Few could have missed the tragic news of the death of Heath Streak on 3rd September 2023 at the age of 49. Looking around the media landscape, there are so many reports we could quote, but this one from the Telegraph is probably one of the best. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2023/09/03/heath-streak-dead-zimbabwe-colon-cancer-age-49/ Here he (more…)
You may only know him as Black Mamba Man. He’s also Alistair Burton, Tredgold 2004. Here’s his latest song… a clever Zim version of Barbados (remember, Coconut Airways?)… (more…)
If you were at the college in 1979, you will know that Ian Rutledge was Head Boy that year. Since then , he has built a life on a ranch in Zimbabwe with a definite focus on conservation. The ranch is one of the ten properties comprising the Midlands Black (more…)
From the Birmingham Mail Former Birmingham Post sports reporter Mike Ward, who has died at the age of 65, was an “old school journalist” even among old school journalists. He was a fine writer who never shirked the often thankless task of extracting proper, quotable responses from those reluctant to (more…)
Photo credit: Ellen Elmendorp Award-winning journalist, David Beresford, (Hervey 1960 – 1965), passed away in Johannesburg on 22nd April after a long illness (Parkinson’s Disease. He was known and admired by his peers for three things: his dedication to his craft, a complicated personal life, and his capacity to balance the (more…)
Those who remember Julian Pellatt in Hervey from 1969 to 1973 may recall him being just a tad musical. Well nothing has changed, except now he can be found gigging with the Helsby Mountain String Band. Here’s one of their latest uploads to their YouTube Channel – that’s Julian on the (more…)
The Al-Jazeera video above, from November 2014, features Martin Wheeler (Oates 1995-2000), along with the text below by Russell Beard. Good to know one of our own is doing so much good. Martin Wheeler, otherwise known as Birdman, has always had a passion for birds. The Kenyan-born ‘local hero’ runs (more…)
Last Sunday (28th June) Andy Whittall led a fine team of FOBs (and a couple of ringers!) to victory over Peterhouse at Radley College, Oxford. Final score… Falcon 245 for 8Peterhouse 218 all out in the 30th overMan of the Match was David Lashbrook for his 5 wickets. (more…)
Sad news of a well-known Falcon Old Boy over the weekend http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11673939/Graham-Lord-writer-obituary.html (more…)
For any of you who remember Gary Reeve-Johnson (Founders 1984), he has a book for you all – “Spindrift – Swept from Zimbabwe” – published under the shortened name of Lloyd Johnson (Lloyd being his middle name). About the bookA story of humanity, resilience and courage against the backdrop of Robert (more…)
This book is an anecdotal memoir of my life as a young lad in Rhodesia, remembering the people and places that influenced me from an early age. The book reflects on my life of privilege in a society that was facing increasing pressures from the outside world. Then there is (more…)