Stockport Golf Club
11am shotgun start.
Tomorrows event at Stockport Golf Club is definitely on, the forecast is good and the course looks beautiful, fairways and tees are in full operation, however temporary greens will be in use on the day.
The prize table is excellent.
Cost to play this great course will also be reduced to just £17.50 per person. (£12.50 green fee, £5 to prizes)
Many thanks for your support,
Tim.
Stockport Golf Club
11am shotgun start.
Tomorrows event at Stockport Golf Club is definitely on, the forecast is good and the course looks beautiful, fairways and tees are in full operation, however temporary greens will be in use on the day.
The prize table is excellent.
Cost to play this great course will also be reduced to just £17.50 per person. (£12.50 green fee, £5 to prizes)
Many thanks for your support,
Tim.
Maxitours at Stockport Golf Club.
Thursday 9th February 2012.
After speaking to the very helpful Jayne Scowan in the office at Stockport Golf Club today I am pleased to announce the Maxitours Event will definitely go ahead on Thursday. A decision on whether play will be on temporary greens or full greens will be made at 11am tomorrow (Wednesday) and the decision will be posted on my website.
Thanks for your support and patience on this matter.
Yours in Golf,
Tim
Maxitours at Superb Vale Royal Abbey
A beautiful winter morning greeted the competitors as they arrived at this additional Maxitours event at Vale Royal Abbey. There were clear blue skies and a crisp frost which soon disappeared to reveal fantastic greens as the sun heated up both the golf course and players alike.
The cloudless sky encouraged Colin Lynch (know as Magnum to his friends) to travel in his new latest Ferrari ‘ California ’. Nobody is quite sure what Colin does for a living and suspicions were further aroused when you took a close look at his four ball, this included a top gynocolgist, an MD of a drug powder coating business and the ex Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police.
Ian King’s Bramall team set the early pace returning a very solid 81 points to earn some valuable Order of Merit points. Also recording this score was Peter Coughlin and his North Manchester team who enjoyed their first trip South into deepest, darkest Cheshire .
This score was incredibly matched again by millionaire Terry Davison and his ‘last of the summer wine’ team from Hazel Grove. Alan Clough, Ian Ainsworth and Geoff Haynes all contributed well and they took the overall lead with an excellent back nine. It looked for a long time as though thrifty Davison and his men would get the record for the tattiest ball ever to win a Maxitours event as he enjoyed playing with a Pinnacle 384 which was last produced in 1986.
Late in the day Davison was forced into second place by Cath Rawthore and her feared team from Sale Golf Club who thought their 84 point tally could scrape into the top five and were both surprised and delighted to win. Cath Rawthore who was playing off plus 1 due to a previous win now will be playing off plus two in future events- come on chaps, pull yourselves together!
Many thanks for everyone who played today, several competitors asked me to pass on their thanks to the Vale Royal manager for their excellent freindly team and also the greenkeepers who presented the course wonderfully.
next event:
Spaces at the fantastic team of 4 AM AM Vale Royal Abbey Golf Course this Monday! (30th January)
Maxitours at Delamere Forest GC
Delamere Forest was the glorious setting for todays terrific Maxitours event.
Most players normally turn up in plenty of time to settle down in the quaint clubhouse, order a bacon sandwich, smell the flowers, relax and mentally prepare for the challenge ahead on this great course. (In fact this was the venue where Cath Rawthore set a fantastic new Maxitours record a few years ago when she consumed three bacon sandwiches before play).
Everyone arrived on time except policeman Ian Hayles. When I was a boy I was always told to ask a policeman if I ever got lost, however for PC Ian Hayles of Greater Manchester Police geography was never his strongest subject. Ian could be found scratching his head and wondering where everybody was as he happily warmed up on his own 20 miles away at Dunham Forest golf course this morning.
The excellent greens and running fairways led to some great scoring.
Ex premiership footballer Neil Cox recorded 5 points as he eagled the 11th hole, partner Pete Keena supported him well as they finished in 6th place with 42 points. Pete was so delighted with his performance he set a new land speed record as he flew past me in his bright red TT on his way home to tell his wife how well he had played.
Andy Moran and Brian Craven teamed up well and they were able to match 42 points when the charismatic Moran birdied the tough 15th hole to set up a strong finish.
Big John Grint and old Frank Byatt rolled back the years today and played some exhibition golf as they scored 43 points. Byatt rifled a career three wood to set up a simple tap in birdie on the tough 5th hole, Grint however was not to be outdone and nipped in a little wedge from 70 yards which rolled into the hole and sent the watching greenkeepers into a wild uncontrolled frenzy.
Pete Atherton and Martin France from Lymm were excellent today, as were ‘under the thumb’ Graham Aspinall and Ben Davies who all scored 44 points. Aspinall struggles for permission to get out nowadays and he made the most of his freedom by notching up a rare birdie on the 13th hole.
Paul Sherlock and ‘dangerous’ Chris Cyprus from Didsbury with 46 points posted the score to beat. They athletic duo scored 4 points on the 3rd,5th, 7th and 11th holes! Five handicapper Sherlock complained ‘it could have been a lot better if only I’d had a decent partner!’
Skill full joiner Andy Taylor and top scaffolder Martin Firth from Shrigley Hall also constructed a great score of 46 points. After a wonderful opening 14 holes the pair were having the round of their lives, Taylor then suffering a late bout of the shanks, Firth was struggling to breathe under the immense pressure, however the talented pair just limped home to take first place. ‘you could see the panic in their eyes’ reported marker Liam Harrison.
Many thanks for all who played today.
There are several spaces available for the newly arranged Am Am at Vale Royal on Monday, Please let me know if you want to play at this superb venue.
Tim.
Nearest the Pin 6th Dozen AD333
Nearest the pin 12th Dozen AD333
2’s £110 4 pro v1s or 8 srixon Ad333s
Andy Moran x2 Mick Mahon Roger Percival Barry Harrison x2 Russ Johnson Trevor Golds Bobby Aston
