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…
Match Manager, Toby Stubbs, writes… Whilst I donÕt expect you to emulate the extraordinary feats of Mr Stenson at Troon, I do hope that you may be able to join the OW team to take on the Old Etonians at another fabulous links course. I am trying to raise a team of ten for two rounds of foursomes at Rye…
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…
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, I hope this finds you well – trying to enjoy some fine British Summer golfing weather. We are short of players for the following matches – please see if you can play and make yourself available: 1. OWGS vs. Royal St. George’s at Sandwich -ÊSaturday 23rd July. There is also an optionalÊdinner afterwards. 1 player required. Please contact Ben…
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…
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…
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…
All, Despite efforts, there has been some recruitment and some dropping out of this match. ONE PLAYER still required. Please note that Anthony Strong will be running the match this year whilst David Ham recovers from a health issue. 36 holes of 4somes with lunch. Please contactÊanthony.strong@kcl.ac.ukÊ to play. Thank you… Nick