Great upcoming Maxitours events!
Sandiway Tuesday 24th May- full
Rngway team of 4 2nd June-last few spaces
Hesketh Pairs Friday 10th June- filling fast
Maxitours at VERY pretty Pleasington
Another full field of Maxitours competitors enjoyed playing at classy Pleasington today. The venue is rated by many as the best inland course in Lancashire. The course -as always- was presented in excellent condition and the bunkers are perhaps the best we see on tour all year.
The food is also tremendous at Pleasington – they even have tapas on the menu for the more cultured golfers on the tour. As expected Nigel Davenport steered clear of the delicate tapas and ordered the fish finger butty. The accountants eyes lit up when a huge baguette surrounded by a sea of chips arrived.
Gary Hornby and Paul Lord are Liverpool fans and they turned up looking a little bit dejected this morning. Rather like their football team they had a great front nine and then played like a couple of school kids in the second half.
‘I can’t believe how my partner Dave Moynihan hits it so straight’ said Mark Blake when he handed his card in.
‘That’s good! How come you only scored 33 points?’ I asked
‘He was hitting straight in the trees’ replied the quick witted Mancunian.
In today’s event eight of the top ten scores were from groups who teed off in the sunshine early in the day.
Gary Garner(7) and Ray Ward(15) were second out and this morning and they were both delighted to have a season best 5th place finish with 45 points.
Dale Wallace(11) from Sale Golf Club played well today as he teamed up with John Jones(12) and they also scored 45 points. Jones was devastated to watch his partner finish his round with a very costly miss from 12 inches on the last hole. ‘Have you met Dale from Sale with the touch of a whale?’ he asked me when he handed the card in alongside his depressed partner.
Postman Martin France(3) once again delivered the goods after returning from yet another golf holiday and he teamed up with Peter Atherton(12) to score 26 points on the front nine. A steadier back nine saw the Lymm men record 46 points to finish 3rd. Warrington’s Ed Wilkinson(6) played alongside good pal Roger Percival(6) and they began their round with two excellent birdies on their way to second place also with 46 points. I watched Roger thin his approach shot to within three feet at the first hole as I put out the nearest the pin markers. The Elvis Presley lookalike claimed it was a controlled punch shot. Yeah right.
Seventy year old Kit Kat lover Roy Ainsworth (25) has hit form in recent weeks. Things have improved for the extremely likeable Antrobus Golf Club member since the 9/10th handicap rule came into force. He was at it again at Pleasington playing alongside high handicapper Barrie Simpson(21). They had the best of the draw this morning and made the most of the rain free benign conditions to score 47 points. Well played chaps!
Thanks to all players for your terrific support once again, yours in golf, Tim
2’s £160 4 pro v1s or 10 srixon Ad 333s
Dale Wallace John Farnworth Chris Adams x2 Paul Browne Trevor Foster Paul Lord Gary Hornby Gary Christian John Buckley Stephen Hoyle Richard Booth
Nearest the Pin 16th hole: Dale from Sale with the touch of a whale.
Nearest the Pin in 2 on 18th hole: Alan Pengelly
| Pleasington |
19-May-2016 |
| Pos |
Player pairings |
Score |
OoM |
Comment |
| 1 |
Roy Ainsworth, Barrie Simpson |
47 |
12 |
Motocaddy lite Cart bag each |
| 2 |
Roger Percival, Ed Wilkinson |
46 |
11 |
Titleist pencil bag each |
| 3 |
Martin France, Pete Atherton |
46 |
10 |
Maxitours merino sweater each |
| 4 |
Dale Wallace, John Jones |
45 |
9 |
Maxitours shirt each |
| 5 |
Gary Garner, Ray Ward |
45 |
8 |
Maxitours shirt each |
| 6 |
Frank Hindle, John Farnworth |
44 |
7 |
Sunice shirt each |
| 7 |
George Buchan, Terry Bailey |
44 |
6 |
Sunice shirt each |
| 8 |
Mike Dobson, Kevin Murphy |
44 |
5 |
Titleist cap each |
| 9 |
Stuart Pearson, Mike Streeter |
43 |
4 |
FJ Socks each |
| 10 |
Rob Little, Scott Pickavance |
42 |
3 |
FJ Socks each |
| 11 |
Chris Adams, Martyn Hulme |
42 |
2 |
FJ Socks each |
| 12 |
Colin Baxendale, Kevin Chisnell |
41 |
1 |
FJ Socks each |
| 13= |
John Dickenson, Bob Mottershead |
41 |
| 13= |
Mike Spencer, Allan Brown |
41 |
| 13= |
Gary Hornby, Paul Lord |
41 |
| 13= |
Richard Booth, Dan Moss |
41 |
| 17= |
Paul Browne, Ted Barker |
40 |
| 17= |
Ian King, Darren Whittaker |
40 |
| 17= |
John Hilditch, Clive Evans |
40 |
| 17= |
Geoff Andrews, Rob Deconinck |
40 |
| 17= |
Nigel Davenport, Gary Greer |
40 |
| 17= |
Greg Aspinall, Ray Stringer |
40 |
| 23= |
Trevor Foster, Peter Ledger |
39 |
| 23= |
Charlie Cunningham, Andy Oakes |
39 |
| 23= |
Phil Smeathers, Richard Blackwell |
39 |
| 23= |
Steph Hamilton, Barry Norris |
39 |
| 27= |
Mark Patton, Dale Beaghan |
38 |
| 27= |
Colin Roberts, John Rigby |
38 |
| 27= |
David Kelly, John Atkin |
38 |
| 27= |
Mike Verdon, Steve Collier |
38 |
| 27= |
Archie Tahir, Bash Majid |
38 |
| 27= |
Bill Parkinson, Gordon Warke |
38 |
| 27= |
Richard Wiliamson, Paul Woodbine |
38 |
| 27= |
Alan Pengelly, Bri Hopkins |
38 |
| 27= |
Alan Smith, Mark Taylor |
38 |
| 27= |
Simon Maxwell, John Longworth |
38 |
| 37= |
Ron Sloane, Barry Pendlebury |
37 |
| 37= |
Paul Bayley, Roy Kirk |
37 |
| 37= |
Paul Wrigley, Aiden Hoosen |
37 |
| 40= |
Tim Spencer, Mark Saxon |
36 |
| 40= |
Andy Strickley, Andy Taylor |
36 |
| 40= |
Dave Harlow, Bob Sutton |
36 |
| 40= |
Frank Stapleton, John Gripton |
36 |
| 40= |
John Anderton, John Buckley |
36 |
| 40= |
Gary Christian, Mark McKenzie |
36 |
| 40= |
Rob Wood , Talat Mahmood |
36 |
| 40= |
Gary Parle, Steve Parle |
36 |
| 40= |
Graham Bates, Dave Beard |
36 |
| 40= |
Lee Tilley, Rob Norbury |
36 |
| 40= |
Simon Ashton, Les Stenson |
36 |
| 40= |
Gary Neiles, Joe Yates |
36 |
| 52= |
Roy Christian, Jim Rymer |
35 |
| 52= |
Dave Henshall, Ged Ford |
35 |
| 52= |
Steven Hoyle, Brent Deburk |
35 |
| 52= |
Dave Sarsfield, Pete Norbury |
35 |
| 56= |
Steve Johnson, Carl H-Jones |
34 |
| 56= |
Peter Rhodes, Ryan Lewis |
34 |
| 56= |
Mick Mahon, Munro Donald |
34 |
| 56= |
Nigel Davies, James Shiel |
34 |
| 60= |
Brian Geenbank, Keith Spencer |
33 |
| 60= |
Mike Wainwright, David Wainwright |
33 |
| 60= |
Graham Bryant, Bill Harvey |
33 |
| 63 |
Dave Goodwin, Rob Wheeler |
30 |
Start times at Sandiway AM AM
Tuesday 24th May
9.00 Colin Roberts x4
9.09 Ian King x4
9.18 Pete Cotton x4
9.27 David Kelly x4
9.36 Brian Greenbank x4
9.45 Peter Harrison x4
9.54 Patrick O’Dowd x4
10.03 Ian Ainsworth x4
10.12 Mick Mahon x4
10.21 John Hilditch x4
10.30 Dave Stanhope x4
10.39 Roger Percival x4
10.48 Leigh Smart x4
10.57 Chris Adams x4
11.06 Lewis Marland x4
11.15 Trevor Foster x4
11.24 Dale Beaghan x4
11.33 Frank Stapleton x4
11.42 Alan Green x4
11.51 Pete Birtwistle x4
12.00 Russell Brookes x2 Richard Blackwell x2
12.09 Rob Weston x4
12.18 Colin Baxendale x4 (earlier if poss)
12.27 Terry Rathbone x4
12.36 Sam Leach x4
12.45 Paul Kennedy x4
12.54 Ray Jones x4
1.03 Ian Waddington x4
1.12 John Stubbs x4
1.21 Simon Poucher x2 Greg Aspinall x2
1.30 George CBuchan x4
1.39 Steve Wilson x4
1.48 Dave Chambers x4
1.57 Paul Rudkin x2 Dave Tracey x2
2.06 Iain Cole x4
2.15 Kenny Plumb x4
2.24 Garry Dowdle x4
2.33 John Kelsall x4
2.40 Fizz Ahmed x4
2.49 Simon Ashton x4
2.58 Phil Gow x4
3.05 Brian H0pkins x4
Chris Brownhill x4
Joe Kirwan x1
John Dickenson x1 |
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Happy to hear that Dale Wallace from Sale Golf Club played well. have seen him play golf a number of times.