Arnold Wong (Park 1987) driving in as Captain of Hong Kong Golf Club recently.
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32 OH’s comprised a full field to come down to compete for the 7 trophies on display over 2 sun blessed spring days on this famous links, which provided challenges aplenty even without the strong winds we have more normally experienced. The range of competitors’ ages from an impressive 77 down to 25 also provided great company and almost as many variations of style as the holes themselves around the course!
The 2017 Hewitt saw us drawn against Merchiston at Deal in R1, a tough assignment as Merchiston won the Hewitt as recently as 2014.
While many OHGS members are used to obstacles in getting to golf meetings such as the tidal beach road at Brancaster, it came as a shock to find the road closed courtesy of Surrey Highways just a quarter mile from Hankley, necessitating some imaginative detours through unbridged fords and impossibly narrow lanes to be made.
This is now a much anticipated match against an OH side representing The Old Harrovian Golfing Society (OHGS). It is partly a warm-up for The Micklem Tournament as well as being its own event. It is a great opportunity for the team to get to know some of the OHGS members (of varying vintages) and to play a competitive game on the superb Woking course. Last year The School were thoroughly demolished 0 – 6, and so this year the pressure was on to produce a better show.
