Dear Maxitours player,

There is room for 2 teams at Lymm on Tuesday afternoon 1.24pm or 2.50pm let me know if you want to play this cracking venue!
Tim

Xentum.co.uk

Dear Maxitours player,

The latest Summer Order of Merit sponsored by XENTUM is below. It is lovely to see Maxitours regular Simon Hemsley from Bramall at the top of the leaderboard. It is also great to see so many players on the leaderboard with a great chance to top the prestigious Order of Merit with plenty of events left before the season finishes in October.

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The Maxitours Xentum SUMMER 2021 Order of Merit Standings (After 19th July at Hopwood G.C)

Position	Name	TOTAL PTS
1	Simon Hemsley	38
2	Andy Buckley	34
2	Joe Kirwan	34
4	Colin Bryan	30
4	Paul Fell	30
4	Mike Lowe	30
4	Colin Roberts	30
8	Kev Hart	29
8	Paul Yearsley	29
10	Alistair Holloway	26
10	Andrew Mansfield	26
10	Garry Owen	26
13	Ian King	24
13	Andy Williamson	24
15	Dave Buckley	22
15	Dave Carter	22
17	Graham Davenport	20
17	Johnny Eccles	20
17	Steve Heywood	20
17	Dave Rhodes	20
17	Dave Sarsfield	20
17	Lee Tilley	20
17	Darren Whittaker	20
24	Jim Clarke	18
24	Alan Gale	18
24	John Harrop	18
24	Pete Ledger	18
24	Pete Myers	18
24	Les Penson	18
24	Paul Salt	18
24	Alan Turner	18
32	Jimmy Ainscough	16
32	Lee Braxton	16
32	Jim Caldwell	16
32	Carl Deaville	16
32	John McAtee	16
32	John Morton	16
32	Gary Neiles	16
39	Nigel Ashton	14
39	Gareth Bradley	14
39	Al Demmy	14
39	Neale Laurent	14
39	Dave Marchant	14
39	Don Philips	14
39	Neil Worthington	14
46	Arthur Albiston	12
46	Charlie Beadle	12
46	Darren Booth	12
46	Mike Brannigan	12
46	Ian Bruce	12
46	Mark Buckley	12
46	Mark Clewley	12
46	Mark Downward	12
46	Bob Eastwood	12
46	Ashley Elliott	12
46	John Farnsworth	12
46	Conor Graham	12
46	Dave Greenwood	12
46	Steve Gowry	12
46	Nigel Hall	12
46	Kevan Hawkins	12
46	Rick Howarth	12
46	Mike Lamb	12
46	Martin Lang	12
46	Barry Lees	12
46	Mick Mahon	12
46	Pete Maher	12
46	Gary Milne	12
46	Brian Monks	12
46	Sarah Ormrod	12
46	Richard Palmer	12
46	Ian Pezell	12
46	Gary Phillips	12
46	Ian Sutton	12
46	Mark Timperley	12
46	Dave Westwood	12
46	Mike Wilson	12
78	Simon Poucher	11
78	Gordon Stow	11
80	Roy Ainsworth	10
80	John Atkin	10
80	Stuart Blake	10
80	Mark Bone	10
80	Graham Campbell	10
80	Chris Clarke	10
80	Kigel Clapham	10
80	Will Davies	10
80	Paul Dobson	10
80	Shaun Dobson	10
80	Eugenio Fernandez	10
80	Pete Gold	10
80	Janet Heywood	10
80	Michael Holmes	10
80	Gary Hornby	10
80	David Hughes	10
80	Graham Jackson	10
80	David Kelly	10
80	Steve Lamont	10
80	Chris Lee	10
80	Paul Lord	10
80	Pete O’Neill	10
80	Stuart Park	10
80	Adam Princip	10
80	Tony Rooney	10
80	Tony Senior	10
80	Donna Sully	10
80	David Sully	10
80	Paul Swanick	10
80	Mathew Tench	10
80	Mike Verdon	10
80	David Wilkinson	4
80	Graham Wilkinson	10
113	Alison Shipstone	9
113	James Shipstone	9
115	Graham Aspinall	8
115	Steve Aspinall	8
115	Steve Barlow	8
115	John Broome	8
115	Simon Burgess	8
115	James Cash	8
115	Russell Cash	8
115	Mark Drabble	8
115	Josh Forster	8
115	Peter Griggs	8
115	Greg Hamilton	8
115	Danny Hough	8
115	Mark Hughes	8
115	John Kelsall	8
115	Anthony Kenny	8
115	Paul Lambert	8
115	Pete Norbury	8
115	Lewis Ramsden	8
115	Alan Simpson	8
115	Richard Thomas	8
115	Chris Unsworth	8
115	Gareth Winston	8
137	Martin Humphries	7
137	Keith Shale	7
139	Simon Ashton	6
139	Richard Booth	6
139	Phil Dickens	6
139	Mark Ellam	6
139	Nigel Hallows	6
139	Wayne Harper	6
139	Warren Hegg	6
139	Mick Jones	6
139	Dave Keen	6
139	Mark Lane	6
139	John Linsky	6
139	Lewis Marland	6
139	Austin McBride	6
139	Dan Moss	6
139	Paul Robinson	6
139	Steve Schofield	6
139	Steve Shields	6
139	Josh Street	6
139	Gordon Warke	6
139	Simon Wilkinson	6
139	Barry Wilson	6
139	Dave Woods	6
161	John Crossfield	5
161	Ray Royle	5
163	Chris Church	4
163	Steve Clayton	4
163	Chris Clough	4
163	Jack Coleman	4
163	Paul Evans	4
163	Tony Evans	4
163	John Hartley	4
163	Rob Kenyon	4
163	George Kerr	4
163	Will Knowle	4
163	John Longworth	4
163	Steve Mattinson	4
163	Steve Merricks	4
163	Dave Monk	4
163	Neil Mower	4
163	Paul Mullen	4
163	Bob Pickthall	4
163	Alan Reid	4
163	Rob Roden	4
163	Dave Thomas	4
163	Ian Venables	4
163	Andy Wisedale	4
185	Pete Atherton	2
185	Colin Berry	2
185	Dave Beswick	2
185	Gary Bingham	2
185	Dave Cooper	2
185	Andy Cunningham	2
185	John Farrell	2
185	Richard Harper	2
185	Phil Harris	2
185	Dave Herbert	2
185	Mark Hoyland	2
185	Robin Howarth	2
185	Darren Jones	2
185	Phil Lockett	2
185	Peter Maxwell	2
185	Steve McGuire	2
185	Mike McKenna	2
185	Andy Milligan	2
185	Darren Odell	2
185	David Owen	2
185	Roger Percival	2
185	Steve Pegg	2
185	Brendan Poynts	2
185	Trevor Rathbone	2
185	Dave Stewardson	2
185	Brett Sutclife	2
185	Gav Sutcliffe	2
185	Dave Tails	2
185	Tony Taylor	2
185	Simon Thurwell	2
185	Pete Walters	2
185	Pete Woodbine	2
217	Brendan Leighton	1
217	Neil Simpson	1

Maxitours at World Class Hopwood

Hopwood was outstanding today. New Head Green keeper Matt has transformed Manchester Golf Club into one of the premier courses in the North. Matt was trained at Augusta and is using his vast experience to great effect!

Thanks to good looking and efficient Karen Gallagher for running the event today while I was failing miserably to qualify for the Seniors British Open. I played at Bearwood lakes and closely inspected the woodland and the lakes on several occasions.

Karen told me all the staff were incredibly friendly and helpful throughout the day.

The Hopwood course fairways were running well and lots of teams scored heavily on the front nine. A combination of heat and tough closing stretch saw a few teams fade away.

Taking third place was Maxitours regular and all round nice guy Steve Aspinall and his team. They had a superb 88 points but were just pipped on the back nine by Steve and Janet Heywood, Manchester Alliance Captain Chris Lee and Graham Davenport. Steve is next years Captain at this great Club but it was playing partner Graham Davenport the current Captain at Mellor who was on fire with 45 points on his own.

Winning late in the day was Lee Tilley and his Saddleworth team of Ian Sutton, Dave Sarsfield and Dave Rhodes. These lads look dangerous off their handicaps but have been terrible for a couple of years. They were superb today. Big hitting Sarsfield was on fire and Rhodes and Tilley were rolling in the putts

Well played guys great golf. I am delighted for you.

Thanks to everyone for your 100% attendance yet again.

2’s £200 6 pro v1 or 14 srixon Ad333

Henry Petrie – 13th

Paul Butler – 13th

Simon Thurlwell – 13th

Josh Street – 4th

Mike George – 4th

Dave Ashworth – 8th

Paul Wrigley – 16th

David Rhodes – 13th

Paul Well & Mike Lowe – both 2’s on 16th

Nearest the pin on 13th – Paul Butler Doz Wilson Duo

Nearest the pin on 16th – Mike Lowe Doz Wilson Duo

Lymm start sheet Tuesday 27th July

10.00 David Kelly x4

10.09 Simon Hemsley x4

10.18 Colin Roberts x4

10.27 Jim Caldwell x4

10.36 Jim Clarke x4

10.45 John Hunt x4

10.54 Bob Picthall x4

11.03 Mike George x4

11.12 Gary Phillips x4

11.21 Neale Laurent x4

11.30 Jim Rymer x4

11.38 Mick Mahon x4

11.47 Paul Fell x4

11.56 Martin Humphries x4

12.04 Mike Kirchin x4

12.13 Don Phillips x4

12.22 Roger Percival x4

12.31 John Johnson x4

12.40 Ian Hellens x4

12.48 Dave Stewardson x4

12.57 Les Russon x4

1.06 Jon Hudson x4

1.15 Simon Raine x4

1.24 Dave Monk x4

1.33 Pete Fotheringham x4

1.45 Richard Blackwell x4

1.54 Andrew Taylor x4

2.03 Danny Holbrook x4

2.12 John Wallis x4

2.21 Simon Ashton x4

2.30 Gary Neiles x4

2.39 Kev Hart x4

2.48 Steve Marsh x4

2.58Lee Tilley x4

A glorious morning with a light breeze greeted the morning players in today’s Maxitours at the lovely Pleasington Golf Club.

The course was in super condition and all credit to the green keeping staff for presenting it so well. Also to the catering and bar staff serving excellent quality food throughout the day.

Scoring was good with some early groups posting some very impressive scores.

The day was littered with unusual occurrences from James Cash making an eagle 2 on the par 4 6^th to Jim Clarke’s team where Pete Ledger hit the pin on the 12^th but he must have somehow angered the golfing gods as he saw his ball ricochet into a bunker leading to an unfortunate 5 – there’s no justice in this game Pete !!!

After coming off a high of 2^nd place last week at Lancaster Steve Heywood’s team must have also angered the golfing gods as they were dragged down to earth with a bump with a low of 71 points where all 4 players somehow managed blob the 15^th – maybe best not buy your lottery ticket this week !!!

The real story of the day however goes to Mottram Hall’s Brendon Poynts who scored a Hole in 1 on the 167 yard Par 3 10^th with a perfectly struck 6 iron. He’d also been waiting on news of the arrival of his 1^st grandchild by his daughter and coincidentally within moments of his achievement he checked his phone to find out his grandson had just been born – CONGRATULATIONS ! Definitely but your lottery ticket tonight Brendon !!!

Today’s winners with a magnificent 90 points were Colin Roberts, Carl Deville, Lee Braxton and Mark Downward closely followed on 89 by Dave Buckley, Dave Carter, Graham Campbell and Tony Rooney.

NP 16^th – 1 x Dozen Wilson Duo – Nick Hargreaves

NP in 2 18^th – 1 x Dozen Wilson Duo – Dave Carter

2’s – £297.50 pot (Brendon Poynts Hole in 1 counts as double 2 plus a bonus of 1 x dozen Srixon AD33’s)

3 x ProV1’s or 8 x Srixon AD333’s

Chris Church, Bob Pickthall, Tom Milner, James Cash (2 on par 4 6^th), Dave Buckley, Nigel Hall x 2, Gary Beresford, Graham Jackson, David Chapman x 2, Chris Lee, Paul Gilbert, Adam Prinsep, Steve Collier, Steve Owen, Brendon Poynts (HOLE IN 1), Trevor Rathbone, John Hilton, Nick Hargreaves, Dave Sarsfield & Dave Rhodes

Pleasington start times below – space for one team at Lymm, Vale Royal and Ringway in coming weeks

Maxitours at “Sunny” Lancaster

The weather was stunning in Lancaster today. Whilst some Manchester courses were closed due to heavy rain not a single drop fell on my players and temperatures were touching 20 degrees as the sun shone all afternoon. Everyone who made the short trip up the M6 had a terrific day.

‘Those fairways are like carpets!’ announced observant Rick Shaw.
‘What a Clubhouse, what great views, What a course!’ Declared Lewis Marland.
Lancaster is a firm favourite for Maxitours golfers and I was urged to rebook for next year by plenty of players.
Thanks to Niall and all his bar staff for their terrific hospitality.

The clubhouse is an absolute cracker and it has an incredible history. James 1 held court here in 1617 and bestowed knighthoods on two of his citizens. The first St Leger was also run here and vestiges of this are still evident on the left of the 9th fairway and the 18th tee.

The final hole at Lancaster was described by the late Peter Allis as one of the finest closing holes in the country and it is loved by everyone who plays here. Everyone that is except those in Richard Blackwell’s team. They stood on the 18th tee requiring 3 points for a second place finish – they managed just 1.

Simon Ashton is known as the Gareth Southgate of Hazel Grove. His preparation is second to non. Last night they had a practice round and then stayed overnight in the Lancaster dormy house. His meticulous preparation resulted in a 4th place finish today. It was only the eight pints each they had that prevented them from winning.

The Manchester Hopwood Team of Steve Heywood(5), Dave(5) and Donna Sully(14) and Graham Davenport(10) took 2nd place with 83 points after some solid golf.

Winning first prize were the team of Darren Booth(7) from Stand, Mike Wilson(11) from Hopwood Mark Timperley(10) from Bury and Martin Lang (6)from Saddleworth. The likeable fourball have played in many events over the years but their career earnings amount to a Maxitours shirt each and a pitchfork (this was a free gift). Mike Wilson was the lethal weapon today.
‘He is incredibly handy for an old man’ Complimented team mate Lang.
Well played chaps great score on a beautiful but testing course.

Airline pilot Dave Keen hit the first shot of the day into the 18th green and his nearest the pin shot was good enough to beat the rest of the field. He takes off with the prize.

Nearest the pin 13th Dozen Wilson Duo Andy Hamlett
Nearest the pin 18th Dozen Wilson Duo Dave Keen

2’s sweep £240 4 pro v1 or 9 srixon AD333
Steve Heywood Graham Davenport Danny Moss Mick Jones Greg Hamilton Mark Clare Josh Street Andy Dunster Gary Phillips Rick Northover Mike Dennison David Kelly Andy Hamlett Paul Yearsley Dave Rhodes Paul Yearsley Steve Owen Steve Marsh

Pleasington Weds 14th July
9.30 Simon Hemsley x4
9.39 Colin Roberts x4
9.47 Jim Caldwell x4
9.56 Jim Clarke x4
10.05 Bob Pickthall x4
10.13 Steve Aspinall x4
10.22 Dave Buckley x4
Paul Entwistle x4
10.31 Gary Phillips x4
10.40 Neale Laurent x4
10.49 Mick Mahon x4
10.58 Paul Fell x4
11.07 Martin Humphries x4
11.16 Jim Rymer x4
11.25 Dean Jagger x4
11.34 Roger Percival x4
11.45 Sam Leach x4
11.53 Ian Hellens x4
12.02 Dave Sully x4
12.09 Dave Goodwin x4
12.18 Paul Gilbert x4
12.27 Roy Ainsworth x4
1.30 Munro Donald x4
1.39 Pete Walters x4
1.48 Richard Blackwell x4
1.57 Jim Lindsay x4
2.06 Chris Adams x4
2.15 Chris Adams x4
2.24 Graham Pike x4
2.33 James Wilson x4
2.45 Gary Neiles x4
2.54 Kev Hart x4
3.03 Steve Marsh x4
3.12Lee Tilley x4
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Bob Picthall x4
Rob Harris x4

There is room for 1 team at superb Lancaster on Monday

Maxitours at Bromborough

Thanks to Bromborough Golf Club for hosting todays event. The course was in tremendous condition as usual.

The report is shorter this week as I am playing badly in a tournament tomorrow.
Thanks to Knutsford Junior Captain Harry Kenyon for collecting the cards.

The top three results are as follows:

3rd Place
Neale Laurent, John Harrop, Barry Lees and Gareth Winstone (87 Points)

2nd Place
Steve Lamont, Eugenio Frenandez, Pete Gold and David Hughes (89 Points)

1st Place
Congratulations to the Bramhall Team with a great score of 92 Points
Johnny Eccles, Darren Whittaker, Neil Worthington and Pete Myers.

Nearest the pin 4th Dozen Duo
David Hest 6”

Nearest the pin 16th Dozen Duo
Barry Lees 9”

2’s sweep £245
Neale Laurent, Barry Lees, Lee Charnley, Henry Petree, Paul Robinson, Paul Siverter, John Fitzsimmons, Collin Berry, Garry Phillips, Leo Sewell, Sam Leach, Jim Hodges, George Kerr, Andy Duncon, Mark Saxon, Mike Stapely, Simon Wilkinson, Nigel Davenport, Dave Hest, Steve Hall.

3 Pro V 1s or 8 Srixons per 2.