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Oswestry GC, 31st May 2026
What a fantastic event and turnout for our second swing of the season at the Oswestry GC.
With Al, our trusty scribe, unable to attend this one, I (Col) have stepped into his unmatchable golf shoes to bring you this week's tales, traumas and triumphs.
The course was in immaculate condition, tree-lined to perfection for those who like a hook and a slice, challenging uphill par 3s that tested both club selection and cardiovascular fitness, and with greens as pure as a freshly poured pint! The weather was also kind, providing enough cloud cover to protect those of a follicly-challenged nature, while still allowing enough sunshine to expose the robustness of yours truly's exceptionally white legs. What a pleasure it was to play.
Similar to our opening knock at Chester, the scoring was remarkably competitive. A huge thanks to everyone for taking care with the cards (no errors) - my wife was slightly disappointed that I was done so quickly!
So, onto the results from the day, presented by our Vice Captain, Peter Batey, alongside our skipper, John Roche.
Taking third place was Daz White with an excellent 36 points. Second place went to Dylan Wylie, also with 36 points, but he edged ahead on countback thanks to a superb 22 points on the back nine. However, standing proudly atop the leaderboard was our very own man in red, Vice Captain Peter Batey. A magnificent 38 points, despite including three scrubs along the way, was enough to claim top spot and the winner's honours.
The NTP’s produced some fine golf throughout the day. Daz claimed the 4th, and not content with that, promptly holed it for a two as well, earning himself a lovely shiny set of balls. The 9th was won courtesy of Gary Chappo’s silky 6-iron, while Chris Sullivan claimed bragging rights on the 17th. The 12th, however, remained untouched by the entire society. I'm sure Stevo will be celebrating this outcome with immense pleasure as he gets the honour of returning the £25 back into the kitty at the next event. The Captain's Pick was the Easy Six, which Daz apparently found extremely easy, racking up 14 points and comfortably bagging even more prize money.
And finally, Gertie, our beloved Goose. As if it wasn't entertaining enough at Chester, Steve Hudson and Alex Stewart fancied another Goose-off. There was a brief moment of panic from Karl Taylor, who carded 23 points but thankfully for Karl, and fortunately for Steve, the countback calculator confirmed that Alex was the rightful owner of Gertie with 22 points.
A huge thank you to everyone who attended and helped make it another cracking day. We now look ahead to Ashton in three weeks' time. Hopefully we'll see as many of you there as possible. Your stand-in scribe, Col.
For the full album of Oswestry photos click here
Chester GC, 26th April 2026
Here we go again!! As the footie Season draws to a close, our flog Season got underway proper like, with lots of new clobber and equipment on show at lovely Chester GC (that's Golf Catwalk...) in very decent sunny, light breezy conditions from our record 27 strong gang. A brilliant turnout, and in front of one of our legendary founders and all round good guy, the one and only Mr. Kevin Woods as well.
Scoring was reasonable for a first knock of the year for most, with just 16 points spanning first to Goose on the day.
And so, the final scores were announced by our shiny new Vice Captain Mr Peter Batey with prizes given out by our equally shiny new Skipper, Mr. John Roche.
In shared 2nd place were Mark 'JJ' Lewis and Daz White (I use Ariel meself) on 33 points! But, in first place with a score of 35 points was the Society's lowest Handicapped player, the quite brilliant Robbie Henderson. Well done Robbie, you could become the Society's first ever plus Handcapper if this carries on!!
The day's NTPs were won by big Alex Stewart, Morris Dancing Toddy Hodson and Society newbie, and looking as young as Snooker's Stan Moodie, 14 year old Dylan Wylie, who also won the Captain's prize, scoring 13 points on the Random 6 Handicap holes.
And finally, after an extra long examination by VAR between the 2 lowest submissions, Gertie Goose was 'presented' to Steve Hudson, courtesy of his 19 points, but he still held his head up high, good on you Steve!
For the full album of Chester photos click here
Helsby GC 'Warm-up' Event
Captain John Roche of the good ship MellWood, has booked an initial 'warm-up' Event at Helsby Golf Club on Sunday March 22nd 2026.
6 Tees have been booked from 11.00 a.m. at a cost of £35 per person, including a coffee and bacon butty beforehand.
The Event will be strictly limited to a maximum of 24 Attendees, so get your name down asap.
The first 24 members who confirm attendance and pay the £35 into the Society Account will have their names added here...
Paul Towers, Chris Sullivan, Darren White, Gary Chapman, Mike Towell, John Chapman, John Roche, Mark McNally, Les Hornby, Bob Sneddon, Robbie Henderson, Mark Lewis, Colin Newall, Paul Griffiths, Alex Stewart, Ian Stevenson, Harvey Robinson, Jeff Burgess, Andy Fitzpatrick, Charlie Fitzpatrick, Dylan Wylie, Mike Herzog, Karl Taylor, James Oliver - 24/24 Spaces taken
AGM & Subs Fees for 2026
Another great AGM was had at Eastham Lodge last week, and Minutes of the Meeting are being circulated to one all, and so we're now pressing everyone for your Subs for 2026.
It was proposed and accepted that the membership fee for 2026 will remain at £25.
Please make your payments into the Society Bank Account with Lloyds Business Banking in the name of MellWood Golf Society, Sort Code 30-99-50, Account No. 60021663.
Memberships paid (to be updated as we receive your dosh): Alan Dennis, Chris Sullivan, Gary Chapman, Bob Sneddon, Robbie Henderson, Darren White, Les Hornby, Mark Lewis, Mark McNally, John Chapman, Colin Lewis, Peter Batey, John Roche, Paul Towers, Alex Stewart, Toddy Hodson, Jeff Burgess, Jason Jones, Mike Towell, Paul Griffiths, Steve Hudson, Ian Stevenson, Danny Parr, Mike Herzog, James Oliver, Dylan Wylie, Harvey Robinson, Karl Taylor, Carl Ambrose, Andy Fitzpatrick, Charlie Fitzpatrick, Colin Newall - 32/32 payments received
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