The Spring Meeting was again held at Walton Heath on 6th April. A road closure near to WH delayed a few participants, but thankfully all 48 players arrived to tee off on the Old Course at their allotted times from 9am competing for the Busby and Timms Bowls. The field comprised 35 XL members and […]
Category Archives: Match Reports
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Mar
Mar
The four teams assembled at lunchtime on Monday in the RPGC clubhouse in glorious Spring sunshine with hardly a breath of wind. Following a light lunch, XLGS defeated MCC relatively easily in the first semi-final, then the Grancogs joined them in the final by overcoming the Free Foresters in the other match. The Grancogs arrived […]
19
Mar
Mar
The XL Club v The Gophers. The annual match against the Gophers was played at Woking in high spirits and extremely high winds, but it did not rain! On arrival many of the Gophers looked very familiar, so thanks to those who switched allegiance for the day. The course was in great condition for the […]
09
Mar
Mar
The XL club golfing season got off to its traditional start with enjoyable outing at St George’s Hill. The forecast snow held off and a debutant, Justin Jones teed off the season with Phllip Stride and they were soon 3 up after 3. In a see-saw game, the Esher team were level by the half-way […]
27
Feb
Feb
Paul Obey, Match Manager for the Tandridge match writes to inform the membership that the format of the match vs Tandridge has been changed from 18 holes foursomes to 18 holes 4BBB in discussion with the club. In the days when the fixture was arranged by the late Ted Ray this was a 36 hole […]
11
Dec
Dec
On a bright morning after the deepest frost of the winter so far, 34 intrepid XL members and their 6 guests assembled at Cuddington Golf Club. After a hearty breakfast play began with the course completely white and, whilst the sun did eventually restore most fairways to normal grass appearance, the greens remained firm to […]
26
Oct
Oct
Despite being close to the end of October, our annual match against the China Golfing Society was played in beautiful weather with short sleeves the order of the day and one XL member actually playing in shorts ! Unfortunately, despite fine golf to match the weather being played by most of the XL players , the […]
13
Oct
Oct
Winning XLGS team pictured at St Georges Hill GC David Tidmarsh, Steve Barton, Chris Greet, David Lancaster, Daryn Williams, Mike Johnson-Hill and John Webster (Richard Freedman away). The annual 8-aside quadrangular match against the MCC, Band of Brothers (Kent cricket) and Gloucester Gypsies (Gloucestershire cricket) was played on the 12 October at a wonderfully […]
06
Oct
Oct
Cover image: Roger Davies, Michael Pearce and Richard Freedman, pictured in front of the Ashridge clubhouse. On a blustery day with rain threatening, the XL Club played the conditions slightly better than their hosts to take a 3- 2 lead into lunch. Nick Beattie on his debut appearance formed a winning partnership with Mike Johnson-Hill […]
29
Sep
Sep
40 members gathered to play at New Zealand GC for the Autumn Meeting with 5 more coming to lunch for a most convivial day. The morning round was played in cool but dry weather. Alan Ewart and Mike Halls played some sparkling golf to score 38 points (reduced to 37 on handicap revision) to win and […]