The OFGS Spring Meeting took place for the fourth time at Royal Worlington & Newmarket Golf Club on Thursday, 9 May. The weather was fine and sunny, but there was an extremely strong wind which made good scoring difficult for most people. The course, as always, was testing and in excellent condition. Everyone enjoyed a good lunch and were well looked after by the secretary and his staff.

Robin Anderton, with an excellent score of 39 points, won the Captain’s Prize and the Captain, Jonny Newton, won the Minter Cup for the best scratch score of the day, 32 points.

 

Division 2 was won for the fourth year running by local member, Peter Howard-Dobson, with a score of 35 points. Local knowledge is obviously a great help and his handicap should surely come down soon – even a road traffic accident near Bury St Edmunds, which delayed the arrival of many people, including Peter, did not affect his game!

 

In the afternoon Robin Anderton and Michael Spencer won the foursomes over 9 holes with an excellent score of 22 points from Mike Schneidau and Tony Stebbings, who scored 17 points.

 

The full results were as follows:

 

 

At the AGM, following the prize giving, Norman Porter was elected Captain of OFGS and Richard Graves was re-elected Captain of OFGS First Team. We wish them every success, particularly after our 1^st Round success in the Halford Hewitt this year.

 

We look forward to returning to Royal Worlington on Thursday, 8 May 2014.