Maxitours at windy but wonderful Crosland Heath

Wow! A very,very, windy day greeted Maxitours players at Crosland Heath today.

The sandstone based course was in great condition and all players came off with mud free shoes and trousers. They also came off the course with ruddy faces and interesting hair styles as the gale force winds took their toll. Steve Austin is almost completely bald and even his remaining few strands looked windswept.

The greens and fairways are the driest for miles around.

Early in the day there were some rain showers despite my weather app saying there would be no rain. A local member told me that very often the apps get it wrong because it isn’t really raining it is just some ‘low cloud passing through’. So if any players were wondering: we had no rain today -just a bit of cloud. I’m going to use that one in future.

This part of Yorkshire is very friendly and all the staff were lovely. I had a few chats with the members and they were great.

When I arrived I asked for a registration table and the caterer asked me if I wanted Torst. I had no idea what he was talking about and just smiled. Ten minutes later he brought me some toast.

Gary Owens team crashed and burned on the long 5th hole as it was playing nearly 450 yards into the wind. They were not the only casualties on that hole as a few years ago a plane crash landed after a dodgy take off from Huddersfield airport which runs parallel to the hole. Luckily there were no casualties unlike Owens team who only scored 1 point and they all went home in an ambulance.

Scoring was always going to be tough in the gale force breeze.

Only three teams scored higher than par – reflecting the terrific integrity of Maxitours players. I am so lucky to have such great players each week. Thank you.

‘It was a day to remember’ Declared positive Simon Raine.

Steve Heywood likes tomato sauce on his chips. His new name is Heinz after his team could only manage a variety of 57 points today.

Birmingham born likeable West Bromwich Albion fan Chris Adams is talking a bit posher after his year as Prestbury golf club Captain- he is also playing a bit better and he led his team into 3rd place with just 73 points. Mark Pretty, Pete Atherton and Richard Johnson were his team mates.

North Manchesters Ray Massey, John Gleave, Stuart Hibbert and James Imeson bravely battled the wind and took 2nd with 74 points.

Winning today were the Wychwood Park team of Martin Wainman, Pete Keena, Ray Cornwall and Dan Boyles with 76 points. They started on the 7th and struggled before picking up 5 shots in their closing 4 holes after a game changing seven point haul on the 4th.
Great golf, well played team!

Thanks to everyone for your 100% attendance.

Excellent.
Tim

Nearest the pin 9th Ray Cornwall Doz AD333
Nearest the pin 14th Mike Lowe Doz AD333

2’s sweep £155
3pro v1s 4 taylor made 8 srixons
Mark Pretty Josh Pegler Geoff Bikerton Steve Booth Dave Griffin Paul Fell Colin Bryan Dan Brookman Julian Brindley Andy Corner Simon Raine Denis Greenup

	Crosland			23rd Nov

Pos	Team Players	Score	OoM	Comment
1	Martin Wainman, Pete Keena, Dan Boyles, Ray Cornwall	76	12	Oscar Jacobson top each
2	Ray Massey, John Gleave, Stuart Hibbert, James Imeson	74	10	FJ shirt each
3	Chris Adams, RichardJohnson, Mark Pretty, Pete Atherton	73	8	Callaway shirt each
4	Kev Hart, Mark Foley, Alan Vaughan, Pete Reynolds	71	6	Callaway shirt each
5	Cath Rawthore, Moby Rawthore, Andrew Brooks, Lisa Brooks	71	4	Maxitours bag towel each
6	Roger Percival, Martin France, Pete Atherton, Richard Stockdale	71	2	Maxitours bag towel each
7=	Geoff Bickerton, Steve Booth, Dave Griffin, John Dempsey	70
7=	Richard Blackwell, John Hilton, Steve Austin, Gary Smith	70
7=	Neale Laurent, John Harrop , Martin Schofield, Sally Lester	70
7=	Greg Burgess, James Mooney, Stu Muller, Josh Pegler	70
7=	Tony McNamara, Darren Smith, Terry Walsh, Josh Brand	70
7=	Andy Bradshaw, Joe Kirwan, Matt Ford, Gareth Bradley	70
13=	Dave Blood, Jim Cox, Ian Smith, Andy Sandham	68
13=	Nigel Ashton, Colin Bryan, Mike Lowe, Paul Fell	68
15	Phil Dickens, Steve Blakeway, Neil Evans, Paul Robinson	67
16	Steve Aspinall, Keith Berry, Jerry Salmon, Alan Simpson	66
17	Nick Coleman, Dave McGuiness, Brigg Simpson, Paul Unwin	65
18	Julian Brindley, Steve Webb, Paul Calnan, Malcolm Kendrick	64
19	Paul Salt, Pete Fotheringham, George Kerr, Chris Stetch	63
20	Jon Hudson, Rob Blain, Mike Hill, Andy Corner	61
21	Janet Heywood, Steve Heywood, Richard Wakefield, John Nuttall	57
22	Gary Owen, Alistair Holloway, Alan Gale, Gary Hall	56
23	Gary Berrisford, Nicky Platt, Adam Thomas, Chris Burnett	1

Warrington Start sheet
Wednesday 29th November
11am shotgun

13 Simon Hemsley x4
14a Jim Caldwell x4
14b Colin Roberts x4
15 Paul Fell x4
15b Martin Humphries x4
16 Jon Hudson x4
17a Neil Laurent x4
17b Dave Blood x4
18 Mick Mahon x4
1 Steve Aspinall x4
1b Andy Taylor x4
2aPaul Price x4
2b Phil Dickens x4
3 Martin Prescott x4
4 Paul Salt x4
4b Dave More O’Farrell x4
5a Richard Blackwell x4
5b Gary Neiles x4
6 Jim Clarke x4
7 Lee Tilley x4
7b Roger Percival x4
8 Geoff Bickerton x4
8b Dave Goodwin x4
9 Roy Ainsworth x4
10a Sam Leach x4
11a Roger Percival x4
11b Ed Pysden x4
12 Steve Heywood x4
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On Thursday, 23 November 2023 at 15:34:14 GMT, Tim Maxwell <maxwellgolf@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Maxitours at windy but wonderful Crosland Heath

Wow! A very,very, windy day greeted Maxitours players at Crosland Heath today.

The greens and fairways are the driest for miles around.

Early in the day there was some rain showers despite my weather app saying there would be no rain. A local member told me that very often the apps get it wrong because it isn’t really raining it is just some ‘low cloud passing through’. So we had no rain today -just a bit of cloud. I’m going to use that one in future.

This part of Yorkshire is very friendly and all the staff were lovely. I had a few chats with the members and they were great.

When I arrived I asked for a registration table and the caterer asked me if I wanted Torst. I had no idea what he was talking about and just smiled. Ten minutes later he brought me some toast.

Team crashed and burned on the long 5th hole as it was playing nearly 450 yards into the wind. They were not the only casualties on that hole as a few years ago a plane crash landed after a dodgy take off from Huddersfield international airport which runs parallel to the hole. Luckily there were no casualties unlike team who only scored went home in an ambulance.

Scoring was always going to be tough

Nearest the pin 9th
Nearest the pin 14th

2’s sweep £155

Warrington Start sheet
Wednesday 29th November

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