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On a glorious sunny Sunday, the Belton Park C team event consisted of 12 3-man teams playing a Waltz format of competition on the Brownlow course (1-18). The halfway house was manned by 3 lovely ladies; Jinny, Pat, and Veronica, with delicious cakes and savouries and drinks either spirited or not!

The course was in great condition after a previous day of heavy rain which is a testament to the efforts of our greenkeepers. 

The match was followed by a 2-course meal with coffee and mints. 

Tom Green presented us with an individual photographic slideshow of how we all tee’d off on the 1^st hole on an overhead projector during dinner - some good and some not so good!

Results; 

Winner of the longest drive on the 18^th was Garry Taylor.

Nearest the pins;

4^th     - Ken Kane 

6^th     - Robb Tapp 

17^th   - Alec Sherwin 

The C team’s best player of the year award went to a new member of the club, Alec Sherwin, who helped us win throughout the season. He received the C Team trophy and a solid silver lapel badge. 

Gents Captain Simon Denton thanked all who played in the event and the ladies in the halfway house who fed us so well. He thanked the C team Captain, Ian Carroll, for organising the event. 

C team Captain, Ian Carroll, said “I would like to say big thanks to all our C team players this year and, we can be proud that we didn’t lose at home this year. We played 20 - won 12, drew 4, and lost 4 so not a bad record!”

For more pictures of the day, click this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XNws0r4b284cpzbGltQ3TWLTr8WyDY8S?usp=sharing

On Sunday October 20^th, the mixed team members played the final of the mixed team matches. This was an Am-Am format with teams of 4 members who had taken part in the mixed matches during the season. 9 Teams of 4 played in the competition and, following the competition, a 2-course meal was enjoyed by all.

The overall result of the mixed matches played throughout the season by the Belton Park mixed team was; won 5, lost 2, and 2 were cancelled due to bad weather.

The results of the Am-Am competition were as follows;

There was delight on the part of the Long’s and the Wiggin’s, as the ladies beat both their husband’s team!

Nearest the pin for the men was won by Glen Carpenter and for the Ladies by Marjie Thompson.

A most enjoyable way to end the season of mixed golf.

On Tuesday, October 15th, after playing in the first Stableford of the new season, the Seniors attended a lunch followed by the presentation of trophies to the winners of the Seniors Trophy competitions in 2019.

The final quiz of the year took place on Friday night. 94 people attended with several teams also enjoying the excellent Italian cusine beforehand.

Quiz masters Terry and Issie Guest kept everyone engaged with really challenging and interesting questions.

The winning team were The Boothby Boozers with 126 points. Second were the Quizzy Rascals with 113 points and the Agatha Quiz team came third with 110 points.

A great night which was enjoyed by all!

The annual competition to complete the 2019 season for the Ladies and Seniors took place on Thursday 3^rd October. Two ladies and two men take part in each team, with a score to count from a lady and man.

All teams managed to avoid the rain and great fun was had by all. Play was followed by a two course meal and an auction for the Lady Captain’s charity The Alzheimer’s society which raised £465.

The winners were Seniors vice-captain Peter Long, Alan Addis, Paula Marshall and Janet Reilly with a score of 91. Seen here with Seniors Captain Mike Collins.

In second place was the team of Captain Simon Denton, Lady Captain, Helen Long, Marjorie Thompson and Mike Bower with a score of 84.

This was the last match of the season for the Belton Park C team, playing at home versus Stanton-on-the-Wolds, the 19^th match of the year for the C team. 

On a lovely sunny afternoon, after a previous day’s heavy rain, surprisingly the course was open albeit the bunkers were full of water and the greens were quite slow. For this end-of-season match, both teams had increased their team size to 8 pairs each from the usual 6 pairs. This was the 3rd match between these two teams with one win each, so Belton Park hoped the home advantage would help. 

Captain Ian Carroll, partnered by Clive Horn, played against Stanton’s Club Captain Peter Gauntley and Doug Tragheim and, within 2 holes, went 1 down but over the round came back and, by the 13^th hole the Belton pair were 4 up and went on to win the match. As his team players hinted later, it was a good win for the Captain so Clive must have played well! 

As the matches and results began to come in, each result changed the final balance so both teams were eager to see the final match return and which team would win. Eventually the last pair of John Cooke and Dish Patel appeared and the Belton Park team were very happy that the result went in favour of Belton Park by 4½ - 3½. 

Stanton’s Captain Peter Gauntley praised the evening meal and Belton Park Gents Captain Simon Denton congratulated Stanton’s club Captain Peter Gauntley and his team for a match played in such a friendly atmosphere.