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Events Summaries

02/10/2010 - OBA York Dinner

09/10/2010 - 1985 Reunion Dinner

29/10/2010 - OBA West Country Dinner

05/11/2010 - OBA Scottish Dinner

24/11/2010 - Jesus Christ Superstar

04/02/2011 - Crosby Dinner

11/03/2011 - OBA AGM

13/05/2011 - Cambridge OCA dinner

The Governors, Headmaster & Headmistress

warmly invite you to a

Joint 25th Anniversary Leavers’ Reunion Dinner

on Saturday, 09 October 2010

in the Centenary Hall, Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School

4.00 pm – 5.45 pm Afternoon Tea in the Library at MTBS

6.00 pm for tour of either MTGS or MTBS

7.00 pm for drinks in the MTGS Dining Room

7.30 pm Dinner

RSVP by Friday, 17 September to Marketing & Development Office. Telephone 0151 949 9351 or email devoffice@merchanttaylors.com

News Summaries

19 Jul 2010 - The Governors, Headmaster & Headmistress warmly invite you to a Joint 25th Anniversary Leavers’ Reunion Dinner

11 Jun 2010 - This year seven young men, or nearly 10% of Year 13, have received offers to study Medicine and Dentistry, what are now, more than ever before, the most competitive options for university admission.

21 May 2010 - Don't miss this fundraiser! Professional musicians with a licensed bar

30 Jun 2010 - Former pupil, Rob Cotton ran in the 100k challenge supporting NSPCC Hear Our Cry appeal.

6 Apr 2010 - Old Girl Joanne Mercer, will take on Kilimanjaro to raise money for Childreach International, which helps children in deprived countries.

23 Mar 2010 - We are delighted to announce the building of a new £5.5 million sports centre, to be completed for the new school year starting September 2011.

15 Mar 2010 - Merchant Taylors' has been proud to sponsor four Old Boys as they prepare to break a football world record.

25 Feb 2010 - Old Boy Ian Bayley has placed himself at the top of the class after winning Radio 4’s prestigious Brain of Britain competition. Oxford-educated Ian, who is remarkably only in his early thirties, scored more points than the other four finalists combined an

1 Feb 2010 - Henry Seal is taking part in an expedition to Everest Base Camp and Hollie Sheriff and her sister Laura are raising money for Helen & Douglas House

22 Jan 2010 - Ex-Merchants’ entrepreneur, Barrie Wells, revealed plans to roll-out a scheme aimed at boosting Britain’s chances of podium success at the 2012 London Olympics.

15 Jan 2010 - Old Girl Victoria Brand (nee Duxfield) and her husband Paul

9 Dec 2009 - Our current generation of Economists were given a fly on the wall’s view of the melt-down in the world’s financial institutions when Old Boy Graham Broyd came in to talk to Sixth Form students.

2 Dec 2009 - The Crosby Committee of the Macmillan Nurses Cancer Appeal were all ears when they were given a repeat performance of our Junior School's ‘Songs from the Shows' that raised £2,024.25 last year.

11 Nov 2009 - Merchant Taylors’ Junior Boys entered a team in the Sefton Triathlon and won the trophy for best NW independent boys' school.

5 Nov 2009 - RAF cadets had the opportunity to try their hand at flying a small tutor plane over Southport

19 Oct 2009 - As one exciting exhibition ends at our Vitreum Art Gallery based at the Senior Girls’ School, another begins.

9 Oct 2009 - We have been delighted to welcome back emerging British screen actor Samuel Roukin

5 Oct 2009 - What is an Old Boy doing in Anchorage, Alaska?

25 Sep 2009 - A Note from The Big Apple……John P. Moore PhD

16 Sep 2009 - Merchant Taylors' Oldest Old Girl turns 100 this week. Happy Birthday to Olga Whitlow!

10 Sep 2009 - A Level students at the Senior Boys' School enjoyed a 100% pass rate with a staggering 82% of all grades at A and B. Indeed over half of all examinations taken resulted in A grades for the Merchants' marvels. This is a massive 12% jump on last year's 70%

22 Jul 2009 - Old Boy Volcanologist Jonathan Stone is spending next six months on Montserrat monitoring the steadily erupting volcano that has devastated life on the once idyllic Caribbean island.

30 Jun 2010 - Ian (MJ) Voce, an Old Boy of Merchant Taylors' Boys' School (1972-1979), has died suddenly on 30th June 2009.

30 Jun 2010 - Gareth Roberts AM, B.ARCH, MCD, LFRAIA, OCM (1940 - 1946), who died suddenly on June 4th 2009 at home in Turramurra, Sydney, went on from Merchant Taylors' Boys' School to have an exceptional career in architecture.

30 Jun 2010 - On Wednesday 13th May, MTGS were thrilled to welcome back former girl of the school, Jane Garvey

30 Jun 2010 - Liverpool’s oldest piece of indigenous pottery has been rediscovered after it was found in a skip by Merchant Taylors’ maintenance man Jimmy Horrocks.

20 May 2009 - The Boat Club's Black and Gold Ball will take place on 27 June 2009. Book your table now!

11 May 2009 - On May 9th 2009, Chris Little will be running as part of a charity group ‘the Angry Swans’ from Crosby Marina to the Southport Marine Lake, to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK, the Woodlands Hospice and Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology who were all inv

30 Jun 2010 - A sustainable career for Martyn Collins that has led him into the heart of the Amazon Rainforest.......

23 Mar 2009 - The Wooden Spoon joined forces with Merchant Taylors' Rugby Club to host a ‘Sporting Dinner' in March

5 Mar 2009 - Over 90 guests attended the Old Boys’ Association Crosby Dinner in February.

20 Feb 2009 - Thirteen young Merchants' boys and girls will be progressing to Oxbridge Colleges dependent on their A Level grades.

11 Feb 2009 - Merchant Taylors’ School Hockey team fell narrowly short of retaining the North West Under 18 Cup which they won last season.

27 Jan 2009 - A Sporting Dinner

20 Jan 2009 - If anyone knows of any Old Crosbeians who died on active service and would like them commemorated on the website, please write to the President, c/o the school, with the details.

26 Jan 2009 - The Heads of all of the Schools and the Head Girls and Boys attended the prestigious Doctors’ Day Dinner in London.

4 Mar 2010 - Meet the team who deal with all your Merchants Connected and alumni queries.

5 Jan 2009 - After thirty-six years, MTGS has reinstated their house system.

26 Nov 2008 - The Merchant Taylors' Junior and Senior Boys' Schools' Parents' Association's calendar is now for sale

19 Nov 2008 - Beverley Seddon recently wed Alex Peterson at Soughton Hall near Mold

5 Nov 2008 - Just to prove that MTGS and MTBS 'go together like'...well like Danny and Sandy; this year's Joint Schools' Musical Extravaganza is, of course, Grease!

5 Nov 2008 - Sarah Wallace, daughter of Ian Wallace and MTGS Hockey Captain 1996, will be marrying Graham Ball, MTS Head Boy 1995.

28 Oct 2008 -

4 Mar 2010 - Sue Thompson (1979) and Richard wed. See photos.

21 Oct 2008 - The OC Glee Club in full voice at the OMT dinner in York.

4 Mar 2010 - Leavers from 1978-84 share memories over a meal at the Reunion Dinner 2008.

16 Mar 2009 - Merchant Taylors' Girls' School are holding a literary supper on Monday 27 April 2009 with the Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, as a guest speaker.

4 Mar 2010 - Peter Mittler and Roy Willis (1948 cohort) meet up in Venice, 60 years after leaving Merchants.