (née   both matches, securing a creditable third   at Teesside University. Shortly before
        Murphy),  Louise  Marsden  (née  Bullen),   place in our first year in the competition.   leaving, Alexandra Mondragón Bravo and
        Sebako Siame, Natasha Bilinski, Louise   Framlingham were the overall winners,   I were married  (see  page  57 for  more
        Jackson,  Jo  Linnett  (née  O’Connor),   beating Eton with the final putt of the   details). I met her in August 2014, quite
        Natasha  Faulknall  (née  Worth),  Melanie   day.”                      by chance, as she was visiting a neighbour
        Abeysundera, Genevieve Clegg (née                                       of mine in the small condominium of eight
        Furey), Dan Bunnag, Terence Chan, Teddy                                 houses where I lived. An instant friendship
        Markham, Paul Ferguson, Alex Astwood,                                   around British, classic, female writers
        Paul Whitmore, Samuel Jesné, Christos                                   was formed – a friendship that came to
        Michaloudis,  Simon  Attewell,  Ken  Wong                               marriage via Chile and Germany, but that
        and Sam Salia-Bao.  Thanks go to Dan                                    is another story. There were many reasons
        Bunnag  and Louise  Marsden  for making                                 for us deciding to return to the UK, but
        it happen (ably assisted  by SJ Events!).                               perhaps the most acute was opportunity.
        Given that 2021 marks our 30-year                                       To contrast the cultures of Mexico and the
        anniversary, our mission is to gather again                             UK would be an interesting, but lengthy,
        to celebrate our milestone – although it is                             exercise, suffice it to say that, here in the
        fair to say that, with the rekindling that has                          UK, we will have a freedom from fear. Don’t
        taken place, there will be other gatherings   Victoria Jordan (07): “It’s been a very   be misled, though – there is a Mexico that
        prior to that!”                     hectic few months for me. I got engaged   is wonderful, fascinating, and culturally
                                            on July 24th this year, and I’ve ended up   and  historically  very  rich.  We  are  excited
                                            moving away from Birmingham, where I’ve   to be starting this new phase in our lives,
                                            been living since I left Ratcliffe in 2007. I’m   and our first impressions of Teesside are
                                            now living with my fiancé in our new house   very good.”
                                            in Cosby, Leicestershire, and we’re hoping
                                            to get married next year.”











        Dominic Russell (79): “In October,  Matt
        Lomas (79), who is an Aldeburgh Golf Club
        member, was invited to enter a team for a
        public schools’ golf competition at the
        club. The Dick Watson Trophy was played
        for over two days and included the likes of
        Eton, Oundle, Uppingham, Framlingham,
        Gresham’s,  Wellington and Ampleforth,
        with a total of 15 schools represented. The
        Ratcliffian team consisted of Jim West (77),

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