Results from Dunham Forest

Posted on March 5, 2015 by tpmaxwell

Great Upcoming Maxitours events!

Ringway AM AM 12th March – 1 space

Caldy AM AM 19th March – 1 space

Prestbury Pairs 26th March- full

Spring Classic AM AM Mon 30th- Tues 31st March Vale Royal and Sandiway-last few spaces

Mere Galvin Green Classic 9th April -filling fast

Dunham Forest Pairs 16th April -spaces

Maxitours at delightful Dunham

Dunham Forest was the sun drenched setting for today’s Maxitours event. Catering, course presentation and hospitality were all once again to the very high standards we expect at this superb Manchester course.

Spring really was in the air as temperatures soared into double figures just after midday. March can be a great month for golfers as a spell of nice weather can really signal the start of the new season. Roger Percival was excited as he entered the Clubhouse ‘the Masters only a month away and the first ice cream van of the year pulled up outside my house on Sunday. I celebrated with a 99er’ said the fresh faced Lymm golf club legend.

There has been some shock results on the PGA tour recently. James Hahn was ranked 297th in the world last week and he went on to beat a class field to win the Northern Trust PGA event, incredibly Padraig Harrington this week was also ranked 297th in the world at the start of play and he won the Honda Classic and qualified for the Masters. In today’s event charismatic Graham Littler was ranked 297 in the Maxitours order of merit and he expected great things to happen. Unfortunately another poor performance from the Leigh man sees him drop down to 301st in the Maxitours rankings.

Scoring is always tough on the Dunham Forest course which has plenty of tree lined dog legs and requires the full range of shots to be played. Order of Merit leader Steve McDermott certainly hit the full range of shots today but they weren’t always on the right holes and the usually consistent Ashton man struggled to a 32 point total.

Alan Leigh(15) and Jimmy ‘five daughters’ O’Reilly(9) from Swinton Park scored 43 points and were delighted to finish in fourth position after a few barren weeks. Talented and highly rated Frank Stapleton(13) has been dubbed the ‘Di Maria’ of Maxitours in recent months after several below par performances, today the ex United star showed his true class and alongside good friend Kevin Hawkins(8) they also recorded 43 points to finish in 3rd spot.

Dave Torkington(13) and Ian Taylor(3) also from Swinton Park scored 43 points. Before play Taylor’s confidence was at an all time low after twelve months of poor golf however a superb 24 points on the back nine saw the likeable duo take second position and Taylor was delighted to be back in the prizes.

With 44 points today’s first time winners were the unlikely pairing of Sandy Calder(14) and Les Craig. Eight handicap Les slotted home four birdies after some superb putting on the excellent greens ,’He couldn’t miss’ reported playing partner Des Kelly. Sandy’s excellent par on the last secured their maiden one shot win. Well played chaps!

Many thanks for your terrific support today, I hope you had a great day on the links, yours in golf, Tim

Nearest the Pin 8th Mike Kinsley-Smith Dozen AD333s

Nearest the Pin in 2 on 18th Jim Cox Dozen AD333s

2’s £137.50 4 pRO v1s or 8 srixons per 2 John Allday Steve Parle John Hilditch Paul Dalby Richard Palmer Chris Brown Dave Wainwright Barney Ross John Stubbs John Royle Mike Kinsley- Smith Chris Davies

Dunham Forest	05-Mar-2015
Pos	Player pairings	Score	OoM	Comment
1	Sandy Calder, Les Craig	44	12	Cleveland wedge each
2	Dave Torkington, Ian Taylor	43	11	Galvin Green shirt each
3	Frank Stapleton, Kevin Hawkins	43	10	Leather Galvin Green belt
4	Alan Leigh, Jimmy O’Reilly	43	9	Dozen Z Stars each
5	Martin France, Peter Atherton	42	8	Puma golf belt
6	Paul Ward, Tom Butler	42	7	Maxitours shirt each
7	Barney Ross, Paul Sherlock	41	6	Titleist cap each
8	Neville Dennis, Frank Massey	41	5	Srixon winter hat each
9	Chris Brown, Dave Wainwright	41	4	FJ Socks each
10	Andy Stubbens, Andy Hockenhull	41	3	FJ Socks each
11	Richard Palmer, John Farnworth	41	2
12	Richard Blackwell, Andy Hamlett	41	1
13	Don Milligan, Mike Fenton	41
14=	Lewis Marland, Gareth Winstone	40
14=	Simon Hemsley, Al Demmy	40
14=	Mike Spencer, Joe Kirwan	40
14=	Phil Vokes, Paul Dalby	40
14=	Paul Griffiths, John Williams	40
14=	Rob Allen, Chris Davies	40
20=	John Hilditch, Iain Bartholomew	39
20=	Colin Owen, Tom King	39
20=	Colin Roberts, Jeff Andrews	39
20=	Dave Wilson, Stuart Pearson	39
20=	Martin Firth, Gareth Jones	39
20=	Steve Tyrell, Graham Kaye	39
20=	John Stubbs , John Royle	39
27=	Les French, Ray Clowes	38
27=	Geoff Underhill, Bob Rothera	38
27=	Jim Cox, Jack Meredith	38
27=	Dave Blood, Andrew Reed	38
27=	Ray Massey, Dave Willie	38
27=	Dave Thomas, Mark Hagerty	38
27=	Dave Parsons , Dave Moore	38
27=	Derek Hollindrake, Mike Banister	38
27=	Dave Ellison, Kevin Hart	38
36=	Roger Percival, Ed Wilkinson	37
36=	Graham Littler, Peter Daniels	37
36=	Beranrd Fee, Russell Humphries	37
36=	John Buckley, Anthony Grimley	37
36=	Doug Craig, Brian Connor	37
36=	Andy Hallows, David Smith	37
36=	John Lawson, Geoff Howarth	37
36=	Ian Buxton, Mike Kinsley Smith	37
44=	Steve Hall, Andy Young	36
44=	Des Kelly, Mike Orborne	36
44=	Wayne Colcough, Ken Ashford	36
47=	Trevor Harrison, Arthur Jowell	35
47=	Barry Simpson, John Mills	35
47=	Mike Verdon, Steve Collier	35
47=	Nigel Compsty, Jim Caldwell	35
47=	Martin Wainman, Robert Leggett	35
52=	Jim Doran, Bob Montford	34
52=	Harley Fitzpatrick, Harry Fitzpatrick	34
52=	Frank Wallace, Dave Stenton	34
52=	Tony Wilson, Frank Hindle	34
56=	Ian Ainsworth, Bernard McDonald	32
56=	Steve McDermott, Aydin Ozmen	32
56=	Mark Williams, Stuart Royle	32
56=	Steve Parle, Gary Parle	32
56=	Eddie Stirling, Saj Hashmi	32
56=	Alan Pengelly, Paul Maxted	32
62	Brian Greenbank, Colin Mattison	31
63=	Roy Ainsworth, Brian Ankers	30
63=	Chris Belfield, Gerry John	30
65	Chris Reade, John Allday	29
66	Phil Carr, Alan Daniel	28

Ringway Golf Club start times

12th March 11am Shotgun start

1a Colin Roberts x4

1b Sam Leach x4

2a Phil Vokes x4

2b David Leack x4

3 Steve Johnson x4

4a Frank Stapleton x4

4b John Kelsall x4

6 Chris Wrighton x4

6b Ben Chambers x4

7a Roy Ainsworth x4

7b Tom Jarvis x4

8 Peter Cleaver x4

9a Derek Hollindrake x4

9b Moby Rawthore x4

10a Richard Blackwell x4

10b Anthony Grimley x4

11 Matt Cheffins x4

11b Ray Massey x4

12 Ian King x4

13 Neville Dennis x4

14a Peter Sutton x4

14b Steve McDermott x4

15 Roger Percival x4

16a Ian Ainsworth x4

16b Graham Littler x4

17a Dave Blood x4

17b John Stubbs x4

18 Brian Hopkins x4

Room for 2 pairs at Dunham Forest

Posted on March 3, 2015 by tpmaxwell

Dear Maxitours player, I have room for 2 pairs at Dunham Forest at 12.50pm this Thursday. Please email me if you wish to play, cheers Tim

Results from Sunny Stockport

Posted on February 26, 2015 by tpmaxwell

Great Upcoming Maxitours events

Ringway 12th March- spaces
Caldy 19th March-full
Prestbury 26th- full

Spring Classic (play 1 or 2 days)

Vale Royal Monday 30th March -spaces
Sandiway 31st March spaces

Mere 9th April-spaces
Dunham Forest 16th March-spaces

Maxitours Shotsaver Pairs at sunny Stockport

Heavy early morning rain threatened to postpone today’s Maxitours event . Changing to a one o’clock shotgun start allowed the sun to appear and gave the course plenty of time to dry out. A great day on the links was eventually enjoyed by all, many thanks to all players for your terrific cooperation.

Thanks also to the Stockport Golf Club staff and green keepers who were exceptionally helpful and great to deal with when I was fretting this morning. On completion of play it was a great touch to have the Stockport Captain chat to our golfers and welcome them to his lovely Club.

I went out on a course inspection in the afternoon and I was both shocked and impressed when I witnessed twenty-four handicapper John Farnworth confidently rifle a superb drive 230 yards down the centre of the narrow 13th hole . Playing partner Mick Mahon soon brought him back down to earth by loudly informing me ‘Don’t worry Tim, he’s got one of the worst short games you’ll ever see’.

It is a well known fact that Russell Humphries’ ball is attracted to water whenever he plays golf. Today he was the only person delighted to see a few puddles on the smooth Stockport fairways and this encouraged him to a Winter Tour best 6th place finish with 41 points playing alongside friendly Yorkshire man Bernard Fee.

Once again scoring at the top of the leader board was very close indeed and four pairs scored 42 points. Consistent nice guys Phil Vokes(3) and Paul Dalby(3) had the best back nine to finish 2nd. Matt Cheffins(13) had a career best 3rd place playing with Lee Bailey(6). Ashton on Mersey order of merit leader Steve McDermott(10) knows how to pick a partner and this time 2 handicapper Liam Rex helped him secure another top five finish. Iain Bartholomew (3)and famous estate agent John Hilditch(11) were 5th.

Taking the honours this week were Denton’s Jim Cox(2) and Steve Jenkinson(9). Cox has not won for a couple of years but the mechanic’s swing was running smoothly all day and he really pressed the accelerator pedal when he birdied the index 1 hole to collect four valuable points. Jenkinson chipped in with three important birdies. Great golf chaps, very well played.

Frank Byatt won nearest the pin at the 16th hole with a towering seven iron from 112 yards and Richard Palmer was closest in two shots on the 18th hole.
Thanks again for your tremendous support,
Yours in Golf, Tim

Nearest the Pin 16th Frank Byatt Dozen AD333s
Nearest the pin n 2 18th Richard Palmer Dozen AD333s

2’s 4pro vs or 8 srixons per 2 £102.50 Paul Dalby Graham Littler Paul James Liam Rex Iain Bartholomew x2 Dave Rhodes Dave Gavin

Stockport	26-Feb-2015
Pos	Player pairings	Score	OoM	Comment
1	Jim Cox, Steve Jenkinson	44	12	Shotsaver range finder
2	Paul Dalby, Phil Vokes	42	11	Galvin Shirt each
3	Matt Cheffins, Lee Bailey	42	10	Dozen Z Stars each
4	Steve McDermott, Liam Rex	42	9	Dozen AD 333s each
5	John Hilditch, Iain Bartholomew	42	8	Maxitours shirt each
6	Bernard Fee, Russell Humphries	41	7	Maxitours shirt each
7	Frank Hindle, John Farnworth	41	6	Titleist winter hat each
8	Dave Sarsfield, Dave Rhodes	40	5	Titleist cap each
9	Geoff Sherburn, Paul Bolter	40	4	Fj socks each
10	Graham Littler, Jim Doran	39	3
11	Billy Coleman, Lee Tilley	39	2
12	Paul Browne, John Jones	39	1
13=	Dave Torkington, Pete O’Neill	38
13=	Wayne Colclough, Ken Ashworth	38
13=	Richard Peake, Frank Byatt	38
16=	Dave Gavin, Joe Shelley	37
16=	Howard Rowley, Howard Stringer	37
16=	Dan Huffman, Pete Mellor	37
19=	Mick Mahon, Richard Palmer	36
19=	Guy Hall, Keith Coxon	36
19=	Dave Blood, Andy Sandham	36
19=	Chris Brownhill, David Hess	36
19=	John Bancroft, Paul McFee	36
24=	Dave Parsons, Dave Moore	35
24=	Eddie Ellis, John Pratt	35
24=	Derek Fulluck, Dick Perry	35
24=	John Horsley, Terry Brookman	35
24=	Dave Hillier, Gary Hempstead	35
24=	Ted Barker, Dalw Wallace	35
24=	John Swindells, Chris Marshall	35
31=	Anthony Grimley, Gary Christian	34
31=	Ian Buxton, Mike K-Smith	34
31=	Tony Jennison, Andy Oliver	34
34=	Dave Ellison, Ben Chambers	33
34=	John Stubbs, John Royle	33
34=	Alan Pengelly, Paul Maxted	33
34=	Saj Hashmi, Sean O’Connor	33
38	Steve Foxcroft, Trevor Webb	32
39	Peter Booth, Graham Bates	31
40=	Neville Dennis, Frank Massey	30
40=	John Lawson, Jeff Howarth	30
42	Peter Daniels, Bob Mottershead	25

Dunham Forest Pairs start times

5th March

8.00am Colin Roberts x4
8.10am Ian King x4
8.20 Jim Caldwell x2 Les French x2
8.30 Steve McDermott x4
8.40 Bob Sutton x4
8.48 David Wilcox x4
8.56 Steve Hall x2- room for 2!
9.06 Lewis Marland x2 Mark Wiliams x2
9.15 Dave Blood x4
9.24 Roger Percval x4
9.33 Roy Ainsworth x4
9.40 Alliance Doug x2 Martin Wainman x2
9.50 Ian Ainsworth x4
10.00 Geoff Underhill x4
10.10 Brian Greenbank x4
10.18 John Hilditch x2 Anthony Grimley x2
10.27 Neville Dennis x4
10.35 Mick Mahon x4
10.45 Richard Blackwell x2 Wayne Colclough x2
10.54 Phil Vokes x4
11.03 Frank Stapleton x4
11.12 Martin Firth x4
11.21 Paul Griffiths x4
11.30 Steve Parle x4
11.39 Sandy Calder x2 Des Kelly x2
11.48 Ray Massey x4
11.57 Dave Thomas x4
12.06 Matt Cheffins x4
12.15 Derek Hollindrake x4
12.24 Ian Buxton x4
12.33 John Stubbs x4
12.42 Brian Hopkins x4
12.51 Jim Clarke x4
1.00 Graham Littler x4
res:

(good chance of playing)

Stockport now shotgun at 1 pm

Posted on February 26, 2015 by tpmaxwell

Dear player the greens are currently flooded at Stockport so today’s event will be a 1 pm shotgun start. Please let me know if you are able/unable to play, sorry for any inconvenience Tim

The latest Maxitours Shotsaver Order of Merit (+Summer Schedule)

Posted on February 23, 2015 by tpmaxwell

Dear Maxitours Golfer,
The response to my Summer Schedule has been terrific and some events are close to full! Please let me know if you would like to enter any.

Maxitours ‘Best Ever’ Summer Schedule
Date	Venue	Format	Cost
May
7th	Prestbury	Pairs	£30 inc bacon bap
14th	Pleasington ‘Etiqus Masters ‘	Pairs	£25
21st	Hopwood	AM AM	£22.50
28th	Ringway ‘Taylor Made’	AM AM	£25
June
5th	Hesketh	Pairs	£30
11th	Tytherington Footjoy	AM AM	£20
18th	Hazel Grove Catax Classic	AM AM	£20
25th	Fixby (Huddersfield)	Pairs	£25
July
2nd	Worsley	AM AM	£20
9th	Davenport	Pairs	£20
16th	Pleasington ‘Titleist ‘	Pairs	£25
22nd	Vale Royal ‘Taylor Made’	AM AM	£25 Inc bacon bap
30th	Hopwood	AM AM	£22.20
August
6th	Mottram Hall	AM AM	£20
13th	Prestbury	Pairs	£30 Inc bacon bap
17th	Stockport	Pairs	£25
25th	Sandiway	AM AM	£30
September
3rd	Hesketh	Pairs	£30
10th	Knutsford	AM AM	£20
15th	Clitheroe	Pairs	£25
25th	Vale Royal	AM AM	£25 Inc bacon bap
October
1st	Dunham Forest	Pairs	£25
6th	Sandiway	AM AM	£30
16th	Vale of Llangollen	AM AM	£22.50
19th	Stockport	Pairs	£25
Autumn/Winter Season
22nd	Mere	AM AM	£30

The Maxitours Shotsaver Order of Merit

The Latest Maxitours Shotsaver Order of Merit is below. The top ten in the Order of Merit after the singles event at Knutsford in April will qualify to play in the Famous nine hole shoot out in the evening.
There are 10 Winter events remaining and plenty of points to play for.
(12 points for a win – 1 point for 12th place)
Martin Firth and Steve McDermott are both struggling to sleep at night.

Yours in Golf, Tim

1	Martin Firth	56
2	Steve McDermott	53
3	John Hilton	48
4	Kevin Hamilton	47
5	Ron Jolley	41
6	Alan Leigh	39
6	Jimmy O’Reilly	39
8	Peter Atherton	38
9	Richard Blackwell	37
9	Dave Blood	37
9	John Rigby	37
12	Paul Dalby	36
12	Richard Palmer	36
14	Martin France	35
15	Roy Ainsworth	34
16	John Farnworth	33
17	Brian Ankers	30
17	Neville Dennis	30
17	Frank Massey	30
17	Colin Roberts	30
17	Darren Whittaker	30
22	Barney Ross	29
23	Andy Stubbens	28
23	Phil Vokes	28
25	Frank Hindle	27
25	Andy Taylor	27
27	Mike Verdon	26
28	Ian King	24
29	Phil Dermott	21
30	Ian George	20
30	Andy Hamlett	20
30	Roger Percival	20
33	Jim Caldwell	19
33	Brian Hopkins	19
33	Mark Marshall	19
33	Andrew Peet	19
37	Peter Heald	18
38	Andy Bethell	17
38	Jim Cox	17
38	Charles Herbert	17
38	Joe Kirwan	17
38	John Russell	17
43	Iain Bartholomew	16
43	Ken Chin	16
43	Mick Fenton	16
43	Ian Gibson	16
43	John Hilditch	16
43	Andy Hockenhull	16
49	Geoff Andrews	15
49	Mike Banister	15
49	Eric Knowles	15
52	Steve Berrell	14
52	Nigel Compsty	14
52	Mick Mahon	14
52	Mike Spencer	14
52	Eddy Sterling	14
52	Paul Ward	14
58	Chris Davies	13
58	Stuart Pearson	13
58	Dave Torkington	13
61	Matt Cheffins	12
61	Mark Davin	12
61	Saj Hashmi	12
61	Brian Keen	12
61	Neil Laurent	12
61	Lewis Marland	12
61	Simon Priest	12
61	Liam Rex	12
61	Jim Reynolds	12
61	Mark Riley	12
61	Alf Shillitoe	12
61	Ed Wilkinson	12
61	Tony Wilson	12
74	Ian Broughan	11
74	Paul Crisp	11
74	James Davies	11
74	Ian Greenough	11
74	Pete Hamlett	11
74	Barry Horrox	11
74	John Parkin	11
81	Lou Andrews	10
81	Don Bailey	10
81	Simon Conway	10
81	Peter Hampson	10
81	Tony Kenny	10
81	Harry Lopez	10
81	Geoff Parsley	10
81	Paul Sherlock	10
81	Bob Sinclair	10
81	Frank Stapleton	10
81	Ray Tuft	10
81	David Williams	10
81	Mark Williams	10
94	Frank Byatt	9
94	Ian Handy	9
94	Simon Lewis	9
94	Dave McDougall	9
94	Bob Mottershead	9
94	Dick Perry	9
100	Rob Allen	8
100	John Buckley	8
100	Gary Christian	8
100	Tom Fenton	8
100	Anthony Grimley	8
100	Andy Hall	8
100	Mike Hilton	8
100	Jim Hodges	8
100	Dave Marchant	8
100	Don Milligan	8
100	Bernard O’Shaughnessy	8
100	Kevin Reeves	8
100	Tony Stiles	8
100	Tony Walsh	8
114	Dave Antrobus	7
114	Steve Bowden	7
114	Steve Ford	7
114	Mark Hoyland	7
114	Andy Sandham	7
114	Giles Terry	7
120	John Anderton	6
120	Dave Goodwin	6
120	Tony Jennison	6
120	Pete Keena	6
120	Pat Keenan	6
120	Bob Kwan	6
120	Rob Laurent	6
120	Gareth Lover	6
120	Gary Lovatt	6
120	Ben Luscombe	6
120	Chris Marshall	6
120	John McCartney	6
120	Iain Perkins	6
120	Mark Richardson	6
120	Kevin Seaton	6
120	Dave Stanhope	6
120	Richard Williamson	6
120	Paul Woodbine	6
120	Joe Yates	6
139	Derek Hollinrake	5
139	John Royle	5
139	John Stubbs	5
139	Steve Sutton	5
143	Tony Adams	4
143	Chris Bowers	4
143	Ian Buxton	4
143	Mike Campbell	4
143	Paul Chapman	4
143	Chris Cyprus	4
143	Brian Greenbank	4
143	Trevor Golds	4
143	Simon Hemsley	4
143	Gaz Hibbert	4
143	John Kelsall	4
143	Mark Kinsley-Smith	4
143	Matt Nelstrop	4
143	Pete Norbury	4
143	Peter O’Driscoll	4
143	Peter O’Neill	4
143	Dave Owen	4
143	Bob Picthall	4
143	Dave Rhodes	4
143	Dave Sarsfield	4
143	Lee Tilley	4
143	Dave Westwood	4
143	Dave Wilson	4
166	Dave Collinson	3
166	Richard Taylor-Carr	3
166	Dave Thomas	3
169	John Barton	2
169	Bryce Brookes	2
169	Pete Daniels	2
169	John Dickenson	2
169	Geoff Guest	2
169	Andy Hale	2
169	Trevor Harrison	2
169	Geoff Haynes	2
169	Phil Hudson	2
169	Barry Jackson	2
169	Paul Lea	2
169	Sam Leach	2
169	Graham Littler	2
169	Joe Manfredy	2
169	Chris Meikleham	2
169	Colin Poole	2
169	Cath Rawthore	2
169	Ken Russell	2
169	Jim Rymer	2
169	Warren Simister	2
169	Ray Stringer	2
190	Lee Charnley	1
190	Dave Ellison	1
190	Martyn Hall	1
190	Kevin Hawkins	1
190	Steve Latchford	1
190	Norman Lees	1
190	Lee Moulden	1