On Friday 7th September, Melton Mowbray Ladies played Branston Golf Club at Hinckley in the semi-finals of the Taskers Trophy. Several ladies had been up to Hinckley earlier in the week to scope the course and to prepare for the match. Although many of the matches were close, unfortunately Melton…
Sandie Normanton presented her chosen charity, Dogs for Good, with a cheque for £1000 at the end of her Lady Captains’ day. The amount was very gratefully received and will continue to support Mavis, our sponsored dog, during her training year. Thank you to everyone who worked hard throughout this…
Lady Captain Sandie Normanton held her Lady Captain’s day on Sunday at MMGC and was certainly blessed with some excellent sunny weather all throughout the day. Everyone was met on the first tee by the starter and ex member Bob Barnes whose wife, Pat, was playing on the day. There…
Melton Mowbray Golf Club’s Professional, Tony Westwood organised an exchange day with the professional from Blankney GC in Lincolnshire. So popular was the event that 47 golfers, both men and women from MMGC, turned out to support his first away day. The format for the day was a Betterball Stableford…
On Tuesday 14th August, 24 ladies wended their way to Peterborough Milton – some via the signposted diversion and others not! – for the Lady Captain’s Away Day. We were made extremely welcome and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of the parkland course, despite the daunting lake on the first. …
On Wednesday 8th August, a team of Ladies in pink led by the current Lady Captain, Sandie Normanton took on the team in blue headed by the Lady Vice Captain, Nancy Denny in a Better Ball Matchplay event. Although the weather had cooled a little, the ground was still hard…
On Wednesday 1st August, the Ladies’ played the annual Chris Lord Trophy. The competition is a better-ball Stableford played in pairs and the draw ensures that a high handicapper plays with a low handicapper. On-form Lady Captain, Sandie Normanton and ‘Drina Terzza posted an unbeatable 44 points, closely followed…
In their last match of the season, the Ladies’ handicap team ventured to Forest Hill Golf Club to play this final competition. All three Melton Mowbray pairs had to give shots to the opposition and the weather was once again quite oppressive, making it hard to maintain concentration all the…
On Sunday 29th July, golfers with handicaps between 1 and 12 turned out to play 36 holes in the Club Championship, one round in the morning and one in the afternoon. The golfer with the best aggregate score is crowned Club Champion for 2018. There is also a prize for…
On a thundery Thursday afternoon, MMGC Ladies hosted Beeston Fields Golf Club in the quarter final of the Taskers Trophy. As before, the home team had to give a shot per match to allow for home advantage. In the hot and humid afternoon, the course was running very well and,…
