Events and news

Julian Baring Scholarship Fund Dinner at Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, November 2012

A highly successful fund raising dinner was held at Goldsmiths’ Hall with many of the leading corporate figures in the world mining sector attending and taking part in an auction of 12 lots. The dinner raised around £80,000 for the Scholarship Fund.

Substantial donation from Bristow Boyz

I am delighted to be contacting you on behalf of our “Nos Vies En Partage” charity motorbike ride which took place from 1 June to 7 July this year.The participants on the bike ride were me, my two sons Grant and Craig and friends Rob Alexander, Rocky Boulanger and Rob Beaumont. In addition there was … Read more

The Bristow Boyz bike to Mali, Africa

Randgold Resources chief executive Mark Bristow recently departed on a 6 500 mile (10 500 kilometre), six-man expedition from Bagshot, England, to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on specially modified Yamaha motorbikes. The 36-day expedition, dubbed 3boyzonbikes after Bristow and his sons, is the second such trip. The 2012 expedition traversed 17 countries: England, France, Brussels, Germany, … Read more

Canoe Trip, August 2009

In August 2009 Justin Baring, Graham Birch, Jamie Strauss, Tom Clark, Marcus Hanbury, Jo Wakeley, George Irvine and Rupert Hodson set off in canoes on the Kennet and Avon canal to paddle from Devizes to Teddington. This 142km trip was completed in two man canoes and took three days. If it were not for the … Read more

The Bristow Boyz bike through Africa, 2009

On May 25th 2009 Dr. Mark Bristow and his sons will motor bike from Cape Town to Cairo over 49 days covering 14,800kms all in aid of The Julian Baring Scholarship. See the page on this website to see their route and to sponsor them.

The Bristow Boyz bike to Mali, Africa, 2012

Randgold Resources chief executive Mark Bristow recently departed on a 6 500 mile (10 500 kilometre), six-man expedition from Bagshot, England, to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on specially modified Yamaha motorbikes. The 36-day expedition, dubbed 3boyzonbikes after Bristow and his sons, is the second such trip. The 2012 expedition traversed 17 countries: England, France, Brussels, Germany, … Read more

The South Downs Way, 2005

In 2005 Justin Baring, Jamie Strauss, Charlie Davies Gilbert, Jo Wakeley set off from Winchester to walk the South Downs Way. Covering 140km over two and a half days, the team (having been joined by many supporters on the way) arrived at The Tiger Inn at East Dean, just 1 mile from Beachy Head in … Read more