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From Shy Swimmer to Rugby Captain

Chelsea Nichols

Oud Metha 2007–2013 | College 2013–2021

The shy girl in the ankle-length red and white striped dress who walked through the Oud Metha gates into FS2 in 2007 was nowhere to be found in the confident young woman who left as Head Girl and Rugby Captain in 2021.

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When the Plan Falls Apart

Anthony Drayson

College 2016

When Anthony Drayson opened MotoZone's doors in January 2020, he had a clear vision. He wanted to create a base for people who love the desert and the machines that move through it.

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Plane Speaking

Maisy Baker

Oud Metha 2010–2017

It's hard to avoid referring to Maisy Baker as anything other than one of our true highfliers.

Especially now that she's almost completed her pilot's licence training back in her native Australia.

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FAITH, FOOTWORK AND THE LONG GAME

If you want to understand how the story of Jimmy Poon has unfolded, start at the DESS Oud Metha school gates. Not today - though he’s often there picking up his own children. But way back in 1985, when a young Jimmy first stepped through them as a DESS student.

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