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…
The first match of the season on 18th April saw Melton Golf Club B Team travel to Whetstone. After some unrelenting rain over the last few weeks, the weather took a change for the better and gave us one of the hottest days recorded for April. Kevin Parker, Whetstone B…
Saturday 21st April saw 43 pairs take to the course to play in the very prestigious Gerry Davies Trophy, a pairs better-ball Stapleford competition, with all proceeds going direct to charity. The green staff and artisans had taken advantage of the sunnier weather and all had worked extremely hard under…
Each year, our Ladies take part in the Taskers Trophy which involves playing a local club across two legs played home and away. This year our first challenge was Southwell Golf Club in Notts and our second challenge was the unprecedented weather. Fixtures were agreed and then postponed until finally,…
Current Lady President, Bettyne Norton, raised over £3300 during her captaincy in 2017/2018 and one of the charities to benefit was Headway – the brain injury association. They were very grateful to receive a donation of £300 and kindly forwarded a letter of thanks and a certificate of donation. Links to both…
