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…
On Saturday 17th November, on possibly one of the last sunny days of the season, MMGC ran a Texas Scramble with over 50 competitors in the field. The event was won by the team of Rob Allen, Andy Blunt, Ray Smith and Alan Hodgkinson with a net score of 58.7. David…
On Wednesday 14th November, 26 Ladies played a 3 Ball Am Am in a close competition which saw some good scores recorded for this time of year. Winners with 36 points were Margaret Samways, Alison Gatward and Avis Webb with an excellent chip in by Alison on the 4th securing…
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…
Following some heavy which made the course play very long and created very receptive greens, there was still a good turn out of 64 golfers for the Greensomes Pairs. This competition is where both players tee off and pick the best drive, then they play alternate shot up until they…
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…
20 teams turned out to play in the yellow ball peril on Saturday, despite the very strong winds. The yellow ball peril is a fourball Stableford competition where the golfer with the yellow ball and one other player scores on each hole. The heavy, strong wind made the right club…
