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On Saturday, November 16^th Belton Park Golf Club held its annual Gala Presentation Dinner for all Trophy winners during the season.

2019 was a very successful year for Lincolnshire’s oldest members golf club with some notable Regional and National victories. These included Jackie Barson and Julie Beanland winning the National final of the Ping fourball Plate and Will Hopkins winning the England Midland Boys Championship.

Pictured is First team player Jack Diment who won the Lincolnshire Amateur Championship and went on to finish fifth in the National Champion of Champions final. There were also excellent team performances with the highlight being the first team winning the Bramley Singles Trophy in the final held at Seacroft Golf Club.

The trophies were presented on the night by Captain Simon Denton and Lady Captain Helen Long. 

For pictures of all the trophy winners, follow this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Dhe6UU7R8xyBD1qf9

On Friday October 12^th Belton Park Gents Captain Simon Denton and organiser Ian Carroll were given a guided tour of Stanford Hall which is the UK’s number one rehabilitation centre where they treat seriously injured service personnel. Simon and Ian presented a cheque for £2,200 to Zeno Gomes, chairman of Battle Back golf.

Zeno complemented Belton Park Golf Club for the generous hospitality shown to his Battle Back personnel and had many requests from his players to join us again next year. 

After the presentation, plans were put into place for future years to host the event for future years. 

Previously on Sept 12^th 2019, Belton Park Golf Club hosted Battle Back charity golfers with 18 holes of golf on the Brownlow course, played off the white tees, followed by an evening of fund raising for the Battle Back golf charity.

A number of golf clubs had donated 4-ball vouchers which were auctioned off. Our thanks go to the 24 sponsors of the event which made the event possible. 

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!