Ophelia and Ibis in Sydney

Welcome to the area of the website specially designed to keep Old Delphinians in touch and informed!

If you are a former pupil of Dolphin School in Hurst you will be able to access details on this site which will let you know what your former classmates are up to now and what's currently happening at Dolphin.

If we do not have your up to date contact details, or you have any news you could share with us, please let us know so that we can update our records!

Jesse Johnson's latest film Charlie Valentine has just opened.  Jesse both wrote and directed it and the story behind how it came to be is fascinating.  The idea came to him after he met his father for the first time last year.  To read an interesting interview click  the link below.  The film was invited to the Cannes Film Festival where it was well received.  It won the prize for the best screen writer at the Monaco Film Fesitval.  His wife Jamie, a photographer, has also bee invited to show her work at Cannes at the same time!  http://www.beyondhollywood.com/dvd-giveaway-rick-yune-in-the-fifth-commandment His previous film Greenstreet 2 came out last year.   

CLAIRE TAYLOR SCORES A FIRST!

Claire Taylor has become the first woman in the 120 year history of WISDEN to be selected as one of its five Cricketers of the Year.  This unprecendented honour is based on her perfomance in 2008 when she finished the year as Number One Woman Batsman in the World and batted England to victory in the Ashes played in Australia.  The Wisden editor said, 'beating Australia in Australia is the objective for all cricketers, at least in England, and Claire almost single-handedly saw England through to victory...Taylor has been chosen on merit, for being preeminent in her form of the game.'  The other English cricketer seelcted was bowler Jimmie Anderson.

This year  (2009) Claire went on to be named player of the tournament for her part in securing England's victory over New Zealand in the World Cup final on Sunday 22nd March.  She scored one century and two half centuries and made 324 runs at an average of 64.80.  The Wisden selection was only announced this week (April) but Claire has known for months.

Claire has three times been nominated for international player of the year and was the first woman to hit a century in a one day match at Lords.  On this occasion in 2006 she hit 156 which was the highest one day total ever, eclipsing the previous high of 138 scored here by Viv Richards in the 1979 World Cup.

We are delighted to report that Hugh Welchman, class of '88, has won an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film for his Peter and the Wolf at the 2008 Academy Awards. 

Old Delphinian Eshe Nelson, Class of 2004, is a regular teenage columnist with the Reading Post. In September as Eshe entred the sixth form herself, she reported on the challenges young people face in planning their future education and careers.

Thank you to all Old Delphinians and their parents who joined us to celebrate Heather Brough's distinguished career at Dolphin on the evening of Thursday 29th March 2007. It was a magical evening of entertainment and reminiscence.

To see pictures of the event click here.

A fascinating account of the early years and development of Dolphin School told with the help of almost 300 photographs!