{"id":514,"date":"2022-10-07T08:42:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T08:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/?p=514"},"modified":"2022-10-07T15:46:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T15:46:23","slug":"edward-harris-cup-2022-porthcawl-29-september-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/edward-harris-cup-2022-porthcawl-29-september-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Harris Cup 2022 &#8211; Porthcawl 29 September 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Course-Gallery-2020-Royal-Porthcawl-Golf-Club-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Course-Gallery-2020-Royal-Porthcawl-Golf-Club-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Course-Gallery-2020-Royal-Porthcawl-Golf-Club-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Course-Gallery-2020-Royal-Porthcawl-Golf-Club-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Course-Gallery-2020-Royal-Porthcawl-Golf-Club.jpg 1131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taunton were invited back to this competition for 2022.  The last time OTGS played was 1938, the inaugural year of the competition.  The competition was disrupted with the outbreak of world war two in 1939 and didn&#8217;t restart until 1988.  The format is 4 ball better ball handicap stableford with 4 pairs per team and the best 3 scores counting per team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite weather conditions which can only be described as less than favourable, the EHC 2022 proved to be an exciting and successful competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Porthcawl were particularly pleased to welcome the Old Cliftonians for the first time and to welcome back the Old Tauntonians who last played in the inaugural EHC in 1938.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, due to one of the players experiencing a medical episode during the course of the lunch, it was deemed inappropriate to proceed with a formal prize giving, so prizes were discreetly given to the winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results were as follows:<br>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Old Cliftonians&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;107<br>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Old Decanians&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;101<br>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Old Breconians*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;97<br>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Old Malvernians &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;97<br>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Old Wycliffians*&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;93<br>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Old Bromsgrovians&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;93<br>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Old Tauntonians*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 91<br>8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Old Cheltonians&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 91&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Placed on countback<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winners of the top Pairs score were Harry Hood and Tom Atkinson of the Old Cliftonians with a score of 39 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2023 Edward Harris Cup will be held at Royal Porthcawl on Thursday 5<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taunton were invited back to this competition for 2022. The last time OTGS played was 1938, the inaugural year of the competition. The competition was disrupted with the outbreak of world war two in 1939 and didn&#8217;t restart until 1988. The format is 4 ball better ball handicap stableford with 4 pairs per team and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}