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Results from Dunham Forest

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SPACES FOR TEAMS OF 4 at MAGICAL MERE for GALVIN GREEN MASTERS on Monday 1st August

Many thanks to PGA Pro Matt Turnock for running my golf day whilst I am on a family holiday in Portugal. I hope everyone had a great day.

Report

Dunham Forest – 29th July 2016 – Competition Report
A big thank you Matt for running my event today.

Matt’s report as follows:

Thanks to the ever generous Colin Roberts this morning who kindly bought me a much needed caffeine burst to wake me up after my 5.15am wake up alarm.
The morning players were unfortunately not blessed with the best of the weather with some very heavy drizzle and some stop start showers. The forecast was for it to clear from noon but it was nearer 2.00pm before the sun finally began to show itself.
Despite the weather and one very heavy downpour at about 1.00pm the field battled on. From some of the early starters coming in with very creditable scores of 84 points were the teams led by Jim Caldwell and Simon Poucher who were then joined later by Brian Greenbanks men.
As the afternoon progressed the scoring became slightly easier and coming in with 86’s were the teams led by Lewis Marland and Leigh Smart but out in front with a magnificent 89 points were the team of Chris Adams, Paul Allen, Steve Hall and Mike Clewley who could even afford a dropped point on the last to win by 3 clear points.
The catering was superb with some fantastic chef’s specials being served throughout the day by the very helpful and friendly Dunham staff and many stayed post round for a drink and a bite to eat.
Everyone was very impressed the condition of the course with lots of “really enjoyed that” and “great course” comments coming in all day so congratulations to the green keeping staff on a difficult day.
Nearest the pin on the 8th was: Tony Dennison = 1 Doz AD 333’s
Nearest pin in two on the 18th was: Mike Flitt = 1 Doz AD 333’s

2’s – £240 pot / 17 2’s = 4 ProV1’s or 10 Srixon AD333’s
David Kelly, Jan Jagielka, Matthew Nelstrop (x2), Chris Brown, Ed Wilkinson, Peter Atherton, Paul Lord, John Royle, Jason Henderson, Andy Jackson, Tony Jennison, Richard Blackwell, Paul Bent & John Sherlock, Dave Safari & Dave Snell

Results from fantastic Dunham Forest

Dunham Forest 25-Jul-2016
Pos Team Players Score OoM Comment
1 Chris Adam, Paul Allen, Steve Hall, Mike Clewley 89 12 Footjoy Contour shoes
2 Lewis Marland, Alf Shillitoe, Barry Shaw-Allan, Josh Ainscough 86 10 Maxitours Marino Sweater
3 Leigh Smart, Ray Tennant, Will Rawsthore, Andy Jackson 86 8 Footjoy Shirt
4 Brian Greenbank, Chris Brown, David Wainwright, Matthew Nelstrop 84 6 Maxitours Shirts
5 Dave Bowers, John Bent, Steve Lachford, Paul Shelock 84 4 Maxitours Shirts
6 Jim Caldwell, Steve Barlow, John Foulds, Nigel Milroy 84 2 Maxitours Shirts
7= Tony Jennison, Chris Marshall, Richard Blackwell, John Hilton 84
7= Simon Poucher, Jan Jagielka, Darius Virabi, Campbell Wilson 84
9= Sam Leach, Jim Hodges, Alex McLay, Kevin Reeves 83
9= John Pratt, Dave Safari, Bob Anderson, Dave Snell 83
11 Les Penson, Paul Salt, Andrew Salt, Steve Blakeway 82
12= Mick Jones, Chris Heyes, Iain Cole, Rick Booth 81
12= Roy Ainsworth, Steve Collier, Mike Verdon, Malcolm Thornley 81
14= Rob Little, Ron Colley, Graham Bates, Dave Beard 80
14= Jason Henderson, Jack Pryce, Sam Cleaver, Pete Cleaver 80
16= Colin Roberts, Geoff Andrews, Dave Marchant, Gregg Poynton 79
16= Ed Wilkinson, Roger Percival, Peter Atherton, Martin France 79
16= Dave Blood, Ian Smith, Ian Gibson, Geoff Ellam 79
16= John Hudson, Mike Hill, Mike Flitt, Mark Green 79
20 Ian King, Joe Kirwan, Darren Whittaker, Mike Spencer 78
21= David Kelly, David Harlow, Bob Sutton, Stuart Blake 77
21= Nigel Davenport, Johnty Geeke, Paul Adamson, Chris Gray 77
21= Trevor Foster, Peter Cross, Andrew Warmsley, Frank Wade 77
21= Dan Huffman, Lee Williams, Paul King, John McCaffrey 77
21= John Dickenson, Bob Mottershead, Roy Christian, Paul Lord 77
26 Steve Johnson, Carl Jones , Dave Jones, Ghost Player 76
27= Dave Stanhope, John Anderton, Dave Antrobus, Giles Terry 75
27= Ray Jones, Steve Tyrrell, Dave Drury, John Gleave 75
29= Keith Workman, David Plant, Stuart Hardy, Keith Graves 74
29= John Lawson, Nigel Stonhan, Jeff Haworth, Dave McArdale 74
31= Stephen Mattinson, Mike Gauden, Tony Bloor, Jack Coleman 72
31= Dennis Whelan, Wayne Coleclough, Dennis Price, David Dean 72
31= John Berry, Chirs Oregan, Tony Granell, Ray Hopton 72
34= Rob Kenyon, Mike Priestley, John Stockdale, Dave Williams 71
34= George Maddison, Chi Hu, Mark Findlow, Pater Maher 71
36 Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle, Richard Palmer, John Farnsworth 70

Mere Galvin Green AM AM Monday 1st Aug £30
8.02-8.58 and 9.22-3.06
8.02
8.11 Jim Caldwell x4
8.20 David Kelly x4
8.29
8.56 Ian King x4
9.13
9.22
9.31 Roger Percival x4
9.40 Dave Wainwright x4
9.49 Mick Mahon x4
9.58
10.07 Josh Brand x2 Andy Strickley x2
10.16
10.25 Munro Donald x4
10.36 Chris Adams x4
10.45 Dave Stanhope x4
10.54
11.03 Dale Beaghan x4
11.12 Blair Anderson x4
11.21
11.25 Paul Browne x4
11.30 Colin Baxendale x4
11.39 Graham Bates x4
11.48 Nigel Oakes x4
11.57 Steve Johnson x4
12.06 David Bentley x4
12.15 Barry Wilson x4
12.24 paul Kennedy x4
12.33 John Dickenson x4
12.42
12.51
1.00 John Stubbs x4
1.09 Rob Platt x4
1.18 Richard Blackwell x4
1.27 Leigh Smart x4
1.36 Andy Wilde x4
1.45 Archie Tahir x4
1.54 Dave Goodwin x4
2.03 John Longworth x4
2.12
2.21 Gary Garner x4
2.30 Brian Hopkins x4

Results from High Class Hopwood

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Maxitours at high quality Hopwood

A stunningly beautiful summers day greeted the Maxitours competitors at sunny Middleton today.

As you drive into the lovely Golf Club there is a huge sign announcing that Hopwood is Manchester’s premier Golfing venue and absolutely no one was arguing against that claim after they played this classic parkland masterpiece.

‘That was awesome’ said Silkstone’s Rob Platt ‘what a course! ‘
‘Wow, what an excellent track’ said Ashton on Mersey star Ian Thompson.

The food was terrific and the O’Connor family who run both the Pro shop and the Secretary’s office were terrific to deal with. The only criticism of the day came from salad dodger Dave Antrobus. He was shocked to see some lettuce and a tomato on his plate next to his bacon butty. ‘What a waste of time, I’d prefer another rasher any day’ he complained.

As all my Maxitours players were out on the course by 2.30pm I enjoyed a quiet half hour watching a talented Japanese golfer by the name of Khoki Idoki lead the British Seniors Open at Carnoustie. As the first cards came back in it looked like Richard Palmer and John Farnsworth had been doing the Oki Koki rather than playing golf as they could only manage a paltry 28 points to finish in last place.

I am no fashion expert but I do know dark colours can make you look slimmer. Smartly dressed Roger Percival was picking up a shirt for his portly pal Pete Atherton after they had a high finish two weeks ago. ‘What colour does he want?’ I asked Roger ‘ I’m not sure- but the darker the better’ came the response.

‘The buggy was great thank you’ said polite Trevor Foster to respected Hopwood pro Brian Connor after his round. ‘Any chance I can hire a partner next time I play here? My mate Frank Wade was hopeless.’

In today’s event conditions were absolutely perfect for golf. The recent dry weather meant that the ball was running well and the superb greens led to the best scoring of the season.

Congratulations to my 75 year old father-in-law Rob Weston and his friend Trevor Webb. They had the second best front nine of the day with an excellent 24 points. In order to maintain a happy, functional family life we won’t mention their back nine.

Brookdale’s Gareth Winston((10) and Matt Sayers(2) finished 4th with a 44 point haul and Stuart Coupe(11) and Mark Robinson(10) from Shaw Hill were delighted with a season best 45 points to take 3rd spot

Clitheroes Mark Jones(14) and Paul Nightingale(7) were singing with joy after 46 points earned them second place.

Respected Sale Captain Dave Moore(15) was Head of HR at the BBC in Manchester. He recruited well today as he teamed up with ex newspaper photographer Dale Wallace(11) to record 47 points. Dale was focussing on his golf today but it was Dave Moore who did the most damage. They won a pair of Fj shoes each. ‘Just give Dale a single shoe- it’s all he deserves’ said Moore giving me a friendly wink.

Well played chaps great score.
Thanks to everyone for playing today.
Yours in Golf, Tim

Nearest the Pin 13th Mark Robinson Dozen Srixon AD333s
Nearest the Pin 16th Chris Beaghan Dozen Srixon AD333s

2’s £140 sweep (3 prov1s or 8 srixons per 2) Mark Robinson Jim Caldwell Nigel Compsty James Hampton Dave Stanhope Dave Gavin Joe Stanley Martin France Roger Percival Tony Andrews John Lawson Keith Coxon Mark Taylor

Hopwood 22-Jul-2016
Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment
1 Dale Wallace, Dave Moore 47 12 FJ Contour Casual shoes each
2 Mark Jones, Paul Nightingale 46 11 Ashworth wind sweater each
3 Mark Robinson, Stuart Coupe 45 10 Sunice shirt each
4 Gareth Winston, Matt Sayers 44 9 Sunice shirt each
5 Jim Caldwell, Nigel Compsty 43 8 Maxitours shirt each
6 Leigh Smart, Ray Tennant 43 7 Titleist cap each
7 Tony Baldwin, Robert Bullock 43 6 Titleist cap each
8 Steve Maxwell, Mike Johnson 43 5 FJ Socks each
9 Derek Simpkins, Paul Sloane 43 4 FJ Socks each
10 John Anderton, Dave Stanhope 42 3 Taylor Made pitch repairer each
11 Adam Thomas, James Hamson 42 2
12 Rob Platt, Steve Morfitt 42 1
13 Mark Waterman, Rob Williams 42
14= Carl Mollart, Gary Youall 41
14= Frank Wallace, Geoff Andrews 41
14= Paul Donnelly, Ian Thompson 41
14= Paul Woodbine, Pete Keena 41
18= Farouk Shafi, Joe Stanley 40
18= Darren Whittaker, Neil Worthington 40
18= Andy Jackson, Billy Rawsthore 40
18= Gary Whittaker, Dave Gavin 40
18= Mike Priestley, John Stockdale 40
18= Rob Weston, Trevor Webb 40
18= John Royle, Keith Coxon 40
18= Brian Hopkins, Alan Pengelly 40
26= Trevor Foster, Frank Wade 39
26= Paul Lord, Tim Southwick 39
26= Josh Brand , Martin France 39
26= Joe Donnelly, Martin Farnsworth 39
26= John Lawson, Jeff Howarth 39
31= Tom Jarvis, Dave Antrobus 38
31= Joe Kirwan, Dave Eadforth 38
31= John Dickenson, Jim Rymer 38
34= Paul Simpson, Chris Brown 37
34= Mark Patton, Chris Beaghan 37
34= Steve Hunstone, Johhny Turner 37
34= Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle 37
34= Ian Buxton, Mike Kinsley-Smith 37
34= Mike Dobson, John O’Brien 37
40= Dave Wainwright, Matt Nelstrup 36
40= Roger Percival, Ed Wilkinson 36
40= Alan Smith, Mark Taylor 36
43= Colin Roberts, John Rigby 35
43= Damien Clayton, Steve McDermott 35
45 John Horsley, Tony Andrews 34
46 Bob Sutton, David Kelly 33
47= Rob Kenyon, Dave Williams 32
47= David Wilkinson, Jamie White 32
49 Richard Palmer , John Farnworth 28

Start sheet at Dunham Forest AM AM
Friday 29th July
7.51 Simon Ashton x4
8.00 Colin Roberts x4
8.08 Jim Caldwell x4
8.17 Rob Little x4
8.26 Steve Johnson x4
8.35 David Kelly x4
8.44 Jack Coleman x4
8.53 Simon Poucher x4
9.02 Les Penson x4
9.11 Les Russon x4
9.21 Dennis Whelan x4
9.30 Keith Workman x4
9.39 Ian King x4
9.48 Dave Stanhope x4
9.57 Paul Kennedy x4
10.00 Brian Greenbank x4
10.06 Lewis Marland x4
10.15 Chih Hu x4
10.24 Mick Mahon x4
10.32 Ed Wilkinson x4
10.40 John Berry x4
10.46 Roy Ainsworth x4
10.51 Chris Adams x4
11.00 Nigel Davenport x4
11.09 Dave Blood x4
11.18 John Dickenson x4
11.24 Trevor Foster x4
11.27 Dan Huffman x4
11.36 John Stubbs x4
11.45 Colin Baxendale x4
11.54 Jason Henderson x4
12.03 Liegh Smart x4
12.12 John Hudson x4
12.20 John Lawton x4
12.28 Sam Leach x4
12.37 Richard Blackwell x4
12.45 Dave Bowers x4
12.53 Ray Jones x4
1.00 JP X4

reserves
Archie Tahir x4
Mike Dudley x4
Stuart Royle x4
7.40 Garry Dowdle???
Ian Mathers x4

Results from Delicious Davenport

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Great Upcoming Maxitours events
Thurs 14th July Mottram Hall Titleist/FJ AM AM £20
Fri 22nd July Hopwood Pairs 10-3pm £25
Fri 29th Dunham Forest AM AM 8-1pm £25

August
Monday 1st Aug Mere 8-3pm AM AM £30
Thurs 11th Aug Pleasington Pairs £25
Mon 15th Aug Stockport AM AM 9-2pm £27.50
Tues 16th Aug Sandiway AM AM 9-3pm £30
Thurs 25th Aug Ringway AM AM £30

Maxitours at Delicious Davenport

Davenport is a great test of golf and is also really enjoyable to play. I had numerous comments from players complimenting the course layout and the excellent greens. Many players cited Davenport as their favourite venue. Thanks to all the greens staff for their work. The catering was first class and Frazer Weston must be rated as one of the top stewards in the North. Pro Tony Stevens also does a brilliant job helping to manage this lovely Club.

The course drains exceptionally well as it is built on tin mines and any recent heavy rainfalls had disappeared without trace.

Unlucky Dale Beaghan is a great bloke but you may not of heard of him as he isn’t mentioned too often in the winner’s circle.
He thought his fortunes had changed when he hit one of the best shots of his life on the 3rd hole and was delighted to see that he was easily nearest the pin. Excited Dale took 5 minutes to find a pen and was shaking with joy as he carefully wrote his name on the marker and then proudly put the marker back in the green. As he strutted off the green Andy Jackson in the match behind teed off and hit his ball straight in the hole.

Golf mad Mike Dudley was delighted to become a grandfather two days ago. He was delighted because his daughter was due next week so he wasn’t allowed to go to watch the Open at Troon. Now he has been given a pass. Congratulations Mike.

Sam Leach is struggling to find some form and before play he was debating whether to pull out of the medal at his home club at the weekend. ‘I think I’m going fishing instead if things don’t improve’ said the likeable Lymm man. His fortunes turned around today and an excellent 40 points was good enough to let Sam’s maggotts live for another day.

In today’s event scoring was steady throughout the day and nobody ripped the course to pieces.

Ex Lancashire champion Trevor Foster(scr) showed his class and birdied the last hole to secure 10th place.

Gary Garner(7) and Ray Ward(15) had their best finish for over a year as 42 points was good enough for 7th.

Prestbury members Chris Adams(13) and Steve Hall(18) did their club proud as they recorded 43 points for 5th place and this included a dreaded ‘blob’ on the 11th hole. Ringway’s David Smith(8) and Bill Melia(19) were late starters and they also scored an impressive 43 points.

The first three places scored 44 points and they were all incredibly out in 24 and back in 20 points so it was all decided on a back six hole card play off.

Wychwood Parks Richard Williamson(12) and Dave Goodwin(11) played terrific golf on the front nine. Wealthy builder Williamson started thinking about his speech and collapsed a little on the closing holes failing to score on the easy 13th and picking up just 1 point on the 16th and 18th holes as they came home with 20 points.

Hazel Groves Rick Gajewski(15) and Marples Paul Bray(8) also scored well on the opening holes and Riks birdie on the tough 9th was the highlight of their round.

To say that Knutsford’s talented David Kelly(12) looked slightly disappointed when he was drawn to play with John Atkin(20) first thing this morning when the balls were thrown up would be a slight understatement. After a dodgy first hole David was flabbergasted to witness his partner pick up three points on the 2nd and 3rd holes quickly. This stunning start was followed by a four point birdie on the 5th. John also made superb pars on the 16th and 18th to secure victory by virtue of their better last six holes. Very well played chaps -especially John.

Thanks to all who played today. I am off to watch Germany win another trophy. Yours in golf, Tim

Nearest the Pin 3rd Andy Jackson Hole in 1! Dozen Pro V1s
Nearest the pin 14th Richard Palmer Dozen AD333s
2’s £122.50 4 pro V1s or 10 srixon Gary Garner John Kennedy Andy Jackson x2 (hole in one) Jason Henderson Bob Mottershead Anthony Barker Richard Williamson Mark Thompson

Davenport Pairs 07-Jul-2016
Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment
1 David Kelly, John Atkin 44 12 Cleveand Wedge each
2 Rick Gajewski, Paul Bray 44 11 FJ Shirt each
3 Dave Goodwin, Richard Wiliamson 44 10 FJ Shirt each
4 David Smith, Bill Melia 43 9 Maxitours shirt each
5 Chris Adams, Steve Hall 43 8 Dozen AD333s each
6 Steve Parle, Garry Parle 42 7 Dozen AD333s each
7 Gary Garner, Ray Ward 42 6 Titliest Cap each
8 Richard Blackwell, John Hilton 42 5 Titliest Cap each
9 Simon Poucher, Jan Jagielka 42 4 Srixon Cabretta Glove each
10 Trevor Foster, Frank Wade 41 3 Srixon Cabretta Glove each
11 Brian Hopkins, Mark Taylor 41 2
12 Sam Leach, John Barton 40 1
13= Brian Greenbank , Jason Wright 40
13= Richard Palmer, John Farnworth 40
13= Ray Twist, Matt Taylor 40
13= Roy Ainsworth, Brian Ankers 40
13= Terry Paul, Alan Holdsworth 40
13= Andy Moon , Bill Parkinson 40
19= Garry Christian, Darren Roscoe 39
19= Dave Wainwright, John Kennedy 39
19= Billy Rawsthore, Andy Jackson 39
19= Mark Robinson, Stuart Coupe 39
19= Mike Dudley , Bob Kinnon 39
19= Pete Keena, Tony Guest 39
19= Bernard Wood, John Dawson 39
19= Mark Thompson, Gavin Connor 39
27= Peter Booth, Stuart Millner 38
27= Giles Terry, Roy Goulden 38
27= Paul Clay, Bob Brown 38
27= Graham Bates, Dave Beard 38
27= John Dickenson, Paul Lord 38
27= Kenny Plumb, Anthony Barker 38
27= John O’Donnell, Ted Ellis 38
34= Lewis Marland, Alf Shillitoe 37
34= Dave Stanhope, Tom Jarvis 37
34= Leigh Smart, Ray Tennant 37
34= Dale Beaghan, Pete Ledger 37
34= Jason Henderson, Peter Smith 37
34= Bob Mottershead, Jim Rymer 37
34= Les Russon, Ken Clarke 37
34= Phil Harris, Simon McCoy 37
34= John Stubbs, John Royle 37
43= Tom Dobbins, Tom Wilson 36
43= Rodney Mills, Barry Taylor 36
43= Doug Edmonds, Chris Ernill 36
46= Bob Sutton, Dave Harlow 35
46= Frank Hindle, Mick Mahon 35
46= Kevin Reeves, Jim Hodges 35
46= Nigel Dibble, Simon Maxwell 35
46= Simon Ashton, 35
46= Duncan Cocker, Stuart Morgan 35
46= Ken Swarbrick, Chris Dykens 35
53= Terry Hayward, George Phelan 34
53= Alan Brough, Terry Harper 34
53= Rodney Barlow, Jack Clarke 34
56= Guy Hall, Keith Coxon 31
56= Dave Fiddler, John Shaw 31
56= Darren Whittaker, Barry Horrox 31

Mottram Hall Titleist /FJ AM AM start sheet
Thursday 14th July
9.58
10.07 Les Russon x4
10.16 Ian King x4
10.25 Brian Greenbank
10.34 Pete Cotton x4
10.45 Bev Crute x4
10.54 Ian Ainsworth x4
11.03 Chih Hu x4
11.12Trevor Foster x4
11.21 Leigh Smart x4
11.30 Dave Stanhope x4
11.39 John Stubbs x4
11.48 Mick Mahon x4
11.57John Hilditch x4
12.06 Roger Percival x4
12.15
12.24
12.33 Lewis Marland x4
12.42 Colin Baxendale x4
12.51 Paul Bennett x4
1.00
1.09 John Dickenson x4
1.18
1.27 Archie Tahir x4
1.36 Steve Parle x4 1.30
1.45
1.54 Simon Ashton x4
2.03
2.12 Steve Owen x4
2.21 Gary Garner x4
2.30 Gary Neiles x4
2.39