After a couple of tricky years, I am delighted to report on a “return to normal” for OWGS in 2022. An ever burgeoning fixture list saw more OW golfers than ever in action for the Society. While the elite teams were not quite back to their imperious bests, the enjoyment of social golf and conviviality/camaraderie around matches certainly were. Fuller…
Welcome to the first OWGS newsletter of 2022! Spring (and Cheltenham) is here and hopefully you have had an opportunity to get onto the golf course. Here a few match reports to bring you up to speed with the OWGS in Spring OWGS Survey We have a survey which I would be grateful for you to complete… 3 or 4…
Dear fellow OW golfers It gives me enormous pleasure to tell you that Winchester are the proud winners of the 2018 Halford Hewitt Cup. Now thereÕs a sentence that I expect many of you never anticipated reading.Ê But the team of ten outstanding Old Wkyehamist golfers won this most prestigious tournament through talent, preparation and determination. For those of you…
With the matches coming think and fast… a double match report! OWGS v Bradfield at Sunningdale On a surprisingly mild Sunday morning, some of OWs finest turned out at one of the UK’s finest to take on a Bradfield side bristling with super stars and big hitters. The challenge was beefed up, playing off the back tees of the New…
OWGS Vs. Notts Golf Club, Hollinwell Summer finally arrived in the midlands to greet a select band of OWGS golfers to Hollinwell on Saturday, and the second match against the club provided a course in immaculate condition, company all in good form, and a result which went someway to avenging the golf lesson provided to us back in November. OWGS…
Quite remarkable that our very own OW golfer is now ranked 56 in the World in terms of Amateur Golfers… http://www.wagr.com/en/Ranking/Player.aspx?playerid=23325&ismens=True the highlight being a recent 3rd placed finish in the Gut Bissenmoor Classic where he started with a 6 under par 65. ÊÊhttp://www.pga.de/epd_en_news/items/claudio-consul-against-the-pros.html I am sure we all wish him fantastic success over the next few months…
Last weekend Tom competed at The Frame Trophy; held at Worplesdon each yearÊ-Ênamed after the legendary David Frame).Ê It is the only over 50 Open Competition (most senior events being over 55). Despite having the yips in the first round and missing 5 short putts (the shortest was about 1ft) and having a triple bogey at the second hole in…
All, Below is the much anticipated newsletter from the Captain. In addition, the 2019 fixture list accessed by clicking the link below AND by clicking this link to access the OWGS website http://www.owgs.info/events/ I wish you the very best for 2019 and please make every effort to support and encourage our Society through the year! Best wishes, Nick Dear fellow…
All, It is with huge sadness that I write to tell you that Tim Bebb passed away shortly before Christmas. Tim is to be cremated at 2:00 p.m. at Woking Crematorium on Monday 14th January. As David Wybar writesÉ “Tim Bebb was a complex man and a natural Wykehamist – very intelligent, if eccentric, and with a sharp wit which…
A successful weekend overall with a good dinner and Tusa telling some tales from the HH to inspire us all. Results as below: Singles (under handicap) Saturday pm David Bonsall 0 v Olly Dickman 1 (2/1) Ð Olly round in gross 71 on a windy day off back tees, DCB fighting hard! Ben TwineyÊ 0 v Will Townsend 1 (2…