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MOVING ON: Head teacher Dr Lorraine Earps, who is leaving Queen s College THE head teacher of Queen s College, Taunton, is leaving to take up a new headship in Cheshire. She had previously served for a period as acting head following the departure of Chris Alcock. Before that, Dr Earps, the first woman to hold the top job at Queen s, had been deputy head for three years. The governors are currently in the process of appointing a replacement. A spokesperson for Queen s said: Lorraine is taking up a new headship in Cheshire and we are nearing completion of the process of appointing a new head. ....
Pembrook Playboy would never be sold because of the special link the horse had with his family, Alcock said. After Colleen told him to buy a horse he worked out who Southland’s leading trainer was and went to visit him unannounced. The trainer was Nathan Williamson and he had not met Alcock previously. Robyn Edie/Stuff Nathan Williamson drives Pembrook Playboy to victory in the Invercargill Cup in January. The Christchurch yearling sales were a month away and the two men, with input from Christchurch trainer Colin de Filippi, picked Pembrook Playboy as the horse to buy. “I was surprised how cheap he was – $28,000,” Alcock said. ....