Wellington College Yearbook 2008/2009 | Page 130

130 ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? 131 ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? is getting enough Sundays in the year as teams are Enjoy the winter and if you would like to play for the played and 29 attended the dinner and agm in the evening. Richard Hardingham won the John Booty 50+ Scratch queueing up to play on our excellent wickets. Thanks owcc in 2009, please contact Sam Streatfeild [C 1993– The weather was good and Richard Eggleshaw won the Prize with 80. James Holland won the Board Challenge also to Steve Blosse, Phil Stockwell, Brian Wilson 1998] on 07 818 437 514 or [email protected] O’Brien Trophy with a score of 70 (net 66 against a par Cup (combined Spring and Autumn) with 75 points and the of 68 and a standard scratch of 71). There were some Allom Trophy was won by Patrick Power with 32 points. other strong contenders with James Holland, Rory The Leese Challenge Cups were won by Mike Power and Stradling and Mike Gowar all scoring 75. The Captain’s Tony Collett with 38 points. and Chris Potter for all their support and patience. ? ?? ? Shield was won by Richard Eggleshaw with 38 points and We are delighted to welcome quite a number of new the Birkmyre Trophy by Nicholas Hurst with 31 points. members, especially those who are under 25 and who have The Birkmyre Card (scratch prize for those over 50 years found out the fun of Old Wellingtonian golf. The owgs is old) was won by Simon Pettigrew. The Wooden Spoon flourishing. Patrick Power became Captain on 1st January was won by Angus Gordon. The Captain’s Tankards were this year—a popular choice and he was warmly welcomed won by Mike Gowar and Richard Eggleshaw with a score by all those present at the Spring Meeting Annual Dinner— of 34 points. On the Sunday, James Holland won the Guy no doubt helped by the quality and quantity of the port he Docker Trophy, Richard Eggleshaw the Walter Greenway provided. I know the Hon. Secretary much appreciated and Richard Eggleshaw won the Dutton trophy for the this despite his slowness on the following morning. three rounds of foursomes on Saturday and Sunday. The 2007 Autumn Meeting, held at Liphook at the Of course, the very final word has to be concerning those ows who play golf and are not members of the owgs. owgs and find out what all the members know end of September, was a great success. Jon Douglas was Join the the winner of the Needham Trophy with a score of 71 already; it’s great fun whatever your skill level is. John Goodeve- level par, with James Holland close behind on 72. The Docker (Secretary). Telephone and fax: 020 8740 0686; Roberts Wilson Cup was won by Jon Douglas with 39 mobile: 07710 781961; email: [email protected] point and James Holland close behind again with 37 points. 2008 Quarter-finalists in the Halford Hewitt Cup Back row: J.A. Holland, A.T. Gowar, P.J. Power, R.W. Eggleshaw, E.M. Barry-Walsh, J.J. Douglas, C.E. Richardson, C.R.A. Rowse. Front row: J.A.D. Wyke, C.B. Manson, M.J. Power, T.D.G. Warrillow, J.I. Harper ? ?? ? ? ? ? T his year has seen another strong year for the by reaching the quarter-finals where they faced eventual owrc. It has seen the return of Tim Cockroft winner Harrow. They put up a good fight and nearly won [A 1980–1985] to the game after a bit of time the first game against the current World Champion ! After he Golf Society’s report this year is split into own personal detriment ! It was also good to note that 2 halves—the serious Golf Competitions and the team’s average age was in the mid-20s and our oldest out to focus on his new job. He re-entered the game that though they somewhat lost their way and went out the more sociable meetings and matches. player was only 38. This, and the number of good, young in spectacular fashion by winning the British Amateur 3-0 (17/18, 10/15, 10/15). We hold high hopes for a strong The serious competitions are the Halford Hewitt, the 3 golfers coming through College in the next few years, Doubles championship at the Queen’s Club. The sad thing ow representation in the event next year. Bernard Darwin competitions and the Grafton Morrish. bodes well for future success. was that he partnered a Harrovian (nobody is perfect) ! Congratulations again to James Coyne who retained We qualified well for the Grafton Morrish He continues to work hard on the game and narrowly his u24 Open singles Crown last season. He beat Alex but unfortunately lost in the first round to missed out on a challenge match for the World Doubles Coldicott of Cheltenham College again in the final. This Stowe. Our team was James Harper, Bas title. Many congratulations for his efforts this season and year it was slightly more convincing. Despite losing the the Halford Hewitt, getting through to the Gowar, James Holland, Richard Eggleshaw, we wish him all the best next year and are happy that we first game 15/5 it was one way traffic and he sealed the quarter-finals. We beat Oundle, Loretto and Jon Douglas and Hugo De Pree. will have a contending Noel Bruce pair this year. match 3-1 (5/15, 15/0, 15/3, 15/1). T We also take part in an invitation trophy at Woking—The Alba Trophy. This year we had a much better run in Watsons—last year’s winners—until we met In the Bernard Darwin we lost in the first Talking of the Noel Bruce Cup we had a slightly The ow pairing of James Coyne and Mark Penna also Tonbridge in the quarter-finals. However this round and our team was Nigel Hurst-Brown, depleted showing this year only fielding two pairs. 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