The Halford Hewitt Centenary Dinner and draw for the 2024 tournament took place in the Great Room of the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 10th January. 7 members of the OEGS were present making up a small but significant part of the 700 or so total attendance. The draw … Read More
We were fortunate to receive a bye in the first round of this year’s Finals, and found ourselves drawn against Framlingham in the second round, with a favourable 11:00am tee time. Our first pair of David Barwell and Chris Hampton played steady golf and won their match 3&2. Our second … Read More
The semi-finals and final of the 2023 Richard Day Knockout Tournament were played on Saturday, 21st October at Rye. Conditions were extremely challenging with torrential rain for much of the day and a very strong wind. But not one of the players complained or asked (say) for matches to be … 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 were put out against very strong opposition (scratch and 1 in the morning, … Read More
Having not won the Lanbourne Bowl for a few years, OEGS captain, David Burt, was determined to change that losing run. The venue for our annual match against Lancing was once again the picturesque course of West Surrey, which was in great condition, despite the fact that a number of … Read More
Fifteen OEGS members assembled at Cooden Beach Golf Club in early September for the Autumn meeting. The gathering consisted of former pupils, parents of pupils and members of staff and Emma Garrett to see us off. The ladies took the top spots on the winners’ podium with Iryna Photiou capturing the Crosse … Read More
6 teams assembled for the second OEGS Texas Scramble aimed at the younger OE golfers that included just one oldie (our Hon.Sec.) and a youthful Mum who had 2 of her offspring playing, one for the OEs and one for the College team. We were blessed with a lovely early … Read More
We are very sorry to report the sad news that fellow OEGS member Carl Spencer died recently. Carl was best known as an extremely accomplished jazz musician and the leader of Spencer’s Washboard Kings which later became known as Spencer’s Nighthawks. We shall of course remember him for his exploits … Read More
This year’s match was held at North Hants GC in bright sunny weather except for light rain for the last 45 minutes, preceded by a tasty brunch. As usual, the course was in fine shape and the event was enjoyed in good spirit all round. The changed format was 4-BBB … Read More
We last played for the OEGS Scratch Cup (the Merritt Challenge Cup to give it its correct name) in 2019 but we revived the challenge at Royal Ashdown Forest GC on Sunday, 20th August 2023. Peter Walker acted as our Match Manager and he managed to attract a good field … Read More
Thanks to our match manager Ben Burrows putting a great team togther, we managed to record yet another win over Tonbridge at West Sussex GC on Sunday 16th July. Our team consisted of: Ben, Peter Walker, Chris Hampton, Tony Dunn, David Dunn, Charlie Hobden, Chris Walker and Ben’s son Henry … Read More
Another in our long running series of matches vs. King’s Canterbury at Rye GC. And, I am very pleased to report, another victory for the OEGS. We play foursomes off handicap and at lunch it was level at 3 matches all thanks to wins by Joel Pearce / Bill Riddick, … Read More
The Eastbourne team consisted of David Barwell, Ben Burrows, Tony Dunn, Adam Walker, Chris Walker and Paul Wickman. The tournament was played at Worplesdon GC between 21st and 23rd June, albeit we did not last beyond the 21st. Some of the team practiced on the 20th and some of us … Read More
The OEGS met the Eastbourne College Common Room team at Royal Eastbourne GC for our annual fixture on a glorious summer Sunday afternoon, weather which seems to have become the norm for this fixture. The OEGS team was looking for revenge after last year’s sound defeat and our lead-off pairing … Read More
Another beautiful evening on the hallowed and fast putting green at Royal Wimbledon for the qualifying round of the Public Schools Putting event. The putting Gods seemed to be working against us earlier in the day: Captain car trouble caused late arrival and, more importantly, our key +4 golfer sent … Read More
The OEGS fielded a team of 7 players at Royal Eastbourne GC against what, I am very pleased to report, is becoming an ever stronger team from the College itself. Everyone appears to have had a good time and we trust that we left a good impression of the OEGS … Read More
At Knole Park GC on 13th May, we did, by the skin of our teeth, qualify for the 2023 Grafton Morrish Finals. See https://www.graftonmorrish.org.uk/competition/current-year/ Our total of 76 Stableford Points came from: Peter Walker and Jack Hughes 24 pts, Alex and Harry Rimmer 26 and Tim Mote and Chris Hampton … Read More
The OEGS 2023 AGM is taking place via Zoom at 6.30 pm on Monday 22 May. Members should have received the various documents via email from the Secretary, David Burt. Copies of the documents are also available on the web site under the Members heading – Document Library. If you … Read More
Once again we were blessed with fine weather for our annual golf tour to the North Norfolk coast over the May Day bank holiday weekend. Our merry band of 10 golfers met on the Friday for a light lunch at Hunstanton GC and in the afternoon with help from Andrew … Read More
With Easter Sunday falling on the second Sunday in April, the Halford Hewitt commenced Thursday 30th March. However, we were drawn to play early doors Friday 31st March against Downside. With both teams quite close to one another on the Anderson scale, it was destined to be a close match. As a … Read More