DON’T MISS OUT!!
*Now Room for 1 team on the fabulous January trip and 2 teams on the February trip- ENJOY yourself this Winter life is too short!!
*Next week at Mottram – times slightly earlier to beat the dark- please check below.
Maxitours at wonderful Wychwood park
An almost rain free day greeted Maxitours competitors at Wychwood Park today. Whilst many local courses have temporary greens or closures the Wychwood Park greens remained firm, true and well and truly open. They were a pleasure to putt on. Great work from Head green keeper Ashley and his team.
Thanks to everyone for sticking to roped off areas Ashley was very grateful.
Steph and Lee in the Clubhouse and Ben and Rob he two assistant pros in the shop were also excellent to work with -thank you guys.
The Wychwood course isn’t easy. I played in a pro am here when it was newly opened twenty years ago and one of my amateurs splashed out and bought himself a Pinnacle 15 ball pack before he went out to play. He bought another pack after nine holes after losing his 15th ball of the day on the 8th .
The course rating of 151 off the back tees makes it rank as the 3rd hardest in the country. Luckily, we played off the yellow tees today which made the course more enjoyable for all but it was still an excellent test of golf.
Jonathon Cricklemore hits his nine iron about 120 yards. Before play he told me that he had just had a lesson and that if he just makes a special move with his hips he now hits it 159 yards. His team finished 22nd today and Jon drove home with a dislocated pelvis.
Todays scoring was understandably tough with only five teams scoring over 80 points.
Roger Percivals team were pipped on the back six card play off. Team mate Pete Atherton loves his food and has been known to have one or perhaps even two bacon butties before play. When he told me he was having problems with his takeaway this morning I thought his favorite local Chinese must have increased their prices, but after a while I realized he was talking about his disconnected backswing. Something clicked today though and he contributed well to take 3rd.
Peter Griggs, Jim Caldwell, John Roome and Lee Charnley took 2nd place. Big hitting Charnley from Prestbury was on fire.
Winning was Phil Dickens(12), Mike Evans(5), Neil Evans(8) and Paul Robinson(9) with a terrific 85 points. The likeable regulars play each week without any success but today they pulled a very big rabbit out of a very small hat to take the first event of the Clarion Winter series. Well played chaps.
2’s £157.50 3 pro v1 4 tp 5 or 7 srixon AD333
Neil Pemberton Joe Kirwan Ted Lacey x2 Andy Parrington Pete Keena Steve Aspinall Malcolm Kendrick Nick Coleman Roger Percival Ed Wilkinson Graham Davenport Richard Wakefield
Nearest the pin 2nd Roger Percival Doz AD333
Nearest the pin 11th Andy Parrington Doz AD333
| Wychwood | 9th Nov | |||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Phil Dickens, Mike Evans, Neil Evans, Paul Robinson | 85 | 12 | Oscar Jacobson top each |
| 2 | Jim Caldwell, John Roome, Lee Charnley, Peter Griggs | 84 | 10 | Dozen Taylor Made TP5 |
| 3 | Roger Percival, Martin France, Ed Wilkinson, Pete Atherton | 84 | 8 | Callaway shirt each |
| 4 | Dave More O’Farrell, Malcolm Kendrick, Dave McGuiness, Nick Coleman | 82 | 6 | Callaway shirt each |
| 5 | Jim Clarke, Pete Ledger, Dave Turbott, Ken McEvoy | 82 | 4 | Maxitours bag towel each |
| 6 | Neil Griffiths, Geoff Bickerton, Moby Rawthore, Austin McBride | 80 | 2 | Maxitours bag towel each |
| 7= | Nigel Ashton, Colin Bryan, John Williams, Stuart Smith | 80 | ||
| 7= | Gary Neiles, Martin Mullineaux, Paul Hurst, Bill Telford | 80 | ||
| 7= | Dave Goodwin, Paul Woodbine, Phil Robinson, Richard Williamson | 80 | ||
| 10= | Chris Perry, Andy Parrington, Ted Lacey, Andy Taylor | 78 | ||
| 10= | Paul Price, Pete Keena, Steve Jackson, Dan Boyles | 78 | ||
| 12= | Neale Laurent, John Harrop , Chris Burnett, Adam Thomas | 77 | ||
| 12= | Jim Wardle, John Hilton, Steve Austin, Gary Smith | 77 | ||
| 14= | Simon Hemsley, Ian King, Joe Kirwan, Al Demmy | 76 | ||
| 14= | Dave Blood, Jim Cox, Nick Green, Jack Meredith | 76 | ||
| 14= | Pete Norbury, Stuart Muller, James Mooney, Nathan Mills | 76 | ||
| 14= | Kev Hart, Mark Foley, Alan Vaughan, Pete O’Neill | 76 | ||
| 18= | David Wilkinson, David Kelly, Dave Arthur, Paul Moonan | 75 | ||
| 18= | Phil McCurry, Paul Robinson, George Kerr, Neil Pemberton | 75 | ||
| 18= | Dave Marchant, Carl Deaville, Nigel Armitage, Andy Williamson | 75 | ||
| 21= | Martin Humphries, Jonathon Crickmore, Doug Carden, Jim Heywood | 72 | ||
| 21= | Gary Owen, Alan Gale, Alistair Holloway, | 72 | ||
| 23= | Jon Hudson, Rob Blain, Mike Hill, Andy Corner | 71 | ||
| 23= | Neil Denby, Richard Wakefield, Graham Davenport, John Nuttall | 71 | ||
| 25 | Chris Adams, Martin Prescot, Andy Oakes, Nick Hargreaves | 70 | ||
| 26 | Jonny Barton, Chris Walley, Sam Leach, Jim Hodges | 68 | ||
| 27 | Steve Aspinall, Simon Wilkinson, John Lynsky, Doug Broadstock | 63 |
Mottram Hall start sheet
Thursday 16th November
1st tee
9.30 Jim Caldwell x4
9.39 Colin Roberts x4
9.48 Paul Fell x4
9.57 Martin Humphries x4
10.06 Simon Raine x4
10.15 Jon Hudson x4
10.24 Neil Laurent x4
10.33 Dave Blood x4
10.42 Mick Mahon x4
10.51 Andy Taylor x4
11.00 Dave More O Farrell
11.09 John Dickenson x4
11.18 Steve Saunders x4
11.27 Paul Traynor x4
10th Tee
9.30 Simon Hemsley x4
9.39 Paul Price x4
9.48 Phil Dickens x4
9.57 Roger Percival x4
10.06 Dave Goodwin x4
10.15 Kev Hart x4
10.24 Martin Prescott x4
10.33 Jim Clarke x4
10.42 Paul Salt x4
10.52 Steve Heywood x4
11.01 Richard Blackwell x4
11.10 Gary Neiles x4
11.19 Lee Tilley x4
11.28 Geoff Bickerton x4
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