Fettes is a family for life and old school friends are special.
For many at Fettes, some of those friends are like family.
Whether in House, in class, in Chapel, on the pitch, at
the Pavilion, in the Dining Hall, on CCF camp, in Chapel
Choir or Orchestra, in the Prep School, in the House Play,
you will recall where it was that you built your Fettes
memories.
For many, you are in touch with your closest friends, but
do you ever wonder what others are doing? Those from
different years, different Houses, different times? People
you remember fondly but have lost touch with over the
years?
The OFA keeps a record of OFs and supports a network
of dedicated Regional Co-ordinators who provide local
support and advice to OFs and assistance in the delivery
of local events.
For this network to have its greatest potential, it is
important for OFs to keep in touch with the OFA by
providing up-to-date contact details. We love to hear
your news, professional information and family updates.
News is published on our website
fettescommunity.com
and in the Old Fettesian Newsletter (if you wish).
Up-to-date news on current pupils and staff is published
on
fettes.com
.
“Seeing a certain name on the London Carol Service list
after all these years brought back so many memories.
Liaising with the OFA office to see if he would like to get
back in touch was easy. It is wonderful to be in touch
again.”
Fettes Festival of Sport
Old Fettesians, current and past parents and their families
gathered together in the warm sunshine at the Pavilion on
Saturday 28th May for the Fettes Festival of Sport.
Teams participated in touch rugby, hockey and cricket
with very well matched games, some very competitive
and some pure fun. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed being
at Fettes with their friends and family.
Old Fettesians were thrilled with the opportunity on the
day to view memorabilia from the archives and amused
at the forgotten images, times, faces and publications.
KEEPING IN TOUCH, GETTING INVOLVED
The role of the Old Fettesian Association (OFA) is to facilitate connections, to help
Old Fettesians keep in touch and to support and promote a framework of events
across the globe to enable OFs to gather together.
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Children had fun spotting
their parents in team and
House pictures from days gone by.
We were delighted to welcome so many on the day.
In particular, our Cricket Captains from 1975, Alistair
Darling (Ca 1970-1975), 1986, Tom Usher (JS-Gl 1979-1986)
and 1994, Tom White (Ca 1989-1994) who all played on
the Turf. The winning team was captained by Kit Gammell
(Inv-Ki 2001-2009). Thanks must go to our valiant captains,
Daniel Thain (JS-Mo 1983-1991), Archie Crawford
(Gl 2003-2008), Richard Monk (JS-Ca 1982-1990) and
Jonathan Norrie (JS-Gl 1981-1989) who gathered and led
their teams with pride.
It was really special for Former Staff to be able to join us
too. We were very grateful to Mark Peel (Staff 1983-2007)
for umpiring cricket matches like old times, to Jamie Frost
(Staff 1993-1997) for playing cricket in one of our scratch
teams and to Fergus Murray (Staff 1967-1997) and Dr Peter
Coshan (Staff 1972-2005) for reminiscing with OFs and
past parents alike.
London OFA Carol Service
Three hundred Old Fettesians and their families signed
up to come together at Christmas time for the third
London OFA Carol Service. OFs from across generations
sat shoulder to shoulder as a congregation in St Michael’s,
Chester Square. Connected by their Fettes education
and reflecting on their shared time in Chapel, those from
as far back as 1949 shared pews with those who left in
2016 and many in between. This year we were particularly
delighted to see several current and former staff, who
bring so much nostalgia to the occasion, along with
the Headmaster, Michael Spens and Debbie Spens.
They were joined by Carolyn Harrison (Staff 1992-present);
Mark Peel (Staff 1983-2007); Andrew Murray
(Staff 1981-2003); Colin Niven (Staff 1965-1973); Richard
Brett (Staff 1988-1993); Gill Fyffe (Staff 2001-2007) and
Paul Cheetham (Staff 1988-2008).
A Chapel Choir of 25 came together admirably quickly
under the direction of David Thomas, Former Director
of Music (Staff 1993-1998). The Service was led by
Revd Ashley Null (Chaplain 1994-1995) with the address
by Revd Robin Weekes (JS-Mo 1983-1991). After the
Service, there were reunions and first meetings as the
congregation enjoyed mulled wine and mince pies,
before moving on for drinks nearby. Enormous thanks
must go to David Simpson (Mo 2001-2006) who kindly
organised the Service.
The current OFA Office Bearers are:
Andrew Pickles (Ca 1962-1967) (President)
Amanda Forsyth (née Baker)
(Ar 1982-1984) (Vice President)
Richard Llewellyn (Mo 1987-1992) (Hon Treasurer)
Georgina Hill (CW 1990-1993) (Hon Secretary)
Contact us
To keep in touch please email
ofa@fettes.com
To see an up to date list of events please go to
fettescommunity.com/events
For a list of Regional Co-ordinators please go to
fettescommunity.com/#ofregionalvolunteers
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