A warm, sunny day at Hadley Wood Golf Club in Hertfordshire saw 5 Salopian pairs assemble to re-join battle with the Old Cholmeleians in what has become an annual fixture. Despite being the ‘locals’, Highgate’s ...

The Vogalonga is a thirty-two kilometre row around Venice in which some two thousand rowing boats, canoes, gondolas and Chinese dragon boats take part each Whit Sunday. The route of the row takes you from in front of...

The OSYC will be again be entering a Shrewsbury boat in the Arrow Trophy (13-14 October 2018).   The Arrow Trophy is a sailing competition between independent schools, raced as an annual weekend regatta, wi...

Many Runners challenge themselves with new quests, taking on new training regimes, to make that ‘extra distance’ easier to conquer, or perhaps making changes to their running gear, to be more comfortable and effic...

A busy Shrewsbury Regatta was the backdrop to this year’s Sabrina family day.  Many Salopian oarsmen and women from all generations, gathered to enjoy the hog roast and Pimms that were supplied by the Sabrina ...

St George’s College hosted our qualifying round of the Public Schools Old Boys' L.T.A. D’Abernon Cup. The college has a fantastic facility with four indoor courts, and Shrewsbury was represented by former school d...

After the dust had settled over an unexpectedly triumphant end to our last season a series of painful questions soon came to the fore for the O.S Squash team: Were we condemned to sit at second-bottom place (perched p...

The Old Salopian Football Club Dinner is always one of the social highlights of the spring, and this one, attended both by OS footballers and a growing number of OS girls, proved no exception. In the traditional venue...

Footballers vs Golfers......

The annual Fathers and Sons Competition (Aberconway Cup) took place on Sunday 15 April 2018.  Salopians were victors once again with myself, Chris Hughes (SH 2004-09) and my father (SH 1975-80) winning – beatin...

  Anthony Parsons (Rt 1959-64), known as 'AP1' to quote one of the more printable of his soubriquets: Buckinghamshire Amateur Match Play Champion (twice), 'Snips' was a member of the winning Berks, Bucks and Oxo...

Sabrina's racing season is under way! Last Sunday, following our participation earlier in the year in the Wallingford and Wycliff Head of the River races, the Sabrina Eight competed in the Tideway Head. For once th...