*Room for 1 team on Thursday at Alastair Mackenzie’s Reddish Vale

Maxitours at cracking Conwy

What a great day!
Nearly 100 players enjoyed playing this classic Welsh links course. The greens were firm and fast and the fairways dry and puddle free. The only mud in sight was on Richard French’s shoes but these have been muddy for five years.

Conwy hosted the Curtis Cup last year and is one of the best links courses in the British Isles. Thanks to everyone for making us feel so welcome today.

It has been a bad week for Manchester United and Warrington Wolves fan Brian Ankers who has seen his favourite teams suffer heavy defeats. He was hoping things would improve at Conwy today but alas things didn’t improve for the likeable Lymm Man and he finished a lowly 16th.

Lymm’s Jonny Barton is one of the scruffiest golfers on Maxitours and usually resembles a scarecrow. He looked a bit smarter than usual today and had a new experience when he was quietly eating a meat pie on the 9th hole and was attacked by three crows. He will be wearing his usual attire next week so should be fine.

Once again scoring was very close. There was a steady breeze but wind direction was in the opposite direction to usual and it meant that the harder holes were playing easier. And the easier holes were playing tougher.

Third place went to the Welsh team of Colin Bryan, Ian Venables, Mike Lowe and Roy Adkins with an excellent 84 points.

Dave Sarsfield and his team were struggling with just 35 points on the front nine before catching fire and coming home in an incredible 49 points to take 2nd place. Lee Tilley, Dave Rhodes and Pete Norbury completed the team.

Taking the honours were recently retired Doctors James and Alison Shipstone and their less important partners John Hunt and Denis O’Neill. The Shipstones’ are desperately trying to spend their hefty pensions and therefor playing plenty of golf. The practice paid off as they recorded a first win in a couple of years after 85 points. Alison and Denis both birdied the 6th hole to give the team a great start.

Thanks to everyone for playing I hope you enjoyed the course and excellent hospitality, Tim.

Nearest the pin 2nd Jim Caldwell Doz Wilson Duo
Nearest the pin 15th Norrie Erwin Doz Wilson Duo

2’s sweep £120 6 pro v1 or 14 srixon
Sam Leach Steve Heywood Stuart Blake Alison Shipstone Denis Shipstone Mick Mahon

Reddish Vale start sheet
Thursday 7th March

9.30am Simon Hemsley x4
9.38 Colin Roberts x4
9.47 Jim Caldwell x4
9.56 Ed Pysden x4
10.05 Neale Laurent x4
10.14 Lewis Marland x4
10.23 Paul Fell x4
10.32 Bob Pickthall x4
10.41 Steve Aspinall x4
10.50 Martin Williams x4
10.58 Gary Phillips x4
11.07 Mick Mahon x4
11.16 Roger Percival
11.25 Dave Sully x4
11.34 Martin Humphries x4
11.43 David Wilcock x4
11.51 John Hunt x4
12.00 Ian Snape x4
12.09 Dave Monk x4
12.18 Mike George x4
12.27 Mike George x4 Tony Taylor x1
12.36 Lee Tilley x4
12.45 Mike Hill x4
12.53 Ian Hellens x4
1.01 Steve Lamont x4
1.10 Ian Reece x4
1.19
1.27 Les Russon x4
1.36 Steve Marsh x4
1.45 Kev Hart x4
1.54 Steven Baldwin x4
2.03 Simon Ashton x4
2.12 Garry Owen x4

Dear Maxitours player,

Happy Spring!

Monday start times at Conwy can be found below.

Thursday’s event has been moved to Alastair Mackenzie designed Reddish Vale due to a few drainage issues at Ringway caused by the recent intense rainfall.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

I have played Reddish three times this winter and the course is incredibly dry and firm. I spoke to respected head professional Andy Myers and he tells me that the greens are currently the best in the area.
Please let me know if you are unable to play.

Yours in golf,
Tim

Conwy start sheet
Monday 7th March
10.07 Bob Sutton x4
10.15 Simon Hemsley x4
10.23 Sam Leach x4
10.32 Colin Roberts x4
10.40 Jim Caldwell x4
10.48 Gary Phillips x4
10.57 Dave Sully x4
11.05 Dave Blood x4
11.14 Jim Clarke x4
11.22 Steve Aspinall x4
11.31 John Hunt x4
11.39 Mick Mahon x4
11.48 Paul Fell x4
11.57 Lee Tilley x4
12.05 Kev Hart x4
12.14 Roy Ainsworth x4
12.23 Neale Laurent x4
12.31 Les Russon x4
12.40 Ian Hellens x4
12.49 Dave Goodwin x4
12.57 Dave Griffiths x4
1.05 Steve Marsh x4

Reddish start sheet will be sent out on Monday evening – tee times 9.20am – 2.10pm

Dear Maxitours player,

Monday at Stockport has been postponed due to the incredible amount of rainfall we have had recently.
The Club are excellent to deal with and we are trying to find another date as they can’t guarantee that 18 holes will be open.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

It will be Spring on Tuesday so keep smiling!

Yours in Golf,
Tim
ps pros tip: Take your wife shopping instead to build up some brownie credit

Next events Stockport 28th Feb
then
Conwy Mon 7th March and Ringway Thurs 10th March – if you are unable to play in either of these events taking place in the same week please let me know asap

Dear Maxitours player,

Unfortunately the Eaton event on Thursday has been cancelled due to extreme weather conditions this month. Sorry for any inconvenience.
PLESAE INFORM YOUR TEAM MATES.

The 2022 Winter / Spring Xentum Order of Merit is currently headed by housewife favourites Rob Kenyon, Les Russon and Steve Merricks from Bramall golf club.
Great performances at North Wales and Fairhaven saw the unfancied trio pick up some excellent points.

With eleven events left on some magnificent golf courses on the winter/spring schedule there is still everything to play for.

1 Rob Kenyon 46
1 Steve Merricks 46
1 Les Russon 46
4 John Hilton 44
5 Richard Blackwell 36
6 Kev Hart 34
6 Paul Yearsley 34
8 Andy Mansfield 32
8 Gary Smith 32
10 Gareth Bradley 30
10 Jim Clarke 30
10 Graham Jackson 30
10 Pete Ledger 30
14 Pete Atherton (Lymm) 28
14 Martin France 28
14 Joe Kirwan 28
14 Roger Percival 28
18 Simon Burgess 24
18 Simon Hemsley 24
18 Pete Norbury 24
18 Dave Sarsfield 24
18 Lee Tilley 24
23 Chris Church 22
23 Gary Neiles 22
25 Dave Greenwood 20
25 Dean McFadden 20
27 Ian King 18
27 John Morton 18
27 Sarah Ormrod 18
30 Adam Carolan 16
30 Chris Clarke 16
30 Jim Kenyon 16
33 Chris Adams 14
33 Pete Atherton (Prestbury) 14
33 Steve Blakeway 14
33 Dave Blood 14
33 Colin Bryan 14
33 Jim Cox 14
33 Graham Davenport 14
33 Nick Hargreaves 14
33 Janet Heywood 14
33 Steve Heywood 14
33 John Longworth 14
33 Dave Marchant 14
33 Neil Pemberton 14
33 Dave Rhodes 14
33 Joe Stanley 14
33 David Sully 14
49 Carl Alker 12
49 Sean Alker 12
49 Ross Birch 12
49 Lewis Birch 12
49 Paul Fell 12
49 Rob Harris 12
49 Charles Herbert 12
49 Martin Humphries 12
49 Tony Jennison 12
49 Will Lancaster 12
49 Joyce Larkin 12
49 John Lynsky 12
49 Mike Lowe 12
49 Rob Marsh 12
49 Chris Marshall 12
49 Phil McCurry 12
49 Dave Monk 12
49 Shaun Mudalige 12
49 Nigel Oakes 12
49 Phil Robinson 12
49 Alan Simpson 12
49 Bob Sinclair 12
49 Tony Taylor 12
49 Ian Venables 12
49 Paul Webb 12
49 Simon Wilkinson 12
49 Barry Wilson 12
49 Andy Wright 12
77 Carl Barks 10
77 Mark Clewley 10
77 Mike Dempsey 10
77 Andy Dunster 10
77 Bob Eastwood 10
77 Ashley Elliott 10
77 Alan Entwistle 10
77 John Farnsworth 10
77 Ian Fensom 10
77 Mark Hagerty 10
77 Dave Haycocks 10
77 Tony Insley 10
77 Nick Kerin 10
77 Mike Lamb 10
77 Mick Mahon 10
77 Lewis Marland 10
77 Dave McDougall 10
77 Pete Newey 10
77 Richard Palmer 10
77 Jim Rymer 10
77 Andy Sandham 10
77 Ian Smith 10
77 Alan Squires 10
77 Ian Sutton 10
77 Dave Westwood 10
77 Gary Whittaker 10
77 Graham Wilkinson 10
77 Ed Wilkinson 10
105 Steve Austin 8
105 Charlie Beadle 8
105 Mark Bone 8
105 G. Conner 8
105 Paul Crompton 8
105 Dan Edwards 8
105 John Fitzsimmons 4
105 Pete Fotheringham 8
105 Dave Goodier 8
105 Nigel Hall 8
105 Jim Hodges 8
105 Alistair Holloway 8
105 Anthony Kenny 8
105 Sam Leach 8
105 Carl Mason 8
105 John Mather 8
105 John McAtee 8
105 Daryll Mitton 8
105 Gary Owen 8
105 C. Parks 8
105 Rick Phillips 8
105 Chris Walley 8
127 Steve Aspinall 6
127 John Backhouse 6
127 Malcolm Bates 6
127 Colin Berry 6
127 Chris Bland 6
127 Paul Butler 6
127 N. Drummond 6
127 Nigel Hallows 6
127 Chris Hammond 6
127 John Harker 6
127 Kevan Hawkins 6
127 Martin Keates 6
127 Paul Leek 6
127 Gary Leek 6
127 Steve Marsh 6
127 Peter McCulloch 6
127 Jim McEwan 6
127 Dave McGuiness 6
127 Mike McPherson 6
127 John Owen 6
127 Adie Price 6
127 Moby Rawthore 6
127 Peter Roche 6
127 Stuart Smith 6
127 A. Stone 6
127 G. Wilson 6
153 Nigel Ashton 4
153 Don Bailey 4
153 Gary Berrisford 4
153 Ken Booth 4
153 Jim Caldwell 4
153 Georgi Clarke 4
153 Andrew Cowans 4
153 Colin Galimore 4
153 Brian Greenbank 4
153 Paul Griffiths 4
153 Phil Hudson 4
153 Andy Lester 4
153 Steve Perrett 4
153 Bob Pickthall 4
153 Tom Roe 4
153 Colin Roberts 4
153 Martin Schofield 4
153 Mike Tarrant 4
153 Andy Veitch 4
153 Peter Veitch 4
153 James Wilson 4
153 Joe Yates 4
153 Paul Yates 4
176 J. Beesley 2
176 Colin Berry 2
176 Andy Bennett 2
176 Allan Brown 2
176 Mike Brown 2
176 Mark Hughes 2
176 Dave Mason 2
176 Paul McDermott 2
176 Andy Oakes 2
176 Les Penson 2
176 Martin Pugh 2
176 Mike Webb 2
176 Andy Williamson 2
176 Gareth Winston 2
176 Neil Worthington 2

Maxitours at wonderfully dry Warrington

Maxitours players missed huge big bullet today as everyone completed their round in warm, dry conditions before the latest Winter storm hit the North West.

The golf course was one of very few open in Cheshire and it was in superb condition. The new green keeper is developing a fine reputation and the course continues to improve year upon year.

Catering manager ‘Ange’ is a bundle of energy and can never do enough for me or my players – she is a cracker. Thanks for all your work Ange.

I get a great view of the 18th green during the day and enjoy watching my players tackle the impressive 18th green. I started wearing glasses a couple of years ago so when I saw a player who looked like Steve Foxcroft roll in a gorgeous right to left twenty foot put I had to put them on just to make sure it was in fact the likeable Knutsford man. Sure enough, the dodgy bobble hat, beaming smile and look of utter disbelief on his face confirmed it was Foxy.

As well as Steve Foxcroft I also have some good players playing each week. Cheshire Senior Steve Blakeway is still playing off two. He has very well-educated hands and he hit a wonderful spinning greenside wedge shot next to the flag on the 18th. Impressive. The ball settled quicker than Prince Andrews legal team.

Retired headmaster Nigel Ashton treated himself to a lovely BMW sporty 7 series when he retired on his huge pension. He is always first to arrive as he likes to park in the quietest corner of the car park as he is terrified that it might get dinted. He was given a first tee start today as he is a nice bloke and plays each week. The walk from his car to the clubhouse was further than his walk to the first tee today.

The wind picked up throughout the day so scoring was tough however the excellent greens and shorter course led to some very good performances.

Paul Yates recorded a hole in one (dozen balls) after hitting the fence on the 16th -his ball shot across the green before disappearing in the cup!

Normal service was resumed for the Les Russon team who welcomed back Simon Burgess and finished near the bottom of the field with a paltry 75 points

Scoring at the top of the leaderboard was the closest in Maxitours history with three teams sharing 5th place on 85 points and four teams sharing first place with 86 points !

Richard Blackwell’s team had a wonderful front nine but a poor finish saw them take 4th place.

Mick Mahon has a zoology degree from Oxford and his team of john Farnsworth, Richard Palmer and Dave Westwood played like lions today to score their 86 points.

Cheshire senior Captain Gareth Bradley, Simon Hemsley Joe Kirwan and Ian King didn’t drop a shot all day in their 86 and they took 2nd.

Taking first place was Martin Humphries , Paul Webb, Rob Marsh and ‘pocket rocket’ Joyce Larkin. Veteran Joyce(17) sounds like a character on a Sunday night BBC drama but there was no drama in her game today as she played terrific golf to help her team take 1st place with 46 points in the back nine.

Great golf chaps and chapess.

Thanks to everyone for your 100% attendance I’m sure you had a great day

Tim

2’s £145 3 pro v1s or 8 AD333s sweep

Paul McDermott Colin Bryan Paul Fell Dan Brady Paul Webb Neil Worthington Nick Cook Paul Fell Colin Bryan Graham Jackson Roger Percival Ed Wilkinson

Nearest the Pin 9th Les Penson Doz AD333

Nearesy the pin 13th Neil Worthington Doz AD333

Eaton start sheet

Thursday 24th Feb 11am shotgun

Bacon butties available from 9.15am

1a Paul Fell x4

1b Martin Humphries x4

2 Kev Hart x4

3a Gary Neiles x4

3b Dave Monk x4

4 Neale Laurent x4

5a Lewis Marland x4

5b Ian Hellens x4

6 Roger Percival x4

7a Richard Blackwellx4

7bLes Russon x4

8a Steve Marsh x4

8b Lee Tilley x4

9 Dave Goodwin x4

10a Simon Hemsley x4

10b Colin Roberts x4

11 Jim Caldwell x4

12a Dave Sully x4

12b Dave Blood x4

13 Jim Clarke x4

14a Peter Roche x4

14b Peter Roche x4

15 Simon Ashton x4

Bob Sutton x4

16a Bob Eastwood x4

16b Ed Pysden x4

17 Steve Aspinall x4

18a Mick Mahon x4

18b John Hunt x4

res

Garry Owen x4

Andy Buckley x4