Maxitours at Ringway Golf Club. The warm temperature, glorious sunshine and stunning Autumnal colours at todays event made the 108 Maxitours players feel great to be alive! Ringway Golf Club is a favourite Maxitours winter venue due to the quality of the greens and the freshness of the bacon sandwiches. Today’s event was the popular Am Am format, this is where it is so easy to lose lifelong friends by picking your ball up before asking the rest of you team ‘I don’t get a shot here, do I?’ Paul Taylor always looks smart on the course but it has been noted that he has only one colour in his wardrobe at home and today he turned up in yet another black outfit. Despite his plain clothing Paul hit some dazzling shots as he led his Hopwood team to a terrific 85 point haul. Mike Sweeney surprisingly pulled his weight as he made a stunning birdie on the tough 17th hole. Retired PE teacher Pete Holmes made a welcome return to Maxitours after a spell of lucrative supply teaching, today however he couldn’t control his team members as they misbehaved on the greens to record just 77points –could do better Peter! Barry Harrison has struggled for form all summer, today he played great as the Denton team destroyed the testing course and scored 88 points. Even Dave Collinson was on fire and as I sat twiddling my thumbs in the clubhouse I watched him stroke home a birdie putt on the 18th with more confidence than a Balottelli penalty. Richard Preston hit a great 7 iron to around three feet on the 16th hole and cheerfully signed the nearest the pin marker, as he passed the green three holes later he noticed his marker had somehow been left off the green. Ken Halton subsequently played his shot to 3 feet and he happily signed the marker. The situation was explained to me and I asked them both how far away they were. It was a fascinating study –in fact it was the exact opposite of two fishermen exaggerating the size of a catch, after a couple of hours both players sportingly agreed to share the spoils. Andy Stubbens was nearest the pin on the 13th. Many thanks to Fiona the most helpful Secretary in Cheshire , she is not only attractive but very nice as well. Thanks also to highly respected professional Nick Ryan who always goes the extra mile to make Maxitours feel very welcome. 1st Footjoy GTX golf shoes each 2nd Dozen ProV1 balls each 3rd Dozen Taylor Made Pentas each 4th Dozen Taylor Made tp balls each 5th Dozen Taylor Made tp balls each Nearest the Pin 13th dozen Srixon soft feel Andy Stubbens Nearest the pin 16th dozen Srixon Soft feel Richard Preston/Ken Halton 2’s £127.50 40 pro v1s balls 4 pro V1 balls each Mick Holmes, Pete Holmes, John Wreag, Geoff Friar, Ian George, Colin Byrne, John Routledge, Josh Evans, John Stubbs, Ian Jones. Scores Shotsaver Order of merit points 1st Steve Dunphy 88pts 12 Dave Collinson Barry Harrison Ian George 2nd Paul Taylor 85pts 10 Mike Sweeney Ian Bardsley John Wraeg 3rd Charles Herbert 84pts 8 Ross Birch Andy Stubbens Brian Hopkins 4th Moby Rawthore 83pts 6 Cath Rawthore Mark Foley Jimmy Murphy 5th Paul Crisp 83pts 4 John Braithwaite Mike Lynch Jeff Wealands 6th Frank Garvey 82pts 2 Paul Bradley Sean Reilly John Davies 7th Paul Nuttalls team 82pts 8th John Aikenheads team 80pts 9th Neville Dennis team 79pts 10th Chris Meiklehams team 79pts 11th Colin Roberts team 78pts 12th Pete Holmes team 77pts 13th Alex Jerman/Cross team 77pts 14th Richard Blackwells team 77pts 15th Gary Garners team 77pts 16th Ian Kings team 76pts 17th Lewis Marlands team 75pts 18th Paul Woodcocks team 74pts 19th Andy Halls team 74pts 20th Chris Cyprus team 73pts 21st Mike Haynes 73pts 22nd Kenny Jepsons team 72pts 23rd John Stubbs team 72pts 24th Guds Ahmeds team 71pts 25th Adam McKennas team 70pts 26th Paul Granellis team 69pts 27th Howard Bakers team 69pts Prestbury Golf Club Pairs betterball. Thursday 10th November 11am shotgun- spaces available! 1st Ken Jones x4 1st Frank Garvey x4 2nd Mike Haynes x4 2nd Chris Cyprus x4 3rd Dave Collinson x4 4th Paul Granelli x4 5th Richard Blackwell x2 John Neale x2 5th Barney Ross x4 6th Ian King x4 7th Guds Ahmed x4 7th Moby Rawthore x4 8th Neville Dennis x2 Carl Kennedy x2 9th Geoff Haynes x4 10th Gary Garner x4 10th 11th Ken Lawton x4 12th Mick Mahan x4 12th 13th Jason Waite x4 14th Simon Helmsley x4 14th 15th Chales Herbert x4 15th John Wraeg x2 Paul Taylor x2 16th Alex Jerman x2 Dave Becket x2 17th Peter Hargreaves x4 17th Roger Percival x4 18th Pete Holmes x4 18th Colin Roberts x4