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OS Lacrosse players from across the globe meet again for a reunion lunch

Old Stopfordian lacrosse players from across the globe meet up for their sixth gathering. Read more here.
4 May 2022
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Former SGS Lacrosse Players 1954-1967
Former SGS Lacrosse Players 1954-1967

We were delighted to hear from Old Stopfordians Martin Tootall, Tom Gare and Gordon Assioun about the latest gathering of former Old Stopfordian lacrosse players.

Martin Tootall (OS 1965) shared:

With a combined age of about 945, twelve old team-mates met for lunch on 21st April 2022.  This time we were joined by two friends from The New Forest area and a former goalkeeper who travelled from California !

 

Old Stopfordians present, clockwise from the left, include:

Brian Travis OS 1961

Richard Fort OS 1967

Gordon Assioun OS 1956

Derek Morton OS 1956

John Partt OS 1965

Tom Gare OS 1957

Martin Tootall OS 1965

Phil Harper OS 1965

John Woollven OS 1968

David Withington OS 1963

Neil Rakestraw OS 1954

Tommy Bowden OS 1957

 

Our thanks to Martin Tootall and Tom Gare for sharing their photographs of the occasion.  It's always wonderful to see Old Stopfordians reuniting.

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