*great upcoming Maxitours events*
18th July Tytherington am am -just 1 team space left
25th July Ringway am am- 4 morning slots
1st August Dunham Forest pairs-full
6th August North Manchester am am – 3 late times
16th August Vale Royal am am- due to earlier date change still spaces on this top course
18th +19th Carden Park- still few spaces
Maxitours at Davenport
Davenport’s reputation as one of the best courses in Cheshire continues to grow after a wonderful days golf was enjoyed by all. Every year the picturesque course gets better and the greens were excellent today. Many thanks to top pro Tony Stevens, Secretary Elaine and Frazer the bar manager for their outstanding hospitality.
Alan Clough and his wife were flown home early from their holiday this week due to the trouble in Egypt. Luckily for Alan this meant he could play in today’s event. Clough caused his own fair share of disturbances on the course and it looked like a riot was taking place on the 11th hole as his 7 iron had a fight with one of the Davenport trees.
Many top sports stars have graced Maxitours events and today it was three legendary jockeys Alan O’Keefe, Sam Thomas and Charlie Huxley who joined the tour. Playboy Sam Thomas(12) famously rode Denman to beat Kauto Star to glory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2008. Today he complained that the going was too firm as he finished in a lowly 23rd position. Alan O’Keefe(18) finished in a respectable 7th place playing with top racehorse owner Alan Baxter(7). The height challenged Jockeys enjoyed the course despite being faced with several blind putts on the undulating Davenport greens.
In todays event Steve Hindley(13) had a wonderful back nine to score 41 points and take 5th place with Andrew Dickson(15) on a card play-off. Halifax members Dave Crowther(11) and James Burton(7) came over the moors to play and they plundered 4th place with 42 points.
Nice guy Wayne Colclough(9) has played in nearly twenty events this year and his best performance has been joint 18th position. Today he showed that class is permanent when found his form to score 43 points playing alongside Ken Ashford(16) from Woodside.
Two old boys Keith Coxon(9) and Guy Hall(10) from Sale usually play golf to get away from their wives for the day, winning a prize is rarely on their agenda. Today they had an outer body experience as Coxon birdied the first and last hole of his game and Guy surprised himself with some great golf in the middle of his round. Their top play earned them 2nd place.
Prestburys Steve Savage(13) teamed up with last weeks winner – Charles Herbert(15) from Styal. A recent handicap reduction could not stop big hitting Herbert from taking first place once again and he moves to the top of the Order of Merit. Herbert had some horrific rounds when he rebuilt his swing last year and many players have had to take cover from his erratic shots. He is now beginning to reap the rewards however- very well played.
Ex copper John Stubbs was nearly in tears last week after I failed to mention him in last weeks report. He made a 2 on the par three 15th at Conwy followed by an eagle 2 on the 16th , this is in addition to his incredible albatross two at Pleasington earlier in the year.
Many thanks for your support today, I hope you enjoyed your round.
Nearest the Pin 3rd Rich Richardson Dozen Srixon AD333s
Nearest the Pin 14th Lee McLachlan Dozen Srixon soft feel
2’s £122.50 4 pro v1s or 8 srixon AD333s James Burton Steve Hindley Ben Alcock Chris Hegarty Tony Woodford Pete Holmes Andy Wilford x2 Brian Hopkins Lee McLachlan
| Davenport | 11-Jul-2013 | |||
| Pos | Player pairings | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Charles Herbert, Steve Savage | 45 | 12 | Cleveland Stand bag |
| 2 | Keith Coxon, Guy Hall | 43 | 11 | Merino FJ Sweater |
| 3 | Ken Ashford, Wayne Colclough | 43 | 10 | Dozen Srixon z stars |
| 4 | Dave Crowther, James Burton | 42 | 9 | Greg Norman shirt |
| 5 | Steve Hindley, Andrew Dickson | 41 | 8 | Greg Norman shirt |
| 6 | Alan Baxter, Alan O’Keefe | 41 | 7 | Greg Norman shirt |
| 7 | Vinnie Ball, Darren Smith | 41 | 6 | Cleveland Cap each |
| 8 | Dave Alcock, Ben Alcock | 41 | 5 | Cleveland Cap each |
| 9 | Richard Armistead, Dave Pettitt | 41 | 4 | Cleveland Cap each |
| 10 | Gail Heggarty, Chris Heggarty | 40 | 3 | |
| 11 | Richard Palmer, Dave Westwood | 40 | 2 | |
| 12 | Andy Kershaw, Jonathon Burton | 40 | 1 | |
| 13= | Neville Dennis, Frank Massey | 40 | ||
| 13= | Chris Lee, Tony Woodford | 40 | ||
| 15= | David Fee, Bernard Fee | 39 | ||
| 15= | Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle | 39 | ||
| 15= | Alf Shillitoe, Lewis Marland | 39 | ||
| 15= | Ted Biddlecombe, Martin Murray | 39 | ||
| 15= | Dave Stanhope, John Buckley | 39 | ||
| 15= | Eric McNicol, Carl Kennedy | 39 | ||
| 15= | Norman Safhill, Mark Wilcockson | 39 | ||
| 15= | Rich Richardson, Darren Whittaker | 39 | ||
| 23= | Dave Murphy, Mark Wheeler | 38 | ||
| 23= | Brian Gibbons, Kenny Fletcher | 38 | ||
| 23= | Paul Bennett, Graham Brownill | 38 | ||
| 23= | Bernard Wood, David Smith | 38 | ||
| 23= | Dave Chambers, Chris Unsworth | 38 | ||
| 23= | John Hughes, Mark Robinson | 38 | ||
| 23= | Sam Thomas, Charlie Huxley | 38 | ||
| 30= | Keith Thompson, Colin Baxendale | 37 | ||
| 30= | Alan Clough, Terry Davison | 37 | ||
| 30= | Al Collins, Roy Kirk | 37 | ||
| 30= | Pete Holmes, Mark Breirley | 37 | ||
| 30= | James Simpson, Paul Riddel | 37 | ||
| 30= | Stuart Coupe, Tom Stuart | 37 | ||
| 36= | John Reilly, Jimmy O’Reilly | 36 | ||
| 36= | John Robinson, Dave Henshall | 36 | ||
| 36= | Bob Sinclair, Trevor Jones | 36 | ||
| 36= | Paul Woodcock, Steve Tyrell | 36 | ||
| 36= | Adam Hart, Andy Wilford | 36 | ||
| 41= | Steve Parle, Doug Adams | 35 | ||
| 41= | Colin Roberts, John Rigby | 35 | ||
| 41= | Peter Freeman, Richard Blackwell | 35 | ||
| 41= | Brian Hopkins, Barry Horrox | 35 | ||
| 45= | Ray Jones, Barry Eddlestone | 34 | ||
| 45= | Adam Melville, Lee McLachlan | 34 | ||
| 47 | Frazer McKenzie, Gill McKenzie | 33 | ||
| 48 | Phil Smeathers, Dave Antrobus | 32 | ||
| 49 | Al Noden, John Aikenhead | 29 |
Tytherington start times £20 Am Am
Thursday 18th July
10.30 Neville Dennis x4
10.39 Colin Roberts x4
10.48 Ian King x4
10.57 Malcolm Wells x4
11.06 Mark Wheeler x4
11.15 Ian Lilley x4
11.24 Geoff Haynes x4
11.33 Mick Mahon x4
11.42 Colin Lynch x4
11.51 Lewis Marland x4
12.00 Bill Gillings x4
12.09 Jim Rymer x4
12.18 Gail Heggarty x4
12.27 David Smith x4
12.36 Welcome x4
12.45 B Wood x4
12.54 Smith x4
1.03 David x4
1.12 Smith x4
1.21 John Stubbs x4
1.30 Martin Wainman x4
1.39 Paul CRisp x4
1.48 Mark Robinson x4
1.57 Mike Daggitt x4
2.06 Rob Hands x4
2.15 Carl Kennedy x4
2.24 Gary Garner x4
2.33 Iain Bartholomew x4
2.42
2.51 Tony Lowe x4
3.00 Mike Fenton x4
3.10 Wayne Colclough x4
3.20 Steve Ballard x4
3.30 Charles Herbert x4
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