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Asia - OSBs in Asia
This January saw Hong Kong play host to its second Old St Beghian Dinner, making the event an annual tradition! Organiser of the inaugural dinner, James Rebert (SH 91-98) was joined in hosting this year’s event by Laurence Gribble (SH 02-09) and Chris Ma (G 02-09), a trio who have jointly founded Old St Beghians in Asia.
Numbers were up from last year, and with Dacre Watson (SH 56-62) flying in from the UK we were nine in total.
Those in attendance were: Abigail Birkett (née Brown) (L 01-08), Daley Birkett (G 01-08), Laurence Gribble (SH 02-09), Susan Lowrey (L 95-02), Chris Ma (G 02-09), James Rebert (SH 91-98), Vincent Tse (SH 07-09), Dacre Watson (SH 56-62) and Vivian Yuan (L 06-09). It was a pleasure to welcome Dacre to Hong Kong and we must thank him for his updates about the school and its reopening, as well as for his openness and willingness to answer questions from those present.The Dickens Bar (inside The Excelsior) has now become our official local and we look forward to more St Bees evenings there in the future. This year we opted for a private room at Modern China Restaurant, indulging in Pekinese and Shanghainese delights.
We are already looking forward to next year’s dinner, which is scheduled for 27th January in Hong Kong. We hope that even more OSBs will attend and that we can grow the branch, which will be an important link for the school as it prepares to reopen in September 2018.
We are delighted to congratulate Abigail and Daley Birkett on the birth of their daughter Sovanna.
We were also very pleased to see the first official gathering of Old St Beghians in Singapore this year and look forward to future events and opportunities to meet more OSBs in Asia.
Please do get in touch with Laurence Gribble, James Rebert and Chris Ma:
Facebook Group: “Old St Beghians in Asia” https://www.facebook.com/groups/480912405435555/ or
E-mail: OSBinAsia@gmail.com
WhatsApp: +44 7930 258791(Laurence Gribble)
Photos may be seen here.
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The St Beghian Society
St Bees School,
St Bees, Cumbria, CA27 0DS.
Tel: (01946) 828093 Email: osb@stbeesschool.co.uk
Web: www.st-beghian-society.co.uk
