On the tee……You if you hurry! Limited places now ready to book for the Old Alts Golf Day. Friday July 7th, 9am, Chorlton GC.

Whether you’re a single figure demon or just started playing, the Old Alts Annual golf day is a great day for all golfers of all abilities. The unique aspect of our event is that it is a mix of Old Alts as well as current staff and pupils.

Some have asked if you have to be a member of a club, or a decent golfer, or both to play in this event. The answer is that it’s very much open to all.

Come along on your own or bring some of your ex-AGSB pals and prepare yourself for a great day out both on and off the course.

Tee times are strictly limited, so please confirm your place as soon as possible.

Details for the day are as follows:

• Arrive at 09.00am
• Format is a singles stableford, played in 3’s or 4’s
• First tee time: tbc
• Cost – tbc but approx. £30 inc golf and Chorlton’s famous buffet.
• Venue: Chorlton Golf Club

DON’T MISS OUT – CONFIRM YOUR PLACE TODAY
To secure your place, email christian.james@ifagency.co.uk with the following information:

• Years you attended AGSB
• Handicap
• Name(s) of other player(s) if you have pre-arranged a pair or group

Congratulations to Steve Perrett and Christian James for a very successful dinner at Blanchflower on Friday 10th March!

Sir Graham Brady has become the latest senior Conservative MP to announce they will not contest their seat at the next election.

Michael Waller, founding member of Russian Studies passed away on 24 October 2021. Michael was born in Manchester on 14th February 1934 and was educated at Douai College and Altrincham Grammar School. He learnt Russian while on National Service with the Navy. After taking a degree in Classics at Corpus Christi, Oxford, and a period of teaching at the Lancaster Royal Grammar School, he took a second degree in Russian at Manchester. He also worked with the late Barry Gregson to open a pottery at Caton, and he continued to make elegant and distinguished ceramics for many years. The forthcoming University of Lancaster planned to include the study of modern languages within Humanities, and it is said that Michael persuaded Charles Carter (Lancaster’s founding Vice-Chancellor) to include Russian. He, therefore, took up a post on 1st September 1964 as the founding member of Russian Studies (subsequently Russian and Soviet Studies), and further additions enabled Lancaster to offer a cluster of East European languages. Michael also met his wife, Manon Allee, at Lancaster, and she predeceased him in 2019. Language studies suffered under the Thatcher cuts to universities in the early 1980s, and the Senate narrowly approved the closure of Russian and Soviet Studies. Michael then moved to the Government Department at the University of Manchester, and in 1993 to a chair in Politics at Keele, where he became Director of European Studies.

Please find herewith the agenda and notices relating to the 2022 AGM. The meeting will be held at school in the Old Library on Tuesday 15th November 2022. Those wishing to attend in person or via web link, please contact Antony Perrett antonyperrett@gmail.com. Many thanks!AGM Agenda 2022-11-15

2022 Old Alts AGM – 7pm Tues 15th November

Hi all – this year’s AGM will take place at school on Tuesday 15th November 2022. There will be a zoom option for those unable to attend in person. We’ll issue the Agenda and Reports in due course. Many thanks, Christian.

Old Alts FC are holding A Belated Centenary Dinner on Thursday 17^th November at Sale Rugby Club, Heywood Road, Sale.  All Old Boys are cordially invited to join in this celebration.  So please make a note in your diary and keep that date available.

Tickets are priced at £45.00 and include a three-course meal.  The evening will be compèred by Fred Eyre and entertainment will be provided by the very talented impressionist, Kevin Connelly.

Old Alts FC reached their centenary in 2020 but the celebration could not take place because of the Covid pandemic.  So we really want as many people as possible to make this year’s event a great success.

Several people are planning to organise tables at the Dinner, If you are a regular, please let your normal host know that you are up for it again.

First timers  can contact Brian Clark on 07443 453318 so we can make sure that you are sitting with people that you know.

Looking forward to seeing you all on 17^th November.

Brian Clark

It was with sadness we learned of the death of Dave Olson in February.
David (or ‘Hank’ as he was often known) was an outstanding and charismatic pupil. He was late arriving at AGSB (having previously lived in the USA) but was quick to involve himself in the school.
Dave was the Secretary to the Debating Society and with his easy delivery but knowledgeable manner won the day in many a debate. He was a School Prefect.
Dave proposed the toast to The School at the 1967 Annual Reunion Dinner.
His outside interests included attendance at the local Humanist Group as one of its youngest members and he also had an interest in Amnesty International.
Dave duly entered the 6th Form studying Arts, but on leaving AGSB he decided that he would like to study Dentistry, but entry to Dental School required Science subjects so Dave spent a year at a Manchester College of Further Education to get the requisite A-levels.
After qualifying BDS at Newcastle University, Dave enrolled at the Westminster School of Medicine at the University of London in 1979, funding his studies by working in a Dental Practice.
He qualified with MB; BS degrees and took up positions at St.Mary’s and St. Stephen’s Hospitals London before returning to the the USA in 1981.
Dave went on to specialise in Emergency/ Acute Medicine with licences to practice in several US states.
Dave was required to serve time in the US army as a surgeon and in 1991 he was present at an American airbase during the Gulf War when Saddam Hussein fired two scud missiles which wounded or killed many US soldiers.
He retired in 2019.
Dave will be remembered for his mighty intellect, his friendly charismatic persona and he was always such pleasant company.
He is survived by his wife, Cheryl and their two children, Rachel and Alan to whom we send our heartfelt sympathy and condolences.
L.A.B.

This year’s games will take place at 2:30pm on Wednesday 6th April.

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