The teams assembled in the lounge at Blackwell Golf Club for early morning bacon rolls with heavy rain making for hazardous driving conditions on the roads. The conditions for driving off the 1st tee were no better as puddles of water appeared on the 9th & 18th greens. After consulting numerous weather apps, the prospects…
Twelve Old Salopian Golfers arrived on a rather wet and overcast Sunday morning to take on a team from The School’s. Bacon & sausage baguettes washed down with tea and coffee got us underway before we set out to tackle the Hawkstone Course. We followed round a group of Staffordshire Ladies playing in three balls…
The Final of the Campion Trophy in 2019 will be played between the OSGS President, Anthony Smith – playing off a handicap of 5 Against Will Campion – playing off a handicap of 4. This will be a strong Final to be played at Royal Birkdale on Monday 21 October Teeing off at 9.20am –…
Fourteen OSGS players braved the weather forecast, following torrential thunderstorms overnight, to meet at Trentham Golf Club in Staffordshire for the 58thoccasion to compete for The Storey Putter (Gross Prize) and The Tommy Hall Cup (Net Prize). We met at 11am for bacon rolls and coffee – the course had only re-opened after the rain…
Seven Old Salopians met at Worfield Golf Club last Sunday for our very short AGM followed by a two-course lunch. The Minutes of the AGM will be published on the website in due course. Post lunch we played a Stableford Competition for The Schofield Salver. Michael Roberts, who was the inaugural winner of this trophy…
A glorious summer’s day of golf was enjoyed by Simon Cullingworth, Frank Higham, Stephen Shaw, Peter Thwaites and Charles Hill yesterday at Worplesdon Golf Club. The early morning dew disappeared to reveal bright blue skies and hot sunshine. The course was in great condition. We met early for crispy Bacon rolls and steaming coffee before…
I recently placed an order for a new OSGS T Shirt and Lightweight Sweater via the Online Shop – the clothing arrived after three weeks and I am proudly wearing them in these photographs – the quality of the clothing is excellent. You can order your clothing and choose colours, sizes and price ranges…
Another small select group of five Old Salopian golfers went to Alwoodley Golf Club last Thursday to do battle on this Yorkshire course designed by the great Dr Alister MacKenzie. This famed architect left a legacy of classic courses around the world – among them Augusta National, Cypress Point and Royal Melbourne. However, Alwoodley was…
The OSGS President Anthony Smith has made it to the Final of this year’s Campion Trophy by beating Terence Dickinson in their semi-final 3 &2 which was played Keddleston Park, Derbyshire last week. On the other side of the Draw the two Quarter Finals are between Will Foster versus Will Campion and David Umpleby versus…
In 1980 Shrewsbury won the Halford Hewitt at Walton Heath and it has been decided to hold a special OSGS Fixture in 2020 to celebrate that famous victory 40 years ago. This fixture is open to all OSGS members and more details will follow in the New Year – please reserve the date in your diaries…