Dame Alice Owen's School

Old Owen's Association - www.oldowens.com

Enquiries to Managers, Mr John Clark or Mrs Lynn Clark at:

Old Owen's Sports Ground, Coopers Lane, Northaw, Nr Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 4NF

Clubhouse Telephone: 01707 644211 Mrs Lynn Clark Mobile: 07766 535567 Clubhouse Email: jlcowens@gmail.com

A really excellent environment for sporting and social occasions!
The Old Owen's Association is based at Old Owen's Sports Ground - full membership is open to all Old Owenians whether you are in the local area or have moved away. Local residents sometimes join as Associate members to hire facilities. The aim of the Old Owen's Association is to provide a wide range of facilities to its members, and a social forum for local Old Owenians to stay in touch. Membership fees are used to support the facilities.

As a member you:

• Become a co-owner and guardian of the facilities
• Can join in the many activities such as football, cricket, darts, pool and league cribbage or even set up your own activities (members often hold birthday parties, discos or informal gatherings/other functions
• Will be kept up to date about all Old Owen's activities and events through their newly launched website www.oldowens.com, which is still evolving with input from volunteers
• Receive a reminder about the annual Harold Moore Luncheon Reunion
• Have preferential treatment when hiring the facilities for a private function
  

Old Owen's Association Annual Membership Fees (August-July) as at May 2011:

Full Membership with voting rights (for all Old Owenians - past students, staff and governors):

Associate Membership without voting rights (for non-Old Owenians): Adult: £22

Membership Application Form (print and send to membership Secretary, Mr Stan Gould).

See also their Constitution and Rules. Visit the Old Owen's Association website: www.oldowens.com for details of their history, new management team, as well as all the current events at Old Owen's. If you feel like getting together with some old classmates, the Old Owen's Sports Ground would be an ideal venue - contact Mr John or Mrs Lynn Clark using the above details, who will be very happy to provide further information.

History

The Old Owen’s Association was established for the past pupils of Dame Alice Owen’s School at a time when the school was still based in Islington, and the Old Owen’s Sports Club was based in Chandos Avenue, Whetstone. Following the school’s move to Potters Bar, the Association moved homes from Whetstone to its current grounds at Coopers Lane Road and bought the ground and a clubhouse was built, along with a groundsman’s or manager’s bungalow.

The ground covers some thirteen acres and provides facilities and social events for Old Owen's Association members, Old Owen’s Football Club, Old Owen’s Cricket Club, Potters Bar Town Football Club and a number of other associated clubs. Mr John and Mrs Lynn Clark took over as new managers on 1st July 2010 and have been busy planning and implementing a series of events, encouraging members to maximise use of their own Clubhouse, either for their team or their friends and families. John says, "We'd like to reach out to all Old Owen's members located near and far from their Clubhouse through sporting and social events to ensure all feel they are welcome and can use the facilities".

Today, the Clubhouse is also used by affiliated clubs and their members and is available to the general public for weddings, birthdays, other celebrations and general get-together's. In addition it is available for meetings and is currently used by "The Potters Bar Round Table", "The 41-Club" and "The Potters Bar Rotary Club". Chair of the Old Owen's Association, Mr Tim Lane, says that Old Owen's are committed to supporting the new managers in their roles and look forward to a sustained period of growth.

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