Maxitours at incredibly dry Dunham Forest
Yesterday’s torrential downpour left many local courses closed. Free draining Dunham Forest was well and truly open for business and the green keepers were up early hand cutting the excellent greens and preparing the bunkers. Many thanks for all their efforts. Top Head green keeper Chris leaves later this month to run a family business and he has done a remarkable job over the past eight years. Thanks to him Dunham is now rated as most definitely one of the premier courses in the North West.
Thanks also to Mike and Leslie Saxon who run a tight ship and produce some quality food. Pro Paul Dennis is also a pleasure to deal with.
Last week at Ringway John Royle was in the greenside bunker on the 16th.After a less than graceful swing he double hit the ball which then hit the top lip of the bunker and rebounded to hit him on his head. The four shot penalty took some adding up for the extremely likeable accountant. Today John and partner (the also very likeable) Dave Parsons were once again left counting the cost of a bad finish as they picked up just 4 points on the three tough closing holes to miss out on the prizes.
In today’s event the scoring was once again incredibly close.
Local estate agent John Hilditch (11) says he is sitting down with his wife tonight and having a selection meeting after he found a great new best friend in Clive Evans(9). The talented single figure handicapper stood in for regular partner Iain Bartholomew and was he just three over par today. ‘It’s nice to be back in the prizes’ added the wealthy Hale man after he finished in a season best 7th place.
Most of us have sat on one of Keith Tunstalls toilets in our lives. The ‘twyfords sanitory caster’ from Stoke on Trent has made plenty of toilet basins over the years. Today it was his hopes and dreams that were’ flushed’ away as his 43 points saw him closely ‘brush’ the major prizes. Jovial publican Terry Rathbone was his partner who had the smile ‘wiped’ off his face after poor finish followed their great start.
Andy Sandham(6) and Jack Meredith(9) live in the shadow of their more successful pals Jim Cox and Dave Blood. As the Spring heat wave hit South Manchester the Denton men had their very own day in the sun. ‘We were just relieved not to lose a fiver to those two’ said Sandham. Their 44 points was good enough for 3rd place.
Stuart Pearson(5) and Frank Stapleton(12) both played really well and were disappointed to narrowly miss out on first place as they also scored 44 points and lost out on a card play-off. ‘That would have been my biggest sporting achievement since I won the FA Cup with United’ said an upset Stapleton.
Taking the honours today for the first time were two top seniors from Lymm. Retired Architect Graham Littler(19) and Brian ‘had more jobs than hot dinners’ Hitchen(13) were both surprised and delighted to take top spot. Graham held his nerve with two excellent pars on the tough closing holes to overtake their closest competitors in some style. Well played chaps, I am really delighted for you.
Thanks for your 100% attendance. It is really appreciated. Yours in golf, Tim
Nearest the pin 15th hole Chris Adams Dozen AD333s
Nearest the pin in two 18th hole Matt Spencer Dozen AD333s
2’s sweep £152.50 3 pro v1s or 8 srixon AD333s
Simon Burgess Stuart Pearson x2 Paul Sherlock Mark Redfern Barney Ross Phil Vokes Jan Jagielka Martin Routley Chris Adams Roger Percival Andy Walmsley Dave Parsons Steph Hamilton Ray Tennant
| Dunham | 10-Mar-2016 | |||
| Pos | Player pairings | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Graham Littler, Brian Hitchen | 44 | 12 | Cleveland wedge each |
| 2 | Stuart Pearson, Frank Stapleton | 44 | 11 | Dozen Pro v1s each |
| 3 | Andy Sandham, Jack Meredith | 44 | 10 | Footjoy shirt each |
| 4 | Ian King, Darren Whittaker | 43 | 9 | Sunice shirt each |
| 5 | Paul McFee, John Bancroft | 43 | 8 | Sunice shirt each |
| 6 | Martin France, Pete Atherton | 43 | 7 | Dozen Wilsonsoft feel each |
| 7 | Clive Evans, John Hilditch | 43 | 6 | Titleist cap each |
| 8 | Alan Jones, Lee Wolstenholme | 43 | 5 | Taylor Made pitch repairer each |
| 9 | Geoff Gable, Neil O’Ryan | 43 | 4 | Footjoy socks each |
| 10 | Keith Tunstall, Terry Rathbone | 43 | 3 | Footjoy socks each |
| 11 | Gary Conroy, Mike Wilson | 43 | 2 | |
| 12 | Mickey Gray, Al Demmy | 43 | 1 | |
| 13 | John Royle, Dave Parsons | 43 | ||
| 14= | Richard Palmer, John Farnworth | 42 | ||
| 14= | Phil Vokes, Barney Ross | 42 | ||
| 14= | John Clarke, Mark Redfern | 42 | ||
| 14= | Roy Ainsworth, Barry Simpson | 42 | ||
| 14= | Mike Spencer, Matt Spencer | 42 | ||
| 14= | Dave Wilson, Kevin Hawkins | 42 | ||
| 14= | Steve Hall, Chris Adams | 42 | ||
| 14= | Ray Tennant, Leigh Smart | 42 | ||
| 14= | Dai Jones, Paul Kinder | 42 | ||
| 23= | Dave Blood , Jim Cox | 41 | ||
| 23= | Paul Sherlock, Steve Latchford | 41 | ||
| 23= | Warren Newton, Matt Jansen | 41 | ||
| 23= | Eric Gregory, Steve Aspinall | 41 | ||
| 23= | Brendan Leighton, Martin Routley | 41 | ||
| 23= | Peter Daniels, Joe Tyson | 41 | ||
| 23= | Joe Yates, Keith Boothroyd | 41 | ||
| 23= | Richard Blackwell, Andy Hamlett | 41 | ||
| 31 | Alan Forber, John Longworth | 40 | ||
| 32= | John Horsley, Dave Harlow | 39 | ||
| 32= | Dave Marchant, Jeff Andrews | 39 | ||
| 32= | Les Russon, Ken Clarke | 39 | ||
| 32= | Simon Burgess, Steve Merricks | 39 | ||
| 32= | Trevor Foster, Andy Walmsley | 39 | ||
| 32= | Dale Beaghan, Pete Ledger | 39 | ||
| 32= | Roger Percival, Dan Percival | 39 | ||
| 32= | Sam Leach, Bob Chester | 39 | ||
| 32= | Steph Hamilton, Ian Quirk | 39 | ||
| 32= | Billy Rawsthore, | 39 | ||
| 42= | Simon Poucher, Jan Jagielka | 38 | ||
| 42= | Sean Bate, Darren Jones | 38 | ||
| 42= | Colin Roberts, John Rigby | 38 | ||
| 42= | David Kelly, Bob Sutton | 38 | ||
| 42= | Lewis Marland , Alf Shillitoe | 38 | ||
| 42= | Mark Williams, Stuart Royle | 38 | ||
| 42= | Paul Allen, Paul Wild | 38 | ||
| 42= | Peter Jones, Terry Chaplin | 38 | ||
| 42= | Brian Greenbank, Matt Nelstrop | 38 | ||
| 42= | Marc Morris, Koos Alders | 38 | ||
| 42= | John Hilton, Ron Jolley | 38 | ||
| 53= | Jody Kerner, Tony O’Neill | 37 | ||
| 53= | Andy England, Rob Caruana | 37 | ||
| 53= | Paul Browne, Dale Wallace | 37 | ||
| 53= | John Jones, Dave Moore | 37 | ||
| 53= | Carl Watterson, Warren Simister | 37 | ||
| 58= | Jim Hodges, Kevin Reeves | 35 | ||
| 58= | Paul Bishop, Carl Kennedy | 35 | ||
| 60 | Keith Allen, Munroe Donald | 34 | ||
| 61= | Dave Wainwright, Martin Bramwell | 33 | ||
| 61= | John Stubbs, Guy Hall | 33 |
Caldy start times Thursday 17th March
11am Shotgun
1a David Kelly x4
1b Ian King x4
2 Martin Cox x4
3 Chris Adams x4
3b Steve Aspinall x4
4 Richard Williamson x4
5a
5b Pete Cotton x4
6 Gary Bailey x4
7a John Berry x4
7b Gary Smith x4
8 Barry Jackson x4
9 Leigh Smart x4
9b Ian Acton x4
10 Pete Birtwistle x4
11 Roy Ainsworth x4
11b Les Russon x4
12a John Stubbs x4
12b Roger Percival x4
13 John Dickenson x4
14a Phil Vokes x4
14b Paul Wrigley x4
15 Brian Hopkins x4
16a Lewis Marland x4
16b Mick Fenton x4
17 Rob Weston x4
18a Colin Roberts x4
18b Richard Blackwell x4
Graham Bates x2
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