Rest in peace, Mr Gardner
Today, Kingswood mourns the loss of and celebrates the life of Mr Steve Gardner (OK 1976), who died peacefully this weekend with his family by his side.
Today, Kingswood mourns the loss of and celebrates the life of Mr Steve Gardner (OK 1976), who died peacefully this weekend with his family by his side.
On Thursday, 16 June 2022 the annual Legends Day Golf Day was held at The Belmont Golf Club, in Grahamstown. The glorious day produced perfect golfing conditions.
On the 16th June 2022, we hosted a whopping nine reunions, in an effort to make up for time lost to the Covid-19 Pandemic. As a result, this was the largest reunion of Kingswoodians outside the Centenary and 125 Jubilee Celebrations!
Our very own Mr Kingswood, Buster Brotherton, reached an amazing milestone today – his 90th birthday. Buster needs no introduction to the Kingswood family having devoted a lifetime of loyal service to Kingswood.
Kingswood legends and brothers, Derrick (OK 1943) and Maurice (OK 1946) Bradfield met in Port Elizabeth recently to celebrate Derrick’s 97th birthday – what an amazing milestone and he must be one of our oldest Old Kingswoodians around.
From Oxford to Amazon, and all during Covid – we recently caught up with Diana Schwedhelm (OK 2009) who just attended her graduation ceremony at the University of Oxford. Turns out, Diana completed her MBA (with Distinction we might add) from Oxford University at the end of 2020 and due to Covid restrictions, they delayed the graduation ceremony until this year.
In a heart-warming display of unity and remembrance, the class of 1982 celebrated their 40th Reunion in March 2022 by undertaking a fundraising effort that culminated in the establishment of the Garden of Remembrance outside Kingswood’s Memorial Chapel.
Earlier this week we published a post about Old Kingswoodian Duncan Krige’s (2019) participation in this prestigious event as a team member of the defending champions, Lindenwood University. Well little did we know that another two OKs would also participate with great success in this tournament.
The Midlands Branch of the OK Club organized a family day at the picturesque Mill Cricket Club last Sunday 15 May 2022. This beautiful venue is on Spring Grove, the farm of Hugh Ansley.
Congratulations to Nick Marffy (OK 2014) ‘passed out’ as a Royal Marine Commando in UK in February 2022, earning his Green Beret and becoming part of the world’s most elite amphibious force.