Harper Life 2019 - Alumni Magazine

26th year teaching and I am the Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for Staff Development at Penyrheol Comprehensive School, Gorseinon, Swansea. I am also co owner of a holiday let property, own 4.5 acres of woodland that I manage for conservation purposes, still play hockey (Swansea) having been Men’s Hockey Captain when at Harper Adams and help out at a local farmwhere I keep 4 cattle. I stood for Parliament for the Liberal Democrats on Gower in the General Elections of 1997 and 2017 and in the first election to the Welsh Assembly in 1999; was Clerk to Reynoldston Community Council for 21 years, a Councillor there for 4 years and then on Mawr CC for 4 years; was Chairman of Mawr Development Trust (now defunct) and a School Governor for 17 years or so. Rupert Caplat 1990-1994 Currently Engineering Manager of Linde Hydraulics Ltd in Abingdon since 2004. Also Chairman of the Western Branch of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers since 2014. Got married for the second time in 2017 to Alison and we are both encouraging my younger stepson to study at Harper! I keep in regular contact with my fellow student on B.Eng 1990-1994. Caroline Masson (Whiteman) 1993-1996 Still living the dream in beautiful South Shropshire. Married Mark in October 2017, and we have just waved our little girl Olivia off for her first day at School. I amCompany Secretary for the local Machinery Ring (SASTAK Ltd) and also love helping out on the family farm - beef, sheep and holiday barn. Regularly see many Shropshire HA alumni out and about. Neville Woods 1995-1998 Married with three children aged 10, 8 and 5. Working with DAERA Jennifer Baur (Wüstefeld) 1996-2000 A year ago I packed in my office job off-farm and have started fulltime at home, mainly managing our dairy herd, the conversion to robotic milking and keeping busy with kids and household. Have just successfully passed my exprienced tractor driving certificate with Fendt Vario and am ever so thrilled! Kate Ody 1996-2000 Having moved to New Zealand in 2010 to work in the agricultural environmental space, I’m finally taking a career break to look after my baby girl Emily who was born in July. My partner, AndrewMetherell, is from a farming family and is currently involved in the family dairy farm in South Otago, so there are a few trips south from our home in Christchurch. Hannah and AndrewMahon (Middleton) Hannah – 1999-2003 Andrew – 1994-1998 Andrew and Hannah have set up a business called Oz Overboots (www. ozoverboots.co.uk ). The business predominantly sells a variety of sox savers that keep muck out of your boots when wearing shorts, but also sells a selection of workwear. Andrew is still also FarmManager at The Bromborough Estate Company in Bedfordshire, while Hannah gave up working in property management to focus on the business and being a mum to their three boys. Alex Law 1999-2003 BSc (Hons) Agric. My wife Eleanor gave birth to our first child Henry Law on the 20th September 2019 weighing 9 lb 6 oz. We are delighted with him and are all settling into life at Castle Farm. Rachel Sandells 2000-2004 Just started my graduate diploma in law, decided to have a career change post children from accountant management in the chilled food sector to practicing law! Jason Cantrill & Fiona (nee Sands) 2002-2006, Jason and Fiona welcomed Phillipa and William into the world on 27th December 2018. Laura Marlow, 2007-2011 Currently working as a head surgical veterinary nurse in the beautiful Cayman Islands where it’s sunny all day every day and I get to scuba dive in my spare time... Life is good! Wedding of Pete Hatley 1999 – 2003 Agric , September 2019. Majority of those pictured were students in 1999 to 2003. L-R Joanna Hosdell,, Hannah Moule/Collins, Realm, Lucinda Bartlett/Eames, REALM, AndrewHolt, Agric Oliver Whittal, Agric, Billy Hosdell, Peter Hatley, Agric, Bill Sparey, Cheryl Warren, Liz Press, Agric with Animal Science, Louise Wilkinson, Robert Wilkinson (Rodney), Rachael Heath/Walker, REALM, George Mount, AGRIC.