Graham Dalby (S71 - 76), who is a renowned composer, conductor and soloist, who is also a founder and Director at London Swing Orchestra . as well as being the music director of a number choirs within the west country, has put together this little video with him singing "The Indian Army Song" charting his ...
In 2022 the Old Dovorian Club created “The President of the Old Dovorian Club Award” which is an award that can only be given once during a Presidents term of office, this award is for the propose of making available a sum of money, which has been agreed by the OD Club committee, to a ...
Kate Havrlik (B79-84) - 27th May 1967 - 6th January 2023 The Old Dovorian Club is sad to share the passing of Kate Havrlik in Brussels on the 6th January 2023. Kate was brought up in Belgium and made her life there, working in Event Management, Radio and the Commission in Brussels, where she had ...
Old Dovorian Club AGM at Dover College As in previous years, the Old Dovorian Club held their AGM at the College, but this year the AGM was held in the College Refectory. The attendees were greeted with coffee and croissants, the AGM started at 11.00 hrs. With the Chairman of the Old Dovorian Club opening ...
On Friday 21st October a number of Old Dovorians from around the world had their annual lunch, at the Royal Thames Yacht Club in Knightsbridge. The following Old Dovorians from 1951 to 1960 were in attendance, Patrick Kirwan, Peter Christensen, Patrick King, Tony Bunting, Clive de B Hovell, Roger Kagan, Mike Lightbourn, Ray Dias, Roger ...
The weather was kind, and we had a decent turnout on The Close. Several teams/players sent apologies with the best one being having to take the girlfriend on a promised trip otherwise there would be a divorce before the marriage! We had players from Surrey, The Hague, Germany and more locally from Deal and Dover. ...
In Memoriam Dr Amanda ‘Kit’ Hopkins, Ph.D. Belmont House 76 - 78 8th May 1962 - 19th July 2022 Amanda or 'Kit' as she preferred to be called, joined the girls at Dover College in the fifth form. Many of us were from an international background and thought of ourselves as rather cosmopolitan, but Amanda ...
Stuart Diekmeyer (St Martins 78-83) I was a boarder at Dover College from 1978 through 1983 and was initially housed in what was then called, much to the amusement and ridicule of the other boarding house’s inhabitants, the Waiting House. It did not help that our house tie was striped pink and black. The building ...
The Old Dovorian Club President, Margo Mayhew (D76-81) met with the Headmaster, Simon Fisher and the Bursar, Andrew Hodkinson on Monday. She was warmly welcomed and very much enjoyed walking around the College during term time and discussing how the Old Dovorian Club can support new leavers. Margo reports, "It was marvellous to see the ...
Jessica Darch (Belmont House 83-87) Jessica Darch studied architecture at Kingston University (BA Hons 1991) and is a self-taught artist. She started her painting career in the decorative art world, creating murals and special effects. She continues to paint large scale murals on both private and public walls. Simultaneously over the past 15 years, she ...
