Ringway results + Prestbury start sheet (times available)

Maxitours at Ringway Golf Club.

The warm temperature, glorious sunshine and stunning Autumnal colours at todays event made the 108 Maxitours players feel great to be alive!

Ringway Golf Club is a favourite Maxitours winter venue due to the quality of the greens and the freshness of the bacon sandwiches. Today’s event was the popular Am Am format, this is where it is so easy to lose lifelong friends by picking your ball up before asking the rest of you team ‘I don’t get a shot here, do I?’

Paul Taylor always looks smart on the course but it has been noted that he has only one colour in his wardrobe at home and today he turned up in yet another black outfit. Despite his plain clothing Paul hit some dazzling shots as he led his Hopwood team to a terrific 85 point haul. Mike Sweeney surprisingly pulled his weight as he made a stunning birdie on the tough 17th hole.

Retired PE teacher Pete Holmes made a welcome return to Maxitours after a spell of lucrative supply teaching, today however he couldn’t control his team members as they misbehaved on the greens to record just 77points –could do better Peter!

Barry Harrison has struggled for form all summer, today he played great as the Denton team destroyed the testing course and scored 88 points. Even Dave Collinson was on fire and as I sat twiddling my thumbs in the clubhouse I watched him stroke home a birdie putt on the 18th with more confidence than a Balottelli penalty.

Richard Preston hit a great 7 iron to around three feet on the 16th hole and cheerfully signed the nearest the pin marker, as he passed the green three holes later he noticed his marker had somehow been left off the green. Ken Halton subsequently played his shot to 3 feet and he happily signed the marker. The situation was explained to me and I asked them both how far away they were. It was a fascinating study –in fact it was the exact opposite of two fishermen exaggerating the size of a catch, after a couple of hours both players sportingly agreed to share the spoils.

Andy Stubbens was nearest the pin on the 13th.

Many thanks to Fiona the most helpful Secretary in Cheshire , she is not only attractive but very nice as well. Thanks also to highly respected professional Nick Ryan who always goes the extra mile to make Maxitours feel very welcome.

1st Footjoy GTX golf shoes each

2nd Dozen ProV1 balls each

3rd Dozen Taylor Made Pentas each

4th Dozen Taylor Made tp balls each

5th Dozen Taylor Made tp balls each

Nearest the Pin 13th dozen Srixon soft feel Andy Stubbens

Nearest the pin 16th dozen Srixon Soft feel Richard Preston/Ken Halton

2’s £127.50 40 pro v1s balls 4 pro V1 balls each Mick Holmes, Pete Holmes, John Wreag, Geoff Friar, Ian George, Colin Byrne, John Routledge, Josh Evans, John Stubbs, Ian Jones.

Scores

Shotsaver Order of merit points

1st Steve Dunphy 88pts 12

Dave Collinson

Barry Harrison

Ian George

2nd Paul Taylor 85pts 10

Mike Sweeney

Ian Bardsley

John Wraeg

3rd Charles Herbert 84pts 8

Ross Birch

Andy Stubbens

Brian Hopkins

4th Moby Rawthore 83pts 6

Cath Rawthore

Mark Foley

Jimmy Murphy

5th Paul Crisp 83pts 4

John Braithwaite

Mike Lynch

Jeff Wealands

6th Frank Garvey 82pts 2

Paul Bradley

Sean Reilly

John Davies

7th Paul Nuttalls team 82pts

8th John Aikenheads team 80pts

9th Neville Dennis team 79pts

10th Chris Meiklehams team 79pts

11th Colin Roberts team 78pts

12th Pete Holmes team 77pts

13th Alex Jerman/Cross team 77pts

14th Richard Blackwells team 77pts

15th Gary Garners team 77pts

16th Ian Kings team 76pts

17th Lewis Marlands team 75pts

18th Paul Woodcocks team 74pts

19th Andy Halls team 74pts

20th Chris Cyprus team 73pts

21st Mike Haynes 73pts

22nd Kenny Jepsons team 72pts

23rd John Stubbs team 72pts

24th Guds Ahmeds team 71pts

25th Adam McKennas team 70pts

26th Paul Granellis team 69pts

27th Howard Bakers team 69pts

Prestbury Golf Club Pairs betterball.

Thursday 10th November 11am shotgun- spaces available!

1st Ken Jones x4

1st Frank Garvey x4

2nd Mike Haynes x4

2nd Chris Cyprus x4

3rd Dave Collinson x4

4th Paul Granelli x4

5th Richard Blackwell x2 John Neale x2

5th Barney Ross x4

6th Ian King x4

7th Guds Ahmed x4

7th Moby Rawthore x4

8th Neville Dennis x2 Carl Kennedy x2

9th Geoff Haynes x4

10th Gary Garner x4

10th

11th Ken Lawton x4

12th Mick Mahan x4

12th

13th Jason Waite x4

14th Simon Helmsley x4

14th

15th Chales Herbert x4

15th John Wraeg x2 Paul Taylor x2

16th Alex Jerman x2 Dave Becket x2

17th Peter Hargreaves x4

17th Roger Percival x4

18th Pete Holmes x4

18th Colin Roberts x4

Results from magnificent Mere

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* breaking news Stockport GC are kindly hosting Maxitours on Thursday 9th February 2012

Results from the Mere Golf and Country Club.

The Mere golf and country club was in superb condition for the final Maxitours event of the summer tour. The ‘refreshing’ drizzle didn’t dampen the players spirits and this great golf course was in top condition. Mark Boler and his greenstaff can be proud of the tremendous greens which got nothing but praise all day.

The venue is a playground for the rich and famous, at lunchtime Mere member Sir Alex Fergusson nearly choked on his bacon bap and hid behind his newspaper in the corner of the atrium as he caught sight of Roberto Mancini savouring a fresh pasta dish, complimented with a fine glass of Italian white wine.

When The Mere comes up on the Maxitours rota most players give their shoes an extra polish, comb their hair and put on their smartest golfing outfit. Kevin Barker bucked the trend today as he wore perhaps the worst sweater ever seen at a maxitours event. However this didn’t stop him making great pars on the 5th and 7th holes on his way to a respectable 35 points.

Willie Morgan became the latest Manchester United legend to play on Maxitours and he teamed up with Vale Royal owner Steve Graham. It was Graham who did most of the work appearing on the card 12 times. A birdie on the short twelfth was the highlight of his magical round. ‘The first time I got on the card was when it dropped out of our partners pocket and I trod on it by mistake’ said 8 handicapper Morgan. The home team picked up first prize with their tremendous 44 points.

Gary Garner continued his rich vein of form once again finishing second as he scored an excellent 43 points partnering Mark Green. Mytton Folds Ray Standing and Gary Davies, Andy Cunningham and Roger Percival from Lymm, Paul Granelli and Jonathon Brett from Mere all scored an excellent 42 points in the damp conditions.

Last match in was Kenny Jepsons happy go lucky group of four, ‘Any good wee man?’ asked scotsman Willie Morgan anxiously waiting to collect his first prize. He nearly fell off his chair when Kenny declared both pairs had scored a total of 48 points. ‘I had 22 with my partner and the other two had 26’ smiled Jepson with that famous twinkle in his eye.

Many thanks for supporting today’s event.

Cleveland Masters Results

Nearest the pin 8th Dozen AD333 Ian Hales 2 foot!

Nearest the pin 14th Dozen AD333 Ryan Foley 2 foot!

Last weeks nearest the pin 16th Rob Deconinck Dozen AD333

1st Willie Morgan & Steve Graham 44

Cleveland Wedge each

2nd Gary Garner & Mark Green Heaton Park 43

Srixon bag each

3rd Ray Standing & Gary Davies Myton Fold 42

Cleveland Holdall each

4th Andy Cunningham & Roger Percival 42

Dozen Z Stars each

5th Paul Granelli & Jonathon Brett 42

Dozen AD333s each

6th James Murphy & Cath Rawthore 41

Titleist winter mits each

7th Geoff Haynes & Frazer McCloed 41

Dozen soft feel each

8th Mike Haynes & Ian Hales 41

Srixon cap each

9th Steve Morfitt & Rob Platt 40

Srixon cap each

10th Richard Blackwell & Tony Jennison 40

Srixon cap each

11th Jimmy O’Reilly & John Reilly 40

12th Mark Foley & Ryan Foley 39

13th Mark Robinson & Stuart Coupe 39

14th Mick Mahon & Richard Palmer 39

15th Paul Woodcock & Barry Eddlestone 38

16th Liam Harrison & John Davies 38

17th Larry McDonald & David Muirhead 38

18th Alan Pengelly & Darren Whittaker 38

19th Duncan Evans & Rick Picard 38

20th Alf Shillitoe & Lewis Marland 38

Pete Cleaver & Pete Allsop 37

Carl Mollart & Gary Youell 37

Josh Brand & Phil Byrne 37

Pete Smith & Stuart Codling 36

Chris Meikleham & Kevin Fahy 36

Charles Herbert & Andy Stubbens 35

Martin Beresford & Alex Jerman 35

Ron Sloane & Bob Kwan 35

David Smith & Bernard Wood 35

Bernard Wood & David Smith 35

John Robinson & Gary Lyons 35

Kevin Barker & Dave McCallum 35

Peter Hargreaves & Brian Atherton 34

Carl Kennedy & Guds Ahmed 34

Ian Whalley & Ray Jones 34

John Duff & Bill Richardson 34

Dave McGovern & Terry Tobin 34

Neville Dennis & Jim Cromerford 33

Paul Bennett & Malcolm Brownhill 33

David Henshall & Martin Murray 33

Alan Collins & Alan Noden 33

Tim Owen & Graham Culpin 33

Frank Hindle & Nigel Fairhurst 33

John Neale & John Lawson 32

Gail Heggarty & Chris Heggarty 32

Alan Clough & Terry Davison 32

Richard Preston & James McCormack 32

Ken Jones & Kit Parkington 32

Dave Finney & Colin Roberts 32

Steve Tyrell & Christian Gill 30

Steve Thorpe & Gary Guerriera 30

Dave Marchant & Bob Sinclair 29

Paul Griffiths & Radar Reid 29

Paul Taylor & Steve Daynes 29

Dave Bentley & Fred Bentley 28

Bill Harris & Brian Murray 26

Nigel Ross & Jimmy Eccles 26

Kenny Jepson & Tony Lowe 22

Keith Parsons & Paul Atkinson 22

2’s sweep £130 42balls 6 pro vs or a dozen AD333s each Gary Davies Ryan Foley Stuart Coupe James McDonald Cath Rawthore Willie Morgan Steve Graham

Ringway golf club Am Am

Thursday 3rd November

*can you let me know if you would like bacon baps and coffee available at just £3.70

* please let me know asap if you are unable to play

Course conditions

Play is either from mats on fairways or place in semi rough.

All greens in great condition

11am shotgun start

1st Neville Dennis x4

1st Colin Roberts x4

2nd Richard Blackwell x4

2nd Andy Hall x4

3rd Lewis Marland x4

4th Aikenhead A x4

4th Aikenhead B x4

5th Mike Haynes x4

5th Paul Granelli x4

6th Steve Dunphy x4

7th Pete Holmes x4

8th Peter Cross x2 Alex Jerman x2

9th Paul Crisp x4

9th Charles Herbert x4

10th Ken Jepson x4

10th Paul Taylor x4

11th Adam McKenna x4

12th Paul Woodcock x4

12th Paul Woodcock x4

13th John Stubbs x4

14th Paul Nuttall x4

14th Gary Garner x4

15th Roger Percival x4

16th Ken Jones x4

16th Howard Baker x4

17th Frank garvey x4

17th Moby Rawthore x4

18th Guds Ahmed x4

18th Ian King x4

Reserves

Steve Jenkinson x4

Tom Jones x4

Barney Ross x4

Mark Richardson x4

Mark Robinson x4

Mere and Ringway start sheets + shotsaver rankings

*please let me know asap if you are unable to play*
*quality second hand iron set + driver required for 17 year old can pay in region of £120

Thursday 27th October
Mere Golf Club Pairs Betterball
7/8th Handicap

£30 per player
1st tee
10.03am Neville Dennis x4
10.12am Colin Roberts x4
10.21am Darren Whittaker x2 Alf Shillitoe x2
10.30am Mark Robinson x2 John Neale x2
10.39am Ken Jones x4
10.48am Paul Woodcock x4
10.57am Paul Woodcock x4
11.06am Geoff Haynes x4
11.15am Roger Percival x4
11.24am Alan Noden x4
11.33am Max Henderson x2 Al Reid x2
11.42am Moby Rawthore x4
11.51am Paul Granelli x4
12.00pm Chris Heggarty x4
12.09pm Pete Cleaver x2 Carl Kennedy x2
12.18pm Kenny Jepson x4

9th tee
10.03am Mike Cooksey x4
10.12am Steve Morfitt x4
10.21am Dave McGovern x4
10.30am Kevin Barker x4
10.39am Charles Herbert x2 Paul Griffiths x2
10.48am Peter Hargreaves x4
10.57am Mick Mahan x4
11.06am David Bentley x4
11.15am Richard Blackwell x2 Larry McDonald x2
11.24am Alex Jerman x2 Gary Garner x2
11.33am Liam Harrison x4
11.42am David Smith x4

Ringway Golf Club AM AM
Thursday 3rd November
11am shotgun start £20 entry
3/4 handicap
1st Neville Dennis x4
1st Colin Roberts x4
2nd Richard Blackwell x4
2nd Andy Hall x4
3rd Lewis Marland x4
4th Aikenhead A x4
4th Aikenhead B x4
5th Mike Haynes x4
5th Paul Granelli x4
6th Steve Dunphy x4
7th Pete Holmes x4
7th Howard Baker x4
8th Peter Cross x2 Alex Jerman x2
9th Paul Crisp x4
9th Charles Herbert x4
10th Ken Jepson x4
10th Paul Taylor x4
11th Adam McKenna x4
12th Paul Woodcock x4
12th Paul Woodcock x4
13th John Stubbs x4
14th Paul Nuttall x4
14th Gary Garner x4
15th Roger Percival x4
16th Ken Jones x4
17th Frank Garvey x4
17th Moby Rawthore x4
18th Guds Ahmed x4
18th Ian King x4
res Barney Ross x4

Congratulations to Moby Rawthore who cannot be caught and wins the Shotsaver Sponsored s430 order of Merit, beating over 500 golfers who competed this Summer. Many thanks to Shotsavers’ Steve and Jason Ballard for their tremendous support of Maxitours, Moby is delighted to win an s430 and a Claret jug trophy.

The Shotsaver s430 Order of Merit

1 Moby Rawthore 96

2 Darren Whittaker 81

3 Andy Stubbens 70

4 Jimmy Rielly 59

5 Charles Herbert 58

6 John Reilly 55

7 Guds Ahmed 53

8 Ian King 48

9 Cath Rawthore 48

10 Ryan Foley 47

11 Mike Spencer 46

12 Mark Foley 46

13 Brian Hopkins 46

14 Carl Kennedy 44

15 Mark Robinson 38

16 Pete Holmes 36

17 Jon Davies 36

18 Stuart Coupe 33

19 Martin Worthington 32

20 Keith Massey 32

21 Mark Marshall 31

22 Rick Picard 30

23 Mark Brierley 30

24 Neville Dennis 27

25 Manny Rawthore 25

26 Alan Pengally 24

27 Gary Garner 24

28 Joe Kirwan 23

29 Ken Jones 23

30 Kit Parkington 23

31 Roy Hargreaves 22

32 Paul Taylor 22

33 Amanda O’Brien 22

34 Ian Worrall 22

35 Ella Rawthore 21

36 John Davies 20

37 Steve Berrell 20

38 Ross Birch 19

39 Chris Cyprus 19

40 Peter Maxwell 19

41 Dave Ryder 19

42 John Rigby 18

43 Paul Bradley 17

44 Barney Ross 17

45 Joe York 17

46 Amjad Butt 17

47 George Drakonakis 17

48 Dennis Humphries 16

49 Niall Lynch 16

50 Jimmy Eccles 16

51 Paul Dalby 15

52 Dave Antrobus 15

53 Martin Williams 15

54 Em Williams 15

55 Paul Marshall 15

56 Graham Sutcliffe 14

57 Simon Maxwell 14

58 Martin Bray 14

59 Ricardo Richardson 14

60 Jacob Ashcroft 14

61 Tony Lowe 14

62 Mark Green 13

63 Juan Han 13

64 Barry Rigby 13

65 Gordon Walker 13

66 Bob Kwan 12

67 Andy Westwell 12

68 Howard Baker 12

69 James Baker 12

70 James Davison 12

71 Ollie Wilson 12

72 John Aikenhead 12

73 John Grint 12

74 Dick Perry 12

75 Brian Mottram 12

76 Dave Stanhope 12

77 Mike Kulik 12

78 Roy Hargreaves 12

79 Jonny Chan 12

80 Kevin Barker 12

81 Steve Rourke 12

82 Peter Smith 12

83 Ben Shaw 12

84 Frazer Macleod 12

85 Luke Elwers 12

86 Dave Garner 11

87 Liam Kindon 11

88 Dave Wilson 11

89 Mark Turner 11

90 Mike Wisznwski 11

91 Scott Arnold 11

92 Gary Youel 11

93 Carl Mollart 11

94 Dave Alcock 11

95 Colin Walton 11

96 Rob Tabbron 11

97 Andy Taylor 11

98 Tom Giblin 11

99 Martin Firth 11

100 Paul Griffiths 11

101 Chris Reid 11

102 Paul Woodcock 10

103 Ray Massey 10

104 Ian George 10

105 Jim Cox 10

106 Dave Collinson 10

107 Steve Dunphy 10

108 John Russell 10

109 Dave Garner 10

110 Brian Hill 10

111 Tom Marsden 10

112 Tom Rogers 10

113 Chris Wilde 10

114 Pete Clack 10

115 Paul Tebay 10

116 Steve Chapman 10

117 Carl Ball 10

118 John Taylor 10

119 James Holman 10

120 Rowan Hurst 10

121 Simon Booth 10

122 Alex Jerman 10

123 Ian McLennan 10

124 Nigel Bloxidge 10

125 Colin Owen 10

126 Pete Keena 10

127 Mal Tomson 10

128 Laurie Cole 10

129 Bob Aston 10

130 Derek Bridgeman 10

131 Ian Tinling 9

132 Ted Ellis 9

133 Geoff Haynes 9

134 Andrew Brownlee 9

135 Chris Dykens 9

136 Glynn Richards 9

137 Lewis Laviscount 9

138 Stuart Bailey 9

139 Kenny Jepsum 9

140 Colin Roberts 9

141 Frank Massey 9

142 Barry Horrox 9

143 Ernie Kirkby 8

144 Ashley Elliott 8

143 Frank Stapleton 8

146 Stuart Pearson 8

147 Peter Hargreaves 8

148 Brian Atherton 8

149 Chris Atkinson 8

150 Norman Quick 8

151 Liam Harrison 8

152 Pete Parmeshwar 8

153 Pat Gilsenan 8

154 Steven Lord 8

155 Ifty ahmed 8

156 Chester Davies 8

157 Pete Myers 8

158 Gary Cook 8

159 Phil Wicks 8

160 Neil Laurent 8

161 Steve Howard 8

162 Gareth Winston 8

163 Paul Baxter 8

164 James Kinnear 8

165 Mike Mahney 8

166 Andy Lawman 7

167 Dave Bowers 7

168 Frank Garvey 7

169 Frank Elmore 7

170 Andrew Thompson 7

171 Peter O’Driscoll 7

172 Lee Parr 7

173 Paul Bloomfield 7

174 Steve Pinnington 7

175John Tomlinson 7

176 Derek Hamlett 7

177 Steve Morfitt 7

178 Tony Ramatowski 7

179 John Aikenhead 7

180 Ron Sloane 7

181 Rob Platt 7

182 Alf Shillitoe 6

183 Ian Taylor 6

184 Derek Payne 6

185 Colin Lynch 6

186 Ian Richard 6

187 Bill Harris 6

188 Mike Sweeney 6

189 Pete Cleaver 6

190 Pete Alsop 6

191 Bill Ross 6

192 John Hughes 6

193 Tony Parks 6

194 Neil Ritchie 6

195 Paul Tilby 6

196 Mike Tilby 6

197 Jeff Chapman 6

198 John Walton 6

199 Frank Byatt 6

200 Mike Lythgoe 6

201 John Wreag 6

202 Fred Chadwick 6

203 Victoria Howarth 6

204 Rob Weston 5

205 Trevor Webb 5

206 James Abbey 5

207 Kevin Brooks 5

208 Nigel Ross 5

209 Ken Bostock 5

210 Richard Godbold 5

211 Roger Percival 5

212 Peter Atherton 5

213 Paul Conchie 5

214 Mike Mahon 5

215 Chris Earnhill 5

216 Phil Hogan 5

217 Geoff Ward 5

218 Tom Wilson 5

219 Rod Mills 5

220 Neil Laurent 4

221 Roy Baker 4

222 Gareth Winstone 4

223 Martin Murray 4

224 Keith Thompson 4

225 Steve Bailey 4

226 Chih Hu 4

227 Mike Sandbach 4

228 Carol Williams 4

229 Angie Shaw Davidson 4

230 Stewart Cragg 4

231 Terry Day 4

232 Chris Heggarty 4

233 Gail Heggarty 4

234 Malcolm Brownill 4

235 Paul Bennett 4

236 Ross Birch 4

237 Liam Harrison 4

238 Ian Hayles 4

239 Simon Lee 4

240 Tom King 4

241 Graham Culpan 4

242 Tim Owen 4

243 Keith Fahy 3

244 Ray Jones 3

245 Paul Sherlock 3

246 John Bent 3

247 Trevor Upton 3

248 Roy Bramwell 3

249 Terry Davison 3

250 Simon Lees 3

251 Steve Rimmer 3

252 Mike Daggitt 3

253 Paul Wilson 3

254 Captain Rigby 3

255 Andy Moon 3

256 Dave Marchant 2

257 Bob Sinclair 2

258 Dave Blood 2

259 Roy Sinclair 2

260 Andy Sandham 2

261 Simon Greenhouse 2

262 Dave McGuiness 2

263 John Beech 2

264 Mick Cannon 2

265 Gary Maton 2

266 Martin Notley 2

267 Mark Noden 2

268 Phil Thomson 2

269 Alan Fairbanks 2

270 Al Reid 2

271 Mike Drakonakis 2

272 Simon Hartland 2

273 Neil Fletcher 2

274 Des Kelly 2

275 Lewis Marland 2

276 Clint Jolley 1

277 Eddie Renshaw 1

278 Charlie Rooney 1

279 Graham Robins 1

280 Mike Seddon 1

281 Mark Mellor 1

282 Dave Robinson 1

283 Paul Kimpton 1

284 Mike Lee 1

285 Chris O’Neill 1

286 Alan Russell 1

287 Russ Jones 1

288 John Russell 1

289 Steve Ballard 1

290 Chris Crook 1

291 Toby Powell 1

Results from magnificent Conwy

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great upcoming events

Thursday 27th October Mere pairs –full

Thursday 3rd November Ringway Am Am- nearly full

Thursday 10th November Prestbury pairs- nearly full

Thursday 17th November Delamere pairs- nearly full

Thursday 24th November Mere pairs- filling

Thursday 1st December Ringway Am Am- filling

The Colin Roberts Classic at Conwy

The sun was cracking the flags at fantastic Conwy today. Despite poor weather in Manchester the Maxitours golfers who travelled the short distance down the coast enjoyed blue skies and classic blustery links conditions.

‘Those greens were superb-they must the best in Wales ’ said Andy Hall an intelligent policeman from Cheadle.

European Tour caddy James Baker yesterday helped Jamie Donaldson to yet another top ten finish in the Portuguese Open, today he relished playing on the tough seaside challenge. ‘This is proper golf’ he said ‘this would really sort out the boys on tour’. Playing alongside his dad, best friend James Davidsion and Ollie Wilson his Tytherington team recorded a superb 75 points which was always going to be tough to beat.

Maxitours regular Alan Clough was a celebrity in the 1970’s and he used to walk around his home town of Cheadle Hulme in his flares proudly showing off his BBC Motocross Trophy, today he was famously ‘scrambling’ around the Conwy course helping his Hazel Grove team get a respectable 70 points.

Ian George, Jim Cox, Dave Collinson and Steve Dunphy- the not so good looking but talented golfing quartet from Denton , teamed up well and were delighted with 74 points and an excellent second place finish.

The competitive Shrigley Hall team had another high finish as they scored 73 points for 3rd place, ‘its not fair we could have won if my handicap was higher’ complained ex marine Stubbens.

The strong wind was enjoyed by all the competitors and Roy Bramwell rolled back the years as the 75 year old incredibly hit a drive and a 7 iron onto the downwind par 5 sixteenth, unfortunately on the previous hole which played into the wind Roy hit a drive and 7 iron shots before he reached the green.

Tony Lowe looked very windswept as he staggered into the clubhouse ‘the last time I felt wind like that was when I jumped out of an aeroplane for charity’ said the Sale member.

Incredibly out of a field of 84 talented players nobody managed to par the long 5th hole ‘it was bloody ridiculous’ said Bernard McDonald as he staggered into the clubhouse.

The course was playing so tough it was suggested that instead of having a twos sweep a threes sweep may be more suitable. A two was no problem however for Ian Ainsworth who celebrated his 70th birthday by chipping in on the 15th hole. Millionaire Joe Kirwan also recorded tremendous 2’s on the 2nd and 18th holes however he failed to enter the sweep due to the uncertainty in the current economic climate.

Joe did however win nearest the pin on the 2nd hole.

Many thanks to all who played today on this world class links. A big thank-you to Colin Roberts for his sponsorship of todays event.

2’s sweep £112.50 36 balls 6 proV1s or 12 srixon AD333s each Anne Greenhough Barry Shaw-Allen Mick Holmes Ivor Tomlinson Guy Hall Ian Ainsworth

Results

1st Howard Baker, James Baker, James Davison, Ollie Wilson 75pts

Footjoy x dimension shoes each

2nd Ian George, Jim Cox, Dave Collinson, Steve Dunphy 74pts

Galvin shirt each

3rd Alan Pengelly, Andy Stubbens, Roy Hargreaves, Barry Horrox 73pts

Dozen AD333s each

4th Pete Holmes, Bill Ross, Mark Breirley, Derek Payne 73pts

Pair of socks each

5th Alf Shillitoe, Neil Laurent, Roy Baker, Gareth Winstone 72pts

6th Dave Blood, Roy Sinclair, Andy Sandham, Simon Greenhouse 71pts

7th Ian Ainsworth, Bernard McDonald, Alan Clough, Geoff Haynes 70pts

8th Robert Nelson, Jim Clarke, Neil Topping, Ed Wilkinson 69pts

9th Lee Butterworth, Barry Shaw-Allen, Andy Lomas, Tony Nanyn 68pts

10th Chris Cyprus, Ivor Tomlinson, Paul Dalby, John Bent 68pts

Anne Greenwood, Chris Bramwell, Mark Freeman, Phil Okill 68pts

Colin Roberts, Dave Marchant, Dave Marchant, Rob Deconinck 67pts

Paul Baxter, Mike Beverage, Paul Taylor, Mark Baxter 67pts

Alex Jerman, Martin Berrisford, Kenny Jepson, Nigel Ross 66pts

Tim Owen, Kit Parkington, Ken Jones, Alan Williams 66pts

Roy Bramwell, Ian Greenough,Mark Noden, Graham March 66pts

Andy Hall, Tony Stiles, Mick Holmes, Tony Lowe 64pts

John Stubbs, Guy Hall, Dave Parsons, Ian Trow 63pts

Ian King, Mike Spencer, Joe Kirwan, Darren Whittaker 62pts

Paul Granelli, Nigel Davies, Basil Burton, Richard Preston 61pts

David Smith, Bernard Wood, Chris Earnill, Tony Coleman 53pts