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Portugal trip, Ringway news and the Abacus order of merit

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*spaces next week at beautiful Dunham Forest*

*****Maxitours trip to Portugal ******
Beat the Winter blues next year with some tournament golf in the sun.
Jan 12th -16th 2017
Only £599 including flights! ALSO: 1 hours free bar each night, gala dinner, 50 range balls each day, 4 nights in the superb Vilasol hotel, breakfast, 3 tournament rounds on the 27 hole Vilasol complex, Prizes, tournament administrator (me), golf club carriage and hotel transfers. -HOW DO I DO IT???
Players may stay on for additional days at excellent rates.
Limited to players who have played in 3 or more Maxitours events in the last 12 months.
Entries from 4 man teams are now being taken for this AM AM event.
Room for just 16 teams- FIVE TEAMS of really nice guys have already signed up !! Please email me ASAP if you are interested. Deposits of £25 per person required in the next 7 days.

Ringway news

The Ringway event is ON this Thursday. This Manchester course is well known for its excellent drainage.
Can Maxitours players please carry if at all possible to help the highly respected Ringway green keeper however trolleys are permitted for those who desperately need them.
There is very limited stock in the pro shop as a new pro is yet to be appointed. (Roy Ainsworth please bring your own kit kats)

The Latest Abacus Law Order of Merit – check your ranking!

Things are hotting up at the top of the Abacus Law order of Merit with Phil Vokes, Garry Smith, Roger Percival and charismatic Ed Wilkinson all challenging Mark Jones at the top of the rankings.

1 Mark Jones 66
2 Paul Nightingale 50
2 Phil Vokes 50
4 Garry Smith 45
5 Roger Percival 44
5 Ed Wilkinson 44
7 Mark Birtwistle 43
8 Jim Cox 40
9 Martin France 39
10 Paul Dalby 38
11 Jeff Andrews 35
11 Peter Atherton 35
13 Ron Jolley 33
14 Brendan Leighton 32
15 Richard Blackwell 31
15 Mike Spencer 31
17 John Rigby 30
17 Colin Roberts 30
17 Frank Stapleton 30
20 Billy Rawsthore 29
20 Barney Ross 29
22 Dave Blood 28
22 Dave Marchant 28
24 Joe Kirwan 27
24 Dave Wilson 27
26 Chris Adams 26
26 Roy Ainsworth 26
26 John Hilton 26
29 Gary Conroy 22
29 Peter Guy 22
29 Alan Jones 22
29 Paul Kinder 22
29 Richard Palmer 22
34 Frank Hindle 21
34 Mick Mahon 21
34 Leigh Smart 21
34 Ray Tennant 21
38 Ian King 20
38 Dave Sarsfield 20
38 Lee Tilley 20
38 Darren Whittaker 20
42 Pete Cleaver 18
42 Steve Hall 18
42 Jason Henderson 18
42 Pete Norbury 18
42 Stuart Pearson 18
42 Dave Rhodes 18
48 Andy Hamlett 17
49 Greg Brown 16
50 Alex Ashworth 15
51 Greg Adams 14
51 Paul Allen 14
51 John Farnworth 14
51 Simon Hemsley 14
51 Simon Poucher 14
56 Rob Allen 12
56 Peter Atherton (Prest) 12
56 Mark Banister 12
56 Geoff Chapman 12
56 Tony Coleman 12
56 Dave Collinson 12
56 Paul Corrigan 12
56 Gavin Dixon 12
56 Trevor Foster 12
56 Ian George 12
56 Paul Hodgson 12
56 Steve Jenkinson 12
56 Steve Latchford 12
56 Dave Peake 12
56 Steve Wilson 12
56 Dave Wright 12
72 Andy Burns 11
72 Phil Dermott 11
72 Kevin Hawkins 11
72 Matt Jansen 11
72 Andy Lawman 11
72 Les Penson 11
78 Koos Alders 10
78 John Bancroft 10
78 Ray Barlow 10
78 Ian Broughan 10
78 John Dickenson 10
78 Paul Donnelly 10
78 John Farrell 10
78 Gary Furlong 10
78 Arthur Gray 10
78 Pat Keenan 10
78 Dave McGuiness 10
78 Paul McKee 10
78 John Parkin 10
78 Mick Philburn 10
78 Barry Simpson 10
78 Pete Tomlinson 10
78 John Veitch 10
78 Joe Yates 10
96 Roy Christian 9
96 Martin Cox 9
96 Peter Cross 9
96 Neil Higgins 9
96 Bob Mottershead 9
96 Steve Murray 9
102 Tony Adams 8
102 Iain Bartholomew 8
102 John Berry 8
102 Paul Browne 8
102 Mike Dean 8
102 Munroe Donald 8
102 Steve Gowrie 8
102 Mark Hagerty 8
102 John Hilditch 8
102 Jan Jagielka 8
102 Mike Masser 8
102 Frank O’Regan 8
102 John Royle 8
102 Dave Stanhope 8
102 John Stubbs 8
102 Tony Taylor 8
102 Dave Thomas 8
102 Dale Wallace 8
102 Paul Wilde 8
121 Mike Gauchie 7
121 Mickey Gray 7
121 Liam Harrison 7
121 Brian Hopkins 7
121 Bob Kwan 7
126 Brian Ankers 6
126 Paul Clay 6
126 Peter Heald 6
126 Jim Lindsay 6
126 Bob Mather 6
126 Jack Pryce 6
126 Ross Sellors 6
126 Mike Verdon 6
126 Phil Wise 6
135 Dave Bowers 5
135 Phil Cooney 5
135 Reece Cranfield 5
135 Alan Drew 5
135 Peter George 5
135 Brian Greenbank 5
135 Ken Hume 5
135 Mark Riley 5
135 Richard Scanlon 5
135 Alan Simpson 5
135 Frank Wade 5
146 Stuart Blake 4
146 Mark Brierley 4
146 Ashley Elliott 4
146 Scott Greaves 4
146 Andy Hallows 4
146 Pete Holmes 4
146 Aiden Hoosen 4
146 Steve Jackman 4
146 John Kennedy 4
146 David Kelly 4
146 Graham Littler 4
146 Warren Newton 4
146 Rod Price 4
146 Martin Routley 4
146 David Smith 4
146 Mark Taylor 4
146 Tom Thompson 4
146 Pete Tinkler 4
146 David Wainwright 4
146 Paul Wrigley 4
166 Malcolm Brownhill 3
166 Graham Brownhill 3
166 Jim Doran 3
166 Graham Ecclestone 3
166 Pete Hall 3
166 Steve Rigby 3
166 Paul Salt 3
166 Alan Smith 3
166 Joe Tyson 3
175 Dave Arthur 2
175 Steve Barlow 2
175 Mijad Benyounis 2
175 Darren Burgess 2
175 Jim Caldwell 2
175 Andy Collier 2
175 Alex Elliott 2
175 Geoff Fryer 2
175 Anthony Grimley 2
175 Henry Kenwright 2
175 John Kelsall 2
175 Gary Kershaw 2
175 Paul Kerner 2
175 Bob Moore 2
175 Rob Morgan 2
175 Stuart Morris 2
175 John Morsfield 2
175 Dan Murray 2
175 John Paine 2
175 Dave Parsons 2
175 Dan Percival 2
175 Bob Picthall 2
175 Cath Rawthore 2
175 Dave Rolands 2
175 Phil Tovey 2
200 James Eadie 1
200 Ben Luscombe 1
200 Mark Morris 1
200 Bob Sinclair 1

Results from Prestbury

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*****Maxitours trip to Portugal ******
Beat the Winter blues next year with some tournament golf in the sun.
Jan 12th -16th 2017
Only £599 including flights, 1 hours free bar each night, gala dinner, 50 range balls each day, 4 nights in the Vilasol hotel, breakfast, 3 tournament rounds on the 27 hole Vilasol complex, Prizes, tournament administrator (me), golf club carriage and hotel transfers. -HOW DO I DO IT???
Limited to players who have played in 3 or more Maxitours events in the last 12 months.
Entries from 4 man teams are now being taken for this AM AM event.
Room for just 16 teams- 4 teams of really nice guys have signed up in the first hour this morning!! Please email me ASAP if you are interested. Deposits required in the next 10 days.

Maxitours at Prestbury

Prestbury Golf Club was in absolutely tremendous condition for today’s Maxitours event.

Mark Crossley the new head green keeper was recently head hunted from Chesterfield and his excellent reputation is growing even more as the Golf course just gets better and better. Mark’s freshly mown fairways and hand cut greens were a real treat for today’s players. Many thanks also to all his staff- terrific.

‘Sensational’ was how the course was described by Ian King.
Maggie the incredibly attractive Prestbury bar maid has never had a mention in my reports and she has served our players well over the past 9 years. I always thought she was in her late 40’s but someone told me her age and I nearly fell over, so thanks for all your efforts Maggie.

James Marner gets married in the morning. He is a member of Prestbury and treated his best man and Ushers to a game. They will be desperately hoping that the speeches go better than the golf as they all struggled to 32 points.
In today’s event John Gregg looked down after another average round ‘He’d give up golf if I didn’t have so many sweaters’ said Bob his sympathetic playing partner .

The results are shorter than usual as I am off to watch the reds defeat mighty Midjeland tonight.

Phil Vokes and Barney Ross two low handicappers from Didsbury are really nice blokes and they were 6 under gros on the front nine as they secured a first win of the winter with 45 points. The rest of the scoring was very close with Joe Kirwan surprising everyone with his recent form playing alongside Mike Spencer.
John Bancroft won the bowls at Waterloo one year but this achievement was nearly eclipsed with victory today. He had to settle for 3rd place.

Many thanks to all for your support and for Prestbury for their terrific hospitality. Once again a 100% attendance was amazing. Tim

2’s sweep £110 2 pro v1s each or 5srixons per 2
Giles Terry Richard Palmer Gareth Bradley Alan Jones Guy Hall Liam Harrison Billy Rawsthore x2 Leigh Smart Phil Hanson Paul Kinder Phil Vokes Barney Ross John Bancroft John Kennedy Brian Greenbank

Prestbury 25-Feb-2016
Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment
1 Phil Vokes, Barney Ross 45 12 Galvin insula each
2 Joe Kirwan, Mike Spencer 41 11 Sunice wind top
3 John Bancroft, Paul McKee 41 10 Ashworth wind sweater
4 Dave Marchant, Jeff Andrews 41 9 Sunice shirt
5 Billy Rawsthore, Peter Guy 41 8 Dozen AD333s
6 Mark Gauchie, Liam Harrison 40 7 Sunice shirt
7 Ian King, Darren Whittaker 40 6 Sunice shirt
8 Alan Drew, Alan Simpson 40 5 Titleist cap
9 Dave Wainwright, John Kennedy 40 4 Titleist cap
10 Andy Sandham, Steve Rigby 39 3 Taylor made pitch repair
11 Martin France, Dan Wilkinson 39 2 Taylor made pitch repair
12 Dave Blood, Jim Cox 39 1 Taylor made pitch repair
13= Simon Hemsley, Charlie Bradley 39
13= Steve Rosier, Steve Merricks 39
15= Giles Terry, Dave Antrobus 38
15= Brian Greenbank, Martin Bramwell 38
17= Andy Hall, Don Milligan 37
17= Frank Hindle, Keith Allen 37
17= Mickey Gray, Gareth Bradley 37
17= Simon Burgess, Rob Kenyon 37
17= Steve Aspinall, Colin Berry 37
17= Alan Jones, Paul Kinder 37
17= Raju Mira, Matt Alcock 37
24= Roger Percival, Ed Wilkinson 36
24= Colin Roberts, Tony Adams 36
24= Warren Newton, Mickey Gray 36
24= Pete Keena, Paul Woodbine 36
24= Leigh Smart, Ray Tennant 36
24= Paul Crisp, Mike Lynch 36
24= Munroe Donald, Phil Hansen 36
24= Koos Alder, Martin Cox 36
24= Mark Jones, Ron Jolley 36
33= Mick Fenton, Dave Chambers 35
33= Richard Williamson, Dave Goodwin 35
33= John Stubbs, Guy Hall 35
33= Paul Browne, Dick Browne 35
33= Mark Williams, Simon Conway 35
38= Mick Mahon, Richard Palmer 34
38= John Jobes, Gary Meakin 34
40 Nigel Millroy, Don Shaidnagle 33
41= John Horsley, Steve Foxcroft 32
41= James Marner, Darren Lamon 32
41= Chih Hu, Colin Lee 32
44= John Royle, Dave Parsons 31
44= Steve Johnson, Carl H-Jones 31
44= Les Penson, Paul Salt 31
44= John Dickenson , Jim Rymer 31
48 Dave Swindells, Richrd Harrison 30
49 Ted Barker, Bob Barlow 26

Ringway start times
Thursday 3rd March
1a Roger Percival x4
1b Roy Ainsworth x4
2a Phil Vokes x4
2b Barry Jackson x4
3 Graham Blood x4
4 Mike Dean x4
4b Simon Ashton x4
5 Frank Stapleton x4
5b Les Corner x4
6 Rob Little x4
7a Ian Ainsworth x4
7b Simon Poucher x4
8 Trevor Foster x4
9a R Blackwell x4
9b Steve Johnson x4
10a Chih Hu x4
10b Les Russon x4
11 Ray Jones x4
12a Jim Caldwell x4
12b Danny Ritchie x4
13 Tom Jarvis x4
14 Richard Williamson x4
14b Lewis Marland x4
15a Mark Jones x4
15b Steve Aspinall x4
16 Colin Roberts x4
17a Ian King x4
17b Mick Mahon x4
18 Leigh Smart x4

Trolleys fine!

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Due to the excellent forecast trolleys are permitted at Prestbury on Thursday many thanks to the head green keeper for his decision . Yours in golf,
Tim

Prestbury spaces

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At 10am on Tuesday 23rd Feb there are still spaces for pairs in this event at one of the premier courses in Cheshire. Please ring or email me if you wish to play. Many thanks Tim