The weather forecast early on looked very grim for West Sussex GC and many had driven long distances from Herts, Bucks and London through torrential rain. We teed off at 9.00, 5 matches, waterproofs at the ready, the dark skies quickly cleared and we were rewarded with a dry … Read More
A team of 12 OEs assembled on Sunday, 29th June, under the leadership of Joel Pearce, to take on King’s Canterbury at Rye GC. It was a great day for golf with temperatures around 26 degrees and minimal wind and the course, as usual at Rye, played very true, with … Read More
In very hot, sunny weather but with Worplesdon GC in excellent condition, our team of 6 players over the age of 50 convened to do battle in the Cyril Gray Tournament on 25th June. Our players were Adrian Sharpin, rookie Ben Dawson, Paul Wickman, Tim Mote, Adam Walker and David … Read More
Note that we have changed the nature of the booking we have at Wildernesse GC, Sevenoaks on Sunday, 10th August. Rather than this being a competition for the Scratch Cup, it is now a day open to any of our members with an official handicap. We shall play a Stableford … Read More
Two teams of eight assembled on a blustery day at the Royal Eastbourne Golf Club for the annual staff v OEGS match, teeing off on the dot at 2 pm under sunny skies but facing a ferocious headwind coming down the 1st, making it a tough opening even for the … Read More
Full report to follow but we had a most enjoyable day which ended in a halved match, 2.5 to 2.5. Thanks to Peter Henley for organising the OE side and Alex Roberts the College team.
Twelve OEGS golfers gathered at midday on Friday 25 April for the first round of foursomes at Hunstanton GC, on the North Norfolk coast. After lunch we set out with one Hunstanton member in each of our foursomes, kindly organised by local OE, Andrew Sherwood. Playing this championship links course … Read More
The OEGS 2025 AGM is taking place via Zoom at 7.00 pm on Wednesday 28 May. Members will be receiving the various documents via email from the Secretary, David Burt. Copies of the documents are also available on this web site under the Members heading – Document Library. If you … Read More
The Eastbourne team played alongside Ardingly under the expert management of Adrian Sharpin. Our total of 72 points came from (as scratch foursome pairs): Alex and Harry Rimmer 21 points Geoff Campbell and Ben Dawson 29 points Tim … Read More
Hugh Price put together an excellent team of OEGS members to take on the might of Hurstpierpoint at Walton Heath on 17th April. The weather, the company and the food and drink were excellent. And, what is relatively rare in this fixture that has now been played on 32 occasions, … Read More
In this year’s Halford Hewitt, following a couple of days of practice at Royal St George’s GC, Kent, our first-round opponents were Sherborne on 10th April. Our team was not as strong as in recent years but Sherborne did play some excellent golf against us. We went down by 4.5 … Read More
Our expanded range of men’s and ladies OEGS / Glenmuir branded range of golf clothing is now available for members to order online direct from Glenmuir, with a 20% discount on the RRP and free delivery by Royal Mail to your UK address. Delivery to overseas members is via UPS … Read More
It is my painful duty to report the death recently of Brian Meaby, one of the stalwarts of the OEGS alongside his brother Robert and, in more recent years, his son Charles. Brian represented Eastbourne in the Halford Hewitt between 1956 and 2010, so therefore playing in 7 different decades. … Read More
Our provisional fixtures and events for 2025 are now available. In addition to our regular programme of events, playing top-class courses at much reduced green fee rates, we are exploring a few other golf opportunities next year. More details will be posted in due course on the website. Click the … Read More
As in its 2 previous years, we gathered for the semi-finals and final of the 2024 Richard Day Knockout at Rye GC, the 4 competitors all getting a free day’s golf and excellent lunch. Chris Stephenson acted as our host and it was wonderful also to have Louise and Claire … Read More
West Surrey Golf Club hosted a Triangular Match among the Old Eastbournians, the Old Reedonians (Reeds School, Cobham, Surrey) and the Old Dovorians (Dover College, Kent) on 10th October 2024. Playing in clement, seasonal weather, 18 competitors in 6 three-ball matches teed off, aspiring to achieve the highest Stableford score … Read More
17 OEGS members turned out for this event, 5 of whom were first timers. There was no rain but a strong south easterly wind made for tough playing conditions. This did not however prevent Alex Photiou driving the green at the 306 yard 5th hole, indeed it may have helped … Read More
On a gloriously sunny day, the OEGS put out 6 players but unfortunately Lancing had a last minute drop out and so could only field 5 against us. It was great to have Mike Hutchinson and Will Hawes playing in their first match for the OEGS. Playing fourball match play, … Read More
The tournament at West Sussex involves teams of 6 playing scratch foursomes morning and afternoon with a superb lunch in between. The teams as usual came from Brighton, Eastbourne, Hurstpierpoint and Lancing. Ben Burrows and Chris Walker won their match in the morning against Lancing but lost in the afternoon … Read More
Thanks to the organisational skills of Colin Farrant a very good number of mostly younger OEs (and a team from the College itself) assembled at West Surrey GC to play a Texas Scramble event in teams of 4. 10% of the combined handicap of each team was used and the … Read More