Dear player
The road to vale royal has just closed !
Please take the a556 past Sandiway golf club and take the first left down Dalefords lane then 1st left then 1st left Thanks Tim

Spaces at Vale Royal on Weds- Still room for teams of 4 or one or two players at 1.39pm!

Maxitours at stunning Stockport

Stockport has always been a first class golfing venue with high quality catering and excellent professional staff. There is now even more of a buzz about the Club as the golf course is back to its very best.
‘That was superb!’ Declared a very satisfied Andy Veitch.
‘Brilliant greens- they were so fast and true -even after all the recent rain’. Reported Colin Roberts.

Two years ago after a wet Summer Stockport was waterlogged in places but today with all the drainage work and a superb new greenkeeper the course was incredibly dry. Excellent.

It was great for Maxitours players to play golf in the sunshine all day. (except a 10 minute heavy downpour) A great day was enjoyed by all. Pace of play was excellent with the last team getting around in 3 hours 50 minutes!- Thanks everyone.

If you think you are going through a bad patch with your golf at the moment please spare a thought for Dale Wallace. He turned up today after I hadn’t seen him for a few years. He was never the most positive person I have ever met but things were at a new low.
I asked him if he was playing well.
‘I have had the worst three years golfing of my life.’ He answered.

I have just returned from holiday in America and am struggling to write any funny stories as I am still jet lagged. I did overhear Ian Appletons team having a laugh. ‘Jokes about white sugar are quite rare but jokes about brown sugar – demerara!’

In today’s event incredibly 8 teams scored exactly 78 points. Colin Roberts team took the early lead with 81 points and eventually finished in a respectable 7th place.

Jim Clarkes(11) team of Maxitours regulars have been quiet for a few months but today they returned to form with 85 points and a second place finish. He played with his more talented son Chris(14), and the athletic duo of Graham Jackson(6) and Pete Ledger(18).

Also on 85 points but narrowly missing out on 2nd place due to a card play-off was the Saddleworth team of Dave Pullan playing with his two sons Stephen(2) and Ben(2) alongside Mr nice guy, Dean Jagger. (7)

Duckinfield’s Neale Laurent(13) can pick a team and the ex copper brought fellow members Jack Schofield(10) Adam Thomas(13) and Denton legend Matt Sayers(1) with him today. Neil only came in on the card twice as the team scored an impressive 86 points to take 1st place. Matt had 5 birdies but Adam Thomas was the danger man picking up four shots for his team on the back nine . Well played chaps great golf.

Thanks to everyone for your support.
Yours in Golf,
Tim.

Nearest the pin 16th Jason Waite Doz AD333
Nearest the pin 18th Ben Pullen Doz AD333

2’s 4 pro v1s or 10 srixons per two £210
Dean Alexis Ian King Jim Lindsay Charlie Cunningham Mike Kirchin Trevor Webb
Steve Heywood Lesley Madden Frank Morgan Keith Workman Paul Randall Dan Moss Ben Pullen Dean Jagger Rob Taylor

Vale Royal start sheet
Weds 21st August

8.30 David Kelly x4
8.39
8.48 Simon Hemsley x4
8.57 Jim Caldwell x4
9.06 Jim Clarke x4
9.15 Chris Adams x4
9.24 Mike Kirchin x4

10.30 Mick Mahon x4
10.39 Dave Stanhope x4
10.48 Peter Maher x4
10.57 Anton Johnson x4
11.06
11.15 Bri Hopkins x4
11.24 Dave Bentley x4
11.33 Ian Lilley x4
11.42 Sam Leach x4
11.51 Sam Leach x4
12.00 Bob Mottershead x4
12.09 Les Russon x4
12.18 Richard Blackwell x4
12.27 Pete Walters x4
12.36 Barry Wilson x4
12.45 Simon Poucher x4
12.54 John Hudson x4
1.03 Dave Sully x4
1.12 Paul Fell x4
1.21 Dave Blease x4
1.30 Chris Brownhill x4
1.39 Adam Carolan x2 2 pl
1.48 Eugenio Fernandez x4
1.57 Max Henderson x4 earlier
2.06 Neale Laurent x4
2.15 Joe Yates x4
2.24
2.33 Lee Tilley x4
2.42 Dave Goodwin x4
2.51

Results from Reddish Vale

Many thanks to England Coach of the Year 2018 Matt Turnock for running my event today:
The challenging venue of Reddish Vale played host to the rearranged Didsbury fixture at short notice and considering the recent weather the course played absolutely brilliantly with lots of positive comments about the greens and general condition.

Ever friendly and welcoming Pro Andrew Myers was extremely helpful and accommodating along with the catering and bar staff who were very appreciative of the Maxitours event.

Hero Hale member Martin Bramwell certainly didn’t leave his team up the creek without a paddle with a splendid individual effort helping his team to a respectable 80 points. He was recently involved in river rescue after some canoeists had lost their paddle in the fast flowing river waters that run by one of the holes at Hale Golf Club. They had to abandon the rest of their adventure and walk back across the course with their canoe after Martin and others assisted them.

The last hole (heart attack hill as it’s fondly known to the locals) certainly took its toll with quite a few teams coming a cropper on this “face of the Eiger” finishing hole. Grappling hooks and crampons are not uncommon.

Scoring was very tight at the top with 88 point winners Bob Pickthall, Rob Roden, Bob Day and Dave Thomas just pipping the next teams down by a single point.

Nearest Pin 4th was won by Steve Marsh – 1 x Doz AD333 Srixons
Nearest Pin 12th was won by John Atkin – 1 x Doz AD333 Srixons

2’s £267.50 pot – Pro 3 V1’s or 8 Srixons
David Kelly, Stuart Blake, John Atkin, Steve Barber, Bob Pickthall, Rob Roden, Chris Clarke, Pete Ledger, Paul Allen (x 3 two’s), Dave Wainwright, Brian Hopkins, Ian Appleton, Steve Merricks, Steve Blakeway, Paul Simpson, John Hunt, James Brown, Jim Kenyon, Simon Ashton, Lee Tilley, Richard Wilkinson

1st Cleveland rtx4 wedge each
2nd Maxitours merino sweatereach
3rd Dozen Srixon z stars each
4th Dozen ad333 tour
5th Dozen ad333 each
6th Dozen ad333 each

Results from Monsterous Mottram !!!

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The relentless rain on Wednesday meant the normally already challenging venue of Mottram Hall was playing brutally long and tough. The early starters got caught up in a few squally showers and with strong winds the conditions were tricky to say the least. As the afternoon wore on the sun came out and the winds softened but the key was to make your score on the front 9 and then hold on for dear life on the back 9. As one group commented “that back nine ate us up and spat us out” with only a handful of teams managing to better par on the back half all day. Winning team Dave Goodwin, Phil Robinson, Richard Williamson & Paul Woodbine were one of those teams posting a best of the bunch 42 points helped by an 8 point haul on the par 4 12th with two birdie nett eagles which helped them to victory on 82 points.

Thanks to all the friendly Mottram staff who kept you fed and watered and to my good friend Matt Turnock for once again doing a stellar job of running my event at his home club.

Nearest Pin 3rd was won by Peter Hoctor – 1 x Doz AD333 Srixons

Nearest Pin 16th was won by Ron Sloane – 1 x Doz AD333 Srixons

2’s £237.50 pot – 6 Pro V1’s or 16 Srixons

Richard Johnson, Martin Higgins, Donna Sully, David Wilkinson, Roger Percival, Matt Clement, Chris Heptinstall x 2, David Rhodes, Paul Woodbine

Stockport Mon 19th Aug 9am-3pm AM AM £27.50

8.54 David Kelly x4
9.03 Colin Roberts x4
9.11 Simon Hemsley x4
9.19 Jim Lindsay x4
9.27 Martin Bramwell x4
9.35 Jim Clarke x4
9.44 Jack Coleman x4
9.53 Chris Adams x4
10.02 Mick Mahon x4
10.11 Dave Stanhope x4
10.20 Peter Maher x4
10.29 Rob Weston x4
10.38 Andy Strickley x4
10.47 Lewis Marland x4
10.56 John Hilditch x4
11.05 Nathan fixby x4
11.14 Mike George x4
11.23 Roy Ainsworth x4
11.32 Pete Dobson x4
11.41 Paul Browne x4
11.50 Les Russon x4
12.00 Darren Booth x4
12.09 Barrie Simpson x4tbc
12.18
12.27 Andrew Cox x4
12.36 Neil Edwards x4
12.45 Neil Edwards x4
12.54 Dave Sully x4
1.03 Jon Hudson x4
1.11
1.20 Raju Misra x4 tbc
1.36
1.45 Chris Brownhill x4
1.53 Bob Mottershead x4
2.02 Richard Blackwell x4
2.10 Simon Taylor x4
2.18 Roy Sinclair x4
2.27 Lee Tilley x4
2.36 Simon Ashton
2.45 Dean Jagger x4
2.54 Gary Kirkwood x4
3.03

Dear Maxitours player

I require 2 players to join with Colin Roberts x2 at 10am mottram hall on Thursday

Stockport am am mon 19th August -full

There are now Spaces for 2 teams of 4 at vale royal in the am am weds 21st aug I also require 2 players for a team at 1.39pm

Thanks a lot

Tim