Issue 17 - 2008 Next Year’s Past v. Present is the Sixtieth! Put it in your diaries now!! Saturday, February 14th, 2009 – with partners Not so much a glitch this year as an enforced change of format. Because Magdalene were unable to... read more
Issue 16 - 2007 Next Year’s Past v. Present: Saturday, February 2nd 2008 (a week early!) No Past versus Present passes without at least the threat of a major glitch. This year was no exception, as the building contractors at Oundle decided... read more
Past and Present Nr 15 2006 Better than Masterchef and Bigger than Big Brother! \r\n Next Year’s Past v. Present: Saturday, February 17th 2007 This is the year of Cambridge’s 50th victory, in the 76th Varsity Match, and therefore a... read more
Past and Present Nr 14 2005 While the Match Manager was in the early stages of planning for this year’s 56th gathering of Sparrows at Magdalene, he received news from Australia of the first Branch (no pun intended?) Dinner held in... read more
Past and Present Nr 13 2004 The Match: After a few seasons where the younger Sparrows were not well represented, it was good to see Joe Gribble pushed into the ‘Senior Player’ category by youngsters Paddy d’Ancona, James Birch,... read more