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OF Gold Spring Meeting

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:44:34 +0100

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.

This year we had our best ever turnout at Royal Worlington, with twenty seven members. It was good to welcome back Chris Aylott, who had not played in an OFGS Meeting for many years, together with Tony Stebbings, Peter and Stephen Over each making their debut at an OFGS Meeting.

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:

Captain’s Prize	Robin Anderton	39
Minter Cup (Scratch)	Jonny Newton	32 (39 on handicap)
2nd Div 1	James Brocks	36
1st Div 2	Peter Howard-Dobson	35
2nd Div 2	Barry Lorkin	30
PM Foursomes (9 holes)
1st	Robin Anderton & Michael Spencer	22
2nd	Mike Schneidau & Tony Stebbings	17

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.

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Oh no, not another Shooting report!!!

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:43:42 +0100

Our intrepid shooters braved the elements again on 11 May 2013 for the Q Match at Bisley. Not only was the weather against them but also the markers apparently!!

Read the full story here ...

College Shooting Team Gets OF Wisdom

Sun, 05 May 2013 09:06:49 +0100

Half a dozen of our youngsters had barely seen a full-bore rifle, let along actually fired one when the masters of the OF Rifle Club got their hands on them.

By the end of the weekend the 12 keen young things were all on target (pretty much) and the odd decent score of above 30 (ex 35) was pinning the target.

Read the full story here ...

Elements be damned! OF shooters lift the Long Range Cup.

Thu, 02 May 2013 19:26:24 +0100

The budding shooters amongst us met on 13 April 2013 and had a spot of success. Read the full story here ...

OF undertaking solo paddle over 740 miles

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:13:57 +0100

We�ve recently heard from Peter Macfarlane (Z73-81) in beautiful Vermont, USA about an epic 740 mile solo canoe trip he is about to take across parts of America and Canada in a lovely canoe that he built himself. If you would like to read about this journey he�s starting on 19 May 2013 click here . It also details how you can follow his progress. Best of luck Peter and we look forward to hearing from you afterward ...

SOF Football -v- College XI - Sunday 23 June 2013

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:36:51 +0100

Ted Harrington (S 2005-10), one of the SOF Moreau Scholars, reports:
“A new era. A new format.”

Framlinghamian football is changing this year!

On Sunday, 23rd June, for the first time, the OFs take on the College XI football team. Football fever starts right here as the OFs warm up for their biggest challenge yet!

If you are interested in playing or getting involved in any way at all, please contact Ted Harrington (S 2005-10) as soon as possible. Should any questions arise, you can also contact him via email at Teddy.Harrington@hotmail.co.uk. Teams will be announced on Monday, 3 June.

For the third year running, both players and spectators alike are invited to the annual OF Football Match. This year the OF Footballers will meet at Penny Farthings at 12 noon on Sunday 23rd June for a light lunch in the marquee, before heading to the Sports Centre (Fram Leisure) to change. After some last minute practice, both teams will kick off at 2.00pm. Refreshments will be available in the marquee for spectators throughout the game

A full ninety minutes of fierce footballing will be played between the two sides. Should the score remain equal by the time the full-time whistle blows, the game will finish with a penalty shoot-out.

Following this, calm will be restored to players with an afternoon tea in Paul’s Court at 4.00pm. During this time, the ‘Man of the Match’ award(s) will also be presented, and the event will finally conclude at around 5.30pm.

All are welcome so please do not hesitate to let your football fever take over! All the information you'll need can be found at: The 3^rd Annual Old Framlinghamian Football Match – or, if you are on Twitter, search the hash tag ‘#FramFootball’.

To view a the event poster click here:

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OFGS Heroes End 24 Year Halford Hewitt Drought

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:41:05 +0100

David Turnbull, OFGS Secretary, writes with news to lift the spirits of OF Golfers everywhere:

“On Thursday, 11th April we were drawn to play against Stonyhurst in the first round at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal. For the second time since his captaincy of the team, Richard Graves arranged for the team to play some practice rounds at the beginning of March, and this definitely paid off.

For once, we were able to field our strongest team, so hopes of success were high. Pat Spraggs, our top player, made the long journey down from Scotland to join Richard Graves, Rob Atton, Gavin Cowell, Jonny Newton, Charlie Plunkett, Matt Stolls, Andrew Towler, Peter Watts and Johnny Wybar, with Mike Schneidau as reserve.

As usual, it was going to be a very tough match, but the preparation paid off, and we won 3½ –1½, our first win at this stage since 1989. One string of the match is particularly worthy of mention - Peter Watts and Rob Atton had played a rather tense 17^th. They were all square on the tee, but it took a 20 foot putt by Peter to earn a half, and remain all square going down the 18^th. It was a pivotal moment and a fantastic pressure putt. Peter then crunched a drive down 18, as only he can, and Rob and he then achieved a cast iron par 4 and won their match 1-up, to deliver the winning point we needed.

Earlier in the day, Gavin and Pat were a great lead-off pair, and they didn’t disappoint, giving us winning starts in both their first and second round matches. Matts Stolls and Jonny Newton halved both their matches, but only because the overall matches had finished. They were up in both their games, at the time, so were quite annoyed to only get credit for a half.

Our second-round match was against Merchant Taylors’, to whom we lost by the same margin as we won in the first round. It’s perhaps instructive to note that, had we secured a point further up the match, we could have turned the tables and won! There really wasn’t much in it at all.

The team had a great few days, and it was a proud moment when we finally got the monkey off our backs with the Stonyhurst result.

The team was ably supported by Richard Sayer, SOF President, Norman Porter, SOF Hon Sec, Andrew Wright and Mike Schneidau.

We stayed in the Pegwell Bay Hotel, and thanks are due once again to Andy Towler for making all the arrangements.

Next year we shall lose the services of Pat, who plans to turn professional in September – a great loss for the team, but we wish him every success in his chosen career."

L-R: Mike Schneidau, Andrew Wright, Andrew Towler, Charlie Plunkett, Richard Graves, Jonny Newton, Richard Sayer, Peter Watts, Matt Stolls, Rob Atton, Pat Spraggs, Johnny Wybar, Gavin Cowell and Norman Porter. ...

Why do more Stradbroke OFs go to the London Suppers?

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:46:49 +0100

Dr Neville Marsh (S53-61) an academic Professor of some distinction, writes in with a fascinating conundrum �I find it interesting if not surprising that at every London Supper in recent years, the number of Stradbroke OF�s far outnumber those from any other house. Does anyone have an explanation? A quick perusal of recent Yearbooks reveals that over the last four London suppers, Stradbroke Old Boys made up nearly half the turnout whilst Garrett, Kerrison and Rendlesham Houses contributed less than a 1/5th each (I have discounted the newer houses for the sake of simplifying the arithmetic). Equally interestingly, when you look at the Suffolk Suppers, the turnout is much more even: Garrett is slightly ahead at 29% and Stradbroke slightly behind at 21%.

Does this simply mean that more ex-Stradbroke folk live near London and if so, why? I offer as a prize for the most logical and/or amusing explanation, a bottle of South Australia�s finest shiraz wine!�

Email Neville with your suggestions.
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O.F. instrumental in apprehending 3 suicide bombers bent on wreaking carnage in UK cities.

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:37:54 +0100

Marcus Beale (M74-81) : We should acknowledge the recent stunning success of Marcus and his 450 officers in the West Midlands counter-terrorism unit in pre-empting a potentially catastrophic event in the twilight world of home-grown would-be suicide bombers.

Marcus joined the W. Midlands Police Force in June 2011 as Assistant Chief Constable with specific regional and national responsibility for counter-terrorism policy. He previously held the post of Chief Superintendent with Nottinghamshire Police and Assistant Chief Constable with the Staffordshire Force.

We are all indebted to the likes of Marcus for their indefatigable pursuit of those who aspire to commit mass murder on the streets of the UK. More power to his elbow as he continues to operate in this sensitive and vital field.

On-line news link: here
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Ed Sheeran (BH 96-02)

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:37:09 +0100

Those who follow the burgeoning career of Ed Sheeran might like to know that he will be based in the USA for the greater part of 2013. His renown as singer-songwriter has created a ready demand from others at the top of the tree in the world of Popular Music. He is known to be writing material for One Direction and Taylor Swift. Ed is currently touring in the USA and Canada with Swift and booked to open the show for no fewer than 66 gigs across that vast continent as an integral part of her �Red� North American Tour. They recently played the opening night together, on March 13th, in Omaha, Nebrask ...