36 golfers from Melton Mowbray Golf Club travelled to Ladbrook Park to play in Gerry Stephen’s Captain’s Away Day at Ladbrook Park Golf Club near Solihull. The weather was overcast on arrival, but as they teed off the heavens opened and poured down until the last four-ball came off the…
The Melton Scratch Team travelled to Humberstone Heights to take on their Scratch Team. The sun was shining and they teed off early evening on a course found to be in excellent condition and well manicured. This fixture last year provided some excellent standards golf and Melton came out on…
The winter knockout competitions came to fruition last week with 74 players having played in the Better Ball and 52 players in the Foursomes competition. The winners of the finals were as follows: Winter Better Ball Andy Blunt and Ben Turner. Winter Foursomes Paul Mullins and Steve Burton. Congratulations to…
The Ludlow Bowl and Compton Cup Round 2 bogey competitions were well supported on Saturday, where all competitors play against the par of the course. The course is in excellent condition and the weather looked very favourable for the golfers. Some good scoring would be inevitable. The standard scratch for…
Every year a number of competitions are played to raise money for course improvements and this time it was the turn of the ex-service personnel verses the civilians organised by members Bob Luke (Forces) and Haydn Snow (Civilians). A good turn out of 56 members signed up to support the…
On Wednesday 29th May, 22 MMGC home members played host to 14 ladies from Bedfordshire GC. MMGC Lady Captain Nancy Denny’s sister-in-law, Hilary Denny, is currently Lady Captain of Bedfordshire GC, hence the reason for the exchange. Nine teams made up of members from both clubs took part in a…
Melton Mowbray Golf Club’s first pairing out in the Mixed County Foursomes match against Market Harborough Golf Club on Wednesday 29th May were Dale Radford (hcap 6) and Leah Radford (hcap 9), who received 4 shots from their opponents, playing off handicaps +1 and 8. The second pairing was Phil…
Saturday 25th May saw a strong field of 97 golfers enter the RWS medal competition. Excellent conditions of both weather and course were the trade mark of some excellent scores by the winners throughout the day. There were three categories handicaps 0 – 12, 13 – 20 and 21 –…
On Friday 24th May, MMGC Club Professional Tony Westwood and amateur partner, Andy Blunt, played their second match at Charnwood Forest in the County Pro-Am Foursomes event. In challenging windy conditions and the course playing firm and fast, they had their work cut out to keep ahead of their opponents. …
Melton Scratch team led out by Team Captain Jody Honeywood took on local rivals Stapleford Park on what was a very warm and sunny evening with a slight breeze and the course in excellent condition. Both teams would be up for this first match of the season to open with…
