Moulsford’s Annual Sporting Lunch was held at the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) on Pall Mall in London on Friday 14th November, with over 180 people attending.  It was fantastic to see so many Moulsford parents, past and present, as well as staff from Abingdon, Bloxham, Bradfield, Cheltenham, Eton, Harrow, Marlborough, Pangbourne, Radley, Rugby, Sherborne, Shiplake College, St Edward’s Oxford, Stowe, Wellington and Winchester.

Former England and Bath rugby player David Flatman was joined this year by Andy Powell, retired Welsh rugby player and former British & Irish Lion, who had the assembled crowd roaring with laughter with tales of his playing career. I am not sure anyone will view a golf cart in the same way!

As well as being a social event, the Sporting Lunch provides an opportunity to fundraise.  Flats ran an auction of varied and unique lots including a fabulous ski chalet in Morzine for a week, a stay in a South Africa game reserve, a Land Rover driving experience, VIP tickets to Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club and a fourball golf day at Foxhills (with rumours that Andy Powell might drive the golf cart!).

The quiz was taken online this year, and was hotly contested but ultimately won by James Banks and his table. Congratulations to them all!

The charity chosen to benefit from this year’s fundraising is Inspire Children and Youth, which is the organisation being supported by the Moulsford South Africa Rugby Tour 2026. Based north of Cape Town, it nurtures dreams, inspires rural people to achieve, and creates safe spaces for children and young people to thrive, providing food, shelter, toilets and a range of activities and projects for rural farm children and their families.

Huge thanks go to all those involved in the organisation of the lunch, our generous donors of auction and raffle prizes, our main sponsor Frizzell Wealth Management and sub sponsor Edwin Doran and to those who supported by attending the event.  Overall, the event raised in the region of £30,000 for the charity.