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Maxitours at Regal Vale Royal
Maxitours at Regal Vale Royal
A perfect day to enjoy great golf greeted the Maxitours players at Vale Royal this morning. All the golfers heaped praise on this terrific venue. ‘That was just Superb-when are we back?’ said an impressed Steve Adams on his first visit to this classy corner of Cheshire. Thanks to Manager Ian Embury and his dedicated team for hosting our event so well.
Twenty year old Ben Chambers only passed his driving test recently. He managed to set a new Maxitours record as it took him two and a half hours to get to the course from Swinton.’ I typed ‘golf’ then ‘Vale’ into my SatNav and ended up at The Vale of Llangollen in Wales. I had a drink in the Clubhouse and wondered where everyone was.’ Said the disorientated Mancunian.’I started getting a little bit concerned when I noticed everyone was speaking a different language…’
In today’s event the scoring was very good due to yellow tees, fast running fairways and immaculate greens. The scoring was slightly better in the morning when the greens were receptive and there was barely a breath of wind.
Mike Dudley ‘s team turn up each week to make everyone feel a little bit better about themselves. Once again they recorded an incredibly bad score and this time it was a paltry 51 points. The team also optimistically entered the ball sweep. ‘ I had 3 two’s today so do I get any balls?’ asked keen Mike. ‘Yes you do, but I can’t see any on your scorecard? ‘ I replied. ‘I scored 2 stableford points on the 3rd, 10th AND the 13th hole today- I should get something…’
Keith Chadwick was also in Dudley’s team . His biggest contribution was buying some Mars bars before they went out to play, he even dropped one of these on the way to the first tee.
Likeable Dentist Anthony Grimley(12) looked like he had been on the happy gas once again after he was overjoyed to record his first eagle in over twenty years after rolling in a 10 foot putt on the last. ‘There’s nothing like watching an athlete at the top of his game. And that was nothing like watching an athlete at the top of his game.’ Observed playing partner Nigel Dibble as he brought the sun tanned dentist back down to earth.
Sale’s Paul Browne(9) and his team were asking ‘Where’s Wallace?’ as Dale Wallace was nowhere to be found over the first nine holes . In fact, the first time he got on the card was when Paul dropped it on the 10th fairway and Dale accidentally trod on it. The back nine was a different story as the team scored 47 points and 11 handicapper Dale played the closing loop in an impressive 1 under par. Ted Barker(11) and John Jones(12) completed the four ball. Their 85 points unsurprisingly took 3rd place after easily winning the card play-off.
The Mytton Fold senior team of Mick Mahon(22), John Farnworth(20), Nigel Fairhurst(17) and Dave Griffiths(13) made a late move through the field after they picked up an impressive 7 points on their final hole to take 2nd place with 86 points. Mick Mahon and Dave Griffiths played some inspired golf as they got that Louis Oosthuisen runner- up feeling.
Winning today’s event were the Tytherington team of Martin Firth(4), Mike Taylor(22), Andy Stubbens(5) and Andy Bethell(13). These are great lads who despite recent handicap reductions have been on a very hot streak over the last 6 months. A further three shot Maxitours handicap reduction each will slow the talented quartet down a little to give the rest of the field half a chance… To be fair the competitive foursome who are all great ball strikers were first out this morning and really made the most of the perfect golfing conditions. Well played guys, great golf.
Many thanks to all who played today, I hope you had a great day. Tim.
Nearest the Pin 6th Alex Baguley Dozen AD333s
Nearest the Pin 16th Brian Greenbank Dozen AD333s
2’s sweep £132.50 3 pro v1s or 7 srixon AD333s Dale Wallace Dan Percivalx2 Dave Harlow Paul Gilbert Tom Fenton Phil Vokes Brian Hopkins Neil Wrigley Josh Brand Martin France Graham Bates Alex Baguley
| Vale Royal | 22-Jul-2015 | |||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Martin Firth, Andy Bethell, Andy Stubbens, Mike Taylor | 88 | 12 | Taylor Made Tour wedge each |
| 2 | Mick Mahon, John Farnsworth, Nigel Fairhurst, Dave Griffiths | 86 | 10 | Dozen Taylor Made Tour balls |
| 3 | Paul Browne, Dale Wallace, Ted Barker, Jon Jones | 85 | 8 | Dozen Taylor Made Tour balls |
| 4 | Frank Massey, Jimmy O’Reilly, Alan Lowe, Ben Chambers | 85 | 6 | Dozen Taylor Made project balls |
| 5 | Dan Percival, Martin France, Josh Brand, Pete Atherton | 85 | 4 | Dozen Taylor Made project balls |
| 6 | Mick Fenton, Andy Hall, Tom Fenton, Paul Brookshaw | 85 | 2 | FJ Socks each |
| 7= | Brian Greenbank, Dave Wainright, John Kennedy, Paul Gilbert | 83 | ||
| 7= | Steve Rimmer, John Little, Tony Rains, Tony Stiles | 83 | ||
| 7= | Gareth Winstone, Mark Phillips, Paul Heap, Gareth Kershaw | 83 | ||
| 10= | Colin Baxendale, Ross Sellors, Kevin Chisnall, Mo Dar | 82 | ||
| 10= | Phil Vokes, Paul Dalby, Pete Norbury, Mike Norbury | 82 | ||
| 12 | Mike Dudley, Bob Kinnon, Nigel Dibble, Anthony Grimley | 80 | ||
| 13 | Nigel Oakes, Andrew Thompson, Dave Aden, Stuart Hilditch | 78 | ||
| 14= | Lewis Marland, Neal Laurent, Roy Baker, Alf Shillitoe | 77 | ||
| 14= | Brian Hopkins, Neil Wrigley, Alan Pengelly, Alan Smith | 77 | ||
| 14= | Jack Coleman, Anthony Bloor, Steve Mattinson, Mike Gauden | 77 | ||
| 17= | Colin Roberts, Jeff Andrews, John Rigby, Frank Wallace | 76 | ||
| 17= | Brendan Leighton, Simon Poucher, Les Russon, GregBrown | 76 | ||
| 19= | Simon Hemsley, Joe Kirwan, Ian King, Darren Whittaker | 75 | ||
| 19= | Roy Ainsworth, Joe Stanley, Barry Simpson, Martin Cox | 75 | ||
| 19= | Tim Handford, David Hess, Alan Calver, Dave Hassall | 75 | ||
| 22= | Ian Ainsworth, Alan Clough, Arthur Jowell, Geoff Haynes | 74 | ||
| 22= | John Dickenson, Dave McDougall, Graham Bates, Terry Paul | 74 | ||
| 24= | Dave Harlow, Bob Sutton, John Atkin, David Kelly | 73 | ||
| 24= | Ian Lilley, Cliff Greenhalgh, Chris Norburn, Dave Jeffries | 73 | ||
| 26= | Hetash Patel, James Williams, Martin Cullen, Dave Vesty | 72 | ||
| 26= | Ken Chinn, Bob Kwan, Trevor Kenny, Kish Vadgama | 72 | ||
| 26= | Dave Sarsfield, Dave Rhodes, Phil Carr, Pete Spark | 72 | ||
| 29= | Ian Buxton, Peter Noblett, John Lawson, Geoff Howarth | 71 | ||
| 29= | Gary Bailey, Geoff Allen, Steve Adams, Jim Reynolds | 71 | ||
| 31 | Denis Whelan, Keith Chadwick, Dave Dean, Lizzy Higgins | 51 |
Start times at Hopwood AM AM 30th July
10.30 Colin Roberts x4
10.39 Jim Caldwell
10.48 Chris Adams x4
10.57 Ian King x4
11.06 Dave Stanhope x4
11.15 Jack Coleman x4
11.24 Brian Greenbank x4
11.33 Mick Mahon x4
11.42 Nigel Oakes x4
11.52 Neville Dennis x4
12.00 Dave Parsons x4
12.09 Mike Gibbons x4
12.18 Bob Sutton x4
12.27 Lewis Marland x4
12.36 Jim Jones x4
12.45 Anthony Grimley x4
12.54 Ian Buxton x4
1.03 Simon Conway x4
1.12 Archie Tahiir x4
1.21 Dave Goodier x4
1.30 Mick Philbin x4
1.39 John Dickenson x4
1.48 Gary Neiles x4
1.57 Mike Dobson x4
2.06 Dave Buckley x4
2.15 Colin Baxendale x4
2.24 Richard Blackwell x4
2.32 Richard Williamson x4
2.40
2.48 Andy Wilde x4
2.57
3.06 Brian Hopkins x4
3.14 Dave Hillier x4
Colin Lynch x4 early
Results from stunning Pleasington
Great Upcoming Maxitours Events
22nd July Vale Royal Taylor Made AM AM-last 2 fourballs
Hopwood AM AM -29th July Thurs -full
Mottram Hall TBD Masters AM AM -6th August -last 3 fourballs
Prestbury Pairs Thurs 13th August – Full
Stockport Abacus Law Masters Pairs Monday 17th August-spaces
Sandiway Pairs Tuesday 25th-full
Maxitours Titleist Pairs at stunning Pleasington
Another full field enjoyed one of Lancashire’s finest golf courses as Maxitours visited Blackburn today. For the past few weeks the venues we have visited have all been presented to an exceptionally high standard and Pleasington Golf Club more than continued this impressive trend. Thanks to all staff and officials for your superb hospitality.
In an incredible coincidence good pals Dave Westwood and Munroe Donald teed off together at Pleasington this morning, within 20 minutes Lee Westwood and Luke Donald also both hit their opening drives in the 144st Open Championship at St Andrews. That is where any comparison ends between the four very different English golfers.
The weather was so nice in this part of Blackburn the large clubhouse patio doors were left open throughout the day. Gary Whittaker was delighted when he checked in and was given some golf balls he won in a recent event . He very nearly returned one of them to me as his thinned bunker shot careered into the Clubhouse as he played the 18th. ‘There was no sand in that bunker’ he claimed, clutching at straws.
Maxitours regular Steve McDermott brought along his new pal Steve Ratcliffe who is getting married tomorrow. ‘ Don’t bother getting his email address, he won’t be playing golf again for a long time.’
Happily married Seventy seven year old Neville Dennis still plays golf six days a week. His lovely wife wants a holiday so last night she asked him to find a quiet week this Summer so they could spend some romantic time together. Unfortunately after consulting his busy golf diary Neville advised her that she could write off 2015. He then had to retrieve his diary from his neighbours prize rosebush after it was hurled through the kitchen window. ‘It’s the 3rd time she’s done that’ he added.
Bald Gary Hempsted loves a bit of wildlife and he enjoyed playing average golf and keeping a look out for the resident peregrine falcons and wild deer which can be spotted on this terrific course. He was also absolutely delighted to spot a pair of house martins nesting under the eaves of the Clubhouse. He handed his card in and thanked me for a very enjoyable day before departing. Unfortunately he soon returned. ‘Where’s the gents- a bloody swallow has just s*** on my head.’
Chris Adams also had some bad luck when his best drive of the day hit the marker post on the par 5 fifth hole and came back thirty yards. He was playing with his 20 year old son Greg who found it all very amusing.
Four players from Ashton on Mersey finished their round and were shocked and impressed when they saw fellow member Mike Lynch move the ‘nearest the pin in 2’ marker post on the 18th green. They congratulated him as he entered the clubhouse. ‘No, I didn’t win nearest the pin, I was there in five- my putter was hitting the marker with my backswing so I took it out’ he chuckled.
Mirroring the Open Championship all today’s best scores were from players who teed off early. The scoring was once again very close with 5 pairs sharing 2nd scoring 43 points.
The best of these was Grange Park’s Steve Aspinall(9) and Barry Wellings(7). There were only 5 pairs in the whole field who scored better on the tougher back nine and their 22 points was good enough to win the card play-off.
Off duty Policemen Tony Stiles(12) and Gavin Connor (15)were up ‘beat’ about their round and were delighted to finish 3rd .
Tony Cooper(12) usually plays like Tommy Cooper however today he was on form. Every time a putt went in he muttered ‘just like that.’ (Incidentally Frank Howarth who went out earlier in the day played like Frankie Howard and every time he missed a putt he muttered ‘ooh er’) Tony was delighted to finish 4th in his first outing for a while playing alongside Phil Williams(17).
Dave Gavin(10) and Joe Shelley(10) from Hazel Grove are usually hopeless. They recorded their best ever finish and they were delighted to be just one off the pace also on 43 points.
Taking the honours today were High Legh’s Mark Hagarty(13) and Ed Cotton(9). After a great front nine things were looking shaky towards the end of their round. Ed eased their nerves when he hit a superb approach into the last. This sealed both a win and the nearest the pin in 2 award! Well played chaps.
Many thanks to all today’s players. In true Maxitours style there was not a single no-show – your integrity is really appreciated.
Yours in Golf, Tim
Nearest the Pin 16th Dan Percival Dozen AD333s
Nearest the Pin in 2 on 18th Ed Cotton Dozen Soft Feel
£140 2’s 24 srixon each or 10 pro v1s each Brian Kelly Tony Stiles Danny Ritchie Phil Cooney
| Pleasington | 16-Jul-2015 | |||
| Pos | Player pairings | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Mark Hegarty, Ed Cotton | 44 | 12 | Titleist Stand Bag each |
| 2 | Barry Wellings, Steve Aspinall | 43 | 11 | Titleist Pencil Bag each |
| 3 | Tony Stiles, Gavin Connor | 43 | 10 | Titleist Pencil Bag each |
| 4 | Tony Cooper, Phil Williams | 43 | 9 | Dozen Pro v1s each |
| 5 | Dave Gavin, Joe Shelley | 43 | 8 | Dozen Pro v1s each |
| 6 | Chris Adams, Greg Adams | 43 | 7 | Titleist players glove and cap |
| 7 | Simon Priest, Steve McDermott | 42 | 6 | Titleist players glove and cap |
| 8 | Danny Ritchie, Andy Hale | 41 | 5 | Titleist cap and socks |
| 9 | Pete Maxwell, Carl Kennedy | 41 | 4 | Titleist cap and socks |
| 10 | Carl Robinson, Phil Cooney | 41 | 3 | Titleist cap |
| 11 | Charles Herbert, Ross Birch | 40 | 2 | Titleist cap |
| 12 | Steve Korab, John Berry | 39 | 1 | Titleist cap |
| 13= | Frank Massey, Ben Chambers | 39 | ||
| 13= | Roger Percival, Martin France | 39 | ||
| 13= | Pete Atherton, Dan Percival | 39 | ||
| 16= | Richard Palmer, John Farnworth | 38 | ||
| 16= | Munroe Donald, Dave Westwood | 38 | ||
| 16= | Gary Whittaker, Dave Winstanley | 38 | ||
| 16= | Simon Conway, Mark Williams | 38 | ||
| 16= | Brian Kelly, Dave Hillier | 38 | ||
| 16= | Ian King, Darren Whittaker | 38 | ||
| 16= | Frank Stapleton, Kevin Hawkins | 38 | ||
| 16= | Mick Fenton, Tom Fenton | 38 | ||
| 24= | Ian Trow, Guy Hall | 37 | ||
| 24= | Ken Ogden, Alan Ormisher | 37 | ||
| 26= | Anthony Grimley, Gary Christian | 36 | ||
| 26= | Colin Roberts, John Rigby | 36 | ||
| 26= | Graham Blood, John Gough | 36 | ||
| 26= | Phil Davies, Frank Howarth | 36 | ||
| 26= | Steve Wilson, Dennis Wright | 36 | ||
| 26= | Pete Short, Dave Buckley | 36 | ||
| 26= | Kew Leong, Sam Hoyle | 36 | ||
| 26= | Richard Williamson, Dave Goodwin | 36 | ||
| 26= | Pete Keena, Paul Woodbine | 36 | ||
| 35= | Andy Hall, Don Miligan | 35 | ||
| 35= | Steve Ratcliffe, Gary Hempstead | 35 | ||
| 35= | Neville Dennis, Jimmy O’Reilly | 35 | ||
| 35= | Trevor Webb, Terry Brookman | 35 | ||
| 35= | Dave Bentley, Nigel Uttley | 35 | ||
| 40= | Wayne Harris, Simon Lewis | 34 | ||
| 40= | Steve Foxcroft, Trevor Nicholson | 34 | ||
| 40= | Joe Kirwan, Simon Hemsley | 34 | ||
| 40= | Kevin Chisnall, John Gough | 34 | ||
| 40= | Steve Parle, Gary Parle | 34 | ||
| 40= | Eddie Renshaw, Clint Jolley | 34 | ||
| 40= | Colin Baxendale, Pete Booth | 34 | ||
| 40= | Steve Owen, Pete Dawes | 34 | ||
| 48= | Jeff Andrews, Darren Spencer | 33 | ||
| 48= | Chris Lovesay, Jason Henderson | 33 | ||
| 48= | Mark Cooper, Keith Edminson | 33 | ||
| 51= | Lewis Marland, Alf Shillitoe | 32 | ||
| 51= | John Sikora, Mijad Benyounes | 32 | ||
| 51= | Harry Marshall, John Sharples | 32 | ||
| 54= | Paul Allen, Steve Hall | 31 | ||
| 54= | Brian Hopkins, Mark Taylor | 31 | ||
| 56 | Dave Griffiths, Alan Gregory | 29 | ||
| 57 | Bernard Wood, John Dawson | 28 |
Start Times at the Taylor Made AM AM at Vale Royal
next WEDNESDAY 22nd July
8.30 Colin Roberts x4
8.39 Ian King x4
8.48 Mike Gibbons x4
8.57 Andy Taylor x4?
9.06 Bob Sutton x4
9.15 Mick Fenton x4
9.24 Brian Greenbank x4
10.30 Brian Hopkins x4
10.38 Ken Chinn x4
10.46 Jack Coleman x4
10.54
11.02 Mick Mahon x4
11.10 Ian Ainsworth x4
11.18 Neville Dennis x4
11.26 Ian Lilley x4
11.34 Lewis Marland x4
11.43 Neil Laurent x4
11.51 John Hilditch x4
12.00 Tony Rains x4
12.09 Colin Baxendale x4
12.18 Hetash Patel x4
12.27 Nigel Oakes x4
12.36 Denis Whelan x4
12.45 Ian Buxton x4
12.54 Brendon Leighton x4
1.03 Nigel Eckersley x4
1.12 Roger Percival x4
1.21 Mike Dudley x4
1.30 Paul Browne x4
1.39 Roy Ainsworth x4
1.48 Tim Handford x4
1.57 John Stubbs x4
2.06
2.15 John Dickenson x4
2.24 Gary Bailey x4
2.33
2.42 Frank Stapleton x4
2.51 Dave Hillier x4
3.00 Simon Conway x4
Tom Butler x4
Results from TBD Associates Masters at Worsley
Results from TBD Associates Masters at Worsley
Spaces tomorrow!
There are spaces tomorrow for teams of 4 at Worsley, let me know if you wish to play!
Thanks Tim
12.30pm, 1.33pm and 2.09pm
Maxitours Golf 