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Welcome to the home of the Hurstpierpoint College Old Johnian's Club
Know to all as The OJs, the club is the oldest continuously functioning school alumnus association in the UK, The Hurst Johnian Club was founded in 1877 and can trace its history back to the founding of Hurstpierpoint College in 1849. Every Hurst College alumnus now automatically becomes a member of The OJ Club.
The Club is governed by a volunteer committee which meets quarterly. Its aim is to encourage and support a broad church of interests from professional to social, sporting to historical and the arts appealing to OJ’s near and far from our youngest members to those well into mid-life and beyond.
The OJ Club is the largest and most active element of the Hurst Foundation, created in 2018 to connect, collaborate and celebrate with alumnae, past staff and parents.
Ben Searls
President 2022-2025
I hope you like our website- it's come a long way in the last three years! It's a live document, a work in progress, so please do engage with me if you have any suggestions that would further improve it!
Likewise, if you want to get involved in the OJ Club Committee, have suggestions for events, get-togethers or activities do please give me a shout
bensearls@hotmail.com
Ben Searls
President 2022-2025
I hope you like our website- it's come a long way in the last three years! It's a live document, a work in progress, so please do engage with me if you have any suggestions that would further improve it!
Likewise, if you want to get involved in the OJ Club Committee, have suggestions for events, get-togethers or activities do please give me a shout
bensearls@hotmail.com
The OJ Club Committee
Ellen Franks; Grace Couchman; Stuart Ruff; Robert Ebdon; Mary-Lou Rowland; Molly Hills; John Bettridge; Rob Kift; Ed Fairfax; Annie Slatter
The OJ Officers
President - Ben Searls
Vice President - Oli Rodbourne
Honorary Treasurer - Nick Paddenburg
Honorary Secretary - Sebastian Probert-Broster
Past President - Ian Buckeridge
Non-elected roles can be found here.
Useful links
To download the AGM Documents, please click here.
To download the OJ Club Constitution, please click here.
To view the Obituaries for 2014-2021, please click the button below.
The Club Committee has made two late awards for the 2021-22 financial year More...
Look out for some of their stories in this year's Hurst Johnian Club Newsletter Magazine, brought to you by the Hurst Foundation this December. More...
Details of awards for this year More...
An appreciation of her life and contribution to the school by John Bettridge More...
A chance for OJs to meet and enjoy a day in the hospitality area,“Cow Corner” at the First Central County Ground, Hove. More...
Donated by OJ Club in commemoration of the many years of service to Hurst of Derek Semmence who, for many years, was groundsman and cricket profession… More...
https://youtu.be/DcI2NaEG6KA More...
2022 Summer Meeting at the RAC Epsom More...
Oscar's gap year at the cricket academy in Sydney. More...
