After a three year break the annual Bradfield Society Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament took place on the College’s clay courts in April. Donations from the charity event go to Give It Your Max, set up in memory of OB Max Stotesbury (H 99-04).
The event was supported by parents and pupil partnerships alongside Old Bradfieldian pairings and doubles from the friends of Bradfield community. Among them were Kirsty Richardson (Hamilton-Smith K 97-99), Annie Stratford (J 95-97), Dan Mulligan (C 93-98), Freddie Stotesbury (C 93-98), Brook Stotesbury (C 95-00) and the youngest player being the 10-year-old son of Anna Moss-Gibbons (I 95-97).
The weather was perfect for the event and everyone enjoyed playing their games in the sunshine. The tournament was eventually won by Kristian Hunter (D 99-04), who had been Max’s tennis partner when they were at Bradfield, and his mum Suzanne who had not been back to Bradfield since Commemoration in 2004 on the day Kristian had left the College!
Credit to the talented Longfield family who played in both semi-finals, father Simon and daughter Pippa pairing together with mother Alison and son Marcus winning their semi-final match and making it into the final.
It was a nostalgic close to the tournament with Freddie Stotesbury awarding the prizes and everyone went home happy with their performance and planning to practice and bring along their friends next year. We look forward to hosting it again next summer.
Family pairs of parents and pupils enjoyed an afternoon on the Bradfield College Golf Course on Sunday 24 April in glorious sunshine with some players surprising themselves with their talents at the Family Foursomes Golf Event.
All the parents said they had enjoyed playing on the course immensely, something the pupils are able to enjoy regularly alongside their study programmes. Prizes at the end were awarded in the Clubhouse for Best Gross Score, Best Stableford Score as a pair, Nearest the Pin, Longest Drive and Straightest Drive with Magoo and his son Otis being awarded the most prizes for their play.
A big thank you to Mike Goodwin, Captain of Men’s Golf at the Club, who organised the play on the course. We hope to get a full quota of parents and Old Bradfieldian pairs next year. The Bradfield Society will be on a mission to get some of the ladies’ players from the College and Bradfield community out there and involved too in 2023.
