We are pleased to launch our new Halford Hewitt website in time for the 2019 competition. Golfing Society website development specialist – net72 We are very pleased that net72 have designed and built our new look Hewitt website that we hope you will enjoy and make use of. On the website, you will be able to view the up-to-date draw, see the results as they come in, review the practice arrangements, as well
Colin Callander, former editor of Golf Monthly magazine and now a freelance journalist and a long standing member of the Fettes Halford Hewitt team writes.. The Halford Hewitt is one of Britain’s most competitive golf tournaments, contested between teams of 10 former pupils from the schools which make up the membership of the Public Schools Golfing Society, and it is also one of the game’s most convivial social gatherings, something which is entirely appropriate considering it was conceived during a luncheon
Both Clubs have generously given the courtesy of their courses to COMPETITORS ONLY for practice on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th April. The conditions of play on these two days are detailed below. Society Members must appreciate that speed of play is vital to ensure all games are completed in daylight. Hon. Secretaries are asked to ensure that the Team Captain, and through him each member of his team, is fully aware of the following conditions. CONDITIONS OF PLAY 1. On Tuesday only 2 ball play is
Aldenham had retired to their hotel with that warm rosy feeling that comes from beating a side to whom you were supposed to lose in order to celebrate the great occasion. Their success was at least in part due to a couple of ‘new recruits’ so it seemed only fitting that, after dinner, one or two of the “old hands” would show these youngsters the delights of Margate. Cutting a long story short, they arrived back at their hotel to continue
A variety of documents have been produced about the Hewitt ranging from Peter Ryde’s excellent Festival of Foursomes which covers the history and personalities of the Hewitt from the start until 1984 to less grand pamphlets and compendia of statistics. The Festival of Foursomes is a must for anyone who wants to understand the traditions of this great event. The first collection of statistics was produced by Robin Anderson (Malvern) who painstakingly compiled the Anderson Scale which is published each year
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