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Maxitours at Classy Crosland Heath
Crosland Heath made us feel very welcome indeed today. A great golf club.
The Secretary Toby is superb and he promised an excellent golf course and the greenkeeper certainly delivered it for us today. There was an overnight frost which made conditions tricky but as the sun came out the course just got better and better.
There was a biting wind on the exposed holes which helped cool the players down so they didn’t overheat. There were only three reported incidents of frost bite.
Crosland was designed by Dr Mackenzie and opened in 1914 and was reported in a local newspaper;
‘The course is a natural one, Dr Mackenzie visited and planned it out, there may be some longer ones and perhaps more difficult ones, but none where the player is kept more on the stretch and none which possesses in a greater degree that indefinable quality called Charm.’
A couple of home-based Yorkshire teams played today. From the nearby coalmining town of Barnsley it was great to welcome Teddy Scargill – famous for his ball Striking. He was the Pits today as his team could only Scrape 63 points.
It was great to see the Hope Brothers playing. They are lovely blokes and always good value. Ben is a handy player off 8, Tony is good on his day off 15 but older brother Trevor Hope (known as ‘absolutely no’ to his golfing pals) plays off 39. ‘No’ came in twice as the team recorded 55 points.
‘We had that many 1 pointers I could’ve marked the card with a ruler’. Admitted Tony.
On the course the firm greens and cool breeze made scoring tough.
Dave More O Farrells’ Tytherington team of Tim Readitt, Malc Kendrick and Julian Brindley were just pipped on a card play off by Archie Higgins, James Connor, Steve Williams and Gary Neiles who scored just 75 points to take 1st place. Neiles has been on fire recently and will suffer a 2 shot handicap reduction for his consistent play. Well played chaps.
Thanks to everyone for playing, I hope you enjoyed your day.
Tim
Nearest the pin 9th Colin Price Doz AD333
Nearest the pin 17th James Connor Doz AD333
2’s £140 5 pro v1 6Tp5 or 12 Srixon AD333
Paul Salt Ted Lacey Moby Rawthore Steve Best Tim Readitt Malcolm Kendrick Dave Taylor Neale Laurent
| Crosland Results | 20th Nov | |||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Gary Neiles, James Connor, Archie Higgins, Steve Williams | 75 | 12 | FJ Chillout |
| 2 | Tim Readitt, Dave More O Farrell, Malc Kendrick, Julian Brindley | 75 | 10 | FJ Shirt each |
| 3 | John Cross, Phil Dickens, Paul Robinson, | 73 | 8 | Callaway shirt each |
| 4 | Geoff Bickerton, Steve Booth, Moby Rawthore, Steve Best | 73 | 6 | Callaway shirt each |
| 5 | Pete Fotheringham, Paul Woods, John Lee, | 70 | 4 | Maxitours scorecard holder |
| 6 | Dave Blood, Andy Sandham, Jimmy Cox, Steve Jenkinson | 69 | 2 | Maxitours scorecard holder |
| 7 | Andy Taylor, Rob Veitch, Ted Lacey, Kev Hawkins | 69 | ||
| 8 | Neale Laurent, Gary Berrisford, John Harrop, Martin Schofield | 68 | ||
| 9= | Gav Sutcliffe, Paul Wrigley, Dave Herbert, Al Burton | 67 | ||
| 9= | Paul Price, Martin Wainman, Colin Price, Dave Taylor | 67 | ||
| 9= | Andy Dunster, Alan Entwistle, Charles Nicholson, Nick Kerin | 67 | ||
| 9= | Steve Roach, Andy Harlow, Billy O’Malley, Adam Wells | 67 | ||
| 13 | Pete Norbury, Dave Rhodes, Mark Burr, James Mooney | 66 | ||
| 14 | Tony O’Gara, Dave Woods, John Simpson, Steve Profitt | 65 | ||
| 15 | George Kerr, Chris Stretch, Tim Bessant, Govindha Sehmi | 64 | ||
| 16 | Rob Platt, Tom Broadhead, Teddy Scargill, Steve Barbour | 63 | ||
| 17= | Steve Bates, Dave Madely, Pete Jackson, Bill Dixon | 61 | ||
| 17= | Paul Salt, Neil Pemberton, Phil McCurry, Tim Faulkner | 61 | ||
| 19 | Tony Hope, Dave Parry, Ben Hope, Trevor Hope | 55 | ||
| 20 | Ian Moss, Pete Moss, James Shuttleworth, Andy Moore | 53 |
Crewe golf Club start sheet
TUESDAY 25th November
11am shotgun
1a Jim Caldwell x4
1b Colin Roberts x4
2a Jon Hudson x4
3a Andy Taylor x4
3b Neale Laurent x4
4 Dave More O Farrell x4
5 Dave Goodwin x4
6a Dave Blood x4
6b Nigel Ashton x4
7a Martin Humphries x4 in
7b Lewis Marland x4
8 Paul Price x4
9a Chris Adams x4
9b Peter Dobson x4
10a Paul Salt x4
10b Gary Neiles x4
11a Nigel Davies x4
11b Geoff Bickerton x4
12 Lee Tilley x4
13a Richard Blackwell x4
13b Tony O’Gara x4
14 Sam Leach x4
15a Ed Pysden x4
15b John Webb x4
16 Steve Aspinall x4
17 Gareth Bradley x4
18a Dave Griffiths x4
18b Paul Salt 2 x4
Tim Maxwell
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