Rick Holgate with Mark Baldock on the terrace and the ‘Senior Team’ – John Fraser, Derick Fulcher, Rob McCowen and Rick Holgate on day 1. This tournament features 16 of the Halford Hewitt Schools and is a friendly but competitive follow on to the Hewitt, for the over 55 year olds, with two extra events
Read More” Hurstpierpoint came in fourth place out of eight schools , Ardingly, Clifton, Dulwich, Marlborough, Millfield, St Paul’s, Winchester, in the annual Schools Putting Competition played at Royal Wimbledon on Wednesday 5th June. The event takes the format of eight schools per evening over four evenings with the top two schools each evening qualifying for
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This is always one of the Society’s most popular golf days and 2024 was no exception with 24 players, including 3 guests. Our special guest this year was John Gibbs, the son of the late Bill Gibbs, who remains our top Hewitt points scorer with 22 points over a Hewitt career spanning five decades. The
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2024 marked the centenary of the Halford Hewitt, originally played for in 1924 by eight schools. Hurstpierpoint played first in the event a little later in 1930, so we will have our own Hewitt Centenary to look forward to in a few years as well! We had drawn Aldenham in the first round, at the
Read MoreWe enjoyed our 32nd annual fixture at Walton Heath against our friends from Eastbourne College, 11 old boys and one school Mum, Iryana isn’t too hard to pick out in the picture! the match was very tight and all 24 golfers had the pleasure of teeing off with the harry Gibbs Sussex 2 Iron that
Read MoreNext week we will have 12 golfers down to the Kent coast for our annual event warm up and team selection. Our 12 attendees are as follows; For the main event which starts with official practice on Wednesday 10th April we have a huge turn out of players and supporters as noted below there will
Read MoreWe enjoyed our usual jovial and entertaining winter meeting at Walton Heath on Friday 1st December with a big field of 27 golfers with Roger Goodacre and Ian Clarke joining us for an excellent lunch in the Fowler room. As the attached photos record, it was cold and very frosty but the snow held off
Read MoreSunday 17th September and West Sussex Golf Club was the Venue for the Sussex Schools golf competition. This competition was played similar to a Grafton Morris tournament and played by four teams of six from , Hurstpierpoint, Brighton , Lancing and Eastbourne . After a few late changes Hurst put the team out of Alex
Read MoreOn 7th June Captain Rob McCowen assembled his chosen team of four OHJGS putters for this popular annual event that has 4 qualifying nights before next weeks final. In the annual schools putting event at Royal Wimbledon, in which 32 schools compete over four evenings, Hurstpierpoint has made it through to the Final eight schools.
Read MoreWe enjoyed our usual convivial 12 a side four ball better ball match against The Old Eastbournians at Walton Heath. As the photos show the weather was lovely early doors, but deteriorated to the extent that the rear half of the field got a good cold soaking on the back 9 – so it wasn’t
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