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2007
Ione Braddick (M, 2002-2007)
is a Project Architect at the six-
person practice Archio Ltd, who
were shortlisted for BD Young
Architect of the Year 2016. The
Young Architect of the Year
Award recognises the most
promising new architectural
practice in the European Union,
and is open to fully qualified
architects who have been in
practice for 12 years or less.
Ione writes: “It is one of the
most prestigious awards in our
industry and as you can imagine
we were pretty thrilled to make
it to the last eight. We are
delighted with this recognition
for our hard-working team, our
projects and our clients.” For
more information on Archio or
any of their current or future
projects, please feel free to get in
touch with Ione at ibraddick@
or visit their website:
2007
AlexWiggins (A, 2002-2007) is a Sports
Massage Therapist and founder of
Oxford Sports and Remedial Massage
( , a ‘home-visit’
massage service.
2010
Christopher Burrows (B, 2005-2010) is
an organist and organ consultant to Downe
House, and has completed his PhD on
Brahms’ Requiem.
Grace Robinson (K, 2005-2010) writes: “I
had always wanted to cycle the length of the
country, and naturally, I decided to do top-
to-bottom as in my head it seemed downhill
and subsequently easier. Little did I know it is
in fact harder! Alongside my cycling partner,
Tom Pottage, an old friend and Salisbury’s
answer to Bradley Wiggins, my legs would
have to work double time to keep up, but
his bike fixing skill sealed the deal. We chose
two charities to support, the Injured Players
Foundation and Wings for Life. A mutual
friend of ours, Jack Fishwick, went into a ruck
in 2013 and was badly injured and he is now
paralyzed from the armpits down. It really hit
home, for both Tom and I, and we wanted
to help Jack in any way we could and others
like him. Overall, we raised just over £3000
between us and every single penny got split
between the two charities. John O’Groats
to Lands End took 12 days in total and my
inner geographer took a lot of delight in
getting massive maps out and studying them
in conjunction with various cycle touring
routes and blogs from other end-to-enders.
We started at Duncansby Head, the most
northern tip of the UK. I decided that we
would try to stay with as many friends across
the country as possible to keep the cost
down, and to get periodic “pick-me-ups”. In
total, we managed to stay with eight friends
along the way, including a friend from South
Africa, some of the Worcester Warriors
Rugby players, Durham University friends,
Salisbury friends, School friends, family-
friends and various friends’ parents at their
family homes. We thought Scotland was hilly
but it was nothing in comparison to Devon,
and to add insult to injury the weather was
dreadful. Ironically, we had bright sunshine
the entire way through Scotland getting
sunburnt and dehydrated but as soon as
we hit the border, the weather turned and
was against us until five miles before the
end. We had torrential rain for most of the
trip and a head wind that was like cycling
into a tornado. We crossed the finishing
ribbon and had a bottle of Champagne on
ice waiting for us with family and friends. It
was very surreal finishing the trip, knowing
we had cycled 1198 miles non-stop, that
we had actually done it without a row or
major bike issues and with only
one fall, one knock by a car
and one puncture. It was quite
overwhelming coming up over
the brow of the hill and seeing
the Land’s End building and as
we did so, the sun came out for
our finish! I can honestly say I
loved every second of it, and
am now a triathlete converted
to cyclist. Although lonely
at times (conversation does
deteriorate when there are only
two of you and you are quite
literally spending 24 hours a
day together), we saw some
beautiful scenery, experienced
parts of the UK we wouldn’t
normally have had a chance to
visit, met some amazing people,
and encountered so much
kindness along the way. I can
now say I am officially an End-
to-Ender!
2012
Patrick Burrows (B, 2007-2012) is
teaching German to Jordanian children,
and is now fluent in Arabic, German and
Persian.
2011
Max Narula (A, 2006-2011) graduated
from Guildhall School of Music and
Drama in July 2014 with a First Class
degree in Technical Theatre: Lighting
Design, also winning the Gold Medal for
that year. Afterwards, in October, he
won the Association of Lighting
Designers Michael Northen Bursary for
emerging Lighting Designers. He now
works as a freelance Lighting Designer
and Lighting Programmer for opera,
ballet, plays and musicals in the UK and
internationally, recently working on Elf
the Musical, Rebecca (UK Tour), and with
English Touring Opera and the Royal
Opera House.
2013
Sam MacDonald-Smith (H, 2008-
2013) was commissioned on Saturday
1st August 2015 as a Reserve Officer
from RMA Sandhurst after completing an
8-week intensive course. He is now a 2nd
Lieutenant at Northumbrian UOTC for his
final year at Durham University before a
gap year and Regular Sandhurst beginning
in May 2017.
V A L E T E
O S E N E W S
Grace Robinson