Old Wellingburian

A great day of U18 rugby 7s at the Rosslyn Park National Championships. Two excellent wins against Wirral GS and Stonyhurst. Well done to all our boys,

Congratulations to the 1st XI football squad who have today won the @isfafootball Mercian League Championship 2025. 9 wins from 9 league matches thus far. Superb from the boys 👏👏⚽️⚽️

We are pleased to be able to extend the deadline to purchase a ticket for the 2025 London Dinner. We are now able to keep taking bookings until midnight on Sunday 16th March. The event is the highlight of the OW calendar. To book, email kpo@wellingboroughschool.org

The next edition of The Old Wellingburian is out now!

A great time was had at today’s Business Networking Breakfast. We had a fantastic mix of Old Wellingburians, current parents, former parents, and staff. Thank you to Philippa Jeyes-Blackburn (84-89, M) for kindly hosting the event at @JeyesEB

Congratulations to OWs Paul Coverdale (96-01,G) and Joe Zielinski (96-01,G) whose local business Zinc Digital is celebrating 20 years in business. Also celebrating success is OW Ollie McKeown (95-05,G) who is part of Zinc's leadership team.

The OWGS continues to be well supported by both new and old leavers, with a variety of events throughout the year to cater for every type of golfer. If you are interested in receiving more information throughout the year and attending one of the events, please get in touch.

OW James Pattison (03-08) is currently running in one of Britain’s most grueling endurance races – The Montane Winter Spine. By the end of today he will have completed 200 miles of the 268-mile race. We wish him all the best as he heads towards the finish.

London Dinner tickets are now on sale! If you didn't receive an email and are interested in attending, then please email kpo@wellingboroughschoool.org We look forward to seeing many of you at the London Dinner in March!

Our next Business Networking event will be held on Thursday 13th February 2025 from 9.15am-10.30am at Jeyes of Earls Barton. Drinks & breakfast nibbles will be provided. To reserve a place, please email kpo@wellingboroughschool.org or phone 01933 233441.

Congratulations to OW Hannah Digby (21-23, M) who has just completed her professional pantomime debut. Hannah has been performing in Jack and the Beanstalk in Rickmansworth over the Christmas season. Hannah is currently in her second year of training at Laine Theatre Arts.

A huge thank you to the class of 2023 who joined us at their One Year Out drinks on the 28th December. It was great to see so many of you. Happy Christmas 🎄

SAVE THE DATE The annual OW London Dinner will take place on Friday 28th March 2025. Tickets will be released via email in early January.

It was great to see so many OWs at the School's recent Careers Fair. Around 50 universities, colleges and businesses exhibited - with many of those being OWs. Our careers department are always grateful for any support that the OW Community can give.

SAVE THE DATE If you are an OW who graduated from Oxbridge then please be aware that the annual Oxbridge dinner will be held at Magdalene College, Cambridge, by kind permission of Sir Christopher Greenwood (65-73, C) on Friday 7th March 2025. Tickets will go on sale shortly.

The Wellingborough Senior School Parent Association (WSSPA) and the Prep School Parent Association (WPSA) are pleased to announce the Christmas Hamper Raffle 2024 is now live! To enter click the link here : raffall.com/371381/enter-r…

OWs Naomi Gibbs (02-07, M) and Apoorva Khajuria (07-12, N) bumped into each other recently at an Orthopaedic surgeon conference. Only 7% of medics in lower limb orthopaedics are women - so it is great to see 2 OWs working in this field.

An OW in the jungle! OW Reverend Richard Coles (70-78, Weymouth) joins the I'm A Celebrity camp.

We held a Business Networking event on Thursday in the Art Department. Thank you to the OWs, Parents, Staff and current Year 13 Art student, Joseph, who joined us. Our next event will be a business breakfast held on Thursday 13th February - invites to follow in the New Year.