OBA v BGS Football - Results

The final score for the 2013 match, held on 27 March, was BGS First XI 2 : OBA XI 3. So OBA regain the honours after losing in 2012.

OBA scorers were Lewis Mundt, Tom Baxter and James Munn.

OBA v BGS Football match 2013

Annual Old Boys Football fixture v The School is set for Wednesday 27th March 2013

Supporters welcome!

BGS Class of '81 2013 Reunion

Pat Everitt is organising a reunion for anyone from the year 1974-1981 (not just 6th form).

No venue yet but it will be in Boston. The date (maybe provisional) appears to be 7 September 2013. Full details can be found on Facebook as they emerge.

If you want to be included, please send your details to Pat Everitt. Pass details on to anyone you know who is included.

1981 senior prize-winners

It's been a while since I added an article to the OBA Wiki. I won't bore you with the details of why: partly me feeling not too great, and partly having the sad job of publicising lots of deaths. Anyway, I'm kicking off the wiki again with a photograph of the Boston Grammar School senior prize-winners of 1981. I've named some of them, mainly my own school colleagues, but there are still quite a few left to be named if you feel up to the challenge.

If you've got anything to add on this article or anywhere on the wiki, I encourage you to set up a user account for yourself, roll up your sleeves and get to work on it. You can't do anything seriously wrong - if I see you've accidentally wrecked a page I can restore it, so don't worry that you haven't edited a wiki before.

If you don't feel confident enough to get your hands dirty then just send me an email with the details you would like to add, and I'll apply them as soon as I can.

Alan Reams - Obituary

Alan Reginal "Regie" Reams (BGS 1937-40)

Alan Reams of Fishtoft, passed away peacefully at his home on 23 February 2013, aged 87 years. The funeral service was held at St Guthlac's Church, Fishtoft on Thursday 7 March 2013 at 1:30pm followed by cremation.

Alan was interviewed in 2012 by The Boston Standard about his memories of the 1948 London Olympic Games. About the 2012 games he said "I think we’re very lucky to have the Games – it’s a great event to have and I hope it’s a great success. There is no comparison to the events now. The whole thing only lasted a week and it was pretty amateur compared with today."

General Knowledge success

The Boston Grammar School Junior General Knowledge A Team has won the South Lincs junior challenge general knowledge tournament qualifier, beating Kesteven and Grantham Girls school in the final. They now go on to the regional final.

Thank you to Richard Cammack for sharing this news on Facebook.

Quentin Lockwood - Obituary

William Quentin Lockwood (BGS 1940-45)

Quentin Lockwood died on 5 March 2013, aged 80. He was the son of BGS science teacher, Joseph Whiteley "Laddie" Lockwood (BGS 1924-67).

Quentin was accepted at the Naval College Dartmouth at the age of 13. His career in the Royal Navy saw him rise to the rank of Lieutenant Commander, having served in various parts of the world including Korea and in the Suez Canal area as Captain of a minesweeper and other of Her Majesty's ships.