Spaces for teams or 1 or 2 players in the Cheshire Classic at Prestbury and Mottram Hall next week!!!!!!
I visited Prestbury last week and the course was class!!
Maxitours at fabulous Formby Hall
Glorious blue skies and a lovely sea breeze were the rewards for well over 100 Maxitours competitors who travelled to the Merseyside coast today.
Formby Hall was described as ‘magnificent’ by more than a few players today. I have to say that the greens and surrounds looked excellent.
The course is a true championship venue and has hosted a number of professional events. I played in a challenge tour event here in 1998 when a fresh-faced Justin Rose narrowly pipped me by 24 shots.
Thanks to Leighton Williams and all the team. The food in the clubhouse was excellent.
The only issue with today’s event was the price of fuel. The local Tesco’s was over £1.79 a litre making Formby the only place in Britain more expensive than Knutsford.
If you had a bad round today try and remember that things could be a lot worse -you could be going to Goodison with the Jim Rymer team for example. They didn’t look too confident as they headed to Everton to watch their favourite team take on Newcastle. Lambs to the slaughter.
Dave Haycocks was all over the place today. They call him the major because he plays military golf – left, right,left, right. He hit his approach shot into room 116 as he played the 18th.
Highlight of the day was seeing John Dickenson after his recent illness. Great to see him looking so well -he will be back playing very soon.
The wind dropped a little late in the day and scoring improved noticeably.
Sandiways Gary Neiles and his Cheshire set took 4th place with 83 points.
Dave Goodwin (who is famous for only smiling when he has wind) was once again looking less miserable than normal as his team took 3rd place. Brothers Ian and Dave Snape and Dave Greenwood completed the team.
Second place went to Denton’s Tony Grinnell, Alistair Holloway, Knutsford’s Tony Taylor and Formby Hall’s Phil Woolem. The team were assembled at the last minute and they all gelled wonderfully.
First place went to the popular figure of Martin Humphries(8). He teamed up with fellow Dean Wood members Paul Webb(20), Andy Haswell(plus 3) and the most successful female in Maxitours history- Joyce ‘pocket rocket’Larkin (17). Despite dropping a shot into the wind at the last they won by a single point with a great score of 86.
Great golf, well played!
Thanks to everyone for your 100% attendance.
Tim
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Nearest the pin 16th Dave Rhodes doz ad333
2’s sweep £225 4 pro v1s or 10 srixon per 2
Paul McDermott George Kerr Dave Madely Chris Clarke Colin Bryan Andy Haswell Mark Clare Pete Atherton Andy Faulkner Rob Blain Mike Hill Mark Burton-Jones Steve Clayton x2 Tony Grinnell
| Formby Hall | 17 Mar-2022 | |||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Martin Humphries, Joyce Larkin, Paul Webb, Andy Haswell | 86 | 12 | Maxitours fj chill out top |
| 2 | Alistair Holloway, Tony Taylor, Tony Grinnell, Phil Woolem | 85 | 10 | Maxitours fj shirt |
| 3 | Dave Goodwin, Dave Snape, Dave Greenwood, Ian Snape | 84 | 8 | Callaway shirt each |
| 4 | Gary Neiles, Bill Telford, Allen Giles, Richard Melrose | 83 | 6 | Callaway shirt each |
| 5 | Ian Wright, Martin Gleave, Andy Brown, John Lynsky | 82 | 4 | Maxitours bag towel each |
| 6 | Dave McDougall, Jim Rymer, Mike Dempsey, Derek Borland | 81 | 2 | Maxitours bag towel each |
| 7 | Richard Blackwell, Darryl Mitton, Gary Smith, Steve Austin | 81 | ||
| 8= | Bob King, Ged Keary, Steve Clayton, Steve Sheard | 80 | ||
| 8= | Lee Tilley, Peter Norbury, Dave Rhodes, Dave Sarsfield | 80 | ||
| 10= | Dave Blood, Neil Painter, Ian George, Jim Cox | 79 | ||
| 10= | Gary Phillips, Jon Reeves, Peter Maher, Nigel Hall | 79 | ||
| 12= | Neale Laurent, Paul McDermott, Paul Butler, Gaz Gwilliam | 78 | ||
| 12= | George Jkerr, Josh Street, Steve Blakeway, Peter Brown | 78 | ||
| 12= | Kev Hart, Dave Haycocks, Andy Mansfield, Dean McFadden | 78 | ||
| 15= | James Shipston, Peter Leonard, James Brown, Alison Shipstone | 77 | ||
| 15= | Jim Caldwell, John Roome, Simon Maxwell, Peter Griggs | 77 | ||
| 17= | John Webb, Dave Madely, Mark Hudson, Philip Long | 76 | ||
| 17= | Sam Leach, Chris Walley, Jonny Barton, Jim Hodges | 76 | ||
| 19= | Chris Church, Brett Moore, Hugh Bilby, Joe Kirwan | 75 | ||
| 19= | Chris Clarke, Graham Jackson, Pete Ledger, Jim Clarke | 75 | ||
| 19= | Barry Wilson, Simon Wilkinson, Ken Booth, Alan Simpson | 75 | ||
| 19= | Dave Marchant, Dave Mason, Andy Williamson, Bob Sinclair | 75 | ||
| 23= | Paul Fell, Roy Adkins, Mike Lowe, Colin Bryan | 74 | ||
| 23= | Ben Baldwin, Mark Clare, Graham Wright, Andy Southwood | 74 | ||
| 23= | Jim Lindsay, Phil Pegum, Phil Young, Andy Stapley | 74 | ||
| 26= | Lewis Marland, Phil Dickens, Paul Robinson, Neil Evans | 73 | ||
| 26= | Roger Percival, Martin France, Pete Atherton, Ed Wilkinson | 73 | ||
| 26= | Rob Kenyon, Steve Merricks, Simon Burgess, Gav Spencer | 73 | ||
| 29 | Andy Faulkner, Dave Westwood, Munro Donald, John Farnsworth | 72 | ||
| 30 | Jon Hudson, Rob Blain, Andy Corner, Mike Hill | 71 | ||
| 31 | Paul Evans, Tony Evans, Martin Sands, Lee Braxton | 70 |
Prestbury Thursday and Mottram Hall Friday -SAME START TIMES BOTH DAYS
Half way house open at Prestbury – great food available, burgers, baps etc
9.00 Colin Roberts
9.09 Jim Caldwell x4
9.18 Dave Goodwin x4
9.27 Gary Phillips x4
9.36 Dave Blood x4
9.45 Munro Donald x4
9.54 Paul Fell x4
10.03 Les Evans x4
10.12 Steve Aspinall x4
10.21 Lewis Marland x4
10.30 Martin Humphries x4
10.39 Neale Laurent x4
10.48 Mick Mahon x4
10.57 Ian Hellens x4
11.06 Dave Sully x4
11.15 Sam Leach x4
11.24 Richard Blackwellx4
11.33 Les Russon x4
11.42 Steve Marsh x4
11.51 Andy Taylor x4
12.00 Les Russon x4
12.09 Paul Gilbert x4
12.18 Neil Drummond x4
12.27 Neil Edwards x4
12.36 Martin Bramwell x4
12.45 Ian Snape x4
12.54Lee Tolley x4
1.03 Paul Higgs x4
1.12 Gary Greer x4
1.21
1.29
1.38 Paul Thompson x4
1.47 Adam Carolan x4
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