On Monday 16th June in blustery, but sunny conditions, the club held a Centenary Mixed Competition as a Better Ball Pairs off yellow for the Gents and Red for the Ladies. There were some excellent scores returned, the highlight of which was a Hole in One by Haydn Snow on…
Twenty seven ladies joined the Lady President, Nancy Denny, on Wednesday 18th June on a gloriously sunny day with the course looking in exceptional condition. Twenty four ladies played 18 holes and three played an ‘informal’ 9 holes. There was a choice of refreshments at the Halfway House including fresh…
Nine teams of 4 ladies and 1 team of 4 gents gathered on Wednesday 11th June for a step back in time to 1925. Two small pencil carry bags with 7 hickory clubs in each were provided for each team and the clubs ranged from a driver and ‘brassy’ fairway…
Andrew Evans (Brierley Forest)/Daniel Britland (Chesterfield) 47pts ocbMarcus West/Chris Fetzko (Stoke Rochford) 47 ptsSteve Burton (Stoke Rochford)/Ben Donovan (Melton Mowbray) 46 ptsMark Walley/Karl Appleyard (South Kyme) 45 pts ocbAndrew Blunt (Melton Mowbray)/Ben Turner (Beedles Lake) 45 ptsJames Denny/Gerry Stephens (Melton Mowbray) 44 pts ocbMark Bell/John Hitchman (Stoke Rochford) 44 pts…
On Friday 30th May, 40 members of the club were privileged to attend a dinner in the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers’ museum at the Tower of London. Several took advantage of the offer of entering the Tower for the afternoon before returning for the dinner. The new poppy installation on…
An intrepid group of Meltonians took up the reciprocal opportunity of visiting Leighton Buzzard Golf course. A very nice challenging course which states a slope rating of 127, making it an easier course than ours – we did not find that to be true.Set in a beautiful woodland setting only…
On what proved to be a better day than forecast, three teams teed off at Melton on Thursday 5th June for the second Handicap match of the season, this time versus Charnwood Forest. The rain abated on the fifth hole and luckily stayed away for the rest of the match.…
Melton Seniors were drawn away to a strong Scraptoft team who finished runners up in the LRGU Seniors Team Competition last year. We played and won our usual annual fixture the day before at Melton, but the home side changed their line up considerably for this match with a few…
After leaving behind an undefeated month of Seniors fixtures in May, Melton extended their unbeaten run with a close win against Scraptoft. There were wins for Richard Haines and Joe Carrington, Richard Faubert and Charlie Chapman and Steve Martin and Dick Chapman, with the winning ½ point coming from Colin…
On a sunny evening, the two teams of Drina Terzza and Nancy Denny, and Jean Moulds and Kate Britton took on the ladies from Rothley Golf Club in the second round of the Ladies’ County Foursomes at home. The format of an aggregate score determining the result worked in Melton’s…
