Senior Schools' Challenge General Knowledge Tournament

East Midlands Senior Schools' Challenge - BGS team comes away undefeated!

Ten star members of the BGS GK Club travelled by train and tram to the impressive Cottingham Boys' High School on Wednesday November 26th to compete in the annual senior schools' challenge quiz tournament. (last year they won the plate trophy - duly returned by Richard Anderson).

There was a record turn-out of 17 teams from 10 different schools and the BGS a team of Sam Hallam (captain), Thomas Vamplew, Oliver Cammack and Neelay Sant gave an excellent account of themselves.

A hat-trick of wins:

BGS A	570	Trent College	420
BGS A	440	Kesteven and Grantham Girls	390
BGS A	450	Uppingham School	370

Therefore our lads qualified for the semi-final in a match scheduled to be against Leicester Grammar School. However, the time factor meant that our team had to pull out of the semi-final in order to catch the tram and train back to Boston at 6:44 pm as agreed in advance.

Hard lines for all, but we live to fight again!

The very young BGS B team of David Wardell (captain), Ross Hawkins, Abdullah Ahmed and enthusiastic newcomer Melbin Baby had the bad luck to be drawn against two A teams, scoring 160 against Carre's GS A team's 520. However, the lads managed a creditable 260 against Dixie Grammar School's A team's 580.

GK twins, Zain and Meursaleen Asif proved to be first-rate supporters and special surprise guest star, Ben Hallam (last year's GK club manager) officiated ''hot foot" from Loughborough University! Old boy Michael Mardell (big brother of David) also popped up on the Nottingham station platform from his home town university to cheer us all up after the disappointment of having to leave before the finish.

Special thanks are due to Mrs Rennie for giving up so much of her time to make the trip to Nottingham possible.

Many thanks too to the lads' parents and school management for their support of this highly educational and entertaining event!

RWA 27.11.14

OBA Annual Dinner - Confirmed Details

We now have confirmed details of the Old Bostonian Association Annual Dinner 2015. Following an excellent response to the request for early expressions of interest, we believe we will have outgrown our recent regular venue at the Boston and County Club, so we are returning to the School this year and holding the event in the Assembly Hall. The move should not however impact quality since Julie Holland and her team from the Boston and County Club have given the kitchen facilities at the school their seal of approval and they will be travelling across town to serve us again.

Here are the details, which are also available in the OBA diary.

OBA Annual Dinner

Saturday 28th March 2015- 6:30pm for 7:30pm
Assembly Hall, Boston Grammar School

Guest Speaker:  Richard Anderson (BGS staff 1971-2014)

Dress: Lounge Suits

Tickets £22

Contact Peter Sharman for further details (tel: 01205 353659; president@bostonian.org.uk) 

Menu
(Catering by Julie Holland of the Boston and County Club)

Starter

Homemade Vegetable Soup

Selection of Cold Meats (including haslet and chine)

Prawn Cocktail

Main Course

Mountain's Boston Sausage and Mash

Chicken Breast stuffed with Buffalo Mozzarella and wrapped in Parma Ham

Salmon Fillet with Chardonnay Sauce, garnished with fresh Prawns

Tuscan Bean Crunch (vegetarian)

(all served with Seasonal Vegetables)

Dessert

Bakewell Tart with Custard

Pineapple and Malibu Cheesecake

Cheese and Biscuits

Coffee or Tea and Mints

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The dinner is open to former students of Boston Grammar School together with current and former members of staff at the school, whether or not they are members of the Old Bostonian Association. You may also buy a ticket for a guest (not necessarily being connected to BGS)

If you wish to visit the OBA Museum at the School whilst in Boston please contact Peter Sharman as above to make arrangements.

Please order your tickets as soon as possible. There are three ways to do so:

• by sending the following details to Peter Sharman together with, or followed soon after by, a cheque payable to "Old Bostonian Association"
• by using the form below to order your tickets via PayPal
• via BACS; please contact Peter Sharman for the OBA bank account details

Details required:

• Your name
• Your years at Boston Grammar School
• Number of tickets required
• Your menu choice (each of three courses as above)
• Your address and contact telephone number
• Your email address
• Your guest's name
• Your guest's menu choice

Seating will probably be on tables of 10/12 and we will try, although cannot guarantee, to seat everyone with their peer group – if you know of others attending with whom you would like to sit please name them.

Order form

The dinner has taken place and orders are therefore now closed.