So Near Yet So Far for Rothley’s Scott Wormleighton
RPGC’s Scott Wormleighton (second from the right) came within 2 shots of winning the Robin Fraser Trophy for Rothley Park for the first time since 1980. A fantastic performance by our top players, all of whom made the cut in the Robin Fraser 72 hole County season opener. The competition was played over this weekend […]
Ladies Tasker’s Team beat the Leicestershire by 9 -5 on Aggregate
Rothley Park Ladies played the second leg of their Taskers Round 1 match , at home against the Leicestershire on Sunday 23rd April . The team was Ronnie Porte , Jenny Piecha , Caroline Simpson , Mandy Horsley , Gilly Clear , Sam Furlong , Dee Laurie & first reserve , Bea Cotton . Playing […]
Highly Successful Ladies Past Captains’ Dinner
Thanks to all the staff , immediate past Captain Libby Carter, for a producing a memorable evening.
Katie’s 2023 Academy Sessions Underway
There are 3 places available in the Monday 10am to 11am session.
Narrow away win puts the Ladies Tasker’s Team in pole position for second leg
Today’s team of Ronnie Porte, Liz Kitchen, Bea Cotton, Sam Furlong, Tina Collins, Caroline Simpson and Mandy Horsley, with first reserve Jenny Piecha and Lady Captain Tuula Hastings, prior to the away leg against Leicestershire in Round 1 of the Taskers Trophy Inter-Club competition. Rothley made a fantastic start to this singles matchplay knock out […]
Super Mario leads Senior Tasker’s B Team to Extra Time Victory
The team completed an exciting and dramatic win on Friday the 14th of April, to proceed to the next round. Our opponents were Lutterworth, with whom we have a history in this competition, knocking us out at this stage last year. Conditions were poor with many of the greens flooded and after the results were […]
Tasker’s Senior A Team lose narrowly away to Whittington Heath
Result – Whittington Heath 4 points – RPGC 3 points Whittington Heath Golf course has undergone a massive transformation to accommodate HS2, the scar running through the course is bounded by metal security fencing. 5 holes have been replaced the remainder re-configured, the former are still raw with large areas of unplayable waste ground adjacent […]
Easter Monday Social – Four Seasons in One Day
56 players braved the elements of torrential rain, hail, thunder and high winds to play this year’s Easter Social. Many thanks to them for turning up and supporting the organisers, Rick and Kali Morecroft and the Catering staff who provided a fabulous meal afterwards. Thanks to John and Dawn and their staff for their hard […]
Men’s Captain versus Vice Captain raises over £400 for “Hope for Cancer”
Great start to the Men’s season at RPGC. Over 100 players took part in the annual Captain versus Vice Captain shootout. The honours went to Vice Captain Phil Bamford’s team with a narrow 14 to 13 victory. The Captain’s charity “Hope for Cancer” benefitted to the tune of over £400.
Planting for the Future
Just over three years ago Senior’s Captain Mike Bruce collected some acorns from the oak tree at the side of the winter tee on the third hole. With his great grandson Reggie they planted some of the acorns in the spring of 2020. Today they have kindly donated two saplings to the club. Chris Weir […]