Results from marvellous Mottram Hall

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Maxitours at “Marvellous” Mottram Hall

A calm and mild day was a welcome relief for today’s Maxitours players after the bitterly cold winds of the last few days.
The course was in “great condition” and “surprisingly dry” were some of the comments which is a testament to all the hard work that Mottram’s green keeping staff do.
Andy Taylor’s Team were hoping for a repeat of their last visit a few weeks ago when Andy Parrington scored one of only two 2’s that day but this time it was Andy Taylor himself who produced the goods with two 2’s along with Andy Myers and Richard Blackwell.
The benign conditions made for good scoring opportunities with many excellent scores today.
Just edged out at the top on a card count back were the team of Steve Williams, Archie Higgins, James and Gavin Connor with a fantastic 89 points (43 back 9) to the eventual winners Steve Austin, Gary Smith, Richard Blackwell and Andy Hamlett (44 back 9).

Thanks to everyone who was able to make the last minute switch to Mottram Hall who are always great hosts and to my good friend and PGA Pro Matt Turnock who ran today’s event and produced tghe report. Top man..

Today’s results were:

2’s – £155 pot = 4 x Pro V1’s or 5 x Taylor Made TP5’s or 9 Srixon AD333’s
Andy Taylor x 2, David Arthur, Steve Best, Mick Mahon, Richard Blackwell x 2, Mark Tighe and Andy Myers x 2

NP 7th – Richard Palmer 1 x Doz AD333’s
NP 11th – Iain Cole 1 x Doz AD333’s

Mottram Hall 19th February 2026 Score OOM
Steve Austin Gary Smith Richard Blackwell Andy Hamlett 89 on cpo Oscar Jacobsen wind top each 12
Steve Williams James Connor Gavin Conner Archie Higgins 89 FJ Shirt each 10
Mark Tighe Kevin Norton Dom McGrath Andy Myers 87 Callaway Shirt each 8
Mark Richardson Pete Atherton Steve Best GHOST 86 on cpo Callaway Shirt each 6
Steve Booth Dave Griffin Danny Swarbrick GHOST 86 on cpo Maxitours Cap each 4
Martin Firth Dylan Firth Andy Taylor Harvey Taylor 86 Maxitours Cap each 2
Ian Martin Dan Moss Richard Booth Iain Cole 85 on cpo
Mike Kirchin Glyn Isaac Paul Gilbert Martin Oldfiled 85
Dave Goodwin Martin Creswell Phil Robinson Richard Willaimson 84
Andy Heywood Steve Dow Chris Jackson Nick Coleman 83
Paul Browne John McCaffrey Ted Barker Dale Wallace 83
Dave Smith Steve Royle Jonny Yates Phil Brown 83
Paul Price Stuart Harvey Nigel Edwards Martin Wainman 83
David Wilkinson David Arthur Trevor Webb John Phibbs 83
Paul Salt Chris Stretch Tim Bessant George Kerr 82
Nigel Ashton Colin Bryan Ian Fearns GHOST 82
Andy Taylor Andy Parrington Andy Strickley Ted Lacey 82
Mick Mahon Richard Palmer Munro Donald Andy Faulkner 79
Mark Saxon Paul Higgs Barry Pendlebury Chi Hu 68

Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636

Crosland Heath moved To Mottram Hall on Thursday

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Please note: Bramhall event on 13th April has been moved to Crosland Heath on Tuesday 14th April (Bramhall have 3 new holes which look incredible but are not due to open for a few weeks more)
Room for 2 teams at Fleetwood links next Thursday!

Dear Maxitours player,

Due to recent rain Crosland Heath golfers are currently playing on temporary greens.

The event this Thursday 19th February has been moved to Mottram Hall. The forecast is good for Thursday with no rain forecast in Cheshire.

Please confirm that you can still play. Apologies for any inconvenience.

There are plenty of Tee times at Mottram below and these will be given on a first come first served basis. :
8.30-9.50am
10.20am
11.10am- 12.20pm
1pm -1.20pm

Many thanks
Tim

Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636

Wychwood cancelled

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Hi guys,

Due to heavy rain the Wychwood course is closed so Golf manager James and myself have cancelled tomorrow in order to prevent wasted journeys!

Thanks for your class again- not a single person cancelled despite the poor forecast.

Thanks so for your integrity – amazing.

Yours in golf

Tim

Results from the Sunny Algarve

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*WINTER WHEELS REQUIRED AT WYCHWOOD ON THURSDAY*

Maxitours Algavian Classic 2 Day one at fantastic Laranjal.

Maxitours tourists had a terrific time at Laranjal today. The breezy weather was very kind to us with just a couple of five-minute squalls interrupting a lovely sun-blessed day.
‘The weather couldn’t make up its mind. There were more changes than an Elton John concert.’ Observed John Griffin.
‘We were very lucky though.’ He added.

Huddersfields’ Pete Newey has his birthday today. To celebrate his team finished in last place. To make things worse he was also stung by a wasp on the 7th hole.
‘That was the highlight of my round.’ Admitted the lovable Yorkshireman.

Scoring was tough with Andy Buckley, Charlie Watts, Nathan Woodbine and Andy’s Dad Mark who were first out this morning leading the way for most of the day with 79 points.

Late in the day scoring improved as the wind dropped a little.
The ‘Hillside Hackers’ as they like to be known are in 2nd with 80 points, Tony Baldwin, Jeff Jones, Alistair Pike and John O’Brien know how to play in the wind and could be dangerous this week.

Last year’s winners -Jon Gallagher, Steve Ashurst, John Woosey and Matt Barratt from Stockport are ready to pounce after also carding a solid 80 points.

Mere millionaires Dave Lloyd, Huw Anthony, Sean Finlay and Sid Sutton lead after day 1 with a tremendous 82 points. The cheeky pup has a band on tonight so it could be a late one for this team. Will they self destruct?

I currently have 4 headcovers, a sweater and a golf shoe handed in after todays round. It’s a bit worrying.

It could be a long night for Geoff Bickerton. He decided to play with his pals this week rather than his lovely wife and sister, Jacqui and Janette. He leads them by one. Watch this space.

I hope you had a great day, enjoy your meal with friends tonight.

Tim

Laranjal day 1
Pos Team Players Score OoM Comment
1 Dave Lloyd, Huw Anthony, Sean Finlay, Sid Sutton 82 240 sweep
2= Tony Baldwin , Jeff Jones, Alistair Pike, John O’Brien 80 160
2= Jon Gallagher, Steve Ashworth, Matt Barrett, John Woosey 80 120
4 Andy Buckley, Mark Buckley , Nathan Woodbine, Charlie Watts 79 100
5= Dave Griffin , Gary Myerscough, Geoff Bickerton, Danny Swarbrick 78 50
5= Dave Rodwell, Nigel Jenkins, Guy Levers, Brian Greenbank 78 50
5= Simon Wilkinson, John Selby, Wayne Shillito, Garry Winterburn 78 50
8 Jacqui Bickerton, Jill Morris, Pascual Dejuan, Janette Bickerton 77 30
9= Tony Gregory, David Hall, John Ainley, Ian Johnson 76
9= Gerry O’Keefe, Dave Mitchell, Nigel Muirhead, Paul Meehan 76
9= Keith Thompson, Michael Bullock, Roger Dawson-Smith, Robert Manley 76
9= Paul Woolley, James Kirkwood, Ian Holmes, an other 76
9= Anthony Waterhouse, James Fielding, Alan Baxter, Chris Evans 76
14= Martin Quinn, Dave Madely, Glynn Isaac, Jonny Yates 73
14= Chris Meehan, Eddie Fleming, Bryan Redpath , Dave Wakefield 73
14= Steve Heywood, Janet Heywood, Richard Wakefield, Janet Wakefield 73
17= Steve Booth , John Dempsey, Jensen Myerscough, Tom Booth 72
17= Bill Dixon, John Webb, Paul Hunter, Steve Bates 72
17= Mike McGoun, Tim Nicholson, Gordon Healiss, Rob Sims 72
17= Mike Dobson, Paul Brown, Simon Davis, Rob Hickson 72
21 Chris Hammond, Peter Roche, Nigel Richens, Ross Gregory 71
22 Gary Lasham, Paul Ritchie, Steve Kindred, Steve McGuiness 70
23= Steve Nanda, Nick Barnes Batty, Steve Lomax, Neil Clarke 69
23= Munro Donald, Ruth Donald, Swamy Narajana, Liz Narayana 69
23= Dave Mulligan, Mike Budd, Dominic Leach, Bob Deane 69
26= Richard Duerr, Jonny Gray, Adrian Kershaw, Paul Simpson 68
26= Danny Glover, Andy McEwan, Bharat Bhandari, Ben Luscombe 68
28 Paul Evans, Martin Sands , Kevin Hargreaves, Lee Braxton 67
29 Mike Cunningham, Roger Brown, Jim Lovett, Ben Mellor 65
30 Jim Rymer, Phil Sellen, Jeremy Wilkinson, Pete Newey 61

Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636