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OSGS March Newsletter

6 March 2019

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Our 2019 fixtures are under way and there is lots more planned for March, April and May with full details listed below. Don't wait to be asked to play just contact the Match/Meeting Manager or me.

Please pass this newletter onto any other Old Stoic Golfers who you think would be interested in taking part in our growing number of fixtures.

The OSGS is for all Old Stoic Golfers, male and female of all standards. We are keen to encourage younger Old Stoics to take part and U30 discounts are available for all fixtures.

3rd March, Match v The School at Sunningdale: Won 2:1

A strong team of Haydn Brooks, Rob Samuel, Martyn Palmer, Tony Edgerley, Peter Jarvis and James Nash beat the School 2:1 in awful weather on Sunday.  

Many thanks to Peter Comber for organising the match and his halfway hut hospitality.

8/9th March, Northern Meeting at Formby: Still room for a couple more

Message from Meeting Manager, James Gartside jamesgartside@macdonaldandtaylor.com

'Playing the Men’s Course on Friday from 12.30 onwards with sandwiches and soup from 11.30 am .

The ladies Course is booked from 9am on the Saturday followed by a sandwich and a debrief !

Dinner on The Friday night will again be in the Club house. The winter deal at Formby is spectacular value for money - sandwich lunch on Friday, 18 holes on the Men’s course on Friday, nights stay in the Dormy house and 18 holes on the ladies on Saturday am works out at not much more than £100. 

Last year some of our Halford Hewitt team played Royal Birkdale on the Thursday. This year I can get 3 fourballs on Royal Liverpool  - it’s a special year for Hoylake as it’s the 150th Anniversary of the club and they are hosting the Walker Cup in September'.

Entries so far include: James Gartside, Charlie Gartside, Tom Gartside, Stephen Murray, Lorne Williamson, Paul McSweeney, Sean Morris, Hugo Douglass, Mark Jenkyn Jones, Julian Boddy, Charles Consett, Chris Hutber

12th March, Match v The School at Woking: Full team selected

Match on the Practice Day before The Micklem Trophy with the School looking to revenge Sunday's defeat at Sunningdale. 

Team line up is: Alex Saary, Pierse Odell, Paul McSweeney, James Nash, Johnny Rowe and me. Contact pjgsimmons@gmail.com

16/17th March, Northern Schools Meeting, Birkdale Bucket at Woodhall Spa:  More players needed

Minimum of 3 players needed and only Guy Robinson, making a welcome return to the Society, has entered to help me avoid giving house room to the wooden spoon for yet another year. Full details of the event and the entry form are attached. Contact me at pjgsimmons@gmail.com if more information needed

11-14th April, Halford Hewitt at St Georges and Deal:

Stowe play Eton at Royal St Georges at 12.10pm on Thursday 11th April.

The last time Stowe played Eton was in the 2016 Grafton Morrish when Stowe won on their way to the Semi Finals.

Currently the team is: Haydn Brooks, Sean Morris, Peter Hale, Peter Jarvis, Matt Bazeley, Rob Samuel, Martyn Palmer, Guy Robinson, Tony Edgerley and David Julius.

4th May Spring Meeting at Woking

Meeting Manager, Nick Luddington nicholasluddington@hotmail.co.uk, has entries in the double figures already. So contact him as soon as possible if you want to play singles and foursomes with an excellent lunch in between. There are prizes for best singles scratch, stableford, Under 30 and foursomes stableford scores.

3rd May Boodles Dinner: Contact Angus Campbell ajmcampbell@gmail.com if you want to attend the excellent night before the Spring Meeting dinner at Boodles. Angus will be emailing the usual suspects but this event is open to all OSGS members.

11th May Match v Templars at Deal

Contact David Ewbank, OSGS Captain and Match Manager for this event, ewbank77@btinternet.com if you want to play in this entertaining fixture against the Templars, Captained by Tom Sleater. Only those who can prove legitimate Cricketing skills can play for the Templars - otherwise you play for the OSGS. Poorly supported in 2018 lets ensure a full team of 8 for this year

12th May Match v Canford at Sunningdale

Please note this match is a week later than in the original Fixture List. Still a couple of places available in the team so please contact Stewart McNair md@mcnairpartnership.com

particularly if you over 50 and have aspirations to play in the Stowe Cyril Gray team at Worplesdon at the end of June

19th May Grafton Morrish Qualifying at North Hants

Six low handicap players needed to help Stowe qualify for the finals (held in October) having missed out in 2017 and 2018.

Contact Peter Simmons pjgsimmons@gmail.com 

25th May Match v The School at Stowe

This will be the last time that this match is played on the current course. So if you are not able to make the 'Farewell to the Old Course' event in September this maybe your last chance to play the course before it closes in April 2020. Contact Peter Simmons pjgsimmons@gmail.com

'Farewell to the Old Course' event on Saturday 28th September 2019:

We have 30 entries so far with Chatham (9) and Walpole (8) leading the way. No entries from Bruce or Lyttleton so far. The new Old Stoic Society Chairman, Hannah Durden (Nugent), has also entered and is looking to recruit more Lady Golfers. We want up to 40 to compete for prizes including a House Competition, Ladies and Under 30s Trophies. Tee off from 9.30am followed by lunch at the School. Cost including lunch and prizes will be less than £50 with discounts for U30s. Although this event is 7 months away we are keen to plan ahead. An entry form is attached. Contact pjgsimmons@gmail.com if more information needed.

Dates for the Diary:

- 26th June Midlands Public Schools Meeting at Little Aston: An excellent addition to the fixture list in 2018. 6 or 8 players needed with handicaps up to 24 Contact pjgsimmons@gmail.com

- 6-7th July Summer Meeting at Aldeburgh: A superb meeting run by Perry Hunt perryhunt@keme.co.uk with great golf, good food and lots of things for non golfers to see and do in the surrounding area

- 12-13th October Autumn Meeting at Brancaster: Contact pjgsimmons@gmail.com

 

Looking forward to seeing you at an OSGS fixture soon - an updated version of the 2019 Fixture List is attached

Peter

Secretary OSGS

Tel: 07957 141826