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  • Hewitt Results

    The 2011 Hewitt was a close affair. We lost 4.5 / 0.5 but this didn’t reflect that 3 matches were all lost down the 18th.

    The team included a new face David Higginson who will learn a lot from his first of many Hewitt’s to come. He did well and with his partner Martin Knight didn’t get much rub! He did play well with Pete Whalley in the plate on Friday to get a point.

    Results vs Kings Canterbury

    Knight / Higginson – lost 5/4
    Hector / Pyke – lost 2 down
    Jenkins / Morgan – lost 6/5
    Whalley / Whalley – lost 1 down
    Westwater / Willacy – halved

    A disappointing result as in all tight matches we could pin point a couple of crucial bits of bad luck and how things could have been much different!

    Plate

    In the plate we played Wrekin and lost 2-1 in the first round. Pete Whalley and Higginson winning 2/1. Hector / Pyke lost 3/2, Willacy / Westwater lost 4/3.

    Until next year.

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  • Reunion Weekend – Burnham & Pickeridge

    11th June, Stableford at Burnham & Berrow

    12th June, Match vs School at Pickeridge

    Contact – Olly Hyland

  • Fairwater Cup – St.Georges Hill

    Sunday 14th May, St.Georges Hill Golf Club

    Match Manager – Richard Willacy

    Lunch followed by 18 holes stableford

  • Thone Cup – Taunton & Pickeridge

    Society Meeting

    Match Manager – Gill Jowett

  • Grafton Morrish Qualifier – Denham

    Team of 6 @ Denham Golf Club

    Team – Hector, Pyke, Willacy, Westwater, Whalley, Whalley

  • School WIN West of England Public Schools Golf Championships

    You may remember that a few years ago some OTGS members decided to support golf at TS, financially, with a long term view of improving the flow of golfers to our Society. I am very pleased to be able to  report to you that this is already beginning to have a serious effect.

    Three years ago the School was able to accept, for the first time, a place in the West of England Public Schools Golf Championships (Marlborough dropped out). We were knocked out in the first round to the eventual winners. But two years ago we beat Cheltenham in the final and this year we beat Sherborne (5-0) in the final. A brilliant achievement and if you care to read on I will explain more.

    This year we beat Monmouth 4-1 in the first round and met Canford, the favourites, in the second. This was won 31/2 – 11/2but this tells only half the story. Match 1 was all square after 18 and was won on the 19th. Match 2 lost. Match 3 was one down on the 18th tee and won on the 19th. Match 5 won 4&3 so match 4 which was one down on the 18th tee was halved with no need to proceed further. This shows a pretty resolute attitude and the final against Sherborne seems to have been plain sailing. I am told that our team had handicaps of 3,7,8,12 and 19, the last winning all his matches!

    Richard Jowett