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OSGS June Newsletter

2 June 2018

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Photo: Left to right: Josh Wheeler, Peter Simmons, William Hill, Nigel Wright & Hugo Douglass at the Spring Meeting. 

Three more fixtures in June and places available for Midlands Publics Schools Meeting at Little Aston and the Summer Meeting at Aldeburgh.
 
Our Society is for players of all handicaps, male and female, and if you have any queries about fixtures please contact me.
Remember all under 30s receive a 50% discount on the green fee costs. 
 
RESULTS:
Match v Canford at Sunningdale, Sunday 29 April
Lost 3.5 to 1.5 on a freezing afternoon but a useful Cyril Gray warm up. Many thanks to Match Manager, Stewart McNair
 
Spring Meeting at Woking, Saturday 5 May
19 golfers including three under 30s met up at a Wisteria clad Woking for a great days golf in perfect conditions.

In the morning's singles Hugo Douglass won the new Nigel Stern Scratch Salver with a 79 just ahead of Chris Luddington while Peter Simmons won the Stableford Bowl on count back from Nigel Wright (both 35 points). Josh Wheeler won the David Foster Under 30s Salver and the nearest the pin while William Hill had the longest drive. Following the usual excellent Woking lunch William Hill and Nigel Wright returned a very good 36 points in the foursomes competition with Angus Campbell and Charlie Consett second with 33 points.

Many thanks to Meeting Manager, Nick Luddington, and to Angus Campbell for organising the superb dinner at Boodles the night before the meeting.


Grafton Morrish Qualifying at North Hants 13 May, 12.30pm
Stowe missed out on qualifying for the finals at North Hants where Millfield scored 97 points in the three pair scratch foursomes format. 80 would have been needed to qualify this year showing the increasingly high standard of Old Boys golf nowadays.
 
Match v Templars at Deal 19 May
Match Manager, David Ewbank, suffered from many drop outs so an informal singles format was played.  
 
Match v The School at Stowe on Speech Day, 26 May
A team of 10, including a lady golfer, managed an excellent 3-2 win over the School. Wins for Hannah Durden & Paul McSweeney, John Rowe & Adam Carling and Chris Atkinson & Julian Stocks sealed the win with Director of Golf, Andrew Hancox, suggesting the OSGS do not get so many shots next year.   

FIXTURES:

Cyril Gray Over 50s at Worplesdon, 21 to 23 June
Stewart McNair's team take on Dulwich in the first round at 10.40 on Thursday 21st June. All support welcome
 
Midland Public Schools Meeting at Little Aston, Wed 27 June ONE MORE PLAYER NEEDED
A new fixture at a great course involving Harrow, Oundle, Wrekin, Repton, Bromsgrove, Rossall, Uppingham, Trent, Malvern, Rugby, Shrewsbury, Cheltenham and KES over 18 holes in the morning and 15 holes in the afternoon. One more player needed to complete the team with Nick & Chris Luddington, James & Charlie Gartside, Don Jeffreys & Nick Rice and me. Contact me urgently if you want to play pjgsimmons@gmail.com 
 
The Summer Meeting at Aldeburgh, 7-8 July PLACES STILL AVAILABLE
Attached are the full details and the entry form for this excellent meeting run by Perry Hunt perryhunt@keme.co.uk 

Aldeburgh make us very welcome and we have a match against the club on Friday afternoon if you want a practice round. Excellent accommodation at great value is available for younger Old Stoics. This year the Saturday night dinner will be at the charming Aldeburgh GC Clubhouse and in partnership with the Old Stoic Society non golfers from the East Anglia area are attending. This meeting is highly recommended. Please contact Perry or me pjgsimmons@gmail.com if you have any queries.
 
Match v Old Gregorians at New Zealand, 1 Sept 
Contact William Waddell-Dudley williamfwdudley@hotmail.com to book your place
 
Under 30s Match v The School at Stowe, 15 Sept
It has been decided to make this a fixture for the Under 30s. The OSGS Under 30s Committee Member, Roddy Blackburne rblackburne@hotmail.co.uk is the Match Manager so please contact him if you want to play. This match is on the same day as various other Old Stoic sporting fixtures as well as the 10,20,30,40,50 years from leaving Stowe reunions.
 
DATES FOR THE DIARY
- Match v The School at Stoke Park, 26 September. An earlier date so we can get round before it is dark - Contact pjgsimmons@gmail.com 
- Autumn Meeting at Hunstanton, 20/21 October. I have had 7 entries already so make contact soon - Peter Simmons pjgsimmons@gmail.com
- Match v Haileybury at Sunningdale, 18 November - Contact Peter Comber peter.comber@parkasset.com
 
 
OSGS Subscription for 2018/19 due June 2018: FINAL REQUEST
If you are attending any OSGS fixture then you should be paying the annual subscription of £40 (it increased 4 years ago) by standing order. Please check your standing orders to ensure you are paying a subscription. 
 
Please pass this email onto any other Old Stoics that you think will be interested in getting involved.

Peter
Secretary OSGS
Tel: 07957 141826