2018
Update on fund raising
A huge thank you to each and every one of you for coming to the Old
Miltonians fundraising dinner on Saturday 29th September 2018. I would
also like to thank those who donated or indeed purchased tickets but
were unable to make it to the event. The level of support and
participation was overwhelming. We managed to raise over £1,600
from the auction and raffles.
The gents that won the bid for the First XV rugby cap & the Dress
tie will kindly send these items back to the school as they feel that
they are a part of the history of Milton so belong back in the Milton
museum.
We will continue to give you updates on the projects undertaken along
the way.
The platform has now been set for this to be an annual event. We will be
announcing dates and location of our next event in due course. We hope
that you can all join us next year.
Quit ye like men, be strong!
Yours sincerely
Shep ( on behalf of the Old Miltonians Trust UK)
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Old Miltonians Fund Raising Dinner at Villa Park, Birmingham.
Frances and Joe Krige
3rd October 2018
Greetings to all OMs.
On Saturday the 29th of September, Mike Ketzmer (68-72) and his wife
Joanna, Simon Krige (69-74) and his wife Anne and myself (72-78) and my
wife Frances attended a Fund Raising dinner at Aston Villa Football Club
in Birmingham. It was a black tie event. Shep Zhou organised the whole
thing and sponsored it. We were certainly representative of the old
guard. Class of ’96 were there as were class of 2000 among others. It
was a thoroughly enjoyable evening. A Brilliant Zimbabwean singer
entertained us. (her name escapes me). Kevin Ncube (ex Gifford) was our
MC. Kevin is a Radio Leicester DJ. (check him out on google)There were
auctions of various memorabilia…..Sixth Form ties, Prefect ties and a
1926 1st XV cap which went for £200 . The Head Boy of 2000, Duma Xaba,
gave a rousing speech calling all OMs worldwide to answer the call:
‘Make Milton great again’. I felt proud but I felt that I had been
looking into the past too much. Yes, we had some great stories of life
at Milton but ultimately, it’s the future that is important now. These
young guns are taking the bull by the horns and doing something positive
to restore the school which is a lot more than I have done.
I appeal to all OMs to support any initiatives to raise money and raise
awareness of the school’s needs. I can hear you all saying, ‘What’s the
government doing?’ Well, nothing it would seem, but that should not stop
us.
On a lighter note, we concluded the evening by performing the ‘Milton
War Cry’.
There should have been more OMs at this event. There is talk of making
it annual. I do feel that it could have been advertised better but, hey,
it’s a start of greater things to come. Well done, to Shep Zhou.
Quit ye like men.
Joe Krige.
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A fundraising in UK
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Denelda Fisher
George Wigginton - Formerly of Bulawayo. In memory of a devoted husband
and loving father, he will be sadly missed, he passed away on 14th June
2018. Past pupil of Milton High School and living in Empangeni.
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Ian Hodge
Tue, June 12, 2018
Hi everyone.
It is with great sadness that I let you know that Michael Rees passed
away at his Harare home on Saturday morning 09/06/18, after a long
illness.
Mike was at Milton from 1976 (in the A2 class) until 1979 when he sat
his “O” Levels. He then moved to CBC to finish his schooling.
He also spent time at Milton Junior. Mike and I were neighbours during
those Milton years, and we spent many happy hours in the pool, playing
tennis, cricket and golf.
Deepest sympathies to Alison and their family. Mike will be fondly
remembered and greatly missed by many. RIP Mike.
Ian Hodge (Auckland. NZ)
(Milton 1976-1979)
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Bulawayo lunch reunions - June 15th
Please be advised our next lunch is coming up soon, any ex old boys &
girls who may be visiting town are encouraged to join and catch up with
many old miltonians who still live in Bulawayo.
Venue: TBD
Time : 12:30pm
RSVP: Ike (see email contact below)
Thank you,
Ike
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News from the 2018 Australian National Masters track and field
Championships
Rob Shand recently competed in the Australian National Masters track and
field Championships in Perth at the end of April 2018 and came out with
four Gold medals - Shot, Discus, Hammer and Javelin in the M85-89 group.
Rob held the Rhodesian mile record in 1954, and stood for a number of
years until Terry Sullivan broke his record.
Photo Rhodesian atheltics team 19xx, includes Rob Shand and Terry
Sullivan.
As an FYI, Terry Sullivan broke Rob Shand's 1954 Rhodesian Mile record
of 4m 19.6 sec. Terry then first became South African mile champion (4
min. 14,3 sec.) in 1958 and the career of Rhodesia's greatest athlete
was set. In 1960 he competed at the Summer Olympics and become the
twenty-fifth man in the world to crack the magical four-minute barrier.
Sullivan became the first man from the African continent to run a
sub-four-minute mile
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1969 ISSUED STAMP -
Technical details
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Peter Chadwick
Tues, January 29, 2018
Awesome website
Remains a very cool and well maintained web site. My contact details
remain unchanged – currently working as the Regional Resident Geologist
for the Kirkland Lake and Sudbury Districts (north-east Ontario, Canada)
with the Ontario Geological Survey. Still keep a home in Ottawa.
Cheers,
Pete
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Old Miltonians Sports Club - 90th year anniversay
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Steven Russel
Mon, January 28, 2018
Hello was boarder Pioneer house 1972 to 1976. Steven Russell remember a
few names Gary Blauuw, Rob Teasdale, Brian Weir both Vaniekerk's great
days
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Anderson Mutemererwa
Fri, January 05, 2018
Hi there,
Just happened upon this gem of a webpage - brought all those memories
flooding in.
If you are still updating the webpage, here is another name for your
database:
Anderson Mutemererwa, 81-85, now in Oxford, United Kingdom. Was part of
the cross-country team in 1985 and ran the final leg of the Plumtree to
Milton race to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the school. Would love
to hear from all those who were at Milton particular those who took
their O Levels in 1983 and A Levels 1985.
Regards,
Anderson
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Tue, Jan 02, 2018
Subject: Sad News - The Loss of Peter Jones
Hi All,
With much sadness I have to advise that the ever popular Peter
Jones - ultimate Team player, Captain of everything, Head of School,
Rhodes Scholar – lost his long battle with cancer and passed away in
Cape Town last week.
I have been informed that there will be a memorial service for
Peter on the 16th January 2018, at 15:00 at St. Andrews, Kildare Road,
Newlands, Cape Town for anybody who would like to attend.
I am using the Milton Reunion ‘grapevine’ address list to get
this message out as this is the best way I know to reach most people who
knew Peter, so please forgive any ‘repeats’ that may occur. The list is
not exhaustive however, so please pass this message on to as many people
as you know, and/or who might be on your own list of Milton contacts,
via Facebook contacts or whatever.
Farewell Peter, RIP.
Regards to all,
George Lambert-Porter
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Ioakeem Kehayias
Tue, Jan 02, 2018
February Old Boys Lunch
May I take this opportunity to Wish you all a Happy New Year 2018.
Please be advised our next lunch is set for:
Friday 2 February 2018
Venue: Deja Vu Restuarant
Time : 12:30pm
RSVP: Ike (see email contact below)
Many email invitations have already been sent out as part of the
standard local practice.
Thank you,
Ike
Bulawayo lunch reunions
"If you are in or around Bulawayo wanted to let you know there are often
informal lunch gatherings of oldmiltonians (Milton Old Boys and Girls)
wanted to suggest that if you contact Ioakeem Kehayias at his email
miltonhighschool1902@gmail.com he can let you know when and where they
will be meeting next, would be great for any old miltonians to stop by
and catch up"
Ioakeem Kehayias
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Contact details - updates
Often there have been emails following up that old miltonians are trying
to make contact with others in their class etc, but have had emails
bounce back as the email is out of date. Please send details of any new
emails or relocations so that old miltonians can keep in touch with one
another.
Looking for old school magazines and photos