Maxitours at red hot Ringway

The last Maxitours event of the 2017 golfing year took place at Ringway today. The course was in superb condition for December and our players enjoyed the fast greens and excellent tees – many thanks to the green keepers for all their preparation.

I love this Ringway. Christmas is imminent and the nights have just started drawing out. Members and staff at this great Manchester Club are always very hospitable and the Clubhouse is one of the best in the North West- it really is a very pleasant place to spend an afternoon.

I could also watch a few fourballs playing down the first hole from the dining room window.

Big hitting Steve Latchford was in the copse to the left of the first hole. Most weeks the wayward driver can be seen searching in the woods for his golf balls. His wife put their Christmas tree up earlier in the month and Steve was delighted to find a couple of his old pro v1s nestled in the branches.

Paul Sherlock says he always invites Andy Lawman to play here as he is a Ringway specialist. ‘There is no play allowed from the fairways at Ringway in the winter -it’s perfect for Andy as he never hits the fairway anyway’ said Sherls.

Nigel Oakes and his team started their round on the 2nd tee in today’s shotgun start. As they came up the 18th fairway team mate Andy Thompson was ordered to do something useful and get the drinks in. ‘That’s my first contribution of the day’ muttered likeable Thompson as he handed the barmaid a £20 note whilst his team happily putted out 300 yards away on the first green.

In today’s event there were eagles on the 10th hole for Gareth Bradley and Pete Tomlinson. Brian Hopkins recorded and eagle on the par four 11th hole- well done chaps.

Sandiway’s Gary Neiles(5) led his team into 3rd place with 87 points. Joe Yates(14), Roy Ainsworth(26) and well known Malcolm Thorniley(7) completed the friendly quartet.

Second place went to the Davenport team of Ex Copper Phil Housley(5), Dave Slater(10), Chris Housley(15) and Charles Waldron-Heath(10). Chris is a lovely lad who works full time as a carer- good man. His father Phil now owns the biggest kennel and cattery in the North West. ‘We look after 200 cats and 100 dogs. There is also a woman who brings her rabbit in for some hydrotherapy treatment. She pays us £25 a week and the rabbit can’t even swim’ chuckled the top businessman.

The premiership referees once again came out on top in today’s event. Mike Dean(5), Neil Swarbrick (17)Mike Masser(13) and Pete Tomlinson(1) picked up 47 points on the tougher back nine to win the card play off despite being docked a shot last week. Before they went out to play they all gave each other Christmas cards. Neil Swarbrick produced his from his top pocket and Mike Dean was taking great pleasure in just handing his out willy-nilly to anyone in the clubhouse who moved.
Well played chaps- great win.

Thanks to everyone for your support this year. My family and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New year.

Suzy Tim Ella and James.

Nearest the pin 13th John Bent Dozen Ad333s
Nearest the pin 16th Steve Austin Dozen Ad333a

2’s £155 6 pro v1s or 14 Srixon AD333s Gareth Banks Nigel Ashton Barney Ross Bri Hopkins Andy Lawman Garry Smith Steve Austin Phil Mayers

*Spaces still available in team of 4 event at Ringway Golf Club Friday 22nd December
*Fantastic Summer Schedule released on Friday!!

Maxitours at North Wales Golf Club

Many thanks to the travelling Maxitours players who enjoyed their ‘exhilarating’ days golf at North Wales.
A strong breeze and occasional shower didn’t stop all the guys enjoying themselves.
Thanks to North Wales Golf Club. This is a wonderful links course and it has just signed up to host Day 1 of the Maxitours Welsh Classic on June 11th with Conwy hosting the final day on Tuesday 12th June 2018.
Congratulations to John Wallaces team from Leigh with a great score of six under par to earn victory today.

North Wales results

1st place John Wallace Tony Green Dave Tongue Mark Pasquil Leigh -6
Dozen AD333s each
2nd Richard Blackwell Garry Smith Gary Conroy John Hilton -5
Pro quip shirt each
3rd Paul Dalby team -3
4th Sam Leach team level
4th Steve Aspinall team level
6th Pete Monahan team +1
7th Colin Roberts team +5

Maxitours Christmas Cracker team of 4 Ringway Friday 22nd December

1a Roy Ainsworth x4
1b Simon Ashton x4
2a Koos Alders x4
2b Martin France x4
3 Paul Fell x2 Simon Poucher X1 – Anthony Grinnell x1
4a
4 Mike Dean x4
5a Phil Housley x4
5b Trevor Foster x4
6 Steve Aspinall x4
7a Simon Hemsley x4
7b Barry Jackson x4
8James Eaves x4
9a John Hunt x4
9b Barry Wilson x4
10a Colin Roberts x4
10b Bob Pictahll x4
11 Brian Hopkins x4
12a
12b John Royle x4
13
14Richard Blackwell x4
14b Mick Mahon x4
15a John Berry x4
15b
16 Phil Vokes x4
17a Les Russon x4
17b Graham littler x4

18a Pete Ledger x4

Maxitours at Vale Royal cancelled – event moved to snow free North Wales Golf Club

Dear Maxitours player

Due to freezing temperatures once again tomorrow and lots of ground snow Vale Royal will be unfit for play on Wednesday. Unfortunately the event at this great course has been cancelled.

I have phoned various courses to try and get game for my players and the best I can do is North Wales which is in ‘really excellent condition’ according to Club pro Richard Bradbury and they can accommodate us between 10.24am- 12pm

This is a lovely links course and well worth a visit.

Cost is just £20 which includes prizes- the field is limited to just twelve 4 balls and will be on a first come first served basis- please let me know if you wish to play!!

Thank you for your patience, Tim

Portugal

For those players lucky enough to be heading to the Algarve sunshine next month here are the tee times for the fantastic Maxitours Team of 4 Event at Vilasol;

Golf:

12 January Vila Sol Holes 19-27 / 1-9

9.18am Marc Morris, Koos Alders, Ron Sloane, Colin Roberts

9.27am John Berry, Chris O’Regan, Peter Monahan, Anthony Grinnell

9.36am Alan Frazer, Alan Smith, Andrew Wallace, David Runciman

9.45am Joe Kirwan, Gareth Bradley, Peter McCullogh, Ian Gemmill

9.54am Alan Brown, Stephen Baldwin, Mick Brown, Andrew Bennett

10.03am Bob Eastwood, Ashley Elliott, Peter Robinson, Ian King

10.12am Charles Donald, Frank Hindle, Richard Palmer, John Farnsworth

10.21am Jim Clarke, Chris Clarke, James Joyce, Dave Thomas

10.30am Bob Kwan, Ian Fensom, Kevin Hart, Robin Vidler

10.39am Kenny Chinn, Kishor Vadgama, James Wilson, Mike Tarrant

13 January Vila Sol 1st Tee time from 09:18 1-18

9.18 Kenny Chinn team

9.27 Bob Kwan team

9.36 Jim Clarke team

9.45 Richard Palmer team

9.54 Bob Eastwood team

10.03 Alan Brown team

10.12 Joe Kirwan team

10.21 Alan Frazer team

10.30 John Berry team

10.39 Marc Morris team

Final day teams to go out in score order- leaders off last!

The Latest Stuburt Order of Merit

John Hilton leads the Stuburt order of Merit after some solid performances in recent weeks. Points are awarded for top 12 finished in pairs events and top 6 finished in team of 4 events. Top 10 in the Stuburt Order of Merit will qualify for the Stuburt shootout after the singles evet at Knutsford in April.

Position Name TOTAL PTS
1 John Hilton 37
2 Barney Ross 35
3 Chris Cyprus 30
4 Richard Blackwell26
4 Alan Pengelly 26
6 Dan Moore 23
7 Paul Dalby 18
7 Fred Green 18
7 Dave Stone 18
7 Phil Vokes 18

*Ringway Christmas event date change now Friday 22nd Dec Team of 4 AM AM- Spaces available!*
Maxitours at Superb Stockport

The weather was incredibly kind for the Maxitours event at Stockport. Torrential overnight rain and snow forecast later in the day left a narrow window of great weather which players took full advantage of this afternoon.
‘Considering the amount of rain we have had recently that was absolutely terrific!’ Said an impressed Joe Yates after his round.
‘This place just gets better and better.’ Declared Mike Stanforth.
The course was designed by Sandy Herd the 1902 Open Champion and he would be delighted to see the course looking so good in December -all players were extremely complimentary about the smooth greens as they handed their cards in after play. Thanks to all the greens staff for their excellent preparation.
It was also a classy gesture from the likeable Stockport Golf Club Captain Les Jowsey who made a special trip to come down to wish us all an enjoyable day. Thank you very much- I hope you have a great year Captain.

The Clubhouse overlooks the17th tee and I am always fascinated by the variety of golf swings on offer. If Claude Harmon was watching I think he might consider taking up a new profession. Richard Blackwell must practice his backswing under a coffee table at night and I am not suggesting Munro Donald’s swing is too steep but when he goes to the local fairground he never struggles to make the bell ring when he swings the big mallett.

Steve Foxcroft is not known for winning things. He has only been mentioned in a Maxitours report once and that was when he lost control of his trolley on the 9th hole at Llangollen and it ended up disappearing into the fast flowing river. Today he played with his son Jamie and they both win some balls after recording twos. Well done Steve. They still managed to finish 4th from last however.
In today’s event late stand in Eddie Jordan(14) found the right formula when he teamed up with Wychwoods’ Richard Williamson(13), Dave Goodwin(11) and Phil Robinson(10) to take 4th place with 84 points. They were beaten on a card play off by the Colin Roberts Alsager team of Geoff Andrews(20), Dave Masson(14) and top cricket umpire Dave Marchant(16) who had a strong finish to take 3rd.
Terry FRIDAY(20) played in his first Maxitours event today and he was the ‘MAN’ . The badly dressed golfer looks like he has just been involved in a shipwreck but it didn’t stop him from playing some great golf. He was at home in the sand and played a couple of great bunker shots. Joe Yates (15) Roy Ainsworth(27) and Gary Neiles(6) from Sandiway helped the team to 85 points and a best of the season 2nd place.

Winning today were world famous Premiership referees Mike Dean(6) and Neil Swarbrick(18) along with Pete Tomlinson(2) and Mike Masser(14). These guys might miss a few things on the football pitch but they didn’t miss anything on the terrific Stockport greens. Their excellent performance was only slightly marred on two occasions. Once when linesman Swarbrick couldn’t help himself from running up and down the fairway when Dean handed him the flagstick and secondly late in his round Dean hit a great putt which just lipped out. They both quickly checked their watches to see if the ball had gone in or not.
Well played chaps , you know we love you really.
Thanks to all for playing I hope you enjoyed your round before the snow sets in!
Yours in golf, Tim

Nearest the Pin 5th Richard Blackwell Doz AD333s
Nearest the Pin 16th Stuart Blake Doz AD333s

2’s sweep £135 4 prov 1s or 10 srixons per 2 Joe Yates Bri Hopkins Dave McGuiness Richard Blackwell Richard Palmer Steve Foxcroft Jamie Foxcroft Steve Heywood x2

Vale Royal start sheet

1a Lewis Marland x4
1b Neil Edwards x4
2a Pete Ledger x4
2b Richard Blackwell x4
3 Simon Walton x4
4a Steve Heywood x4
4bPhil Major x4
5a Ian Gemmill x4
5b Sam Leach x4
6 Peter Maher x4
7aBob Mottershead x4
8a Brian Hopkins x4
8b Trevor Foster x4
9a Colin Roberts x4
9b Mike Stewart x4
10 Mick Mahon x4
11a Simon Hemsley x4
11b Phil Vokes x4
12a Jim Caldwell x4
12b Jim Rymer x4
13 Pete Monahan x4
14a Dave Blood x4
14b Lee Tilley x4
15 Roy Ainsworth x4
15b Chris Adams x4
16Dave Thomas x4
17a Steve Aspinall x4
17bJohn Wallis x4
18a Les Russon x4
18b Bob Eastwood x4

res Karen Taylor x4
Gweneth Bramwell x4
Kenny Chinn x2

Ian Hellens x4