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…
Winners of the October 2018 draw of the 100 club were: 100 pounds Jack Iguanta 50 pounds Doug Woolley 25 pounds Tony Houghton Thank you to everyone who supported the club and it is hoped that the carpets in the bar and dining area will be steam cleaned…
On October 18th, the men’s C Team held their end of season bash on a perfect autumn day in beautiful sunshine. Winner of nearest the pin on the 16th was David Bailey and winner of nearest the pin in two on the 3rd was Steve Tagg. The top three players…
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…
Friday 26th October saw Melton Mowbray Golf Club host their annual Ladies’s Scary Scramble Open. More than 90 players had booked in to play from many local clubs, but also included teams from as far away as Bedfordshire and Warwickshire. The day stayed mostly fine although chilly and the…
