Minutes of the AGM of the OHJGS held at Royal Cinque Ports GC on Wednesday 8th April 2026 at 6.30pm. Present: Messrs Rob McCowen( President), Graham Negus ( Hon Sec) George Atkins, Nick Budge, Dan Burstow, Will Collard, Tom and Ed Fairfax, John Fraser, Rob Huxford, Paul Turrell, Harry Taggart, Russell Ogden, Mark Semmence, Jeremy…
Our Spring Meeting at West Sussex GC was attended by 22 players for the morning Stableford round for the Gibbs Cup . Despite the very dry spell of weather ,the course was in immaculate condition and scoring was competitive. The winner of the Gibbs Cup with 37 points off a handicap of 25 was Mark…
This is always one of the Society’s most popular golf days and 2024 was no exception with 24 players, including 3 guests. Our special guest this year was John Gibbs, the son of the late Bill Gibbs, who remains our top Hewitt points scorer with 22 points over a Hewitt career spanning five decades. The…
We enjoyed our usual jovial and entertaining winter meeting at Walton Heath on Friday 1st December with a big field of 27 golfers with Roger Goodacre and Ian Clarke joining us for an excellent lunch in the Fowler room. As the attached photos record, it was cold and very frosty but the snow held off…
A lucky few have just returned from an excellent weekend in Eastbourne. Despite another pitiful turnout, those that supported the Society at the Autumn Meeting were treated to a very enjoyable couple of days on the Sussex Coast. Our Captain, Matt Isepp, had worked very hard to arrange this meeting at two new venues and…
Despite an appallingly low turnout the vast majority of participants enjoyed their day at the RAC Country Club. We were blessed with a nice day so soon after the wet and windy weekend. We played for the President’s Cup in the morning on the Old Course. Conditions were testing with fast running fairways and extremely…
A good turnout again for the Norfolk Tour this year, including 2 visitors from the Antipodes, Messrs Travers and Dancy. Play was at Swaffham GC, a cool and breezy Hunstanton and finishing at Thetford in warm conditions. The tour was won again by serial victor, John Fraser. Prizes were kindly donated by our man from…
On a warm spring day, 20 OJ’s and 2 guests met at West Sussex GC for the Spring Meeting on 3rd May. The course was in excellent condition as always and there were some good scores. The morning Stableford competition for the Gibbs Cup was won by Mark Baldock with 41 points off 10 handicap.…
We enjoyed a great day at Walton Heath, a good turnout of 24 players including six guests and injured Alex Fleet joining us for lunch. The persistent rain from the previous week gave way to dry but foggy days leading up to our event, but thankfully we had a clear but very chilly dry day.…
We have just held the 2022 Autumn Meeting at Royal St. George’s and Royal Cinque Ports. We were privileged to be hosted at these venues once again although the attendance was disappointing. The meeting started with an excellent vegan free breakfast at George’s before setting out to take on the Open Championship Course. We played…