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Maxitours Shotsaver singles at Knutsford.

The recent damp weather has shut many local courses however the delightful and well draining Knutsford golf course was never in danger of being closed, indeed it was presented in tremendous condition by its team of hard working greenkeepers.

‘This is the wettest drought I’ve ever bloody known’ said Neville Dennis as he put on his waterproofs ready to start the days play. The clouds soon lifted and conditions improved as everyone who sensibly ignored the weather forecast had an enjoyable day.

Terry Davison loves telling jokes, even if they are not very funny. Today, on more than one occasion, he enjoyed coming out with the Old classic ‘the back nine is much harder than the front nine’ as he referred to the beautiful nine hole Knutsford course.

In todays exciting final event of the season John Reilly struggled in the early part of his round, a fighting back nine saw him secure the Shotsaver S430 Order of Merit by just two points from his good friend Jimmy O’Reilly. John has been an ever present on Maxitours this year and this seven handicapper has a terrific fighting spirit which makes him such a great competitor, very well played John.

Frank Garvey and Sean Reilly continued their strong finish to the season as they finished second and third respectively, honours of the day went to six handicapper Guds Ahmed. Guds has struggled all season due to his exciting lifestyle, however he is getting back to his flambouyant best on the golf course and a solid level par back nine earned him first place with 38 points.

Nearest the pin 3rd Colin Lynch Dozen Srixon soft feel
Nearest the pin 5th Joe York Dozen Srixon soft feel
2’s £42.50 Pete Holmes 14 pro v1s or 28 srixon AD333s

Great upcoming Maxitours events
Thurs 26th April Knutsford-full
Thurs 3rd May Pleasington-few spaces
Thurs 10th May Dunham Forest-full
Weds 16th Superb Vale Royal-few spaces
Thurs 24th Alistair Mackenzie’s Hazel Grove-few spaces
Tues 29th Phenomenal North Manchester-few spaces

Shotsaver Pairs at Prestbury Golf Club.

Maxitours visited wonderful Prestbury Golf Club today. There were plenty of refreshing April showers to prevent the full field of competitors from overheating.
Shotsaver Golf GPS systems kindly sponsored todays Maxitours event and they again offered participants the opportunity to try their marvellous product on the course ‘I don’t want one of them cheating machines’ said John Farnsworth seriously ‘when I play golf I play much better when I don’t know where I’m going’.
As we all know golf is a great game and can be enjoyed by the young and the old. ‘Old’ Rob Weston from Knutsford was let down this morning when his regular partner awoke with a bad back. Things improved when a twelve year old Prestbury junior came to the rescue. ‘Young’ Matthew Delaney was ‘a credit to his parents’ the lovely lad has a great swing and will hopefully have many happy years ahead of him on the links.
It was great to see Jason Waite playing in his first event since last summer, the likeable Tytherington man only enjoys golf in the sunshine and today he was very concerned about getting his hair wet. Jason returned last week from a trip of a lifetime when he went to Augusta to watch Bubba win the Masters, in fact if you have a spare morning he will happily tell you all about it.
The world of sport has produced many successful sibling pairings, Venus and Serena, Bobby and Jack Charlton, Eduardo and Franscesco Molinari to name but a few. Unfortunately Malcolm and Graham Brownhill do not fit into this category and the two Chorlton brothers continued their string of very average performances with just 36 points today.
Two all time Manchester United greats Frank Stapleton and Stuart Pearson were feared by defenders throughout the country when they were at the pinnacle of their footballing careers. Nowadays they are becoming feared on the local golfing stage as they recorded another solid performance with a 43 point score in the worst of the testing conditions.
Glamourous Sale ladies Moira Forster and Elaine Sloane produced a gutsy performance in the wet morning conditions and they also scored a fine 43 points. Ten handicap Forster birdied the tough 12th and charismatic Sloane made a monumental three on the long 9th hole.
Chris Cyprus and Paul Dalby from Didsbury finished in second place due to a better last three holes, it was around the turn however when three handicap Dalby really turned on the style playing holes 7 to 11 in a tremendous three under par.
Winning todays event were Maxitours regulars Darren Whittaker and Ian King. After a poor Winter season without a top three finish, the two Bramall men finally got it together scoring 43 points with a stronger back nine. Fireman Whittaker has plenty of time to practice between blazes, however it was King who set the course alight with a magical birdie on the last hole to narrowly take first place.
Thanks to Sponsors Steven and Jason Ballard from Shotsaver thanks to everyone who played today in such great spirits.
Nearest the pin 7th Mick Holmes Dozen AD333s
Nearest the pin 17th Geoff Haynes Dozen AD333s

2’s Sweep £130 42 pro V1 balls 4 pro V1 balls or 8 srixon Ad333 balls each John Farnsworth Paul Dalby x2 Mick Holmes x2 Chris Cyprus Nigel Clowes Mike Daggitt Gav Sutcliffe Alan Clough Arthur Jowel Rob Weston Gary Kirkwood

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The Shotsaver s430 Order of Merit

With just two events left things are incredibly tight at the top of the Shotsaver Order of Merit.

There is a titanic battle to finish in the top ten of the Order of Merit to make this years historic Knutsford Shotsaver shootout. Maxitours legends such as Neville Dennis and Carl Kennedy are struggling to sleep at night as they know their places in the Shootout are far from guaranteed.

Consistent John Reilly has a healthy lead however with plenty of points to play for on the final day Shotsaver Singles Event at Knutsford GC on 26th April (25 points for a win,1point for 25th position) anything is possible!

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‘The Cleveland Classic’ at The Mere

The Mere was presented in tremendous condition for todays latest Maxitours event. The emerald striped fairways were lush but incredibly dry despite recent heavy rain and the April greens were really excellent, many thanks to Head Greenkeeper Gwen and his hard working team.

The golf bar was also in excellent condition due to a recent full refurbishment and the Mere is now recognised as possibly the premier golf location in the North. Paul Taylor has a fully refurbished premier golf swing and this is also starting to pay dividends as he moved out of his regular bottom three position and was delighted with a joint 21st placing.

The food at Mere is always first class and the tasty bacon sandwiches were served this morning by an incredibly attractive waitress. Alan Clough kept shaking his head for some reason and commented on more than one occasion about the quality of the baps.

It is rumoured that many of the Mere Cheshire set clientele regularly use botox and other age reducing techniques to make themselves look younger and more attractive. Baby face assassin Marcus Kaye has no such worries and he teamed up with Phil Davies to finish in 7th spot with 41 points.

I like to ensure everybody leaves my events happy however Paul Crisp had a very upsetting day at ‘The Mere’ today. On the course he resembled a short legged Lee Westward as he missed several short putts to lose out on first place by just two shots. On completion of his round his day went from bad to worse when he wasn’t able to buy his usual peanuts from behind the bar, ‘you only do vegetable crisps?!’ exclaimed the devastated Chorlton man.

Back on the course John Webb and the larger than life Dave Madely (who kindly sponsored me for many years in my younger days) finished in fourth spot after an excellent 42 point haul, Richard Palmer and Declan Fitzhenry matched that score with a better back nine and were delighted to claim third spot.

Ex Manchester United keeper Jeff Wealands paired up with ex- Chorlton Albion star Pete McManus who birdied the 2nd and 7th holes as they racked up a terrific 43 points to finish second. This matched Andy Bradley and Mark Graingers score however talented 2 handicap Grainger finished with two excellent birdies to close out the back nine to record his first Maxitours victory.

Many thanks to John Gallagher from Srixon/Cleveland for his terrific support of Maxitours at Mere. Thanks also to his stunning wife Karen who is Mere’s brilliant Golf Coordinator.

Thank you to all players for your support today, Tim

Nearest the pin at the 8th Ian Latham Dozen Srixon Z Stars
Nearest the pin at the 14th Dave Madely Dozen Srixon Z Stars
2’s £75 2 pro V1s each or 4 Srixon AD333s Peter McManus Andy Bradley Mike Grainger x2 Paul Crisp Marcus Kaye Lee Scott Matt Robinson Dave Collinson Larry McDonald Mike Lynch Geoff Sherburn Nigel Reed Dave Madely

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‘The Yonex Masters’ at Conwy

The eagerly anticipated Masters Tournament has been the talk of most golfers in recent weeks, today sweet swinging Frank Massey from Swinton hit his drive down the middle of Conwys first fairway to signal the start of this prestigious event.

The early groups got the worst of the weather conditions before clear blue skies and a freshening wind produced wonderfully challenging seaside links conditions to be enjoyed by the hundred strong field.

All the staff at Conwy Golf Club are exceptionally nice and very friendly. In recent years Maxitours regular Alan Clough is used to being totally ignored by attractive women. However he is never happier than when in the Conwy clubhouse bar chatting up the stunning Welsh barmaids who actually laugh at his jokes and genuinely think he is funny.

It was great to welcome a strong contingent of Golfers from my wonderful home Club Knutsford to todays event. The only downside was watching humble Phil Smeathers wandering around telling everyone he bumped into how well he played when beating the Captain and Pro last Sunday morning. My exceptionally underrated father-in-law Rob Weston and Neil McKinley were the top Knutsford scorers today with a creditable 37 points.

As Manchester United virtually sealed the Premiership with a great victory over Blackburn last night, John Reilly also hoped to seal his Shotsaver Order of Merit crown today. A poor back nine however saw him just miss out on accumulating more points as the winter season nears its exciting conclusion.

It was also great to see Chris Cyprus playing again and he all but secured his place in the Shotsaver shootout later this month as he finished in third place partnering the classy Paul Dalby.

Big George Gregson from Hindley Hall near Wigan has a low ball flight and is desperate to hit his driver more than six feet in the air. In soft, wet, winter conditions George is delighted if he hits the ball more than eighty yards. Today as the big hitters saw their towering drives stall into the gale force wind, Georges ‘top spin worm burner’ just kept scuttling on by. Superb birdies on the 2nd and 18th holes saw this gentle giant finish in a career best 2nd place as he played alongside the gifted Geoff Cogswell.

First place went to Phil Ashcroft (Gathurst) and Connor Winstanley (Fishwick Hall) who scored a terrific 44 points. An ‘awesome’ front nine saw Winstanley pick up three birdies as they turned in 27 points, a nervous 17 points on the back nine was enough to give them their first Maxitours victory.

Many thanks to Graham Mitton from Yonex for his terrific sponsorship of todays event. The new Driver and Irons look fantastic and remain the best Graphite Clubs on the market.

Nearest the pin 2nd hole Paul Conchie Dozen AD333
Nearest the pin 15th hole Brett Sutcliffe Dozen AD333
£72.50 2 pro V1 balls or 5 srixon AD333 2’s George Gregson Gerry John Mick Mahon Dave Collinson Andy Bradley Ted Biddlecombe Martin Murray Chris Lowe John Woodall Connor Winstanley