The past two weeks have produced a purple patch of playing in the Ladies’ section with some handicaps coming tumbling down. Round 1 of the President’s Putter was played on Wednesday 11th July with the Alternate Day played on Saturday 7th July. On the Saturday, Lady Captain Sandie Normanton returned a nett score…
With the course dry and running long, there were bound to be some good scores posted in this competition and the players did not disappoint. Congratulations must go to Kris Owen with a nett 65, bagging him a useful 300 points fore the RWS Order of Merit. In second place…
On Tuesday 17th July, Seniors’ Captain Jerzy Schmidt hosted the annual Seniors Captain’s day on a bright and warm morning with starter Gay Cham sending the players on their way. As a result of the continuing hot weather, the fairways were very hard and dry and running long, but greens were…
On another very hot day, 160 competitors entered into the annual Cropwell Bishop Stilton Open now in its 4th year. The format for the day was a fourball AM-AM Stableford. The course was in excellent condition, especially the greens which were running true. The fairways encouraged a lot of run…
In their latest match at home on Tuesday 10th July, Melton Seniors fought hard against an experienced Ruddington Grange team at Melton. In a previous away fixture in the season, they narrowly lost to Ruddington and certainly did not want to lose another match to them. It was a very…
On another sun blessed day, 14 Past Lady Captains took part in the annual trophy competition. Previous captains from Melton Mowbray are invited back to play wherever they may be settled now and, in a new addition for this year, ladies who have recently joined our club, but have been…
When is this good weather going to end? The course is still running long, although some strange bounces have begin to appear. Well done to James Cartwright for the win this weekend with an out-of-reach nett score of 61 and he’s moved up to 2nd in the Order of Merit.…
Another round of social golf took place this week and those who took part thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere, company and introduction to competitive play. Alison Gatward, Ian and John Perks were worthy winners this time round, aided by the ‘ghost’ score of Margaret Smale. Everyone enjoyed a cold meat salad…
MMGC members Owen and Chris Cook played in the Seniors’ Mixed Open Stableford competition held at Ladbrook Park on Monday 2nd July. With excellent weather and a c ourse in superb condition, it was an ideal opportunity for some good scores and the results d id not disappoint. There were…
Another day of glorious sunshine shone on Melton Seniors as they played their latest match away at Birstall on Monday 2nd July. However, it could not prevent Melton Seniors posting only their second loss of the summer programme by 51/2 to 2 1/2. The points for Melton came from the…
