On Thursday 22nd November the annual Prize Presentation evening was held at Melton Mowbray Golf Club. The evening was very well attended not only by winners, but supporters and family members too. Doug Woolley hosted the event in his inimitable comic style, which made the evening extremely enjoyable and Sue…
Sunday 18th November saw a shotgun start for Round 2 of the popular Autumn Trophy played as a 3 Ball Better Ball. Again the weather was kind to the 50 plus players, although the receptive greens meant an aggressive approach was necessary to get close to the pin. The result…
The Monday Morning Mingles encouraged a good turn out even following heavy overnight rain. The winners were: 1st John Squires and Bettyne Norton with a nett 35.0. 2nd Bob Luke and Margaret Smale with nett 36.0. 3rd Tom Eadon and Liz Clarke with nett 36.4. Best fourball: Tom Eadon and…
Seniors’ Captain George Schmidt’s tenure as Seniors’ Captain has come to fruition and he held his presentation night for all the competition winners throughout 2018 within the Seniors’ Section. The evening consisted of a 2 course meal and wine, followed by the Seniors’ Captain making a short speech to thank…
Despite the cold and misty start to the morning, a good turnout was evident for the 8:30am tee off. The weather conditions did not prevent some very good scores being returned by a number of the mixed pairings. The winners were the partnership of Jim McQuillan and Maureen McCall with…
The annual inter team challenge got underway on Sunday 4th Nov with 6 teams made up of a Ladies’ team, Scratch, Senior, Mixed, B and C Team all fighting it out for the prestigious inter team trophy. It was a shotgun start as normal, where all the players started from…
On an almost dry Sunday (weather-wise at least) 64 players met in the clubhouse at 8am to take part in the first Autumn Trophy challenge of this year. Everyone was very grateful for the extra hour in bed and breakfast in the shape of bacon or sausage cobs with tea…
The much anticipated Mixed Away weekend to Breadsall Priory took place on the 14th and 15th October. All participants arrived at the hotel by 9.40am for a welcome chat and the draw. The first day was due to be a fourball betterball followed by a three ball waltz on day…
The annual competition for Melton Mowbray’s Past Captain’s Trophy took place on Friday 5th October. Twenty four past Captains (with ages ranging from 60 to 88) assembled in the clubhouse to ‘meet and greet’ prior to the first tee-time at 12.30pm. Included in those twenty four were four past Captains…
Monday saw the start of the Mingles again, which was well supported by Melton Golfers. The winners on the first day was as follows: 1st Denis Dayman and Alison Gatwood with a nett 33.8 2nd John Squires and Bettyne Norton with a nett 35.0 3rd Tom Eadon and Liz Clarke…
