Welcome to the Old Grey Union - European branch

All Old Greys living in the UK/Europe/Middle East or those who are about to travel here are warmly encouraged to establish contact with the European Branch.

The European Branch has been in existence since the early 1990s and provides a range of services to the School and Old Greys.  These include a valuable bursary programme provided through The Old Grey Europe Charitable Trust, opportunities to meet and socialise with fellow Old Greys, keeping contact with and receiving updates on the School and assisting Old Greys who have recently arrived to orientate themselves from a business networking perspective.

For more information please use the Contact Form, choosing the relevant subject.

Latest News/Events

1. 2011 Annual Dinner: Thursday , November 24

Feedback we have received indicates that the Dinner was another great success and enjoyed by all. Just under 60 people attended the function held at the Victory Services Club in London. Particularly pleasing was the large out of town attendance, with Old Greys travelling from the West Country, Midlands, Gloucestershire, Cambridgeshire and some as far as Denmark and Ireland to attend. Once again we had a large spread of ages ranging from the 2000 decade to Alan Newland who was our most senior Old Grey having left school in 1949.

2. Bursary Scheme

   Excellent news!  The Rector has updated us on the mid-year status of our three 2011 bursary recipients and you will be pleased to know that all continue to perform well.

   Since 2005, a small number of Old Greys in Europehave funded academic bursaries for 13 deserving young men, to attend The Grey.  This has been made possible through the Old Grey Europe Charitable Trust, which is UK based and enjoys the considerable financial advantages of HMRC's Gift Aid scheme.

   However to maintain and extend this valuable programme, we are in desperate need of additional donors and are hoping that you might consider making a donation.
   Please view the attached video: http://youtu.be/LmLGbLsgRIA

3. 2011 Social Evening

We held our first social evening at the All Bar One pub in Wimbledon on Thursday, June 2.  It was a great evening with about 30 OGs attending with ages ranging from 2010 to Alan Newland who left Grey in 1949.

4. Grey 1^st XI Cricket Tour

A most successful and busy fourteen days during June/July.  The Team did us proud and won eight out of their nine matches against some of the top public schools in the south of England.  The young team comprised of an excellent blend of experience and new caps with a healthy number of players showing great talent as all-rounders.  This ensured that we had batting strength all the way down.  Also very pleasing were the comments received from various hosts about the Team’s excellent performance off the field – a great credit to the School

For full details of the results and some photographs of the tour & the Old Grey match, please refer to the attachmentson the Events page.

5. Grey 1st XI versus Old Grey Europe: Sunday, July 3

A great occasion!  On Sunday afternoon, July 3, about a hundred Old Greys and their families arrived and enjoyed a very social time watching some good cricket and probably more importantly, socialising with old friends, making new ones and generally enjoying a pleasant sunny afternoon.  It was also a real privilege to have The Rector, the Grey coaching team and the travelling parents enjoy the afternoon with us - not to mention the special bonus of having the Headmaster, Lindsay Pearson and his wife Noel also present, having broken into their UK holiday to attend.

The cricket game was a close affair for most of the time with the First XI being limited (surprisingly) to 127 for 7 wickets.  After a very promising start the Old Grey "tail" unfortunately did not wag and we were all out for just under 100 runs!!  However the side put up a great performance and was very ably captained by Wayne Brown.  Others in the team (including subs) were: Andre Basson, Anton Basson, Chad Breetzke (who came down all the way from Scotland), Lindsay Brown, Martin Brown, Grant Gilson, Mathew Godwin, Nicholas Godwin, David Harley, Dan deJesus, Luke Pearson, Michael Williams and Adam Wilson.  A truly memorable day for the Brown family having two brothers (Wayne & Lindsay) and two sons (Lloyd & Martin) playing in the match.

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