St Edward's Rhubarb Issue 5

52 ST EDWARD’S r h u b a r b

Golf

M A R T Y R S

Rodney Haig, 11th tee at Hunstanton GC

Spring Meeting – Studley Wood GC With the wind gusting and greens still recovering from a long cold winter, scoring was tough at Studley for the Spring Meeting. Despite the conditions Robin Ewbank (B, 1956-1961) played some great golf to win the Talent Cup with 33 points and had a few more putts dropped could have reached 40 points. Last year’s champion Alex Hawkins (H, 1995-2000) put in another good performance to score 30 points. Summer Meeting – Frilford Heath GC We were delighted to welcome 22 players to Frilford GC for the Martyrs Golf Society’s flag ship event. Playing stableford over the Green Course in the morning for the Gaudy Cup, Kerr Drummond (G, 1998-2003) played very well to win with a gross 73 – including 3 dropped shots in the

last four holes! A carvery lunch was enjoyed by all following which we played 18 holes of foursomes over the Blue Course for the Walliker Salvers. The afternoon’s game was very close with Charles Cooper (G, 1961-1966) and Richard Redfern (K, 1990- 1995), winning by one stroke over Richard Powell (K, 1993-1998) and Peter Neal (K, 1993-1998). The courses were in excellent condition and we will return for this year’s Summer Meeting on Wednesday 1st June. Excellent value at just £80. London Meeting – Royal Wimbledon GC The Martyrs enjoyed another glorious afternoon at Royal Wimbledon GC, with Tim Smart (C, 2001-2006) playing beautifully to win the London Cup with 34 points playing off 5. Pleasingly, we welcomed five Society debutants: Robin Catlin (A, 1973-1978), Nick Obolensky (K, 1990-1995), Fergus Pack (C, 2001-

2006), Alex Davidson (F, 2004-2009) and Luke Brennan (C, 2004-2009) and hope to welcome even more this year, when we return on to Royal Wimbledon on Thursday 14th July. Grafton Morrish Finals, 25th-27th September 2015 Following successful qualification at North Hants GC in May, the six man team of Tim Smart (C, 2001-2006), Sean Borrett (A, 1993-1998), Rodney Haig (A, 1959- 1964), Robin Ellis (G, 1964-1969), Simon Talbot-Williams (A, 1974-1979) and Peter Neal were drawn against Sutton Valence in the 1st Round, at Hunstanton GC our first appearance in the finals for over a decade! The first match was won by Smart and Neal (3&2) while the second match (Ellis and Haig) was lost, leaving Borrett and Talbot-Williams to decide the overall outcome of the match. It was all square going down the 18th with both pairs on