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Congratulations to our own Mel Davey who has been appointed Derbyshire Ladies’ Captain for 2025-2026.

It is a great honour for Mel who joined our club five years ago having moved back to the area from Staffordshire, where she had been a member of Beau Dessert Golf Club.

Mel was relatively late to golf – only seriously picking up her clubs at the age of 43 after playing hockey at county, regional and national league level.

Her initial handicap of 36 quickly tumbled to 15 after a couple of seasons and fell further after lessons with Alison Nicholas MBE, former Solheim Cup player and Captain.

Mel now plays off a handicap index of 4.7 and has enjoyed great success since moving back to Derbyshire – including playing alongside CGC’s rising star Eva Myers to lift the County Scratch Cup.

Mel said: “Derbyshire County Golf have been incredibly welcoming. I’ve certainly made some friends for life. 

“I was delighted and honoured to be asked to be Captain for 2025, something I’m incredibly proud off. I’m really looking  forwards to my Captain’s year.”

Have a great year Mel. You’ve made your club proud.

Well done to everyone who played in the Gents Senior Open yesterday, it was a fantastic turn out. 

Prizes go to:

1st place - Stuart Humphreys, Martin Sawkins, Neil Bridgwater & Graham Stevens 92

2nd place - Nick Cutsforth, Mark Finney,  Robert Turner & Spencer Wressell 90

3rd place - Shawn Hall, Micheal Douglas, Alan Street & Adrian Mansey 89

4th place - Steve Plets, Dave Dixon, Adrian Lever & Steven Brown 88

5th place - Graham Hill,  Martyn Harrison, Ken Holling & Phil Dale 88

6th place - Derrick Dobb, Kevin Baxter, Chris Burton & Kevin Morris 87

The full list of the winners for the day can be found here. 

Well played indeed to three of our members who won through to the England Golf Champion Club Finals.

Mel Davey, Kelly-Ann Thring and Gabrielle Auld represented our club in the finals at Hessle GC, near Hull, having qualified by winning the Scratch Cup at the Derbyshire Ladies County Championships earlier in the year.

At Hessle, the trio played well – finishing in a respectable 16th place when competing against rivals from across the country.

Our own Eva Myers was in stunning form when she captained England Schools to victory against their Welsh counterparts at Stoke Rochford Golf Club.

15-year-old Eva led from the front with partner Emily Dixon as they crushed their opponents 7&5 in the morning foursomes.

And Eva’s afternoon form was no less impressive as she brushed aside Welsh Captain Alicia Kelly with a scintillating 7&6 victory.

It led to an impressive 13-8 victory from England in the annual fixture, which members will recall we hosted at Chesterfield Golf Club in 2022.

And word coming back from the Lincolnshire venue was that Eva handled herself impeccably throughout the fixture – both on and off the course – and was an inspirational captain.

For Eva it has been a season of remarkable success with numerous high-profile victories and a handicap which has tumbled to -1.7.

It is richly deserved success for the hard work and dedication of Eva and her support team.

Prizes were spread far and wide when a bumper field completed our Senior Mixed Open AMAM.

The winning quartet of Andy Norton, John Dicks, Mary Crampton and Bev Houseley was made up of players from Chesterfield Golf Club, Horsley Lodge Golf Club and Alfreton Golf Club. They carded an impressive 89 points.

Just one point behind in second place were an all Branston Golf Club quartet of Di Horsley, Pete Fisher, Ollie Fisher and Dave Wilshaw.

Third place with 86 points went to Mickleover Golf Club four Richard Burley, Jean Bingham, Alan Holmes and Barbara Upton.

Susan Douglas, of Norwood Park, won the nearest the pin prize on the sixth hole, her ball coming to rest 3.90 metres from the pin.

Peter Norton, of The Nottinghamshire, was nearest the pin on hole 15, his ball finishing just 85 centimetres from the hole.

Prizes were awarded down to sixth place and winners will be contacted.

For a full list of winners see here.