The Old Marlburian Golfing Society

Sad news has reached us that Desmond Pryor died on 26th March after a long illness. Desmond's was always a cheerful and welcoming face at Woking

Desmond represented Marlborough in the Darwin between 1992 and 1994 and was a Senior Darwin winner in 1998. He was a member of Woking GC since 1963 (Captain 1988/89 and President 2007-12)

A cremation is to be held at 11.15 on Friday 3 May at Guildford Crematorium, New Pond Road, Godalming GU7 3DB, and afterwards at Woking GC. Could anyone wishing to attend, please let David, his son, know either by email (david@davidpryor.com) or 07718 537280

Marlborough lose 3-2 ……… again

The OMGS Hewitt side succumbed to Lancing in the first round.

David Niven & Justin Rhodes won well at the top, 5/4, as did the boys at the back, Chas Blockley & Jim Hewer, who won 3/2.

New boy, Henry Ingham fought back well with Ed Hall from 2 down to go down the 19th but sadly we made 5.

Charlie Foster & Hamish Greenwood just had one of those days.  Three poor opening tee shots, followed by 2 birdies from their opponents left them 5 down after 5!  They fought back but it was too much and they lost 4/3.

Elliot Matthews, who had not been well, and Angus Murray, had done really well to get themselves to 4 up after 12 but some dogged play into the wind by Lancing, and some indifferent putting from us meant that we went down the 19th again.  A solid 4 down 19 was matched by two good putts from distance by Lancing but we could not get up and down at the 20th and Lancing had found the green and got their 4.

Every player fought hard and it’s tough to lose 3-2 for the fourth year in a row, so I hope that, with an influx of youth next year, we will be more resilient and hence successful.  We will not stop trying.

Matt Mockridge, Hewitt Captain

Marlborough lost 1/2 - 21/2 to Malvern in the second round (our first).  Details in Grafton Morrish event

The Autumn Meeting took place at Deal on Tuesday 18 September.  Conditions were difficult with players buffeted by winds of up to 50mph throughout the day. The Foursomes took place in the morning with Mockridge and Yates coming out on top. In the afternoon the Secretary came out top of the field in the Singles Stableford with a steadfast show of golf. The field of twelve enjoyed the day very much with Jeremy Yates being the overall player of the day.  Well done Jeremy.

Bernie Thomson

6 Hewitt standard golfers will represent OMGS v Malvern in our first round of the Grafton Morrish up at Hunstanton on Friday 6th October at 11.22. Please see the event for team members.

Grafton Morrish

To improve the security of the OMGS web site, our service provider, Wild Apricot, has strengthened the web site password requirements, requiring stronger passwords and forcing some users to change their password at least every 365 days. With immediate effect, new passwords will need to comply with the following requirements:

Password must have:

• 12 characters or more
• Upper and lower case letters
• At least one number
• At least one special character #?!@$%^&*-

You may receive an email informing you that your password will expire in 5 days. Rather than wait for it, I suggest that you log onto the web site now and change your password. The easiest way to do this is to look at the top of the screen for the link ‘Change password’ 

The organising committe has produced a review of the 2023 tournament, which revealed that Marlborough, having lost in the first round, managed to win the Bernard Darwin goblet, which is a stableford competition amongst the schools who did not make it to the second round

This is the a link to the review:

Bernard Darwin 2023 review

Please find a notice from Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club.

"Members will be saddened to learn that Alister Alexander passed away on Monday 1st May 2023.

Alister joined Royal Ashdown in 1956 and was a regular supporter of the Club until moving to House membership in recent years.

Details of the funeral will be shared in due course and I am sure you will join me in offering our prayers and condolences to Alister’s family and friends."

I'm sure many OM Golfers will have fond memories of Alister.

Please find Bernie Thomson's Captain's Letter

CAPTAINS NEWSLETTER MAR23.pdf

This notice was originally posted in December 2021 and has been updated

Please note that subsidies will only be paid to those who have a DD mandate in place for payment of the annual subscription. This includes College Leavers who are asked to pay £2 per year

The subsidies agreed by OMGS Committee in 2021 will continue for the foreseeable future. The subsidy is based on the cost of a day's golf, including the green fee and the cost of lunch as follows:

• Players 25 and under will receive a subsidy of 50% of the daily cost for both matches and meetings
• Players 26 to 30 will receive a subsidy of 40% of the daily cost for both matches and meetings
• Players 31 to 35 will receive a subsidy of 25% of the daily cost for both matches and meetings
• Players 36 and over will receive a subsidy of 25% of the daily cost for attending meetings.

The above policy is designed to encourage youngsters to play in matches and everybody to attend meetings. The scheme will be reviewed annually

Match managers will be encouraged to include the estimated cost of the day on the website so that members, when they register, can see how much they will have to pay. Any queries should be referred to the Honorary Secretary

secretary@omgs.info