In September 1988, ten pupils from Canford visited Sukhumi in Georgia, near the Black Sea, and were joined by pupils from Moscow and Tbilisi - the Georgian capital, forming the first Anglo-Soviet School of Young Programmers.
The 10-day trip was sponsored by Quest Automation, based in Hampshire, who chose Canford School for its high academic standards, especially in the teaching of computing. Quest Automation was the fourth British company to be allowed to set up offices in Moscow by the Soviet Union authorities.
In April 1989, 12 pupils from Moscow and Tbilisi were reunited with the Canford pupils for a week to continue the computing exchange, making the most of their time in UK, with a busy schedule of visits to local sights.
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