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Maxitours at Conwy

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Maxitours at Conwy Golf Club

Conwy Golf Club was enjoyed by one hundred and ten competitors who teed off in today’s event. The course was so good considerate Giles Terry actually hit his tee shot onto the roof of the green keepers sheds as he played the 17th hole so that he could go over and thank the lads personally for all their terrific work.

The sun really came out for a glorious afternoons golf, Steve Brown was in the bar ‘I think its clouding over and getting dark’ he said before his long suffering mates pointed out he was looking through the dark tinted window.

Ron Hopkins is a Maxitours regular and world renowned gynaecologist and he played once again this week. Rather worryingly he lost his putter on 2nd hole and has absolutely no idea where he put it.

Steve Garnett(11) from Davyhulme Golf Club played with his talented twin boys today- Sam(+1) and Josh (scr). He thought his team mates were pointing out dead sheep on the welsh hillside all the way round. ‘It’s STILL EWE’ they kept telling him as he happily three putted most of the tricky Conwy greens.

Dave Stanhope’s(11) day went from bad to worse. First he was drawn to partner tubby Dave Antrobus(7), then he was narrowly pipped into 3rd place on a card play off in the main event after scoring a career best 43 points. Most upsetting of all for the High Legh member was when his post round packet of crisps were blown off the balcony just seconds after he opened them. Devastated Stanhope nearly fell through the railings as he tried in vain to rescue his favourite nibbles.

Second place went to Kevin Reeves(17) and Bob Chester(8) from Lymm. Kevin is a well known vet who specialises in greyhound rehabilitation. He has been known to chase a few rabbits himself during his round but today Kevin stayed on the fairways and was delighted to take second place with 43 points.

Late in the day the wind dropped a little and Charles Herbert(16) and Ross Birch(10) made the most of the conditions to score an excellent 45 points. Ross had a tremendous finish when he picked up 4 points on both the tough 16th and 18th holes after making excellent birdies. Well played chaps.

Many thanks to all players for your terrific support today, Tim.

Nearest the Pin Phil Vokes Dozen AD333s
Nearest the Pin Cairan Bradshaw Dozen AD333s

£110.00 32 balls 3 pro vs each or 6 srixons
Barney Ross Paul Sherlock John Farrell Ian Fairbrother Guy Hall John Stubbs x2 Bobby Aston John Hughes x2 Ed Wilkinson

Conwy 01-Jul-2013
Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment
1 Charles Herbert, Ross Birch 45 12 Cleveland Wedge each
2 Bob Chester, Kevin Reeves 43 11 FJ Merino Sweater each
3 Dave Stanhope, Dave Antrobus 43 10 Dozen Pro V1s
4 Phil Vokes, Barney Ross 43 9 FJ Shirt each
5 Ian Bartholomew, Dave Mackey 42 8 FJ Shirt each
6 Mick Mahon, Richard Palmer 41 7 Greg Norman shirt each
7 Jim Clarke, Neil Topping 41 6 Greg Norman shirt each
8 Nigel Davenport, Neil Gowans 41 5 Dozen AD333s
9 Dave Murphy, Phil Murphy 41 4 Ashworth cap each
10 Richard Blackwell, Andy Hamlett 41 3 Ashworth cap each
11 Paul Hodgson, Bobby Aston 41 2
12 Paul Dalby, Paul Sherlock 41 1
13 Ed Wilkinson, Dave Wilkinson 41
14= Gavin Sutcliffe, John Farrell 40
14= Phil Smeathers, Giles Terry 40
14= Mickey Gray, Matt Jansen 40
14= Jordan Young, John Hughes 40
14= Steve Garnett, Sam Garnett 40
14= Rob Farnon, Geoff Guest 40
20= John Sullivan, Warren Newton 39
20= Jim Rymer, Paul Lea 39
20= Mick Fenton, Alistair Culpan 39
23= Stuart Blake, David Kelly 38
23= Keith Coxon, Guy Hall 38
23= Lee Tilley, Dean Jagger 38
23= Gary Sinclair, Paul Rushton 38
23= Mike Barron, Ruel Spence 38
23= Sam Leach, Keith Barratt 38
23= Kevin Chisnell, Mo Dar 38
23= Brian Hopkins, Nolan Sculler 38
31= Ian Ainsworth, Arthur Jowell 37
31= Ian Fairbrother, Paul Wrigley 37
31= Phil Chadwick, Nigel Eckersley 37
31= Ken Ashford, Steve Rayer 37
31= Tony Jennison, Patrick Keenan 37
31= Dave Rhodes, Dave Sarsfield 37
37= Tony Andrews, Steve Foxcroft 36
37= John Stubbs, Ian Trow 36
37= Stuart Coupe, Mark Robinson 36
37= Neil Todd, John Ratledge 36
41= Brian Gibbons, Rob Lavery 35
41= Frazer Mackenzie, Graham Pike 35
41= Mike Barrett, Josh Garnett 35
44= Robert Weston, Dave Chambers 34
44= Lewis Marland, Neil Laurent 34
44= Roger McMullan, Ron Hopkins 34
47= Malc Wells, Cleve McCurdy 33
47= John Farnsworth, Steve Brown 33
47= Keith Thompson, Matt Wightman 33
50= Neil McKinlay, David Arthur 32
50= Ged Bradshaw, Keiran Bradshaw 32
52= Bob Sutton, Denis Bamford 31
52= Ian Lilley, Chris Norburn 31
54 Pete Lowe, Steve Hindley 30
55 Adam Hart, Ben Jackson 26

Davenport Golf Club Start times

Thursday 11th July £20 Pairs Betterball

10.10 Neville Dennis x4

10.20 Colin Roberts x4

10.30 Ian King x4

10.39 Malcolm Wells x4

10.48 Chris Lee x4

10.57 Dave Stanhope x4

11.06 Geoff Haynes x4

11.15 Mick Mahon x4

11.24 Mark Wheeler x4

11.33 Carl Kennedy x4

11.42 Lewis Marland x2 Colin Baxendale x2

11.51 George Maxwell x4

12.00 John Burt x2 Richard Blackwell x2

12.09 Paul Woodcock x4

12.18 Gail Heggarty x4

12.27 Steve Parle x4

12.36 Alan Noden x4

12.45 Alan Noden x4

1.03 Ian Perkins x4

1.12 John Stubbs x4

1.21 James Emmett x4

1.30 Roy Ainsworth x4

1.39

1.48

1.57 Mark Robinson x4

2.06 Pete Holmes x4

2.15

2.24

2.33 Dave Chambers x4

2.42 Charles Herbert x4

2.51

Worsley Results and Conwy start times

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*SPACES at superb Conwy this Monday!*

Maxitours at Fabulous Worsley Golf Club

Worsley Golf Club was presented in immaculate condition for todays Maxitours event. The course is ranked as one of the very best in Manchester and this was confirmed by the extremely positive feed back from the players. Many thanks to head pro (and all round nice guy) Andy Cory and everyone at his club for making us feel so welcome.

Worsley kindly provide rakes on the first tee for members and visitors to use on their course. Tony Porter made full use of his when he visited 10 bunkers during his eventful round. After his game he took the rake into the pro shop as it needed to be regripped.

Ryan Giggs was trying to do his peaceful early morning yoga session in his upstairs bedroom and he was annoyed to be interrupted by Ron Hopkins who screamed for joy after making an excellent eagle 2 on the 5th hole. Hopkins is well known in medical circles and is rated as one of the top gynacological experts in the country. His pal Colin Lynch reckons he is so good he once wallpapered his landing through his letterbox.

Absent minded Keith Fitzhenry likes to be prepared and he packed his battery, trolley, sun cream, shoes, cap and waterproofs into his car this morning. Unfortunately he forgot his golf clubs. Luckily Craig the assistant pro kindly lent him his set to use and he was delighted to see them returned with the sweetspots all still in immaculate condition.

Stuart Roache is a terrific David Bowie tribute act and he not only has the look of the 70’s legend he can sing like him as well. Unfortunately he let his team of Alan Frazer, Colin Lynch, and Ron Hopkins down when was unable to impersonate a decent golfer today and they had to settle for 4th place with 85 points.

Lee Tilley is playing the golf of his life at the moment and his Saddleworth team of Dean Jagger, Mike and Paul Norbury went out in the wettest conditions and they scored a terrific 86 points for third place.

Second place was the Maxitours legends team of old Neville Dennis, sweet swinging Frank Massey, chipmaster John Reilly and Irishman Jimmy ‘five daughters’ O’Reilly. The team was first out this morning and enjoyed a waterproof free round.

Taking the honours were Phil Ashcroft, Ken Ogden, Graham Robins and Gary Garner who enjoyed their first success of the summer with a majestic 88 points, well played chaps. Many thanks for your support and I hope you all enjoyed your day.

2’s £142.50 3 Pro v1S OR 6 srixon balls each

Frank Massey Paul Bennett Malc Brownhill Malc Wells Dean Jagger Dave Murphy Ken Fletcher Andy Hamlett Ross Sellors John Aikinhead Tony Lowe x 2 Marcus Kaye John Hilditch Gary Hempstead x 2 Mike Johnson Stuart Coupe

Nearest the pin in 2 on 16th Liam Harrison

Nearest the Pin 18th Neil Laurent

WORSLEY RESULTS

Pos Team Players Score OoM
1 Gary Garner, Phil Ashcroft, Graham Robins, Ken Ogden 88 12 Footjoy shoes each
2 Neville Dennis, Frank Massey, Jimmy O’Reilly, John Reilly 87 10 Puma shirt each
3 Dean Jagger, Lee Tilley, Mike Norbury, Robert Norbury 86 8 Dozen z stars each
4 Alan Frazer, Colin Lynch, Stuart Roach, Ron Hopkins 85 6 Greg Norman shirt each
5 Paul Bennett, Liam Harrison, Chris Hegarty, Malc Brownill 85 4 Doz AD333s each
6 Mark Wheeler, Russ Brookes, Dave Murphy, Ken Fletcher 85 2 Cleveland cap each
7= Malc Wells, Adam Hart, Phil Sharp, Ben Jackson 84
7= Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle, Keith Fitzhenry, Richard Palmer 84
7= Charles Herbert, Steve Roland, Markus Kaye, 84
7= Dave Keen, Mike Spencer, Darren Whittaker, Ian King 84
11 Dave Stanhope, Dave Antrobus, John Anderton, Giles Terry 83
12 Tim Johnson, Tony Jennison, Richard Blackwell, Andy Hamlett 82
13= Lewis Marland, Steven Boyle, Barry Hayes, Neil laurent 81
13= Pete Tinkler, Rod Price, Mark Stevens, Pete Davies 81
13= John Dowd, Chris Gorton, Lance Amison, Doug Craig 81
16= Ian Ainsworth, Arthur Jowell, Terry Davison, Geoff Haynes 80
16= Iain Perkins, Russell Humpries, Bernard Fee, David Fee 80
16= Mike Lynch, Trevor Golds, Tony Porter, Dave Berry 80
16= Dave Hillier, Paul Crisp, Mark Simister, Brian Kelly 80
16= T. Gee, B. Rigby, T. Harper, S. Cragg 80
21 John Broadhurst, Bill Lucas, Mike Barron, Ruel Spence 79
22= Colin Byrne, Derek Langley, Tony Lowe, John Aikinhead 78
22= Mark Robinson, Mike Johnson, Stuart Coupe, Martin Jump 78
24 Bill Parkinson, Gordon Warke, Chris Dykins, David Pugh 77
25= George Maxwell, Pete Short, Paul Kuiper, Barry 76
25= Gary Hempstead, Gordon Hamlett, Wayne Harris, Mark Davin 76
27= Carl Kennedy, James Murphy, Steve Rhodes, Paul Bishop 75
27= Iain Bartholomew, John Hilditch, Max Henderson, Nigel Craig 75
27= Ross Sellors, Kevin Culwell, Keith Thompson, Mo Dar 75
27= Steve Parl, W. Melia, Andy Moon, R. Barlow 75
31 Brian Hopkins, Alan Pengelly, Roy hargreaves, Andy Stubbens 73
32 Bob Eccles, Alan Worthington, Bernard McDonald, Ged Dignan 72
33 Geoff Ward, Ken Turner, John Simms, Kevin Shey 69
34= Wayne Colclough, Steve Johnson, Ken Ashford, Kevin Williams 66
34= Doug Edmunds, Chris Ernill, Ray Royle, David Slane 66
36 Bernhard Wood, Mike Birtwistle, Rodney Mills, Tom Costley 64

Conwy pairs event MONDAY 1st July

£30 person

10.07 Neville Dennis x4

10.16 Ian Fairbrother x4

10.25

10.34 John Bent x4

10.43 Dave Stanhope x4

10.52 Geoff Haynes x4

11.01 Mick Mahon x4

11.10 Mark Wheeler x4

11.29

11.28 Bob Sutton x4

11.37 Rob Weston x4

11.46 Roger Percival x4

11.55 John Stubbs x4

12.00 Phil Chadwick x4

12.09 Steve Garnett x4

12.18 Lewis Marland x2 R Blackwell x2

12.27 Gary Sinclair x4

12.36 John Burt x2 Ken Ashford x2

12.45 Charles Herbert x4

12.54 Lee Tilley x4

1.03 Anton Johnson x4

1.12 Ian Lilley x4

1.21 Mark Robinson x4

1.30 Iain Bartholomew x2 Mike Barron x2

1.39 Sam Leach x4

1.48 Neil McKinlay x4

1.57 Ed Wilkinson x4

2.06 Jim Rymer x4

2.15 Neil Todd x4

2.24 Roger McMullan x4

2.33 Colin Baxendale x4

2.42 Gary Garner x4

The Latest Shotsaver Order of Merit and Worsley start times

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Start Times for the team of 4 Am Am at Worsley
Thursday 26th June

9.28 Neville Dennis x4
9.37
9.48 Ian King x4
9.57 Malcolm Wells x4
10.06
10.15 Dave Stanhope x4
10.24 Roger McMullan x4
10.33 Roy Ainsworth x4
10.42 Paul Bennett x4
10.51 Geoff Haynes x4
11.00 Bob Eccles x4
11.09 Carl Kennedy x4
11.18 Lewis Marland x4
11.27 Mick Mahon x4
11.36 Pete Holmes x4
11.45 Mark Wheeler x4
11.54 Richard Blackwell x2
12.03 John Broadhurst x4
12.12 George Maxwell x4
12.21 Colin Baxendale x4
12.30 Mark Robinson x4
12.39 Ian Perkins x4
12.48
12.57 Paul Kennedy x4
1.06 Gary Garner x4
1.15 Colin Byrne x4
1.24 Iain Bartholomew x4
1.33 Charles Herbert x4
1.42 Mike Lynch x4
1.51 David Hillier x4
2.00 David Hillier x4
2.09 Wayne Colclough x4
2.18 Lee Tilley x4
2.27 Geoff Ward x4
2.36 Dave Smith x4
2.45 Dave Smith x4
2.54 B Wood x4
3.03 S Parle x4
3.12 D Smith x4
3.21 D Smith x4

The Latest Shotsaver Order of Merit

1 Adam Hart 36
2 Mark Wheeler 35
3 Brian Hopkins 34
4 Dave Murphy 30
4 Malcolm Wells 30
6 Alan Pengelly 26
7 Bob Vickers 25
8 John Royle 22
8 John Stubbs 22
10 Charles Herbert 20
10 Carl Kennedy 20
12 Darren Whittaker 19
13 Paul Bishop 18
13 Andy Bradley 18
13 Barry Harrison 18
13 Mark Richardson 18
13 Phil Sharp 18
18 Richard Blackwell 17
18 Mike Hall 17
18 Andy Hamnett 17
18 Des Kelly 17
22 Andy Barstow 16
22 Paul Dalby 16
22 Barry Horrox 16
22 Steve Savage 16
22 Phil Vokes 16
27 George Crawshaw 14
27 Dave Hookes 14
27 Bill Ross 14
30 Alan Beesley 12
30 Ross Birch 12
30 Jim Caldwell 12
30 Dave Cheetham 12
30 Stuart Coupe 12
30 Gary Hempstead 12
30 Nick Howsley 12
30 John Hughes 12
30 Dan Huffman 12
30 Steve Jenkinson 12
30 Martin Jump 12
30 Nick Lea 12
30 Chris Millner 12
30 Steve Rhodes 12
30 Mark Robinson 12
30 Mark Simister 12
30 Martin Wainman 12
30 Richard Williamson 12
30 Joe York 12
49 Alex Elliott 11
49 Keith Fitzhenry 11
49 Frank Hindle 11
49 Ben Jackson 11
49 Jimmy O’Reilly 11
49 John Reilly 11
49 Frank Stapleton 11
49 Rob Tabbron 11
49 Colin Walton 11
49 Dave Wilson 11
59 Russ Brookes 10
59 Dave Chambers 10
59 Duncan Cheslett 10
59 Paul Crisp 10
59 Gary Denman 10
59 Martin Edmunds 10
59 Ken Fletcher 10
59 Trevor Golds 10
59 Peter Kenny 10
59 Mick King 10
59 Mike Lynch 10
59 Andy Morgan 10
59 Wayne Ord 10
59 Mike Powell 10
59 John Russell 10
59 Rob Weston 10
75 Gary Garner 9
75 Mark Green 9
75 Stuart Pearson 9
78 Patrick Booth 8
78 Kim Chu 8
78 Paul Griffiths 8
78 Roy Hargreaves 8
78 Chris Hegarty 8
78 Tim Wrigley 8
84 Nick Baxter 7
84 Roger McMullan 7
84 Kevin McGuire 7
84 Barney Ross 7
84 Paul Sherlock 7
89 Andy Adshead 6
90 John Berry 6
89 Dave Blood 6
89 Keith Bowden 6
89 Mark Brierley 6
89 John Cleary 6
89 Stuart Dawson 6
89 Nigel Fairhurst 6
89 Ian Fairbrother 6
89 Stuart Hall 6
89 Guy Hall 6
89 Pete Holmes 6
89 Trevor Houghton 6
89 Mike Humphries 6
89 John Marchment 6
89 Brian Nicholls 6
89 Rod Price 6
89 Andy Sandham 6
89 Paul Wrigley 6
108 Mike Brown 5
108 Paul Kuiper 5
108 Mick Mahon 5
108 Richard Palmer 5
108 Gary Parle 5
108 Steve Parle 5
108 David Woodhead 5
115 Guds Ahmed 4
115 John Aikenhead 4
115 Dave Antrobus 4
115 Keith Coxon 4
115 Terry Davison 4
115 Neville Dennis 4
115 Steve Ford 4
115 Dave Harlow 4
115 Simon Hartland 4
115 Geoff Haynes 4
115 Arthur Jowell 4
115 Steve Latchford 4
115 Frank Massey 4
115 Peter Moores 4
115 Moby Rawthore 4
115 James West 4
131 Brian Mottram 3
131 Dick Perry 3
133 Phil Ashcroft 2
133 Dave Collinson 2
133 Keith Coxon 2
133 Martin Firth 2
133 Kevin Hawkins 2
133 Brian Kelly 2
133 Neil Laurent 2
133 Andrew Lamb 2
133 Tahir Mahmood 2
133 Lewis Marland 2
133 Eric McNicol 2
133 Tony Robinson 2
133 Jay Safill 2
133 Sean Sperou 2
133 Andy Stubbens 2
133 Gareth Winston 2
149 Paul Baxter 1
149 John Farrell 1
149 Michael McCurdy 1
149 Paul Taylor 1

Maxitours at Cavendish and Worsley start times

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‘for when the one great scorer comes to write against your name he writes not that you won or lost but how you played the game’

Cavendish Golf Club Am Am

There were a few nervous sheep in Derbyshire as Maxitours once again visited the terrific Cavendish Golf Club in Buxton.

In 1925 Dr Alastair Mackenzie designed the course and the excellent layout was one of the reasons Bobby Jones chose him as the architect for his Augusta course which was built just 8 years later.

‘That’s a great course but I thought you said it was flat’ said a gullible and sweaty Roger McMullen after his round.

Before play Neville Dennis proudly showed me his thirty five year old Cavendish scorecard which showed an ‘ace’ on the par three 4th hole. Today Neville could only manage a ‘2’ on that particular hole which officially confirms he is now twice as bad as he used to be.

Buxton is also famous for its pure water and erratic Lewis Marland seemed to be searching for the Buxton spring as he visited nearly every hazard on the course.

Phil Mickleson at the US Open, Jimmy White at the Crucible, Ivan Lendl at Wimbledon and Mark Wheeler(12) at Cavendish are four sports giants who narrowly missed out on the title of their dreams. His Upton by Chester team of Dave Murphy (11), Russell Brookes(7) and Ken Fletcher(9) all played great and they returned a score of 81 points to take the early lead.

Barry Harrison(7) has been struggling with his game and he looked as confident as an Australian batsman before he went out to play today. Luckily he was backed up by his terrific Denton team of Andy Bradley(6), Dave Hookes(5) and Steve Jenkinson (9) who had 3 twos! They recorded a terrific 88 points to take the title late on the day by a resounding 7 shots!

Nearest the pin 4th Steve Jenkinson Dozen Soft Feel
Nearest the pin 17th Nigel Davenport Dozen Soft Feel
2’s £127.50 sweep 3 pro V1s or 6 srixons per 2 (Richard Palmer had four putts from inside three feet on the par threes and missed em all!) Nick Howsley Andy Barstow Dave Murphy Dave Keen Pete Lloyd Steve Hackett Ian King John Royle Phil Chadwick Paul Lea Mark Newton-Jones Stuart Hall Mike Dobson Steve Jenkinson x3 Dave Hookes

Marvellous Manchester Hopwood results and Cavendish times (spaces)

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**limited spaces in the team of 4 AM AM at Cavendish next week**

Marvellous Manchester Hopwood

A blustery day greeted the full field of Maxitours competitors at the marvellous Manchester Hopwood Golf Course today.

This phenomenal course is now a favourite venue for many players and PGA Pro Brian Connor and his dazzling wife Geraldine run a terrific service for their members. Everyone also enjoys the cuisine and it was interesting to note the Cheshire based members of the tour ask for ketchup or red sauce with their bacon baps, the Lancastrians favour brown sauce or as I was informed it is known to the locals -Manchester gravy.

‘Last minute’ Steve Parle normally rushes on to the 1st tee chewing his bacon sandwich or tucking him self in. This week he read an article on the importance of correct preparation so he arrived 2 hours before his tee time, read the paper and had a leisurely lunch. He then went through a full warm up and practice session on the range and putting green. On the first hole he sliced his tee shot into the deep rough and as he tugged his trolley through the long grass the wheel fell off.

‘Mark Wheeler had some bad lies out there’ said scouser Dave Murphy about his playing partner. ‘His worst one was when he told me he was on form.’

Wild swinging Frank Hindle is famous for marking his first ball of the day FH1 if that is lost he then marks his second ball FH2. Towards the end of his round FH11 was seen whizzing over the railway line running alongside the 18th fairway.

In todays event due to the excellent greens the scoring was very good. Even Mike Hall(21) and Des Kelly(16) managed 44 points! Scratch golfer John Russell teamed up with ‘I nearly get a shot a hole’ Gary Denman(18) and they also played great golf to accumulate 45 points.

Aging Darren Whittaker(15) and young Alex Elliot(2) also teamed up well together. Alex had two birdies but was outdone by his fifteen handicap partner who incredibly birdied the 5th, 8th, 12th and 18th holes to secure second place.

Taking the honours today was the retired accountant John Royle and his good pal the retired policeman John Stubbs. The wealthy duo usually settle each week for mid table mediocrity but today they ‘had a day out’. Both contributed 9 times as they scored 47 points in one of the performances of the year. Great golf chaps.

Many thanks to all players for your support today.
Nearest the pin 13th Geoff Haynes Dozen Srixon soft feel
Nearest the pin 16th John Stubbs Dozen Srixon soft feel
£142.50 42 pro 9 V1 balls or 18 srixon soft feel balls per 2 Carl Kennedy x2 Mark Brierley Mike Hall Ian Pruden