OWA
This year, the annual OWA Dinner is to take place on Saturday 30th June 2012. To mark the quincentenary, the event will be a little bit special and so we advise early booking. For further details and a booking form go to: OWA Dinner 2012
The Old Wulfrunian Association
The Association can trace its origins, via the School magazine, back to the time when the School moved to Compton Road. As such, it has provided a valued way of helping former pupils to keep in touch with each other through sporting and social activities, the principal of which is the Annual Dinner held, usually, at the beginning of March, at the School.
The sporting and social activities are centred at Castlecroft, at the Memorial Grounds, which were purchased just after the Second World War. The cricket and football clubs play their fixtures there, but the Hockey Club, following the advent of Astroturf, is obliged to use the school and other facilities. There is a project under consideration which would enhance the facilities, including the building of an astro-pitch, but, as yet, this scheme is still in its infancy.
The Association is open to all former pupils and members of the teaching staff. In order to assist in providing funds for the upkeep of Castlecroft, there is a nominal annual membership fee of £10 and membership and bank standing order forms are available. Part of the funds are utilised to produce a magazine entitled The Old Wulfrunian, which seeks to provide current information for its members and also to revive nostalgic memories of schooldays.
In response to changing times and circumstances the Old Wulfrunians Club altered its constitution a few years ago and is now an open club. Apart from providing after match facilities, there is also a function room capable of holding approximately 90 people, depending on the function, and a snooker room, housing two good quality tables.
The Club maintains its own membership, with an annual subscription of £30, but no charge is made to members under the age of 21 or still in full-time education. The clubhouse, being set in its delightful surroundings, makes an excellent venue and we would urge former pupils to visit us and take advantage of the facilities provided by earlier generations of Old Wulfrunians.
The building was erected in 1967 following the decision to move from the original rented accommodation above Barclays Bank in Queen Square.
The following are the present officers of the Association and the Club:
Old Wufrunians Association
253a Castlecroft Road
Castlecroft
Wolverhampton. WV3 8NA
Vice-Chairman: M J Hughes
Secretary: R Lowbridge
Assistant Secretary: S Ross
Membership Secretary: D J Winzor (email: dwinzor@blueyonder.co.uk)
Treasurer: A J Phillips
Chairman: S Ross
Treasurer: A J Phillips
Information on the above may be obtained by writing to any of the above at the Castlecroft address or by emailing:
David Cook: dcook@loki-uk.com
David Pointon: dave_pointon@yahoo.co.uk
Robin Lowbridge: robinlow@aol.com
Tony Phillips: ajpow@blueyonder.co.uk
