Seniors’ Captain George Schmidt’s tenure as Seniors’ Captain has come to fruition and he held his presentation night for all the competition winners throughout 2018 within the Seniors’ Section. The evening consisted of a 2 course meal and wine, followed by the Seniors’ Captain making a short speech to thank…
Despite the cold and misty start to the morning, a good turnout was evident for the 8:30am tee off. The weather conditions did not prevent some very good scores being returned by a number of the mixed pairings. The winners were the partnership of Jim McQuillan and Maureen McCall with…
The annual inter team challenge got underway on Sunday 4th Nov with 6 teams made up of a Ladies’ team, Scratch, Senior, Mixed, B and C Team all fighting it out for the prestigious inter team trophy. It was a shotgun start as normal, where all the players started from…
20 teams turned out to play in the yellow ball peril on Saturday, despite the very strong winds. The yellow ball peril is a fourball Stableford competition where the golfer with the yellow ball and one other player scores on each hole. The heavy, strong wind made the right club…
On October 18th, the men’s C Team held their end of season bash on a perfect autumn day in beautiful sunshine. Winner of nearest the pin on the 16th was David Bailey and winner of nearest the pin in two on the 3rd was Steve Tagg. The top three players…
On an almost dry Sunday (weather-wise at least) 64 players met in the clubhouse at 8am to take part in the first Autumn Trophy challenge of this year. Everyone was very grateful for the extra hour in bed and breakfast in the shape of bacon or sausage cobs with tea…
Friday 26th October saw Melton Mowbray Golf Club host their annual Ladies’s Scary Scramble Open. More than 90 players had booked in to play from many local clubs, but also included teams from as far away as Bedfordshire and Warwickshire. The day stayed mostly fine although chilly and the…
The Gent’s competition season at Melton Mowbray Golf Club came to a thrilling conclusion on the world famous Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa on Saturday 21st October. The Race to Woodhall Spa (RWS) competion saw Ian and Geoff Townsend, Kevin Robertson, Ray Catton and David Taylor join Order of Merit…
The much anticipated Mixed Away weekend to Breadsall Priory took place on the 14th and 15th October. All participants arrived at the hotel by 9.40am for a welcome chat and the draw. The first day was due to be a fourball betterball followed by a three ball waltz on day…
On Monday 8th October, Women & Golf magazine held an event at the challenging par 75 Lindrick Golf Club, Worksop and eight ladies from Melton Mowbray decided to join in the fun. The day was busy and included a presentation by Di Horsley, Chairman of England Golf Trust, a competitive…
