The annual G.L. Mellin Golf tournament at West Hill was yet again a most enjoyable 3 days of hard fought competition. For the first time in 7 or so years a number of changes were made to the teams. Anthony Smith moved up from The G.L. Mellin Salver team, for those over 55 to The…
A small, yet select, bunch of six OSGS golfers turned out to play this fabulous Royal Ancient Final Qualifying Couse – used on 2 July this year for entry into The Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland this week. Wille Park Junior, the famous golf architect, laid out this course in 1901. He used…
On a glorious summer’s afternoon 18 Golfers met at Huntercombe Golf Club, by kind permission of Tim Lewis, our recently retired Hon Sec, to take on this Willie Park Jnr designed course first established in 1891. The Golfers were a mixture of OSGS and Sabrina Members, getting ready for the Henley Royal Regatta, and some…
Last Wednesday Richard Bevan, OSGS Team Captain, organised eight Old Salopians to play in this annual golf meeting. The history and background to this fixture is as follows: “Public Schools golf tournaments really got started with the Halford Hewitt in 1924. A tournament to be held in the Midlands, was conceived in the late 1930’s…
Harry Lewis very kindly hosted a small, yet very select, group of the OSGS Members to have a light lunch and play golf at Royal Porthcawl at our Welsh Meeting on 14 June. We were blessed with hardly any wind for the first nine holes and despite a few brief showers of rain it was…
The Captain of the OSGS Team – James Pollock – reports Our team of 4 was David Umpleby, Will Hawksley, Laurie Briggs and James Pollock. We had a lovely afternoon round at RWGC, with Hawksley and Pollock dove-tailing nicely to claim a victory against Umpleby and Briggs. Unfortunately the putting was not so successful, with…
This year the 23rd Grand Scottish Tour had a “changing of the guard” under theleadership of the new new Hon Sec, Charles Hill, ably assisted by Tim Backhouse (CH 1994-1999) our new Muirfield Organiser taking over from Professor Andrew Lister. Such luminaries of the OSGS namely Sandy Bell – Original Grand Tour Organiser, Tim Lewis…
As the new Hon Sec I keep being asked – “Where can I buy one of those smart OSGS Sweaters?” The answer will be via our on-line shop which will soon be part of this website. I have met with the Professional form Walton Heath Golf Club, Simon Peaford, (this is whom our Website Host…
This years preparation for the Halford Hewitt started on Sunday 24th March at Woburn Golf Club where thirteen Salopian Golfers gathered under the watchful eyes of The President, Anthony Smith and Captain Andy Pollock. This was the best turn out for sometime and especially good to see a collection of golfers in their twenties…
Stephen Shaw, an OSGS Member and Member of Tandridge GC just south of the M25 near Oxted in Surrey (Moser’s 56-61), is the architect of this Fixture between Shrewsbury, Dulwich and Tonbridge Old Boys. The Match has been running since 2012 – Four Pairs from each School play in a 4 Ball Better Ball Stableford…