I'm very sad to advise that Richard ‘Dick’ Seal died on 16^th April 2013, aged 91. He died peacefully after a short illness and his family enjoyed some quality time with him in his final days.

He was at school during the 30's and was well known as the mainstay of the athletics club, as a sprinter, winning the  'Victor Ludorum' cup in his latter years and running at both the White City and Crystal Palace. He also played rugby for the school and Old Boys’ first XVs and was a prolific scoring and hard tackling wing three-quarter whose contemporaries included, Nobbly Tanner, Ron Benge, ‘Jumbo’ Jackman, Kenneth Blessley and Charlie Amstein.

Shortly after the outbreak of war and after a short time working in the London insurance industry for the London and Lancashire, he joined the RAF where he was trained as a sergeant radio operator/navigator. There he met his wife Audrey, who survives him. After the war he returned to the City and worked all his career in the insurance industry, latterly as Head of Underwriting at the Royal Insurance in West London.

Dick’s sons, Gerry and Jon both attended Habs and were taught by some of Dick’s teachers; notably Messrs Paske, Dudderidge and Crossman.

On retirement Dick and Audrey retired to Milford-on-Sea where they spent many happy years together before, quite recently, illness sadly led to their move to specialist care homes. His brother John H. Seal, sons Gerald R. L. Seal and Jonathan M. G. Seal, together with his much-loved grandchildren, family, friends and carers attended his funeral on 29th April in Hedge End, Hampshire. Tributes and eulogies consistently referred to a ‘kind and caring, true gentleman’.

Reports and Photos from recent events since November 2012 have been added to the Events Archive.

The events include the OHCC dinner, the Father and Sons dinner, the 1990's reunion event, the 1970's reunion at the School, the Past Presidents lunch and the OHRFC Past Players lunches.

It is with great regret that I have to inform you that Colin Paterson died on April 14th 2013.

Please follow this link (go down to 1948) to read his obituary taken from The Scotsman, published 22nd April 2013.