Next event De Vere Mottram Hall this Tuesday 19th April

Pairs better ball -times available 9.30am -12.30pm

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Maxitours at ‘The Mere’

‘The Mere’ home to the rich and the famous, was the latest fantastic setting for todays Maxitours event, the course was presented in wonderful condition.

The soft southerly wind direction led to great scoring conditions however Order of Merit leader Carl Kennedy had a ‘dose of the McIlroys’ as he missed a succession of easy putts on the front nine.

Clive Evans struck the ball wonderfully on the 9th hole and after he buttoned a drive and nailed his three wood he was devastated as on landing his Pinnacle unfortunately crashed into Simon Greenhalghs ridiculously long, longest drive marker and rebounded backwards several metres.

As the koi carp elegantly glided around the Mere atrium it was Neville Dennis who glided elegantly around the golf course and he ‘hooked up’ well with his team to record a magnificent 85 points early in the day. This score was challenged by the consistent Trevor Golds team who were delighted with 84 points.

Haydock Parks Terry Hill and his team were overjoyed with their 82 point haul, long suffering Hill has been in last place in the Order of merit for the majority of the season however charismatic Terry relishes the four man events where his contribution isn’t quite as vital and his team rallied around to ensure an career best 4th place, well played Terry.

Late in the day the Mere team were 10 under par standing on the last tee, scratch player Rick Pickard made a solid birdie and 4 handicap Matt Ford made a tremendous eagle which gave them first place after a better back nine.

Many thanks to Jon Gallagher of Cleveland Golf and Srixon for his continued tremendous support of the Mere events. A Maxitours record 152 golfers enjoyed the impressive Mere course and clubhouse, thanks also to Mark Bolar and his staff for their tremendous hospitality.

A final thank you to all players for your continued great support, I hope you enjoyed the day, Tim.

Results

All four members of the wealthy Bramall Golf Club team decided against the 2’s sweep and incredibly all four made 2’s on the par threes, unlucky chaps.

2’s £145 44 pro V1 balls Paul Allen, James Caffrey, Simon Lee, Guds Ahmed, Steve Savage, Chris Hegarty, Tommy McCormack 6 balls each

Nearest the pin on 8th Ian King dozen AD333s

Nearest the pin on 14th Ken Much Dozen AD333s

Longest Drive on 9th Simon Greenhalgh

1st Cleveland Launcher rescue club x4

2nd Cleveland golf Travel holdall

3rd Dozen Srixon z-stars

4th Dozen AD333 s

order of merit points

1st Rick Pickard 85 14

Guds Ahmed

Matt Ford

Amjad Butt

2nd Neville Dennis 85 12

John Reilly

Jimmy O’Reilly

Mike Turner

3rd Keith Bowden 84 10

Trevor Golds

Mike Lynch

Gaz Hibbert

4th Terry Hill 82 8

Derek Barton

Barry Weston

Steve Aspinall

5th Joe York 81 6

Carl Kennedy

Ross Birch

Steve Rourke

6th Joe Kirwan 81 4

Chris Wilde

Ian King

Darren Whittaker

7th Nigel Davenport 80 2

Anton Johnson

James Osborne

Russ Johnson

George Drakonakis 80

Ryan Foley

Steve Dobson

Andrew Thomas

Charles Herbert 79

Mark Richardson

Andy Stubbens

Andy Dutton

Andy Cunningham 79

Roger Percival

Nick Fletcher

Mark McPhail

Tommy McCormack 78

Jason Seddon

Josh Evans

Mark Walton

Mark Breiley 76

Pete Holmes

Pete Maxwell

Derek Payne

Pete Tinkler 76

Alan Hayes

Pete Simons

Mike Sherry

John Aikenhead 76

Steve Ballard

Gary Denman

Chris Cyprus

Roy Sinclair 76

Simon Parker

Andy Sandham

Simon Greenhalgh

Lewis Marland 76

Neil Lorent

Gareth Winston

Paul Cain

Alan Tranter 75

Chris Gray

Mike Osborne

Neil Ritchie

Steve Lord 75

Glyn Winterbottom

Gary Tate

Steve Savage

Ollie Smith 75

James Caffrey

Ken Jepsum

Paul Crisp

Sue Watson 75

Stuart Blake

John Selby

John Phibbs

Simon Helmsley 74

Stuart Wilson

Warren Newton

Pat Keenan

Jane Williams 74

Dave Antrobus

David Kelly

Frazer Mckenzie

Laurie Cole 74

Mal Tomson

Gavin Dixon

Gary Sinclair

Malcolm Nash 72

Steve Armer

Keith Tipping

Mark Brown

Tom King 71

Colin Owen

Simon Lee

Glynn Richards

Gill McKenzie 70

Nigel Eckersley

David Partington

Rick Symm

Iain Bartholomew 69

James Eadie

Ken Jones 69

Kit Parkington

Alex Hughes

Paul Pugh

John Grint 67

Dick Perry

Derek Fulluck

Brian Mottram

Paul Wild 67

Mark Jackson

Alistair Marshall

Paul Allen

Mike Haynes 66

Norman Quick

Chris Hegarty

Pete Parmeshwar

Adam McKenna 66

Bill McKenna

Alan Tarant

John Knight

John Neale 65

John Lawson

Mike Robinson

Richard Blackwell

David Smith 64

Bernard Wood

Gary Parle

Steven Parle

Geoff Haynes 64

Mike Peel

Alan Clough

Terry Davidson

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Next event The Mere Thursday 14th April

Mottram Hall Tuesday 19th April

Knutsford Thursday 28th April

Maxitours at Prestbury GC.

One hundred and eleven sun drenched golfers enjoyed the fantastic Prestbury Golf Course in todays Maxitour event, there was a really friendly atmosphere and Spring felt like it had really arrived, it was a real shame when Pete Holmes had to destroy a cluster of daffodils with his follow through after finding trouble on the seventh.

As the Masters tournament began today the entrance into the Prestbury course reminded many competitors of Magnolia drive, the subtle greens and the need for excellent course management also draws comparisons to the Augusta links. In typical Masters style there were shouts of ‘get in the hole’ as Dave Stanhopes approach to the 17th hole finished inches away. There was also plenty of hoopin and a hollerin from Anton Ellis in the Knutsford Golf Club fourball as Chris Roberts made a wonderful par four at the 12th by holing his wedge shot over Raes Creek .

There were several worrying outfits on course today, Gaz Hibbert and Colin Roberts were both comfortable in lime, Mike Osborne claimed his pink outfit was salmon and Ross Birch was wearing lilac, yes lilac pants. Terry Davison resembled a budgerigar with his little green and yellow number.

On a more serious note Wayne Rooney called into the golf club to complain about Terry Davisons out of control behaviour, apparently Coleen was tending to her vegetable patch when she was disturbed by Davison as he jumped up and down on the 15th green. Terrys veins were fully pumped and he was swearing alarmingly at his putter after holing a long birdie putt on the 15th green. Very sorry for the aggressive outburst Wayne .

There was some great scoring from the leaders, housewife superstar Pete Cleaver and Jack Pryce scored a great 46 points this was matched by larger than life characters Paul Baxter and Mike Sweeney from Hopwood, 55 year old Baxter had the second eagle of his undistinguished career when he holed a wedge on his final hole, the tricky 11th. The honours rather embarrassingly when to Pete Tinkler playing alongside my Dad, the old man had 14 single putts the best of these being a thirty footer up the green on the 17th hole for a birdie.

Many, many thanks for your continued support of Maxitours events.

Results

1st Vokey Wedge

2nd Callaway cart bag

3rd Tileist messenger bag

4th Dozen ProV1 golf balls

5th Dozen Pro V1 golf balls

6th Dozen Srixon AD333s

7th Titleist cap each

8th Srixon cap each

9th Srixon towel each

Order of merit points

1 Pete Tinkler & Pete Maxwell 47 14

2 Paul Baxter & Mike Sweeney 46 13

3 Pete Cleaver & Jack Pryce 46 12

4 Dick Perry & Derek Fulluck 45 11

5 Gaz Hibbert & Trevor Gold 45 10

6 Jimmy O’Reilly & John Reilly 45 9

7 Dave Stanhope & Pete Whitehead 44 8

8 Carl Kennedy & Joe York 44 7

9 Paul Jones & Alan Leigh 44 6

10 Simon Helmsley & WarrenN’ton 43 5

11 Steve Ballard & Frank Garvey 43 4

12 Pete Holmes & Mark Breiley 43 3

13 Charles Herbert & Ross Birch 43 2

14 Malcolm Brow’ll & Paul Bennett 43 1

15 Steve Rourke & Martin Firth 43

16 George Drakonakis & Ryan Foley 43

17 Lewis Marland & Alf Shillitoe 42

18 Gail Hegarty & Liam Harrison 42

19 Roger Percival & Dan Percival 42

20 Mark Foley & Partner 42

21 Guds Ahmed & Matt Ford 42

22 Ron Sloane & Mark Saxon 41

23 Dave Antrobus & Steve Williams 41

24 Ian Ainsworth & Alan Clough 40

25 Geoff Haynes & Terry Davison 40

26 John Hughes & Stuart Bailey 40

27 Mike Haynes & Pat Gilsenan 39

28 Kenny Jepsum & Jim Caffrey 39

29 John Grint & Brian Mottram 39

30 David Smith & Andy Hallowes 39

31Ray Royle & Chris Dukins 39

32 Guy Hall & Ian Trowe 39

33 John Stubbs & John Royle 39

34 David Slane & Ted Ellis 38

35 David Cl’ton & Barrie B’Bent 38

36 Amjad Butt & Richard Picard 38

37 Bob Sinclair & Dave Marchant 38

38 Bill Melia & Bernard Wood 38

39 Ian King & Darren Whittaker 38

40 Norman Quick & Chris Hegarty 38

41 Captain Rigby & Paul Taylor 38

42 Colin Roberts & John Rigby 37

43 Andy Cunn’gm & Charles Hewitt 37

44 Chris Ernill & Chris Atkinson 37

45 Noel Cathcart & Ged Kenyon 36

46 Peter O’Driscoll & Bill Parkinson 36

47 Pete Myers & Victoria Howarth 36

48 Mike Lynch & Ian Bennett 36

49 Tim Spencer & Richard Banks 35

50 Andy Moon & Peter Havens 33

51 Russ Johnson & Mike Osbourne 32

52 Andy Ellis & Peter Ellis 32

53 Chris Roberts & Ben Barraclough 32

54 Fred Donbavand & Jim Leonard 32

55 Simon Hartland & Mike Kulik 29

56 Tom Wilson & Terry Day 28

Nearest the pin on 7th hole George Drakonakis £25 Legh Arms voucher

Nearest the pin on 17th hole Dave Stanhope £25 Legh Arms voucher

Raffle for £50 Legh Arms voucher.

Many thanks to Prestbury restaraunteer Pete Myers for his continued sponsorship of the Prestbury events.

For those who are interested Millionaire Simon Hartland was in cautious mode today as he refrained from entering the 2’s sweep.

2’s sweep 102.50 32 balls, 3 balls per 2.

Stuart Bailey Ron Sloane Dick Perry Bernard Wood Pete Maxwell Steve Ballard George Drakonakis Roger Percival Pete Cleaver Malcolm Brownhill

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*Maxitours Conwy event is now Mon 17th October not Tuesday 18th October as on the schedule

*The Bilyana tour championship venue is confirmed as a 2pm shotgun at Lymm with the Turkey golf holiday shootout firing into the 18th green as soon as the top 15 pairs are confirmed.

Maxitours at Lymm Golf Club

Warm Spring sunshine greeted the Maxitours competitors at leafy Lymm Golf Club. The smooth swinging Order of Merit leader Ian King was delighted to welcome back his golfing buddy Darren Whittaker and they both secured some vital points with a solid performance and 42 points, this was matched by Carl Kennedy and Joe York also challenging for the Shotsaver Order of Merit crown.

Alan Reid teed off on the tough 3rd hole and began his round with a birdie followed by a par ‘I just pretended to be a good player’ explained the likeable Mancunion when asked about his excellent start.

Mark Noden was the first to finish his round and he looked delighted as he entered the clubhouse however it was the fact that they were serving his favourite bitter that brought a smile to his face rather than the very average 36 points he scored with his partner.

Colin Roberts and his team from Alsager also looked very happy as they entered the clubhouse however this time it was the attractive Lymm golf club senior ladies bridge section which lifted their spirits rather than a good score.

Eventually the talent started to return some good scores with 70 year old Alan Fairbanks dropping just one shot on the first six holes on his way to a 41 point haul. Ross Birch and Moby Rawthore played terrific golf for 44 points as did the big hitting duo Rick Picard and Guds Ahmed, however Julien Robinson and Ian Harrop had the better back nine and their 44 points score secured 3rd place.

Second place went to Tytheringtons Amanda O’Brien who plays off a very creditable 5 handicap and her Thomson airline partner Ian Worrell, the 55 year old pilot was delighted with his 46 points and headed off to celebrate both his performance and his birthday with a night on the tiles. Anybody flying to the Canary airlines in the morning could be in for a bumpy ride.

Tony Rains and Pete McMahon from Royal Antrobus took the honours with a great 47 points, we just ‘ham and egged’ really well said the talented duo as they notched up their first Maxitours win.

Many thanks to all who supported todays event which was rearranged from a fortnight ago, I hope you enjoyed the day, many thanks to Lymm GC for their great hospitality, Tim

2’s sweep £77.50 24 proV1s 3 balls each John Hughes Moby Rawthore Matt Ford x2 Rick Picard Joe York Julien Robinson Mark Hampson

Nearest the pin on 2nd Moby Rawthore dozen Ad333s

Nearest the pin on 13th Joe York dozen Ad333s

Results

Order of Merit points

1st Tony Rains & Pete Mcmahon 47 12

Etonic golf shoes each

2nd Amanda O’Brien & Ian Worrell 46 11

Dozen proV1s each

3rd Julien Robinson & Ian Harrop 44 10

Titleist Umbrella each

4th Moby Rawthore & Ross Birch 44 9

Srixon cap each

5th Guds Ahmed & Rick Picard 44 8

Footjoy socks each

6th Carl Kennedy & Joe York 42 7

7th Ian King & Darren Whittaker 42 6

8th Norman Quick & Chris Heggarty 41 5

9th Colin Roberts & John Rigby 41 4

10th Andy Stubbens & Matt Gillibrand 41 3

11th Gary Byrne & Tim Stanley 41 2

12th Bridget Elmore & Cath Rawthore 41 1

Alan Fairbanks & Graham March 41

Mark Hampson & Matt Ford 41

Mike Osborne & Russ Johnson 40

Malcolm Brownhill & Paul Bennett 39

Dave Marchant & Bob Sinclair 39

Peter Hargreaves & Brian Atherton 38

Mark Ashworth & John Hughes 38

Keith Harris & Noel Cathcart 38

Steve Rimmer & John Moore 36

Simon Helmsley & Charlie Rooney 36

Alan Reid & Steve Rourke 36

Mark Freeman & Chris Bramwell 35

Jason & Steven Ballard 33

Franco Martinelli & Mike Flannelly retired

there were several cards not returned