Melton suffered their first home defeat of the season against a tough Glen Gorse side who came with a team that was a mixture of youth and experience. Adrian Green and Club Captain Glenn Price had a very tough match which was all square until a wonder shot by 15-year…
Melton Seniors played their latest match against Radcliff on Trent GC in wall to wall sunshine on Monday, 25th June. Warm temperatures and dry fairways made for long ball carries which helped good scoring and after a hard fought day, Melton came out winners by 5.5 to 2.5. Scoring pairs…
Melton Mowbray Golf Club’s Golf Professional, Tony Westwood, and Amateur partner, Sam Pollard, are through to the quarter-finals of the Leicestershire Pro-Am Foursomes Matchplay. They beat the ‘B’ Team from Birstall on Thursday 21st July in their home match 3&1. They now wait to hear who they will play in the…
Melton Mowbray Golf Club’s Stilton Classic Car Rally on Wednesday 20th June attracted a record turnout of classic cars, bikes and supercars with close to 80 vehicles on display. Petrol heads of all ages arrived to view an eclectic mix of vehicles from the 30’s through to the 80’s including a…
On Saturday 23rd June in glorious sunshine, 78 players took part in the Petfood’s Trophy, which is restricted to handicaps of 20 and under. A further 20 players with handicaps over 20 took part in the third round of the Compton Cup. The winner with a excellent nett 63 was…
On Wednesday 20th June, ten pairs of ladies took to the course playing in the Ping Fourball Betterball competition. The results from this national competition have to be in by 1st August when the top 50 scores returned will play in the Grand Final and the next 50 scores will play in the…
Two matches in quick succession saw mixed fortunes for Melton seniors. On Friday 15th June, they suffered their first defeat of the season away at Ruddington Grange by a narrow 4.5 to 3.5 margin. Scoring pairs for Melton were Captain Jerzy Schmidt playing with Tom Eadon (8 and 7), Richard…
On Friday 22nd June, 80 ladies from clubs around the area came to Melton Mowbray Golf Club to take part in the popular Ladies’ Am-Am competition. The format was Stableford with two scores to count from the teams of four who were all playing at 90% handicap. One of…
On Thursday 21st June, Melton Mowbray Golf Club visited Rutland Water for their 4th game in the scratch league. They were off to a very promising start with a win from Pete Poolan 2&1. Some good scoring saw Craig Hallam win 6&5, followed by another comfortable victory from Duncan Bagshaw…
Ladies’ Handicap League match vs Kibworth GC Monday 18th June saw Kibworth GC visit MMGC for a handicap league match. The weather was very warm, but the swirling wind made some of the approach shots difficult to judge. The first pairings of Jean Moulds and Sue Hitchman struggled to hold…
