We had a fantastic week at the Mellin. Firstly in the Bunny Millard (over 75s) Derek Lyons and Mickey Moore played very well but narrowly failed to qualify for the knockout stage. Then in the Peter Burles (over 65s) our team lost very narrowly to Shrewsbury in the first round and then in the Plate beat Downside […]
2023 OCGS vs ST GEORGE’S HILL GC
2023 HALFORD HEWITT RESULTS
For those that dont know we made it to Round 3 of the Halford Hewitt. Probably the windiest conditions I have played in my 38 Hewitts but the standard of golf was extremely high. We beat Fettes comfortably in Round 1 and then beat a very good Bradfield side in Round 2 who included Torrance, Gallagher and Rafferty Jnrs. In Round […]
2022 GRAFTON MORRISH – REPORT
The OCGS played in the last major golfing event for this year last weekend – the Grafton Morrish. It is played on two great golf courses – Hunstanton and Brancaster, in Norfolk. We were blessed with wonderful autumn sunshine, albeit with strong winds. The Grafton Morrish is a scratch foursomes tournament for teams of 6. […]
THE MELLIN 2022
We got off to a good start beating Aldenham 3-0. In the afternoon we played the defending champs, Forest, and whilst we played pretty well they played some brilliant golf. They had three of their current Hewitt team and were just too good for us on the day. For me it was great to play […]
HALFORD HEWITT 2022
Most of you will probably know that we managed to get through to the third round of the Halford Hewitt this year.In the first round we met Merchiston who are ranked in the top ten all time. Our first pair were level par through 14 and lost 5/4. The oppo had 7 birdies in the first […]
BRENT KNOLL BOWL
We played in the BKB at Burnham & Berrow at the weekend. It had been pushed back from March. Up against The Army in the first round was a very tough draw. All 6 of their players were scratch or better. We lost 2.5 to 0.5 – good effort by Harry MF and Matthew Hansford […]
HICKORY CHALLENGE MATCH
2019 HALFORD HEWITT REPORT
We took to the tee on Thursday morning, supported by a magnificent throng of OC’s, from the triumvirate of Rosenberg/Sweetland/Parry to the effervescent Bobby Stovold. The colour quickly drained from Craig Moore’s normally glowing complexion as he realised he and Harry Millburn Fryer at 4th pair would face Ampleforth’s superstar, +4.5 handicap and Walker Cup […]
2018 HALFORD HEWITT REPORT
The Old Cranleighans embarked upon our 2018 campaign with enthusiasm. A young team (arguably the youngest of any school with only 2 of the team were over 32), strengthening each year with new talent and, somewhat unusually a favourable draw (lets not forget we had Eton first round last year). First round Our campaign commenced […]