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A glorious summer’s day of golf was enjoyed by Simon Cullingworth, Frank Higham, Stephen Shaw, Peter Thwaites and Charles Hill yesterday at Worplesdon Golf Club. The early morning dew disappeared to reveal bright blue skies and hot sunshine. The course was in great condition. We met early for crispy Bacon rolls and steaming coffee before

I recently placed an order for a new OSGS T Shirt and Lightweight Sweater via the Online Shop – the clothing arrived after three weeks and I am proudly wearing them in these photographs – the quality of the clothing is excellent.   You can order your clothing and choose colours, sizes and price ranges

Another small select group of five Old Salopian golfers went to Alwoodley Golf Club last Thursday to do battle on this Yorkshire course designed by the great Dr Alister MacKenzie. This famed architect left a legacy of classic courses around the world – among them Augusta National, Cypress Point and Royal Melbourne. However, Alwoodley was

The OSGS President Anthony Smith  has made it to the Final of this year’s Campion Trophy by beating Terence Dickinson in their semi-final 3 &2 which was played Keddleston Park, Derbyshire last week. On the other side of the Draw the two Quarter Finals are between Will Foster versus Will Campion and David Umpleby versus

In 1980 Shrewsbury won the Halford Hewitt at Walton Heath and it has been decided to hold a special OSGS Fixture in 2020 to celebrate that famous victory 40 years ago. This fixture is open to all OSGS members and more details will follow in the New Year – please reserve the date in your diaries

The annual G.L. Mellin Golf tournament at West Hill was yet again a most enjoyable 3 days of hard fought competition. For the first time in 7 or so years a number of changes were made to the teams. Anthony Smith moved up from The G.L. Mellin Salver team, for those over 55 to The

A small, yet select, bunch of six OSGS golfers turned out to play this fabulous Royal Ancient Final Qualifying Couse – used on 2 July this year for entry into The Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland this week. Wille Park Junior, the famous golf architect, laid out this course in 1901. He used

On a glorious summer’s afternoon 18 Golfers met at Huntercombe Golf Club, by kind permission of Tim Lewis, our recently retired Hon Sec, to take on this Willie Park Jnr designed course first established in 1891. The Golfers were a mixture of OSGS and Sabrina Members, getting ready for the Henley Royal Regatta, and some

Last Wednesday Richard Bevan, OSGS Team Captain, organised eight Old Salopians to play in this annual golf meeting.  The history and background to this fixture is as follows: “Public Schools golf tournaments really got started with the Halford Hewitt in 1924. A tournament to be held in the Midlands, was conceived in the late 1930’s

Harry Lewis very kindly hosted a small, yet very select, group of the OSGS Members to have a light lunch and play golf at Royal Porthcawl at our Welsh Meeting on 14 June. We were blessed with hardly any wind for the first nine holes and despite a few brief showers of rain it was