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Maxitours at Delightful Dunham Forest

As the early morning pairings began to arrive at the beautifully manicured Dunham Forest Golf and Country Club the air of anticipation of an excellent day’s golf could be felt.

Ian Wrigley, consummate Club Professional was there to greet PGA Pro Matthew Turnock (greatest teaching Pro in Cheshire and all round top lad) with a warm welcome along with Club House Manager Mike Saxon and his excellent team of catering and bar staff.

As players checked in once again the question of “Where’s Tim?” came thick and fast and “Another holiday” but ‘hey he deserves a break with his family’ they all agreed and they were glad to see their cards efficiently marked up for them by the Matthew in his absence (think he must have OCD !!!).

By late afternoon the light breeze had dropped and players were beginning to feel the full heat and humidity of the day, unfortunately it proved too much for late starters Joe York (Scr) and Charles Herbert (14) as they failed to score on the 17th on their way to 44 points – agony !!! If anyone finds a pair of trolley wheels on the 17th tee please hand them in at the next event as Joe and Charles’s appeared to fall off at this point under the intense pressure. Joe however had the consolation of two 2’s to win a share of the ball pot.
In a closely fought event it was clear that this was a day that would test the 9 hole card count back rule to its limits as the scoring became tighter and tighter at the top of the leader board. Clear winner by two points were Saddleworths top entreprenuers Lee Tilley and Pete Norbury with an excellent 47 points. Lewis Marland and Alf Shillitoe recorded their best ever finish as their 45 points was good enough for second position.

£197.50 £5 pro v1S or 10 srixon soft feel each
Laurie Cole x 1 Keith Coxon x 1 Guy Hall x 1 Paul Crisp x 1 Trevor Golds x 1 Mark Brierley x 1
John Hilditch x 1 Alex Baguley x 1 Richard Palmer x 1 Ian Ryder x 1 Roy Kirk x 1 Joe York x 2
Nearest Pin on 8th was won by Ian Ryder
Nearest pin in 2 on 18th by Alex Baguley.

After an epic mathematical effort on best back 9, then best last 6, then best last 3 and then even best last 2 in some cases the final placings were as follows:

Dunham Forest 1st August 2013

Pos Player pairings Score OoM
1 Lee Tilley, Peter Norbury 47 12 Titleist carry bag each
2 Lewis Marland, Alf Shillitoe 45 11 Back 9 CPO FJ Contour shoes each each
3 Mark Wheeler, Dave Murphy 45 10 Back 9 CPO Dozen Pro v1s each
4 Chris Heggarty, Paul Bennett 45 9 Back 9 CPO Dozen srixon z stars each
5 Geoff Haynes, John McClennan 45 8 Back 9 CPO Puma shirt each

6 Kevin Reeves, Jim Hodges 44 7 Back 9 CPO Greg Norman shirt each
7 Trevor Golds, A. Buckley 44 6 Back 9 CPO Dozen Soft Feel each
8 Dave Wilson, Frank Stapleton 44 5 Back 9 CPO Dozen soft feel each
9 Mark Robinson, Stuart Coupe 44 4 Back 9 CPO FJ Glove each
10 Richard Palmer, Munro Donald 44 3 Back 9 CPO FJ Glove each
11 Richard Blackwell, Andy Hammond 44 2 Back 9 CPO FJ Socks each
12 Warren Simister, Rick Baguley 44 1 Back 9 CPO FJ Socks each
13 Joe York, Charles Herbert 44
14= Andy Adshead, Stuart Cranfield 43
14= Malcolm Brownhill, Graham Brownhill 43
14= Alex Baguley, Liam Rex 43
14= Gary Garner, Mark Green 43
14= Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle 43
19= Neville Dennis, Frank Massey 42
19= Brian Gibbons, Peter Bostock 42
19= Andy McLay, Brian Ankers 42
19= Dave Antrobus, Mike Gauden 42
19= Gary Whittaker, Vince Wrigley 42
19= Gavin Dixon, Laurie Cole 42
25= Ian King, Al Brown 41
25= Kevin Chisnall, Mo Dar 41
25= Dave Stanhope, Roy Goulden 41
25= Ian Ryder, Stephen Harvey 41
25= Philip Ashcroft, Tony Robinson 41
25= Phil Lockett, Peter Hall 41
31= John Reilly, Jim Driscoll 40
31= David Taylor, Colin House 40
31= Darren Whittaker, Andrew Wisedale 40
31= Pete Holmes, Mark Brierley 40
31= Jeff Wealands, Stuart Pearson 40
31= John Broadhurst, Patrick Keville 40
31= Dave Gavin, Joe shelly 40
31= Bernhard Wood, David Smith 40
31= Dave Henshall, Dave Ryder 40
31= Carl Kennedy, Graham Coulpan 40
31= Chris Parkington, Tim Owen 40
31= Eddy Stirling, Saj Hashmi 40
43= Martin Wainman, Chris Brayne 39
43= Tony Ramatowski, Pete Waterhouse 39
43= Mick Daggitt, John Ratledge 39
43= Terry Davison, Alan Clough 39
43= Alan Noden, Al Collins 39
48= Bob Kwan, Mike Sutton 38
48= Keith Coxon, Guy Hall 38
48= Anton Johnson, Russ Johnson 38
48= Dave Rhodes, Dave Sarsfield 38
48= Peter Mellor, Dan Huffman 38
48= Max Henderson, Mark Robert 38
48= Roy Kirk, Paul Bailey 38
48= Ted Billecombe, Martin Murray 38
48= Steve Hindley, Roger McMullen 38
57= Paul Crisp, M. Lynch 36
57= Iain Bartholomew, John Hilditch 36
57= Rob Hands, Arthur Holmes 36
57= John Buckley, Harvey 36
57= Gary Sinclair, Paul Rushton 36
62= Fraser McKenzie, Richard Sym 35
62= Alan Pengelly, Brian Hopkins 35
64= Steve Bowland, John Stubbs 34
64= Pete Tinkler, Steve Clare 34
64= Phil Chadwick, Graham Pike 34
64= Rule Spence, Michael Barron 34
64= Mike Hall, Des Kelly 34
69= Mike Ellis, Brian Kelly 33
69= Peter Lowe, Derek Scoular 33
69= Lee Bailey, Shaun O’Connor 33
72 Paul Wilson, Chris Bracchi 30

North Manchester AM AM Start times
£20 per person
10.10 Neville Dennis x4
10.19 Colin Roberts x4
10.28 Ian King x4
10.39 Mark Wheeler x4
10.48
10.57 Bob Sutton x4
11.06
11.15 Richard Blackwell x4
11.24 Dave Stanhope x4
11.33
11.42 Geoff Haynes x4
11.51 Mick Mahon x4
12.00 Carl Kennedy x4
12.09 Lewis Marland x4
12.18 Jason Waites x4
12.27 Phil Vokes x4
12.36 Mike Dobson x4
12.45 Bob Gillings x 4
12.54 John Stubbs x4
1.03 Mark Robinson x4
1.12 Howard Baker x4
1.21 Steve Parle x4
1.30 Eddy Sterling x4
1.39 Brin Dinsdale x4
1.48
1.57 Roger McMullan x4
2.06
2.15 Gary Garner x4
2.24 Iain Bartholomew x4
2.33
2.42 Paul Crisp x4
2.51 Charles Herbert x4
3.00 Brian Hopkins x4