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At the annual Collyer’s Prize Giving ceremony, successful students have been rewarded for their 2023 achievements at the college. Collyer’s Principal Dan Lodge welcomed David Arnold (Collyer’s Principal from 1983 to 1999), Cllr David Skipp (Chair of Horsham District Council), Mark Sheridan (Headteacher of Tanbridge House School), and former students, teachers, families, and other members of the Collyer’s community.

The event was hosted by Deputy Principal Steve Martell and the presentation of the awards was made by Dr Grant Powell (Upper Warden of the Mercers’ Company), Graham Lawrence (Chair of the Governing Body), Ruth Mitchell (President of the Old Collyerians’ Association), Claire Howard, Lawrence Long from the Town Twinning Association; Nick Brindlow representing the Richard Collyer Lodge, Tabitha Siklos, and Collyer’s staff. The photographers were Jamie Frost, Miki Navratilova, and Poppy Ray-Jones. The event was expertly organised by Collyer’s Linda MacLeman, with superb support from Becky Bourne, Jo Bull, and Sara Luxford.

The Mercer’s School Memorial Prize (The Merrett Bequest), awarded by the Mercer’s Company, was won by former Tanbridge House pupil Greg Dargue; recipients of the Mercers’ Exhibition Prize, awarded by the Trustees of the Collyer’s Foundation, were: Shriya Jayatilaka, Ruth Ironmonger, Ben Toth, Max Cole, Jade Vohra; Harry Kuzbit-Lanham, Evan Fung, Luca Yeates, Roseanna Graves, Rosie Cox; Evie Bennett, Joe Baxendale, Daniel Wright; Joe Bensusan, Oscar Gavira, and George Clegg.

Collyer's class of '23 rewarded