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 […]
2017 MATCHPLAY FINAL
Garrett O’Reilly secured the matchplay trophy for a second time with a thrilling comeback against Adam Willson at Sunningdale. At 3 up on the 15th tee Adam felt in control, but Garrett put in a blistering finish to turn the game on its head winning 1up.
GRAFTON MORRISH 2017
This week we played in the finals of the Grafton Morrish. First up at 8am on Friday was Oundle at Brancaster. We had a very close match but in the end all 3 Cranleigh pairs won the crunch holes down the stretch to get the win. Richards/Whitty – 2/1 Pickford/Boyle – 1 up Riddiford/Moore C […]
2017 HALFORD HEWITT – REPORT
The OCs approached the 2017 Halford Hewitt with a cautious optimism. On the one hand we were fielding one of strongest teams for years, although that optimism was tempered by the knowledge that we were facing Eton, 12 time winners, victorious in both 2013 and 2015. Sadly the OCGS curse of ill health/injury forced the […]
GRAFTON MORRISH 2016
The OCGS played in the Grafton Morrish finals at Hunstanton last weekend. We fielded a strong team which mixed seasoned players with some of the younger players, two of whom were rookies in this competition. We were drawn against Bury Grammar in the first round. On a perfect day for golf, Cranleigh made a fast […]
Halford Hewitt 2016 – Report
Following on from last year’s run to the quarter finals the OCGS squad went into the 2016 campaign in an optimistic mood. The stats supported this assertion – Cranleigh are the most improved school over the last 10 years. The draw in January pitted us against the 2014 winners, Merchiston, and things became more concerning […]