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Next Thursday’s Stockport tee times below! * 9am-1.21pm starting times
Still spaces in the Spring Classic at Sandiway-Tuesday 29th March and Vale Royal now Wednesday 30th March. *note the date change from 28th and 29th March

Maxitours at Sandiway

What a day!! While the vast majority of North West golf courses were closed sunny Sandiway was open for business as usual.

Special thanks really must go out to highly respected and forward thinking head green keeper Brian Taylor for putting golfers first once again! After all the heavy rain the decision to have EIGHTEEN full greens was really appreciated by all of today’s players. ‘This course can handle it’ added the intelligent man.

‘Those greens were magnificent’ commented Dave Blood after his round
‘Wonderful’ said Colin Roberts
‘That was brilliant out there’ announced David Kelly.
Jim Cox was so impressed he couldn’t comment he just made a rather strange groaning noise to express his delight.
Scratch Accrington man Trevor Foster couldn’t believe his eyes when his first putt of the day whistled past the hole. Eh up! Was all the Northern man could say.

Thanks to all the staff and especially the superb green keepers for making us feel so welcome, your course was fantastic.

The new Sandiway Golf Professional Gareth Jones is a great lad who is doing a really fantastic job and he is quite rightly proud of the well draining course. The old Sandiway pro, Scotsman Bill Laird came out with a classic line in a Maxitours event during a wet winter five years ago. He sold one of our players a mars bar before play and enquired with a smile ‘and where do you play yer golf laddie? Looking at his customers muddy waterproof bottoms.

Ex England footballers Matt Jansen and Mickey Gray were late entries and they had to settle for starting on the 14th tee. They also arrived at the course a little late, ‘I don’t think we can run that far nowadays’ said the portly duo. Extremely fit Premiership referee Mike Dean also played today and he allowed himself a little chuckle at the footballers expense as he watched them huff and puff their way across the golf course.

In today’s event the scoring was the closest it has been all year with just 3 points separating the first 20 teams!

As you can imagine I heard plenty of ‘what could have been stories’ as players enjoyed a pint in the bar. One of the best was Dave Wilson(7) and Kevin Hawkins(8) who failed to score on their last hole and they once again drowned their sorrows after missing out on top spot by a point.

Frank Hindle(13) and Mick Mahon’s(22) friendship was tested even further when Frank picked his ball up on their last hole when he thought his partner had secured two points, if he had tapped in victory would have been theirs and they had to settle for second spot. ‘If his brains were dynamite he wouldn’t have enough to blow his own hat off’ remarked Mick sympathetically.

Roy ‘could throw a piano closer to the hole than he chips it’ Ainsworth(26) finally found his short game alongside new partner Joe Yates(14) and he was delighted to finish in a season best third place.
Also on 40 points was Dave Blood(9) and Jim Cox(1), Phil Vokes(3) and Paul Dalby(3), and Matt Jansen(11) and Mickey Gray(8).

Roger Percival(6) from Lymm and Warrington’s Ed Wilkinson(6) both fresh from a trip to Portugal enjoyed the English sunshine to record their first win of the season with 41 points. (I have played with them in a few pro ams and they are usually hopeless) Wilkinson played the tricky par three holes in two under par as the likeable duo combined well. Well played chaps!

Once again a 100% attendance was the order of the day, many , many thanks.
Yours in Golf,
Tim

Nearest the Pin 8th Pete Tomlinson Dozen AD333s
Nearest the pin 18th Gareth Winstone Dozen AD333s
2’s £127. 50 2 pro v1S or 6 srixons per two (record number of twos!) Brian Hopkins Pete Tomlinson x2 Mike Dean Barney Ross Michael Campbell Paul Simpson Mark Hallam on 17th Hugh Mullen Dick Brown John Stubbs Frank Hindle x2 Steve Sutton Phil Vokes John Bent x2 Mark Patten Ray Tennant Billy Rawsthore Martin France Ed Wilikinson x2 Iain Bartholomew Phil Cooney Reece Cranfield

Sandiway	26-Jan-2016
Pos	Player pairings	Score	OoM	Comment
1	Roger Percival, Ed Wilkinson	41	12	FJ Soft shell top each
2	Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle	40	11	Footjoy shoes each
3	Roy Ainsworth, Joe Yates	40	10	Footjoy shirt each
4	Dave Blood, Jim Cox	40	9	Dozen Z Stars each
5	Phil Vokes, Paul Dalby	40	8	Dozen AD333s each
6	Kevin Hawkins, Dave Wilson	40	7	Sunice shirt each
7	Matt Jansen, Mickey Gray	40	6	Titleist cap each
8	Phil Cooney, Reece Cranfield	39	5	Titleist cap each
9	Brian Hopkins, Mark Taylor	39	4	FJ Socks each
10	Les Penson, Paul Salt	39	3	FJ Socks each
11	Gary Kershaw, Darren Burgess	39	2
12	Richard Blackkwell, Andy Hamlett	39	1
13=	Colin Roberts, John Rigby	38
13=	Martin France, Peter Atherton	38
13=	Mike Dean, Henry Kenwright	38
13=	Peter Tomlinson, Stuart Jones	38
13=	Barney Ross, Martin Campbell	38
13=	Leigh Smart, Ray Tennant	38
13=	Billy Rawsthore, Peter Guy	38
13=	Richard Palmer, John Farnworth	38
21=	Les Russon, Steve Roster	37
21=	Matt Cheffins, Tom Butler	37
21=	Ian King, Jack Brown	37
21=	Pete O’Neill, Ian Taylor	37
21=	Steve Latchford, John Bent	37
26=	Dave Marchant, Jeff Andrews	36
26=	John Hilditch, Iain Bartholomew	36
26=	David Kelly, Dave Harlow	36
26=	Geoff Haynes, Terry Davidson	36
26=	Brian Greenbank, Dave Wainwright	36
26=	Gaz Smith, Ron Jolley	36
26=	Mark Hallam, Sean O’Connor	36
26=	Dave Bowers, Hugh Mullen	36
26=	John Royle, Dick Brown	36
35=	Ian George, Andy Sandham	35
35=	Gareth Winstone, Neale Laurent	35
35=	Dan Huffman, Pete Mellor	35
35=	Frank Stapleton, Stuart Pearson	35
35=	Ian Acton, Kevan Sharratt	35
40=	Danny Ritchie, Carl Robinson	34
40=	Trevor Foster, Mark Patton	34
40=	Ben Chambers, Kevin Hart	34
40=	Lee Williams, John Williams	34
44=	Paul Simpson, Glynn Isaac	33
44=	Simon Hemsley, Warren Newton	33
44=	Pete Euston, Dale Beaghan	33
44=	Brian Ankers, John Longworth	33
44=	John Stubbs, Guy Hall	33
49	Dave Thomas, Richard T-Carr	32
50	Ian Ainsworth, Alan Clough	31
51=	Paul Abbott, Mark Hagerty	30
51=	Jim Caldwell, Steve Sutton	30

Stockport start sheet
Thursday 18th February
9.00 Colin Roberts x4
9.09 Jim Caldwell x4
9.18 Ian King x4
9.27 Simon Poucher x4
9.36 Rob Little x4
9.45 Frank Stapleton x4
9.54 Mick Mahon x4
10.03 David Kelly x4
10.12 Tom Jarvis x4
10.21 Jason Henderson x4
10.30 Eddie Ellis x4
10.39 Rob Weston x4
10.48 Roy Ainsworth x4
10.57 Lewis Marland x4
11.06 John Hilditch x4
11.15 Bev Crute x4
11.24 Sam Leach x4
11.33 Roger Percival x4
11.42 Dave Blood x4
11.51 Chris Adamsx4
12.00 Chih Hu x4
12.09 Graham Littler x4
12.18 Dave Parsons x4
12.27 John Dickenson
12.36 John Stubbs x4
12.45 Trevor Foster x4
12.54 Barry Jackson x4
1.03 Leigh Smart x4
1.12 Mark Birtwhistle x4
1.21 Brian Hopkins x4
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Graham Blood x4
Steve Rudkin x2

Great upcoming events:
Sandiway Tuesday 9th -full
Stockport 18th Feb-full
Pairs event at Prestbury Thurs 25th -currently trolley ban in operation

Maxitours Am/Am at Wilmslow – 1st Feb 2016

Dear Maxitours players,
Here are the full results from Mondays event at Wilmslow. Thanks to this terrific Club for hosting the event, all reports regarding catering and the quality of the course were extremely complimentary.

Full Results
1st J Henderson, P Cleaver, S Wilson & D Wright 91 Ashworth wind sweater each each
2nd L Smart, R Tennant, P Guy, W Rawstone 87 Tommy Hilfiger top each
3rd C Roberts, D Marchant, J Rigby & G Andrews 85 (45 back 9, 31. back 6) Maxitours shirt each
4th R Ainsworth, B Ankers, M Verdon & P Heald 85 – (45 back 9, 29 back 6) Sunice shirt each
5th F Stapleton, D Wilson, S Pearson, K Hawkins 85 (42 back) Titleist cap each
6th S Poucher, B Leighton, C Rawthorpe, P Tovey 84 Taylor Made divot tool each
7th L Jevons, F Davies, M EMerson, S Hindle 83 Taylor made divot tool each
8th Lewis Marland team 81
9th Dave Blood team 81
10th Richard Blackwell team 81
Roger Percival team 81
Dave Bowers team 81
John Dickenson team 81
Mick Mahon team 80
Phil Vokes team 80
Ian King team 80
John Royle team 77
Steve Aspinall team 77
Graham Barratt team 76
Les Penson team 76
Dave Parsons team 76
John Hilditch team 74
Tom Jarvis team 74
Barry Jackson team 72
Bev Crutes team 72
Brian Hopkins team 70
Ray Jones team 68

2’s £200! 6 pro v1s or 15 Srixon AD333s per 2.

John Farnsworth (Mick Mahons team) 2 on 6th
Graham Barratt 2 on 17
K Fahey (R Jones team) 2 on 17th
S Wilson & D Wright (Henderson team) both had 2’s on 17th
K Seaton (Marland team) 2 on 17th
T Nicholson (Crute team) 2 on 9th
R Tennant 2’s on 6 and 9 (Smart Team)
P Guy (Smart team) 2 on 17th

NP on 9th – Richard Blackwell Dozen Srixon AD333s
NP on 17th – Steve Thomas Dozen AD333s

Congratulations to all prizewinners.
A very large number of players entered the sweep this week, this is always the case when I employ Karen Gallagher to run my event. Looks like Maxitours players can’t say no to attractive blondes. Thanks for playing.
Yours in Golf, Tim

Sandiway start sheet
Tuesday 9th February.
1a Colin Roberts x4
1b Ian Ainsworth x4
2 Brian Hopkins x4
2bJohn Hilditch x2 Les Penson x2
3 Mike Dean x4
4a Dave Blood x4
4b Phil Vokes x4
5 Mark Jones x4
5b Lewis Marland x4
6 Leigh Smart x4
7a R Blackwell x2 J Caldwell x2
7b Dave Thomas x4
8 Roger Percival x4
9a Dave Kelly x4
9b Brian Greenbank x4
10a Chris Adams x4
10b Trevor Foster x4
11 Dan Huffman x4
12Frank Stapleton x4
12b Roy Ainsworth x4
13 Ian Acton x2 Russell Humphries x2
14 Pete O’Neill
14b Gaz Smith x4
15 Dave Bowers x4
16 Matt Cheffins x4
16b Danny Ritchie x4
17a Ian King x4
17b Mick Mahon x4
18 John Stubbs x4