From the headmaster

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

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“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 

[e-mail]

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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