2022 Review

Match against The Aularians at Huntercombe, Friday 25th March 

An 8-a-side match was played in great spirit, helped by excellent weather and the on-course refreshments provided by the Aularian's non-playing captain, Chris Atkinson. The result was a narrow 5-3 win for St John's.

Inter-College Alumni Golf Competition, Tuesday 12th April

This was again held at Gog-Magog Golf Club. 16 colleges competed and St John's were victorious for the second year in succession with a score of 169 points followed by Fitzwilliam on 159 and Chris's on 156. As holders, we hosted the dinner in Hall, preceded by very pleasant drinks in the New Court cloisters. Those attending the dinner were keen to return to St John's in 2023.

The winning team of Stephen Munday, Guy McDonnell, Donald Mark, Robert Ross, Nigel Snaith, (Mike Frisby) and Guy Freeman

Match against Christ's for the Lady Margaret Beaufort Trophy at Huntercombe, Thursday 12th May

This match has resulted in a tie on 5 of the 6 occasions that it has been played previously. In an attempt to break the sequence of halved matches, the format was modified to 12 foursome matches. It appeared for a while that even this change may not have worked as the score at lunch was 3-3, and after the first four matches in the afternoon was still tied at 5-5. However Christ's were victorious in the final 2 matches to come home with a 7-5 victory. 

This match was also played in very pleasant weather, sunny with a moderate breeze. The photograph below was taken after a good Huntercombe lunch

Cambridge meeting, 28/29th July

The meeting kicked of with a match with the College Staff at The Cambridgeshire Golf Club. The winner was Guy McDonnell with 36 points and the best of the College staff was Keith Pearson on countback with 33 points. All enjoyed the competition and it is hoped that this will continue in future years.

After a very good dinner in The Wordsworth Room, Mike Sweeney gave an excellent talk on his experiences in The Boat Race, both as an oarsman and umpire.

Mike Sweeney's entertaining after dinner speech. The photo shows an impressive array of trophies won by his Nottingham school.

The Competition for The Marshall Hall Cup was played over the John O'Gaunt course in rather hot conditions. Many struggled, particularly on the back nine, but not the Winner, Ian Roberts who came in with 33 points, closely followed (on count back) by David Cairns with 32 points. Roger Palin won the Posnett Salver. In the afternoon, the winners were Ian Saunders and Paul Baker who played the 9 holes in level par to come home with 23 points, followed by James Fox and Nigel Snaith with 22 points. Roger Palin won the nearest the pin on the 16th hole and David Lynas the longest drive on the 17th.

After dinner, Colin Greenhalgh entertained us with reminiscences of his application to St John's and some College happenings.

The winner of The Marshall Hall Cup was a somewhat surprised Ian Roberts

Match against Sunningdale Golf Club

Sunningdale again welcomed the Johnian Golf Society with their customary generous hospitality. The match result was a 3-3 tie, which was a significant improvement over the rather one sided match in 2021. 

A return match at Royal Worlington followed by dinner in College has been pencilled in for Friday 25th August 2023.