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…
After a rained delayed start, Melton Seniors took on a strong Ruddington side, but showed their positive competitive nature by coming out 6 1/2 to 1 1/2 winners. The weather was somewhat cooler than previous weeks, but the fairways were still hard and the greens were difficult to play, with…
Melton fielded only 4 pairings instead of the usual 8 as Cosby were unable to field the full compliment. The Melton team were led out by the pairing of Club Captain Glenn Price and John Webb, who completed what was a very tight, nip and tuck game which they fought…
In the last match of the season, on Thursday 16th August, Melton Mowbray League team took on Rutland Water in a must win match, as the result would put the victors second in the division with the possibility of promotion. The away match at Rutland Water was won by Rutland…
A strong field of 69 entered the weekly medal and with cooler temperature and light winds, there was still some very good scores being returned. The overall winner on the day was George Boddy with an impressive 63 net. Division 1 Winner: Geoff Townsend 68 net. Runner up: Phil Millward…
This has been a jam packed month. If you have not had a chance to read the July newsletter available in the clubhouse or sent to you online, then here it is…. MMGC Newsletter July 2018
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 Monday 13th August, Melton Seniors travelled to Wollaton Park to take on their Seniors in what is always a very competitive match, but one carried out in good spirit. With the cooler temperatures and slick greens, the home side were unable to take full advantage and the outcome was a very acceptable draw. The points…
Presidents Putter Rnd 2 (RWS) On Saturday 11th August, 80 competitors entered the 2nd round of the President’s Putter with a vast number in the field able to win the coveted prize. Although the weather was a bit cooler, it was no easy task with the fairways still very dry and…
On Thursday 9th August, MMGC Scratch travelled to Market Harborough GC to take on their scratch team, a formidable task as Harborough had not lost a match to date. The weather had completely changed from hot and humid to a cool and overcast evening, which eventually turned to quite heavy rain. Mkt Harborough took…
