Dogs for Good is proudly celebrating 30 incredible years in 2018. Over 875 assistance dog partnerships have been created and over 1000 families have been supported through family dog services, visiting schools and hospitals and contact with the wider community. In all over 3000 lives will have been touched by…
Despite the persistent rain, 53 golfers weathered the storm and turned out on Saturday in the medal and Lombard Trophy competition. The winner would have the opportunity to partner the Club Professional, Tony Westwood, in the Lombard Pro-am qualifier at Little Aston Golf Club on the 5th June. This course…
We were privileged to host the first competition of the season of Shires Junior Golf Tour at MMGC. Seventy juniors with family members, supporters and organisers had a fabulous day and it was wonderful to see the enthusiasm and skill of the younger players – especially a hole-in-one! To read…
On Friday 27th April, the Ladies handicap team played Scraptoft Golf Club at home. This is the first of four league matches, two played at home and two away. After much hard work and long hours put in by the Greens team, the course was looking in excellent condition. Although…
The first Leicestershire and Rutland Scratch League Team match of the season took place at Melton Golf Club, between Melton Golf Club and Humberstone Golf Club on Thurs 26th April. Both teams consisted of 8 single handicap golfers teamed up against each other in match play format over 18 holes. Gerry…
Melton C Team started their 2018 season away at Kirby Muxloe on Wednesday. After the recent rain, the course was in surprisingly good condition although the weather was typical for April with sunshine and showers. The first Melton pair out was Brendan Boyce and Nigel Blunt who halved their match,…
A sunny and warm Sunday 22nd April saw Melton Mowbray Golf Club welcome the Shires Junior Golf Tour to the course. This is the first time that a co-sanctioned Junior Open was run for the Leicestershire Golf Union and we were very privileged to welcome 70 players who travelled from…
The perfect start to the season continued on Tuesday April 24th with a convincing win over Norwood Park by 6.5 to 1.5 making it three wins in a row. Despite intermittent showers during the day, some excellent golf was played by both sides. The recent warm weather resulted in lush…
Our very own Avis Webb is currently captain of the 2nd team of the Leicestershire and Rutland Veteran Ladies Golf Association and on Thursday 19th April Melton Mowbray Golf Club hosted the first match of the season, Captain versus Vice Captain. 32 ladies from 17 clubs around Leicestershire played a 4BBB…
After cancelling the first Race to Woodall Spa (RWS) competition due to inclement weather on April 14th, Sunday 22 April saw 45 competitors take part in the Stableford competition under the banner of the RWS. The RWS is a season long competition, that is an Order of Merit, integrating a…
