We were blessed with a sunny afternoon for our annual encounter and fielded a full compliment of 12 players per side. Many familiar names, including all past and present Eastbourne Captains for the past 34 years – Paul Wickman, Mark Winstanley and Hugh Price. Eastbourne fielded a stronger side than usual that was packed with…
Sunday 17th September and West Sussex Golf Club was the Venue for the Sussex Schools golf competition. This competition was played similar to a Grafton Morris tournament and played by four teams of six from , Hurstpierpoint, Brighton , Lancing and Eastbourne . After a few late changes Hurst put the team out of Alex…
The latest annual Sussex Schools match was played under glorious late summer sunshine at West Sussex GC on 18th September. After the heat of August, the recent rain had certainly benefitted the course and it was in excellent condition. This schools quadrangular match is played between Hurst, Lancing, Brighton and Eastbourne and is 36 holes…
Our 30th anniversary and 29th annual fixture with our friends from Eastbourne was its usual jovial but competitive affair, this year featuring many of our ‘senior members’………. I am delighted to report that we prevailed with a 4/2 victory and strong performances from Secretary GJ and Rob Huxford winning 6/4, Captain Alex Taylor partnered by…
We enjoyed another great match against our old friends from Eastbourne College on a dry and sunny afternoon on a rather parched Walton Heath Old Course. A new face this year for us was Rob Huxford, a handy single figure player who with the help of our Hon Sec GJ, managed to bring in the…
The Society managed a whitewash of the Aldenhamians at Porters Park GC Radlett on 10th October on a glorious autumn afternoon. John Fraser selected a very experienced team with two octogenarian former Presidents of the Society playing their part. Patrick McGahan and his partner Larry Lawson (G) led the team off and put some blue…
On a bright and very breezy summer’s day 8 OJ’s took on the College at Pyecombe GC, the scene of the first gathering of OJ’s playing golf together 90 years ago. A year later the Society was officially formed and is going from strength to strength. The College fielded several low handicap players (including a…
9 players enjoyed a relaxed day at the RAC in Epsom on 8th June. The weather was fair and course conditions were fast running. Will Carroll (Master i/c golf at Hurst) attended for the first time and scored a fine 39 points to win comfortably from Paul Ruddlesdin in second with 34 points. Will took…