HOCKEY, TENNIS & GOLF
THE 6TH ANNUAL
POCKLINGTONIAN GOLF DAY There were also prizes for nearest the pin, nearest
the pin in two and the longest drive. The winners
were as follows:
Last year’s runners up, competing under the team
name OP’have, were this year’s winners of the Tom
Nash President’s Cup in the annual Pocklingtonian
Golf Day at The Oaks on Friday 23 June 2017. Nearest the pin: James Bisson (04-12) of OP’have
The event was well supported this year with
fifteen teams taking part. Players included current
and former parents, staff and OPs and for the
fifth year running, family-run car dealership SG
Petch sponsored the hole in one competition to
win a Fiat 500. This added an extra dimension of
competitiveness and fun to the event, but despite
everyone’s best efforts, the car was returned to the
garage for another year! Longest drive: James Bisson (04-12) of OP’have
Nearest the pin in two: Joe Butcher (94-06) of
The Oaks
2nd Prize: Sweeting Bros – Daniel Sweeting, Richard
Falkingham, Nick Cowling, Adam Verney (85-92) The course at The Oaks was in excellent
condition with top class greens.
Everyone enjoyed their rounds and
after a hearty supper in the club house,
Martin Butcher spoke on behalf of the
Headmaster who was unable to attend
due to a prior commitment. Martin
thanked everyone involved in putting
on the event, including the Nutt family
for hosting, SG Petch for sponsoring,
Rachel and Leanne for organising and
finally the teams for taking part. OP
Vice-President, James Sweeting (80-88),
presented the prizes and announced
OP’have as the 2017 winners of the
President’s Cup.
3rd Prize: Warrendale Farm – James Thornton,
Dave Lockwood, Richard Bloom, Jack Oxtoby The date for next year’s golf day at The
Oaks is Friday 8 June 2018.
Here are the results of the main competition:
1st Prize and The Tom Nash President’s Cup Winners
2017: OP’have – Henry Laverack (03-10), Isaac Green
(09-11), James Bisson (04-12), Peter Massie (00-10)
L-R Isaac Green (09-11), Henry Laverack (03-10), James Sweeting
(80-88), Peter Massie (00-10) and James Bisson (04-12).
THE 3RD EDMUND-LOTEN
INSPIRE TENNIS TROPHY
COMPETITION
In the annual Edmund-Loten Inspire Trophy
tournament, 16 players comprising of current pupils,
parents, staff and OPs were divided into two groups
of four pairs for the initial round robin stage.
Group A consisted of Christel Wake and son Charlie,
Jack and Taggy Medforth, Claire Kettle and Henry Kay
and Ian and Cameron Campbell (father and young
son). This group was incredibly well contested, with
only four games separating first and fourth places,
but Claire and Henry eventually claimed first place
just ahead of the Campbells. win all their matches to top the group, with John and Sally
claiming second place.
Group B consisted of all-adult pairings: Claire
Douthwaite and Neil McCollum, John and Sally
Medforth, Patrick Dare and Anna Hallam and OPs
Neil McGregor (76-81) and Rachel Clark (née
Sweeting, 91-96). Patrick and Anna managed to In the semi-finals, however, Patrick and Anna narrowly lost out
to the Campbells, whilst the Medforths frustrated Claire and
Henry with their ‘Sledmere slice’! A tight final was anticipated,
and that proved to be the case, with John and Sally eventually
winning 5-3 to take home the trophy.
OP TENNIS 2017
The OP tennis team of Max Los (98-09), James
Bisson (04-12) (JB) and James Sweeting (80-88)
(JS) enjoyed a narrow 4-2 victory in a mixture of
singles and doubles against the school team of Trevor
Loten (70-80), Ed Dare and Charlie Medforth.
In the first round, JS played the windy conditions
slightly better than Charlie, winning 6-3, whilst there
was plenty of good-natured ‘banter’ during Max and
JB’s 7-5 win against Trevor and Ed, which proved
crucial in the end!
The school team were up against it, particularly
when JB continued his excellent sporting weekend
(OP golf day winner a few days before!) with a 6-0
win against Ed, but Trevor and Charlie registered a
6-3 victory over Max and JS to give the school team
the chance to salvage a draw in the last round.
Trevor and Max had a keenly contested singles
match, with the former finally edging it 6-3, but the
OPs wrapped up the overall victory as JB and JS
defeated Ed and Charlie 6-2.
L-R Charlie Medforth, James Bisson (04-12), Ed Dare,
George Hobson (03-14), Max Los (98-09).
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