*Spaces at classic seaside links Conwy pairs on Tuesday (revised times below)
*Spaces at pretty parkland Knutsford singles on Thursday -individual players welcome (times below)
*Llangollen Friday 29th April , Vale Royal 6th May and Bramall 10th May – nearly full
Maxitours at delightful Dunham Forest
As other Manchester courses were once again closing for business due to more overnight rain the stunning Dunham Forest course was playing near its very best. The greens were tremendous and the course was incredibly dry.
‘I have played a few courses over the past month but that was by far the best- tell the green keeper I am very impressed’ remarked intelligent Jason Waite. Thanks also to Mike and Leslie Saxon who somehow manage to serve Michelin star food at golf club prices!
Larger than life characters Roy Ainsworth and Joe Yates were late entries for Dunham Forest and I knew there would be fun and games when I teamed them up with top premiership referee Mike Dean and his partner Pete Tomlinson. Apparently the revelry started on the 8th hole when Roy’s ball horseshoed out of the hole and Roy exclaimed ‘referee!’ After his round I asked Mike how his opponents had played. ‘They were nice blokes but they played so badly I nearly sent both them off after nine holes’ he replied with a wink.
After a better back nine Roy and Joe were delighted to narrowly beat their referee opponent on the final hole. ‘we won in Fergie time!’ chuckled Roy.
Keith Potter(8) is well into his seventies and when he checked in today I was impressed that he was still playing to a single figure handicap. He told me that he used to play off 2 in his youth. I then asked his even older playing partner Peter Freeman(15) if he had ever had a low handicap ‘no, I’ve always been bad’ he replied honestly.
Danny Willett played great golf in the last round to become the first English golfer to win the Masters after a twenty year wait. It has nearly been that long since Hazel Grove’s Geoff Haynes(7) won a Maxitours prize and he played some great golf alongside Bernard Langer ‘lookalike’ Alan Worthington(14) from Davenport. They scored 43 points to finish in 7th, well done.
Paul Wrigley(6) and Aiden Hoosen(1) from Hopwood had their best finish for a couple of years with an excellent 44 points to take 3rd place. ‘I did all the damage’ said modest Wriggers.
Second place went to Mark Wheeler(14) and Dave Murphy(10) from Upton-by-Chester. These two were regular but very unsuccessful Maxitours players four years ago before work got in the way of their golf. The break did them the world of good as they finished second on 45 points.
There was some great golf on the par fives with 69 year old Pete Cotton rolling back the years to reach the 11th in two, Les Penson also from Knutsford started his round with an eagle on the long 1st and then decided to relax for the rest of his round and let his partner Bev Crute do all the work. Classy Iain Bartholomew(4) eagled the 14th with a tap in. Martin France(2) from Lymm went one better when he eagled both the 1st and 11th holes on his way to victory. He teamed up with the much less talented Roger Percival(4) to take 1st place. – Great golf chaps, well played.
Thanks to everyone for your terrific support, yours in golf, Tim
Nearest the pin 8th Richard Powell Dozen AD333s
Nearest the pin 18th Joe Kirwan Dozen AD333s
2’s £162.50 4 pro v1s or 10 srixons per 2 Roger Percival Martin France Dave Murphy Phil Vokes Billy Rawsthore Andy Jackson Matt Kevin Hamilton Simon Cusick Paul Wrigley Dave Goodier Dave Rhodes
| Dunham Forest | 14-Apr-2016 | |||
| Pos | Player pairings | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Roger Percival, Martin France | 45 | 12 | Srixon cart bag each |
| 2 | Dave Murphy, Mark Wheeler | 45 | 11 | Ashworth wind sweater each |
| 3 | Paul Wrigley, Aiden Hoosen | 44 | 10 | Dozen PRO V1s each |
| 4 | Phil Vokes, Barney Ross | 44 | 9 | Footjoy shirt each |
| 5 | Ian King, Jack Hankinson | 43 | 8 | Sunice shirt each |
| 6 | John Hilditch, Iain Bartholomew | 43 | 7 | Sunice shirt each |
| 7 | Geoff Haynes, Alan Worthington | 43 | 6 | Sunice shirt each |
| 8 | Alan Simpson , Alan Drew | 43 | 5 | Sunice shirt each |
| 9 | Billy Rawsthore, Andy Jackson | 42 | 4 | Fj socks each |
| 10 | Dave Goodier, Dave Herbert | 42 | 3 | Fj socks each |
| 11 | Lee Tilley, Pete Norbury | 42 | 2 | Fj socks each |
| 12 | Paul Browne, Ted Barker | 42 | 1 | Fj socks each |
| 13= | Les Penson, Bev Crute | 41 | ||
| 13= | Warren Newton, Matt Jansen | 41 | ||
| 13= | Jason Waite, Steve Lowe | 41 | ||
| 13= | Dave Wainwright, Paul Simpson | 41 | ||
| 13= | John Hilton, Richard Blackwell | 41 | ||
| 13= | Dale Wallace, Steve Berg | 41 | ||
| 13= | Julian Hurst, David Vesty | 41 | ||
| 13= | Mark Jones, Mark Smith | 41 | ||
| 13= | Gary Hornby, Paul Lord | 41 | ||
| 13= | Brian Hopkins, Mark Taylor | 41 | ||
| 23= | Dave Sarsfield, Dave Rhodes | 40 | ||
| 23= | Kevin Hamilton, Paul Dalby | 40 | ||
| 23= | Pete Atherton, Dan Percival | 40 | ||
| 23= | Steve Morfitt, Rob Platt | 40 | ||
| 23= | Gareth Winston, Lewis Marland | 40 | ||
| 23= | Tim Spencer, Ron Sloane | 40 | ||
| 23= | Frank Stapleton, Stuart Pearson | 40 | ||
| 23= | Bernard Wood, Craig Sudworth | 40 | ||
| 23= | Phil Myers, Mick Philbin | 40 | ||
| 32= | Roy Ainsworth, Joe Yates | 39 | ||
| 32= | Lee McKee, Gary Conroy | 39 | ||
| 32= | Gary Youall, Carl Mollart | 39 | ||
| 32= | Alan Clarke, Gary Jaques | 39 | ||
| 32= | Brian Greenbank, Phil Smeathers | 39 | ||
| 32= | Gary Smith, Lee Murphy | 39 | ||
| 32= | Alan Clough, Ian Ainsworth | 39 | ||
| 39= | Mike Dean, Pete Tomlinson | 38 | ||
| 39= | Mark Williams, Simon Conway | 38 | ||
| 39= | Simon Hemsley, Will Hudson | 38 | ||
| 39= | Joe Kirwan, Mike Spencer | 38 | ||
| 39= | Steve Brookes, Steve Lamont | 38 | ||
| 39= | Trevor Foster, Dean Beaghan | 38 | ||
| 39= | Martin Cullen, Hetash Patel | 38 | ||
| 39= | Steve Aspinall, Colin Berry | 38 | ||
| 47= | Mick Mahon, Munro Donald | 37 | ||
| 47= | Tony Andrews, Steve Foxcroft | 37 | ||
| 47= | Simon Ashton, Les Stenson | 37 | ||
| 47= | Dave Johnson, Howard Baker | 37 | ||
| 47= | Pete Ledger, Pete Houston | 37 | ||
| 47= | Pete Cotton, Ed Cotton | 37 | ||
| 47= | Nigel Craig, Peter Smith | 37 | ||
| 47= | Jody Kerner, Colin Seddon | 37 | ||
| 55= | Simon Cusick, Duncan Wilde | 36 | ||
| 55= | Doug Broadstock, Pete Sumner | 36 | ||
| 57 | Dave McCallum, Kevin Barker | 35 | ||
| 58= | Dave Buckley, Pete Short | 33 | ||
| 58= | Peter Freeman, Keith Potter | 33 | ||
| 60= | Steve Johnson , Ewan McCrae | 32 | ||
| 60= | Mike Gee, John Dawson | 32 |
This Tuesday’s Conwy Golf Club times (19th April)
10.45 Bob Sutton x4
10.53 Colin Roberts x4
11.01 Ian King x4
11.09 Jim Caldwell x2 Pete Cotton x2
11.17 Mick Mahon x4
11.26 Trevor Foster x4
11.34 Phil Dermott x4
11.43 Colin Baxendale x4
11.52 Ian Acton x2 Lee Jevons x2
12.03 Fizz x4
12.12
12.21 Ian Ainsworth x4
12.30
12.39 Tim Spencer x4
12.48 John Hilditch x4
12.53 Pete Short x2 Martin Cox x2
12.57 Mark Redfern x2 Kev Hart x2
1.06 Simon Poucher x4
1.15 Roy Ainsworth x4
1.24 Max Henderson x4
1.33 Simon Hemsley x4
1.42 Dave Goodier x4
1.50 Reuben Fielding x4
2.00 Paul Wrigley x4
2.10 Gary Garner x2
2.19 Steve Aspinall x4
2.28 Richard Blackwell x2
2.37 Dave Antrobus x4 tbc
2.46 Gav Sutcliffe x4
2.55 Pete Birtwistle x4
3.04
3.13
3.22
3.31
3.49 Mick Fenton x4
Thursdays Knutsford Singles start times(21st April)
10.30 Colin Roberts x4
10.39 Jim Caldwell x2 Mark Jones x2
10.48 Ian King x4
10.57 Roger Percival x4
11.06 Phil Vokes x4
11.15
11.24 11.33 Dave Thomas x2 Pete Short x2
11.42 Simon Ashton x2 Simon Poucher x2
11.51
12.00 John Dickenson x4
12.09 Jim Clarke x2 Jason Henderson x1
12.18
12.30 Brian Hopkins x4
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