On Sunday, December 16^th, Belton Park Golf Club held the annual Christmas “get together” with Christmas Carols, a Christmas Quiz, the Christmas Draw and refreshments of mulled wine and mince pies.

The evening was well attended by over 60 members. The evening kicked off with Christmas carols selected by Captain Simon Denton and the singing was led by the entertainment committee.

President Trevor Ireland ran a Christmas quiz which was won by Richard and Gillian Claxton and Chris Warby.

There were 30 prizes in the Christmas Draw, the first prize was won by Colin Holloway who is pictured receiving a John Lewis voucher from Captain Simon Denton.

Refreshments of mulled wine and mince pies were served, followed by a final ‘hilarious’ rendition of the 12 days of Christmas!

Presented by: Belton Park Golf Club & England Golf

Thursday 3^rd January 2019 7:00 pm

Venue: Dining Room, Belton Park Golf Club

The R & A has announced a rules modernisation which will come into effect on 1^st January 2019…

Come along and have your opportunity to hear about these in more detail from Scott Allison who is Championship Manager at England Golf.

After a short presentation you will have the opportunity to ask him your latest rules question.

If you would like to attend please add your name to the sign-up sheet which can be found on the Social noticeboard at the golf club.

Many thanks

Entertainments committee

On a cold but very sunny Sunday morning, the ladies held their annual Turkey Trot. Christmas jumpers were in abundance and the prize for the best Christmas jumper went to Sheila Mason. The entry fee and all money from the raffle came to £181 which is donated to support the junior girls of Lincolnshire. The winners were;

1^st Place - Kathleen Bell

2^nd place - Gill Briggs

3^rd place - Sheila Mason

Well done to all the ladies!

Only two tables left for the New Year's Eve party!

The price of £45 per head includes prosecco & canapes on arrival, a five course meal, coffee & mints and a glass of prosecco at midnight. Dancing is provided by disco "8 til late". See the bar staff for tickets and menu details are available on the social noticeboard.

On Sunday, December 2^nd the Ladies played in the Christmas Charity AM-AM. The weather was cold and blustery with some sunshine. Spirits were lifted after nine holes with coffee and biscuits kindly provided by John Kirkup.

After 18 holes, the mulled wine and mince pies were most welcome. The prizes were presented by Simon Denton the Gents Captain, and Mike Collins the Seniors Captain.

Entry donations of £180 were split between the Gents and Lady Captains’ charities; Prostate Cancer UK and The Alzheimer’s Society.

At the recent AGMs, our new Captains were appointed. Simon Denton is the new Gents Captain, Helen Long is the new Lady Captain, and Mike Collins is the new Captain of the Senior section.

Simon has played golf since he was 14 and joined his first club, Erlestoke Sands Golf club, Devizes in 1992 before moving with his wife Jane and son Ross to Lincolnshire in 1998. He became a member at Belton Park in 1999 and has been very actively involved since retiring and is honoured to be Captain in 2019. Simon’s charity for 2019 is Prostate Cancer UK.

Helen has been playing golf for about 20 years, previously playing at Peterborough Milton Golf Club. Helen's favourite hole at Belton Park is the 10th. At home she lives with her better half Pete and two rescue cats, Rubie and Rosie. Helen’s charity for 2019 is The Alzheimer’s Society which focuses on care & research of one of the largest causes of dementia. It affects more than 42,000 people over the age of 65 in the UK and grows each year.

Mike took up golf in 1976 as an "occasional" player until he retired in 2002, when he joined Dore & Totley GC in Sheffield. He then lived in Spain for almost 8 years, where he had the privilege of being Captain of Costa Esuri GC in 2013. Since returning to the UK in 2015 he has enjoyed living in Grantham and being an active member at Belton Park. He is married to Bryony and has two adult sons and two grandchildren. Mike’s charity for 2019 is the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance.