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Old Bordenian Tie Challenge

The Challenge

To be photographed wearing an Old Boys tie:-

a)   In an alcoholic establishment

b)  In an unusual or bizarre situation (we will exercise censorship controls!)

Have Old Boys drunk in all corners of the world?  Let’s see the evidence.

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OBA Annual Reunion Dinner 2010

To all Members of the Old Bordenian Association -

 The Annual Reunion Dinner will be held at the School on Saturday 15th May 2010

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Bryan Short retires from OBA Committee

Following Harold Vafeas’ speech at Prizegiving Day, here is the speech by Major Michael Briant.

I must start by offering my thanks to the Headmaster for asking me to speak this evening. This is certainly an honour, and one that I never imagined would be gifted to me. My wife said that I had to be funny, but we will have to see where that goes, and how far I err away from my script. Interestingly Mr Vafeas found himself in an un-winnable situation this evening. With the choice of my close friend, Cris who is serving as a Major in the Parachute Regt, and myself, the boy who left Borden at the age of 16, defying calls to follow the traditional A level and university route, I honestly realise how lucky I am to be stood here this evening. Cris would be here but he is currently overseas having parachuted into the Pegasus Bridge memorial celebrations. He offers you all his apologies; unfortunately for you all he is much funnier than I am.

Of course this evening is about you, but I want to spend the next 10-15 minutes offering comment on the world from Briant’s perspective. I have always been taught never to say or write a message that you would not want to appear on the front page of the Sun, and also never to trust a journalist who uses the term ‘off the record’. What I say tonight are my thoughts, I will not get political, and hope not to see myself on the front page of the East Kent Gazette in the morning.

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The annual Old Bordenians World War Veterans service

The annual Old Bordenians World War Veterans service took place at the School on Saturday 19^th September 2009 in front of the New Memorial Honours boards.  Denis Jarrett welcomed veterans, colleagues, Governors, Staff and senior pupils of the School. He gave a stark reminder of the suffering and dedication of those who died during the Second World War and the impact it has on the family and friends of those involved. He also brought into perspective that they were pupils of our School just going about their normal business but then caught up by external events. 

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Speech by Headteacher, Harold Vafeas, at Prizegiving Day 17 September 2009

We come together this evening to congratulate students on their progress and achievement and to thank many for their contributions to the wider life of the school.

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The 2009 OBA Dinner – Full Report

OLD BORDENIAN DINNER 16 May 2009

This year saw the Dinner moved to May as a trial run. Showing a full understanding of modern examination techniques by offering a multi choice (well two!) answer, Graham Barnes, our MC for the evening, asked by a show of hands from the gathered throng their preferred dinner date. May was the undisputed favourite. This was because:-

1. nobody understood the question,
2. Old Boys who preferred March had boycotted the meal,
3. there was a danger that the Dinner would take place on both dates,
4. everyone was keen for Graham to sit down.

Graham firstly said how sad he was that John Macrae could not be with us and asked everyone to send their best wishes on the “Get well” card. Thanks were given to various people for their activities on the Committee – Rick Harris for all his work as Membership secretary, a role from which he was retiring (again!). Volunteers to take over were asked to attend a demanding interview process after the dinner. Mention was also made of Dave Palmer and Ryan Jarrett for bringing the web site to life, and Alan Snelling and Peter Lusted for organising the Dinner.

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