OR Golfing Society

Patrick Franklin-Adams (H’58) Celebration of Life

Several Society members attended the memorial for OR Patrick Franklin-Adams (H’58) at his beautiful home in Sussex. Patrick died during lockdown, this was the first real opportunity to celebrate the life of a terrific man who contracted Alzheimers at the age of 57. A gathering of over 200 friends and family was hosted by Patrick’s wonderful wife Carol, who tirelessly continues to raise phenomenal amounts of money for the Alzheimer’s Society. We were all made exceptionally welcome, fed and watered royally and entertained with a eulogy from Carol and all four of their children including Katherine (A’84).

The memorial was extremely well attended as Patrick was a larger-than-life character who enthused all who met him. Although Patrick was an all round sportsman, his passion was golf - he was in the 1983 Halford Hewitt Repton winning team.

Return of Bruce Knight (H’72)

Bruce was the Hon Sec of the ORGS for 10 years until he emigrated to South Africa in 2000. He returned to catch up with old friends, visit Repton for a trip down memory lane, play golf at his former club Little Aston and attend the celebration of life for Patrick Franklin-Adams (H’58).

OR Ladies Golf - The Silver Tassie

This year the OR Golf Society entered their first ladies’ team in the Silver Tassie, which is a ladies’ golf competition for alumnae of Independent Schools which are members of the Independent Schools Joint Council. The Silver Tassie was founded in 1961 by Gerty Hubbard, who wanted to create an event similar to the Halford Hewitt but for ladies. This event is held at the Berkshire, the format of the competition is a team of four and is played in pairs, a 4BBB - Stableford. One pair plays the red course and the other pair plays the blue course. The 2022 team was Lindsey Shaw (A’77 - Captain), Bec Brookes (A’93), Erica Sanders (G’10) and Sophie Lamb (A’08).

Southern Spring Meeting

26 Old Reptonians met at New Zealand Golf Club in Surrey for a convivial breakfast, lunch and tea interspersed by two rounds of golf. The morning winner was Nick Walford (B’69) with 41 points, with Jack Williams (S’04) runner-up.

n the afternoon, James Fletcher (L’92) and James Gildersleve (O’71) took the honours with 39 points ahead of Tony Bishop (P’72) and George Gould (O’10) on 37 points. The Isouthern meeting was enriched by the presence of several members of our Cheshire and Midlands branches of the Society and particularly by the number of generations represented, with the ages of those participating ranging from 21 to 81. Post lunch Kümmel was kindly supplied by ORGS President Richard Fry (N’60).

After we played, the team had a delicious two-course meal followed by a presentation, where we got a mention for entering the competition for the first time. The team had a very enjoyable day. We weren’t in the mix for the prizes but we did not do too badly seeing it was our first time in the competition. We are hoping to enter a team again in 2023 and we would love to enter two teams one year.

If you are interested in playing, please contact Bec Brookes (A’93) via email rsmi98@hotmail.com or Lindsey Shaw (A’77) shaw01@gmail.com.

Halford Hewitt

The 2022 edition of the Halford Hewitt was back in its familiar April spot in the golfing calendar. Typical British spring weather accompanied us all week, as did our hardy and faithful supporters who followed us round.

The campaign started at Royal St George’s against Clifton College. A tighter match than the 4-1 result may have suggested probably helped sharpen us for our nextround opponents, Epsom.

Epsom are one of the consistent favourites in recent times and a side we had not got the better of either. It was a Halford Hewitt classic, as the deciding match went into

ORGS vs OMGS

Rye Golf Club Sunday 2nd October 2022

A host of eager Repton and Marlborough golfers woke up to a Sunday morning that was wet and grey; notwithstanding, they all appeared on time at the wonderful Rye links for 36 holes across the Jubilee and Old Courses.

Twelve holes later the steady rain finally ceased and hopes rose for a sunny afternoon. Those 11 doughty souls who stayed for the post-prandial round on the Old Course were rewarded with one of those glorious experiences that is the extra holes to determine who progressed. Two tight and nervy holes led us to the 21st and the long Par 3 at RSG. A towering tee shot to the correct level by Alex Mair and a slippery downhill putt by Pete Forster secured a memorable 3-2 win.

Saturday morning saw us move back to Royal Cinque Ports to face Harrow in the 3rd round. A tense and scrappy affair with the result uncertain throughout, we were delighted to win 3-2 and progress to the Quarter Finals in the afternoon.

The opposition was Haileybury and they beat Repton 3.5-1.5 to reach their first semi-final in over 40 years. Without wishing to sound unfair to the victors who had played well, quite simply as a group we felt that we had been a little flat. That’s sport, and it happens. We move on.

Everyone contributed and some very good matches were won. We had the second debutant in as many years in Jeffrey Chow (C’11). There were some new and familiar supporters who came down and helped make it a memorable ORGS week. Thanks to all, and we look forward to the next campaign.

Mark Anselm (C’86 - Captain)

reserve of wonderful old Links like Rye, with a breeze blowing across fast-drying and sun-dappled dunes, great views across the bay to Fairlight and inland across the Romney Marsh, and for the alert, the occasional yacht sailing up the canal from Rye Port to the sea. How richly we were rewarded. Bliss indeed!

And so to the golf which was played in great spirit and with some fine golf. Evenly balanced at lunchtime at 2 points apiece, the afternoon round went right to the final match, in which David Scarrett (P’04)

(playing on his own as numbers were uneven) brought in the winning point for Repton. Rye looked after us very well. A great day was had by all.

Repton team: John Fletcher (L’66), Richard Fry (N’60), Gordon West (B’62), David Scarrett (P’04), Daniel Page (L’99), Chris Lawson (L’84), Sandip Basu (O’91)

John Fletcher (L’66 - Match Manager)