GRAND REUNION OF NORTHAW'S 1968 FOOTBALL FIRST XI

The Grand re-union of most of the members of the Northaw 1968 First XI football team took place at Norman Court School on Saturday 14th October 2006.

Billy Howard, Stephen Plaister and Ronwen Walker (neé Barton) represented the Staff. Jonathan Haak (Captain), Jamie Birkmyre, Dariush Bakhtiar, Adrian (Stan) Baring, Simon Clements, Pierre Condou, Simon Moore, Stuart Naylor Vane and Stephen Windsor-Clive represented The Team. Unfortunately, Edward Bolitho, Jamie Lindsay and Graham Radley were unable to be there on the day.

Their contemporaries included Lionel de Rothschild, Hugo Egleston, Jonathan Ford, James Hibbert-Hingston, Michael Higgins, Henry Humphreys, Tom Maidment, Noel Malcolm, Tim Pritchard-Barrett, Robert Sutcliffe, Charlie Thomas, David Thomas and Toby Whaley.

Many had travelled a considerable distance to be there – Tehran, southern Spain, Germany, south Wales, the Suffolk coast and even the other end of the Norman Court Estate being amongst the departure points!

Inspired, no doubt, by the presence of the all conquering Class of ’68, the current Norman Court School First XI did not disappoint, beating Ryde School by a convincing 6-0.

After the match, a reunited Team photograph was taken with everyone positioned as they had been in 1968. The only thing that was lacking (apart from the three absent players) was a trip to see a Magnificent Seven double-bill, but you can’t have everything!

NORTHAW FIRST XI in 1968

NORTHAW 1968 re-UNITED in 2006