**Next event Prestbury Thursday 15th September nearly full*** Am Am at Hazel Grove filling fast Mon 26th September Pairs at Reddish Vale also filling fast Monday 3rd October 2 day Pro-am at Fixby, Huddersfield Sunday 18th and Monday 19th September team of 3 required to play with me, great course, great prizes, meal on conclusion of play each day £150 per person. Please let me know if you would like to play. The Raa Putter Classic at Vale Royal Abbey. A mixture of showers and sunshine greeted the 108 Maxitours competitors at the extremely popular Vale Royal venue. Once again the course was presented in immaculate condition, many thanks to owner Steve Graham and his very professional team. Manchester United legends Stuart Pearson and Frank Stapleton were in the second group to tee off. Both players graced the Old Trafford turf for many years and on their front nine they were gracing Vale Royals beautiful fairways, especially when Poncho Pearson birdied the 8th and 9th for a 22 point haul. Unfortunately old cruciate, metatarsil and hamstring injuries saw them fade away on the back nine. Roy Bramwell had a member of his team cry off late in the day ‘Tim, I was so desperate for a partner I had to invite the wife, I’ve really been scraping the bottom of the barrel’ said happily married Roy . Attractive Heidi showed him who is the boss as she easily outscored her husband. Martin Worthington entered the 2’s sweep but found the par threes difficult today so he decided to make a 2 on the par 5 fifteenth to record the first albatross in Maxitours history! Well done Martin. Last weeks winners Pete Holmes and Mark Breiley set the early pace with 44 points in the calmer morning conditions and were happy to have a score which they felt should finish in the top ten. This score was challenged by other early morning starters Liam Kindon and Dave Wilson and also Bramalls Joe Kirwan and Mike Spencer who had 43 points. The wind picked up in the afternoon and the temperature dropped, scoring deteriorated and Holmes and Breiley who had waited three years for a win had recorded a remarkable double. ‘not even Barcelona have retained the Champions league yet we have won back to back Maxitours –what an achievement’ said a delighted Breiley. Many thanks to Roy from Raa putters for sponsoring todays event. Local golfing legend Jimmy Murphy thanked the putter for turning his year around when he made the cut in the Seniors British Open ‘you cant miss from inside 6 feet’ is Murphys verdict on the putter. www.raaputters.co.uk Many thanks to all competitors for your continued support, Tim Results Nearest the pin on 10th Andy Stubbens Dozen AD333 Nearest the pin on 16th Brian Hopkins Dozen AD333 Order of merit points 1st Pete Holmes & Mark Breiley 44 12 Personalised Raa putter each 2nd Liam Kindon & Dave Wilson 43 11 Cleveland wedge each 3rd Joe Kirwan & Mike Spencer 43 10 Dozen z stars each 4th Chris Cyprus & Barney Ross 42 9 Dozen z stars each 5th Keith Massey & Martin Worthington 41 8 6 pro V1s each 6th Frank Garvey & Frank Elmore 41 7 Dozen AD333s each 7th Paul Taylor & Mike Sweeney 41 6 Titleist glove each 8th Dennis Humphries & Richard Godbold 40 5 Titleist glove each 9th Frank Stapleton & Stuart Pearson 40 4 Titleist glove each 10th Simon & Peter Maxwell 39 3 11th Brian Hopkins & Grahame Sutcliffe 39 2 12th Alan Russell & Russ Jones 39 1 13th Bob Galley & Robert Swift 39 14th Alf Shillitoe & Nigel Laurent 39 15th John Bent & Paul Sherlock 39 16th Dave Marchant & Ian Tinling 38 17th John Beech & Gary Maton 38 18th Stef & Chris Perrin 38 19th Glynn Jones & Mick Cannon 38 20th Guds Ahmed & Jimmy Murphy 38 Alex Jerman & Martin Scott 38 Ken Jepson & Gary Denman 38 Geoff Haynes & John McClennan 38 Paul Bradley & Sean Reilly 37 Phil Okill & Mark Freeman 37 Ian King & Darren Whittaker 37 Brian Atherton & John Duff 37 Paul Baxter & Barry Rigby 37 Colin Roberts & John Rigby 37 John Stubbs & Guy Hill 37 Chris O’Neill & Derek Batey 36 Martin Hall & John Grint 36 Eric McNicol & Rob Tabbron 36 Lewis Marland & Gary Winston 36 Charles Herbert & Andy Stubbens 36 Ian Ainsworth & Alan Clough 36 Tim Spencer & Mark Saxon 36 Tim Owen & Malcolm Morgan 36 Rob Weston & Trevor Webb 36 Dave Parsons & Peter Broadbent 35 Dick Perry & Derek Fulluck 35 John Nevitt & Ron Simpson 35 Rick Pickard & Eric McNicol 35 Chris Bramwell & Trevor Upton 35 Terry Harper & John Kilburn 34 Mark Noden & Graham March 34 Ken Jones & Kit Parkington 33 Kenny Jepson & Tony Lowe 33 Peter Hargreaves & Steve Sinclair 32 Chi Hu & Richard 32 Ron Sloane & Richard Banks 32 Bernard Wood & Steve Parle 31 2’s £122.50 40 balls 8 proV1s or 16 Ad 333s per 2 Paul Taylor, Tim Owen, Ken Jones, Martin Worthington, lucky Rob Weston.

Great Upcoming events Hazel Grove Monday 26th September Am Am- four man team Reddish Vale Monday 3rd October Pairs betterball Weds 7th September 2012 Start sheet for Vale Royal pairs betterball 9.30am Colin Roberts x4 9.40am Darren Whittaker x4 9.50am 10.00am Pete Holmes x4 10.10am Steve Morfitt x4 10.20am John Beech x4 10.30am John Stubbs x4 10.40am 10.50am Peter Hargreaves x4 11.00am Geoff Haynes x4 11.10am Paul Baxter x4 11.20am Ken Jones x4 11.40am Ron Sloane x4 11.50am Lewis Marland x4 12.00pm Martin Worthiongton x2 Dennis Humphries x2 12.10pm Alex Jerman x2 Carl Kennedy x2 12.20pm Trevor Upton x4 12.30pm Roy Bramwell x4 12.40pm Moby Rawthore x4 1.00pm Mark Foley x4 1.10pm Chris Cyprus x4 1.20pm Gary Garner x2 1.30pm Guds Ahmed x4 1.40pm Steve Parle x4 1.50pm Frank Garvey x4 2.00pm Rob Tabbron x4 2.10pm Ken Jepson x4 2.20pm Chris O’Neill x2 Robert Galley x2 2.30pm Richard Perry x4 2.40pm John Knight x4 2.50pm Brian Hopkins x4 3.00pm 3.10pm Stef Hamilton x4 3.20pm Prestbury Golf Club Start Times Thursday 15th September 10.10am Chi Hu x4 10ish 10.20am Neville Dennis x4 10.30am John Beech x4 10.40am Nigel Clowes x4 10.50am Barry Horrox x4 11.00am Geoff Haynes x4 11.10am Ken Jones x4 11.20am James Kinnear x4 11.30am Mike Mahon x4 11.40am Steve Armer x4 11.50am Percival x4 12ish 12.00pm Edmunds x4 12.10pm Chris x4 12.20pm Cyprus x4 12.30pm Chris Cyprus x4 12.40pm Giles Terry x4 12.50pm Worthington x2 Holmes x2 1.00pm 1.10pm Moby Rawthore x4 1.20pm Mark Foley x4 1.30pm 1.40pm 1.50pm Kenny Jepson x4 2.00pm Guds Ahmed x4 2.10pm Gary Garner x2 Kennedy x2 2.20pm Colin Byrne x4 2.30pm Gail Heggarty x4 2.40pm 2.50pm Adam McKenna x4 The Shotsaver s430 Order of Merit 1 Darren Whittaker 73 2 Moby Rawthore 64 3 Andy Stubbens 54 4 Charles Herbert 51 5 Cath Rawthore 48 6 Ryan Foley 47 7 Mark Foley 46 8 Jimmy Relly 43 9 Ian King 40 10 John Reilly 39 11 Brian Hopkins 38 12 Mark Robinson 38 13 Stuart Coupe 33 14 Guds Ahmed 32 15 Mark Marshall 31 16 Carl Kennedy 30 17 Manny Rawthore 25 18 Ken Jones 23 19 Kit Parkington 23 20 Amanda O’Brien 22 21 Ian Worrall 22 22 Ella Rawthore 21 23 Rick Picard 20 24 Steve Berrell 20 25 Dave Ryder 19 26 Pete Holmes 18 27 George Drakonakis 17 28 Niall Lynch 16 29 Paul Taylor 16 30 Mike Spencer 16 31 Jimmy Eccles 16 32 Peter Maxwell 16 33 Paul Dalby 15 34 Dave Antrobus 15 35 Martin Williams 15 36 Em Williams 15 37 Paul Marshall 15 38 Martin Bray 14 39 Ricardo Richardson 14 40 Jacob Ashcroft 14 41 Roy Hargreaves 14 42 Tony Lowe 14 43 Gary Garner 13 44 Mark Green 13 45 Juan Han 13 46 Barry Rigby 13 47 Gordon Walker 13 48 Mark Brierley 12 49 Graham Sutcliffe 12 50 Dave Stanhope 12 51 Roy Hargreaves 12 52 Martin Williams 12 53 Mike Kulik 12 54 Jon Davies 12 55 John Davies 12 56 Jonny Chan 12 57 Kevin Barker 12 58 Peter Smith 12 59 Alan Pengally 12 60 Steve Rourke 12 61 Ben Shaw 12 62 Mark Turner 11 63 Mike Wisznwski 11 64 Gary Youel 11 65 Carl Mollart 11 66 Dave Alcock 11 67 Dennis Humphries 11 68 Colin Walton 11 69 Rob Tabbron 11 70 Andy Taylor 11 71 Tom Giblin 11 72 Martin Firth 11 73 Simon Maxwell 11 74 Paul Griffiths 11 75 Chris Reid 11 76 Tom Marsden 10 77 Tom Rogers 10 78 Chris Wilde 10 79 Pete Clack 10 80 Steve Chapman 10 81 Carl Ball 10 82 Paul Tebay 10 83 John Taylor 10 84 James Holman 10 85 Rowan Hurst 10 86 Simon Booth 10 87 Alex Jerman 10 88 Ian McLennan 10 89 Nigel Bloxidge 10 90 Colin Owen 10 91 Pete Keena 10 92 Mal Tomson 10 93 Laurie Cole 10 94 Bob Aston 10 95 Derek Bridgeman 10 96 Ted Ellis 9 97 Andrew Brownlee 9 98 Chris Dykens 9 99 Glynn Richards 9 100 Lewis Laviscount 9 101 Stuart Bailey 9 102 Kenny Jepsum 9 103 John Aikenhead 9 104 Chris Cyprus 9 105 Colin Roberts 9 106 Neville Dennis 9 107 Frank Massey 9 108 John Rigby 9 109 Chris Atkinson 8 110 Norman Quick 8 111 Liam Harrison 8 112 Pete Parmeshwar 8 113 Pat Gilsenan 8 114 Ifty Ahmed 8 115 Chester Davis 8 116 Gary Cook 8 117 Steven Lord 8 118 Pete Myers 8 119 Phil Wicks 8 120 Neil Laurent 8 121 Steve Howard 8 122 Gareth Winston 8 123 Paul Baxter 8 124 Andrew Thompson 7 125 Peter O’Driscoll 7 126 Lee Parr 7 127 Paul Bloomfield 7 128 Steve Pinnington 7 129John Tomlinson 7 130 Derek Hamlett 7 131 Steve Morfitt 7 132 Tony Ramatowski 7 133 John Aikenhead 7 134 Ron Sloane 7 135 Rob Platt 7 136 John Russell 7 137 Pete Cleaver 6 138 Pete Alsop 6 139 John Hughes 6 140 Tony Parks 6 141 Neil Ritchie 6 142 Geoff Chapman 6 143 Mike Tilby 6 144 Paul Tilby 6 145 Barney Ross 6 146 John Grint 6 147 Brian Mottram 6 148 Frank Byatt 6 149 Mike Lythgoe 6 150 John Wreag 6 151 Fred Chadwick 6 152 Dick Perry 6 153 Victoria Howarth 6 154 James Abbey 5 155 Nigel Ross 5 156 Ken Bostock 5 157 Roger Percival 5 158 Peter Atherton 5 159 Chris Earnhill 5 160 Phil Hogan 5 161 Geoff Ward 5 162 Tom Wilson 5 163 Rod Mills 5 164 Chih Hu 4 165 Mike Sandbach 4 166 Carol Williams 4 167 Angie Shaw Davidson 4 168 Stewart Cragg 4 169 Terry Day 4 170 Chris Heggarty 4 171 Gail Heggarty 4 172 Malcolm Brownill 4 173 Paul Bennett 4 174 Amjad Butt 4 175 Ross Birch 4 176 Liam Harrison 4 177 Ian Hayles 4 178 Simon Lee 4 179 Tom King 4 180 Graham Culpan 4 181 Tim Owen 4 182 Trevor Upton 3 183 Roy Bramwell 3 184 Geoff Haynes 3 185 Terry Davison 3 186 Simon Lees 3 187 Steve Rimmer 3 188 Mike Daggitt 3 189 Paul Wilson 3 190 Captain Rigby 3 191 Andy Moon 3 192 Joe York 3 193 Mikey Drakonakis 2 194 Simon Hartland 2 195 Al Reid 2 196 Mark Noden 2 197 Alan Fairbanks 2 198 Neil Fletcher 2 199 Des Kelly 2 200 Lewis Marland 2 201 Alf Shillitoe 2 202 Joe Kirwan 1 203 Charlie Rooney 1 204 Graham Robins 1 205 Mike Seddon 1 206 Mark Mellor 1 207 Dave Robinson 1 208 Paul Kimpton 1 209 Mike Lee 1 210 Chris O’Neill 1 211 John Russell 1 212 Steve Ballard 1 213 Chris Crook 1 214 Toby Powell 1 Handicap revisions –1 for a win, -0.5 for a second place. Darren Whittaker -4 Brian Hopkins -3 Charles Herbert -2.5 Andy Stubbens -2.5 Ian King -2 Mark Foley -2 Ryan Foley -2 Moby Rawthore -1.5 Graham Sutcliffe -1 Jonny Chan -1 Pete Holmes -1 Mark Breiley -1 Steve Berrill -1 Roy Hargreaves -1 Ricardo Richardson -1 Alan Pengally -1 Jon Davies -1 Jonathon Davies -1 Mike Spencer -1 Rick Pickard -1 Guds Ahmed -1 Cath Rawthore -1 Ella Rawthore -1 Mark Marshall -1 Dave Stanhope -1 Dave Antrobus -1 Mike Turner -.5 Mike Wisznwski -.5 Paul Marshall -.5 Barry Rigby -.5 Gordon Walker -.5 Rob Tabbron -.5 Colin Walton -.5 Paul Tebay -.5 Rowan Hurst -.5 Simon Booth -.5 Ian McLellan -.5 Dave Alcock -.5 Dennis Humphries -.5 Dave Ryder -.5 Ben Shaw -.5 Steve Bridgeman -.5 Steve Rourke -.5 Gary Youell -.5 Carl Mollart -.5 Pete Keena -.5 Mal Tomson -.5 Laurie Cole -.5 Bobby Aston -.5 Juan Han -.5

The Maxitours Bilyana Tour Championship and Shootout! The first ever Maxitours shootout was a huge success ‘what a great day!’ was the general consensus from nearly 90 Maxitour competitors at leafy Lymm in the Maxitours Tour Championship. The course was in lovely condition despite recent heavy downpours. Many thanks to Secretary Andy Scully and all his staff for making us feel so welcome. My ex PE teacher Pete Holmes and Mark Breirley have enjoyed playing bad golf over the past four years on Maxitours and had never recorded a top three finish, today however, the golfing Gods smiled down on them and they recorded their first victory together. The duo win a superb Shotsaver s430 GPS system each for their efforts, ‘what do we do with these?’ asked the sporty rather than academic Holmes. Darren Whittaker and Ian King were also delighted with their 2nd place and 47 points. The talented Macclesfield duo of Em Williams and Steve Chapman also played great golf, shot of the day was Ems superb tee shot on the tough 13th hole which set up a birdie and won him nearest the pin. Jacob Ashcroft and Tom Giblin also scored 46 points for their highest ever Maxitours finish. The scoring was excellent all day in the calm conditions and an amazing 43 points were required to qualify for the superb 30 man Bilyana shootout! Rachel the lovely lady from Bilyana golf was expecting to see some real class in the playoff- she was disappointed! She had to wait for quite a while before anyone hit the green and then soon joined the 70 or so spectators running for cover as Happy Gilmore lookalike Charles Herbert sent one into orbit. Ken Jones was the first to play an excellent shot as his ball rolled up to 15 feet. He started to dream about a back massage from Kit Parkington in the plush 5 star Cornelia Diamond Golf Hotel when Gary Garner flushed a tremendous seven iron to 18 inches which was never going to be bettered. He was delighted to share the holiday prize with his playing partner Mark Green. Garner was overcome with emotion ‘I never win anything’ said the likeable Bolton greenkeeper. Many thanks to Bilyana Golf for their kind sponsorship – they are a superb company who provide the best tee times and service of any company in Turkey- don’t go any where else! Thanks also to Steven and Jason from Shotsaver for their brilliant continued support this summer. Results Nearest the pin Moby Rawthore Dozen Srixon soft feel Nearest the Pin Em Williams Dozen Srixon soft feel 1st Pete Holmes & Mark Breirley 47 Shotsaver S430 GPS each 2nd Darren Whittaker & Ian King 47 Cleveland Luggage bag each 3rd Em Williams & Steve Chapman 46 Dozen Taylor Made Pentas each 4th Jacob Ashcroft & Tom Giblin 46 Dozen Soft feel each 5th Gary Garner & Mark Green 45 Titleist winter mitts each 6th Martin Williams & John Tomlinson 45 7th Steve Pinnington & Paul Bloomfield 45 8th Nigel Ross & Ken Bostock 45 9th Chih Hu & Mike Sandbach 45 10th Simon Lees & Simon Maxwell 44 11th Charles Herbert & Andy Stubbens 44 12th Dave Robinson & Paul Kimpton 44 13th Kit Parkington & Ken Jones 44 14th John Beech & Jeff Barrett 44 15th Alex Jerman & Nigel Milroy 44 16th Moby Rawthore & Juan Han 43 17th Colin Byrne & Steve Ballard 42 18th Graham Culpin & Tim Owen 42 19th Dave Ryder & Steve Rourke 42 20th Carl Kennedy & Carl Ball 42 Tony Lowe & Jimmy Eccles 42 Paul Bradley & Frank Garvey 41 Mani Rawthore & Pete Myers 41 Glynn Jones & Maurice Cooke 41 Dave Lomax & Jeff Clements 41 Mike Mahney & Jim Kinnear 41 Neville Dennis & Frank Massey 40 Steve Long & Trevor Kirkpatrick 40 Mark Foley & Jimmy Murphy 40 Jimmy Caffey & Ollie Smith 39 Martin Worthington & Ian Mercer 39 Cath Rawthore & Jimmy Murphy 39 Tom Ramatowski & Pete Whitehouse 39 Colin Roberts & Mike Sanders 39 Bob Sinclair & Dave Marchant 38 Paul Taylor & Brian Dewhurst 38 Roy Bramwell & Mark Freeman 38 Merv O’Malley & John Reilly 38 Mike Spencer & Matt Spencer 36 Ian Greenough & Trevor Upton 33 Andy Fellowes & Ben Barraclough 31 £95 in twos 32 balls- I can stretch to 2 balls each! 2’s Andy Fellowes Dave Lomax Paul Bloomfield x2 John Beech x2 Jeff Barrett Kit Parkington x2 Graham Culpin Ian Greenough Roy Bramwell Simon Maxwell Colin Byrne Mike Mahney Martin Worthington Jimmy Murphy Em Williams Martin Williams Start sheet for Vale Royal pairs betterball 9.30am Colin Roberts x4 9.40am Darren Whittaker x4 9.50am 10.00am Pete Holmes x4 10.10am Steve Morfitt x4 10.20am John Beech x4 10.30am John Stubbs x4 10.40am Dick Perry x4 10.50am Peter Hargreaves x4 11.00am Geoff Haynes x4 11.10am Paul Baxter x4 11.20am Ken Jones x4 11.40am Ron Sloane x4 11.50am Andrew Shingler x2 Lewis Marland x2 12.00pm Martin Worthiongton x2 Dennis Humphries x2 12.10pm Alex Jerman x2 Carl Kennedy x2 12.20pm Trevor Upton x4 12.30pm Roy Bramwell x4 12.40pm Moby Rawthore x4 1.00pm Mark Foley x4 1.10pm 1.20pm Gary Garner x2 1.30pm Brian Hopkins x4 1.40pm Steve Parle x4 1.50pm Frank Garvey x4 2.00pm Rob Tabbron x4 2.10pm Ken Jepson x4 2.20pm Chris Cyprus x4 2.30pm 2.40pm 2.50pm 3.00pm Adam McKenna x4 3.10pm Stef Hamilton x4 3.20pm JohnKnight x4