Twenty four intrepid golfers from the Melton C Team took to the fairways of Forest of Arden as part of their annual Masters Away Weekend. Sunday was a 4 Ball Team Stableford competition played on the Aylesford course. There was a very tight finish with the top two teams finishing tied…
Monday Morning Mingles has completed another successful season under the watchful eye of Owen and Chris Cook, who have run the competition for the past fourteen years. However, the weather took its toll with several mornings cancelled due to snow or extremely inclement weather. Winners this year were Liz and…
The first #DiscoverGolf Junior Easter Camp was held last week at the club. In all, we had 7 junior golfers attending the three sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We covered all areas of the game from putting through to the long game. The ages ranged from 9 to 15 years and all participants…
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the Gerry Davies Golf Competition due to be played on Saturday 31st March was postponed due to inclement weather. It’s that rain again! The few who turned out to play their knockout matches endured a few holes, only to find that the…
A traditional tea party was hosted by the Ladies’ Section on Wednesday 28th March in honour of Greta Watchorn and Di Ward. It was a wonderful way to celebrate the combined membership of more than 90 years. Both ladies joined in the 1970s, Greta in 1970 and Di in 1974.…
The weather has played havoc with one of the major trophy competitions on the Senior’s calendar. The first round of the George Houghton trophy was due to be played on the 27th February, but had to be postponed until the 6th March when the winner was Julian Kisiel with 41pts…
Melton Golf Club Seniors’ first match of the season was played at home on Tuesday 27th March against Humberstone Heights. In damp and showery conditions, the course played long, but this did not prevent Melton coming out as convincing winners by 6.5 matches to 1.5 giving new captain Jerzy Schmidt…
At the AGM on the 22nd March, the final draw for the 100 Club fundraiser took place. The lucky winner of the £100 prize was outgoing Club President, Terry Brown. He very generously donated his win back to club funds and as we all know, every penny counts. Well done…
Monday 19th March saw the end of the Melton Mowbray Mixed Mingles season for another year with most of the season’s participants getting together for an end of season lunch and prize presentation. Normally the Minglers would play an end of season scramble but with snow covering large areas of…
Congratulations go to Steven Draisey and Bill Hurrell for winning their first round of the Daily Mail Foursomes. Drawn away against Scraptoft the pair played through Saturday’s cold and snow in a closely fought contest to win the match by a 2 and 1 margin and were delighted to finish…
