Race to Woodhall Spa (RWS) – first results!

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…

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Men’s B Team vs Whetstone – a close call

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…

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Gerry Davis Trophy – results

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…

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Tremendous turnover by Melton Ladies

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,…

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Thank you from Headway – the brain injury association.

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…

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Seniors make it two wins out of two starts

The recent wet weather has caused three matches for the seniors (two home and one away) to be cancelled. However, with improving conditions, the seniors took on The Nottinghamshire at home on Tuesday 17th April. On a drying course and in a keen breeze, which made some holes play much…

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Steve Goddard wins the Men’s Autumn Trophy

Usually, the Autumn Trophy is an event where teams of four play over six rounds, with the best four rounds counting.  Ten points are awarded for first place, nine points for second, eight points for third and so on. However, as a result of the inclement weather the decision was…

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Bill and Steve notch up another win!

The Daily Mail Foursomes Second Round:   Bill Hurrell and Steve Draisey continued with their winning way on Sunday 15th April at Melton Golf Club by beating a good pairing from neighbouring Stapleford Park. They played the front 9 holes twice, due to the back 9 being closed as a…

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Round up of the Ladies’ Winter Results

There were several competitions that were held across the winter months for those intrepid ladies who were keen to continue to play through rain and shine – probably more rain than shine to be fair.  Click on the link below to see the full results and they have also been…

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Master’s Magic in the Forest of Arden

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…

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