Old Princethorpians

Old Princethorpian, Phillip Tomson, got married to fiancee. Mary Doherty. on Wednesday 30 December at Our Lady of the Angels Chapel, Princethorpe.

The nuptial mass was celebrated by Fr Joe McGee who was chaplain at the school when Phillip was a pupil (1988-1994). One of Phillip's ushers was another former pupil, Phil New, now himself a teacher and a recently appointed deputy head in Bedfordshire.

After the ceremony guests warmed up with mulled wine and mince pies before sitting down for a sumptuous wedding breakfast in the new sixth form centre. Everyone then moved to the refectory for a spectacular candlelit musical performance by soloist Amelia Brown, and some entertaining speeches. The party continued with a live band, a DJ and dancing well into the night!

The day was a huge sucess and the bride and groom would like to thank both the school and the parish for welcoming them with open arms. It's a venue to be recommended! After many hours of planning and preparation all went off well and It was a truly magnificent occasion!

It was with great sadness that Old Princethorpians learnt of the death of Stewart Paterson, who attended Princethorpe between 1982-1987.

His brother Richard informed us that Stewart, or Pat as he was known, passed away on the 6 April 2009 at his home in Rugby.

Richard said of his brother, "Pat was much loved and will be sadly missed."

Richard has set up a Facebook profile for Pat's friends to share thoughts, stories and photos of Pat, profile name Pat Paterson e-mail pat7009@btinternet.com.

Stephen Yeung, who attended Princethorpe from 1971 to 1974, married Jenny Lui on 28 October 2009 in Hong Kong.

It was a bit of a Princethorpe affair as fellow OP and long standing friend Andrew Wang was the civil celebrant who married them.

After leaving Princethorpe, Stephen studied architecture at Liverpool University. After qualifiying he practised in London for six years before returning to Hong Kong.

Our congratulations go to the happy couple!