Maxitours at Ringway
Once again todays players were treated to clear blue Autumn skies. The brisk wind prevented anyone from overheating under the warm November sun.
Ringway is famous for its attractive blonde Secretary and brunette barmaids. Even respected Head-Pro Nick Ryan had a haircut recently in order to not let the side down. All the catering staff were also superb. The golf course was magnificently presented. Many thanks for you hospitality Ringway!
Colin Baxendale has had plenty of bad luck recently and he has also struggled for form in recent weeks. Things reached an all time low today for Colin. The balls were thrown in the air on the 1st tee to decide who would play with whom in a friendly match within his team. His ball took a bad bounce and trickled into an unplayable lie in a nearby bunker.
Maxitours events reached new heights when Phil Vokes(2) turned down meeting the Queen in order to play at Ringway. His Charity working wife was invited by Royal Appointment to lunch this afternoon as they were visiting Manchester . She was delighted to be seated next to the Duke of Edinburgh whilst her husband opted for the links. Phil was honoured to present his wife with some Cleveland winter mitts as his Didsbury team of Paul Dalby(4), Paul Sherlock(5) and Barney Ross(4) finished fourth.
On form Tony Cooper(11) and Liam Harrison(8) teamed up with Phil Davies(10) and undertaker Phil Williams(16). Before play most of his team asked for the bacon to be well done on their pre round baps. Williams asked for his to be cremated. They finished third despite Phil’s ball finding several watery graves.
Second place went to nice guys and ever present Maxitour players from Bramall, Ian King(9), Joe Kirwan(5), Darren Whittaker(14) and Alex Elliott(1). Kirwan regularly plays poorly with me in various local pro ams however today he was inspired and all the team contributed well for an excellent 83 points.
Brian Hopkins(7) has played in most events this summer with average success. He usually partners steady Alan Pengelly(14) and they both hit lovely controlled draws. Before teaming up with Charles Herbert(16) and Ross Birch(8) today they both thought that a ‘wild slice’ was a vegetarian pasty you could buy in Greggs bakery. Today they saw plenty of wild slices as Herbert regularly found adjoining fairways however some terrific recovery play saw them take the honours with 84 points, very well played chaps.
Thanks to all players for your terrific attendance once again today.
Nearest the Pin 13th Dave Murphy Doz AD333
Nearest the Pin 16th Steve Parle Doz AD333
5 PRO V1s or 10 srixon AD333s per two
Dean Jagger Gary Torr Lee Tilley Andy Burns Geoff Botterill Steve Parle
| Ringway GC | 14-Nov-2013 | |||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Charles Herbert, Brian Hopkins, Alan Pengelly, Ross Birch | 84 | 12 | FJ Wheeled travel each |
| 2 | Ian King, Darren Whittaker, Joe Kirwan, Alex Elliott | 83 | 10 | Galvin Green skins layer each |
| 3 | Tony Cooper, Liam Harrison, Phil Williams, Phil Davies | 81 | 8 | Footjoy Shirt each |
| 4 | Phil Vokes, Paul Dalby, Paul Sherlock, Barney Ross | 81 | 6 | Cleveland Mitts each |
| 5 | Bob Kwan, Mark Richardson, Martin Firth, Andy Taylor | 80 | 4 | Titleist hat each |
| 6 | Lewis Marland, Alf Shillitoe, Phil Lockett, Des Kelly | 80 | 2 | |
| 7= | Dave Murphy, Phil Murphy, Mark Kilgallen, Brian Gibbons | 79 | ||
| 7= | Mick Mahon, Richard Palmer, Frank Hindle, Keith Fitzhenry | 79 | ||
| 7= | Frank Massey, John Reilly, Jimmy O’Reilly, Jim Driscoll | 79 | ||
| 10= | Frank Stapleton, Stuart Pearson, Dave Wilson, Carl Bolus | 78 | ||
| 10= | Malc Wells, Geoff Massey, Andy Webster, Steve Lamb | 78 | ||
| 10= | Giles Terry, John Anderton, Phil Smeathers, John Buckley | 78 | ||
| 13 | John Hilton, Andy Hamlett, Richard Blackwell, Dave Lomax | 77 | ||
| 14= | Nigel Compsty, Paul Baxter, Lou Andrews, Marcus Hall | 76 | ||
| 14= | Dean Jagger, Gary Torr, Keith Pearson, Nad Halk | 76 | ||
| 16= | Geoff Haynes, Alan Clough, Ian Ainsworth, Arthur Jowle | 75 | ||
| 16= | Pete Short, Andy Casey, Paul Kennedy, Martin Callahan | 75 | ||
| 16= | Dave Sarsfield, Dave Rhodes, Pete Norbury, Lee Tilley | 75 | ||
| 16= | Colin Roberts, Dave Marchant, John Rigby, Bob Sinclair | 75 | ||
| 16= | Colin Baxendale, Mo Dar, Kevin Chisnell, Ross Sellors | 75 | ||
| 16= | Bernard Wood , John Ormerod, Mike Birtwistle, Steve Parle | 75 | ||
| 22 | Doug Botterill, Graham Littler, Steve Heap, Tommy Thompson | 74 | ||
| 23 | Dave Blood, Jim Cox, Andy Sandham, Ian Gibson | 73 | ||
| 24= | Russell Humphries, Iain Perkins, Bernard Fee, Greg Fee | 72 | ||
| 24= | Neil Higgins, Pete Mellor, Andy Burns, Steve Murray | 72 | ||
| 26 | Steve Johnson, Gary Cryer, Carl Henshall-Jones, Pete Robinson | 71 | ||
| 27 | Sean Kirkby, Carl McKinney, Steve Roberts, Brian Vincent | 63 |
Delamere Forest Pairs start times
Thursday 21st November
1st tee
9.40am Neville Dennis x4
9.49am Colin Roberts x4
9.58am Bob Sutton x4
10.07am Dave Parsons x4
10.16am Carl Kennedy x2 Wes Colclough x2
10.25am Dave Collinson x4
10.34am Dave Stanhope x4
10.43am Jason Waites x4
11.52am Pete Birtwistle x4
12.01am John Stubbs x4
11.10am Sean Kirkby x4
11.19am Dave Blood x4
11.28am Jim Rymer x4
10th tee
9.40am Ian King x4
9.49am Richard Blackwell x2 Malc Wells x2
9.58am Phil Vokes x4
10.07am Geoff Haynes x4
10.16am Mick Mahon x4
10.25am Lou Andrews x2 Ian Bartholomew x2
10.34am Lewis Marland x2 Gary Garner x2
11.43am John Broadhurst x4
10.52am Rob Hands x4
11.01am Colin Baxendale x4
11.10amChris Hegarty x4
11.19am Chih Hu x4
11.28am Charles Herbert x4
res Jim Rymer x4
res Gary Whittaker x4
res Bernard Wood x2
res Maureen Jolley x2
res Helmsley x4
res Ruel Spence x2
res Allan McNicol x4
res Des Kelly x2
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