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 […]
Queen Elizabeth Coronation Schools Tournament 2015
We again entered the Queen Elizabeth Coronation Schools Tournament played at the Royal Burgess Golf Club in Edinburgh. In the first round we drew the home team, Edinburgh Academicals who we know well as we share the same accommodation at the Hewitt. We won the first pair comfortably with Marc Sadler playing some excellent golf […]
The Autumn Meeting 2015
We had an excellent day at West Surrey yesterday thanks to David Willis for organising everything and to the President of West Surrey, Robin Sitwell, for making sure we were made very welcome (including the price they charged and the generous supply of the lunchtime wine). 70 degree sunshine was also well planned. The […]
THE MELLIN TOURNAMENT 2015
THE MELLIN SALVER Disappointingly we went down 2/1 in the first round against Aldenham. This was despite an excellent win by our first pair of John Schofield and Richard Williams who now become the most successful Cranleigh partnership in the tournament since records began. Regrettably our second and third pairs of Martin Riddiford and Jonathan […]
Halford Hewitt 2015 – Report
2015 OCGS Halford Hewitt Campaign The summary is that it was a truly wonderful Hewitt for the society. We reached the quarter final, something we haven’t managed to do in the lifetimes of 6 of our squad (32 years ago). We beat Harrow, we took Watsons right to their limit (we clearly took it out […]
The Mellin Salver 2014
We had a comfortable 2/1 win against Hurstpierpoint in the first round with our first and second pairs chalking up solid victories in their matches. We then faced Felsted in the second round who had surprisingly beaten last year’s winners Oundle in the first round. Our second pair, Martin Riddiford and Jonathan Williams gained their […]
The Halford Hewitt 2014
MFJ Reports: Our first round saw us drawn against Forest at Royal St Georges on Thursday morning. Pairs 2 and 3 won well, pair 4 staged a strong fight back having been down early to be all square on 16th, and pair 5 faced some strong opposition, doing well to keep their match alive. Pleasingly […]