We regret to announce the passing away of Ken Sears on 9 November 2014. Ken was a long standing member of the OBA committee and will be sadly missed. More details of Ken's life and contribution to the Old Boys will be added shortly.
The funeral took place on Thursday 20th November 2014 at 2-30pm at Hope Street Church, Sheerness.
Looking back 25 years, it transpires that our guest speaker at the 2015 Dinner, Dennis Fowle, contributed an article to the Maroon that year. With apologies to Dennis if he planned to use this article as the draft for his speech!!
Looking back 25 years, it transpires that our guest speaker at the 2015 Dinner, Dennis Fowle, contributed an article to the Maroon that year. With apologies to Dennis if he planned to use this article as the draft for his speech!!
Were you a Borden pupil 25 years ago? When there were no First or Second Formers (or should that be Year 7 and Year 8 students in modern terms?) wandering the corridors. If so, you may find the 1989 Borden School magazine, reproduced below, of interest. Do any of the reports within the magazine jog memories? Feel free to share your thoughts with other Old Boys by sending them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and I'll publish on this website.
I've just worked out the average age of an Old Bordenian Association Committee Member. It is 107.333 recurring. Mark you, I only just scraped a Pass in Maths, but the figure I've arrived at seems entirely plausible to me. After all, most of us have been on the Committee for 70 or 80 years. Well, it seems like it.....
Simon Robbins, Old Bordenian and current Borden Grammar School teacher, has been selected for the England over 55s Hockey Squad. Further details can be found on the Old Bordenian Hockey Club website - Click Here.
Comment from John Gibbard, who left Borden in 1996, re Marion Minhall. To see full article and comment, click here
We have just sadly heard that Marion Minhall, a former teacher at the school, has passed away after a short illness. Our sympathy and condolences are with her family.
For the past few months, Colin Wiles and Bill Bailey have been organising a reunion to "celebrate" leaving Borden Grammar School 50 years ago.This took place on Friday 6 June 2014 and Bill has produced the following report of the event:
We have received information regarding the exploits of an Old Bordenian via a former teacher of the school (Les Olive, who was the guest speaker at the last OBA Reunion Dinner). Les's email is reproduced below.
It is tempting to file exactly the same end of season report as last year’s having experienced two remarkably similar back to back seasons in the Sittingbourne 5-a- side League. However ....