The 2021 Xentum Summer Order of Merit

Thanks to everyone who played in Maxitours events throughout the summer. It is great to see so many players in with a chance of winning the prestigious order of merit.

Good pals Colin Bryan from Carden Park and Wrexhams Mike Lowe shared 3rd place with 58 points.
Legend in his own lunchtime Kevin Hart from Davyhulme has played the golf of his life this summer and was delighted to finish in 2nd place.

Wilmslows’ Jim Caldwell loves his golf and plays with plenty of passion and heart each week. It is great to see a seventy year old taking the order of merit. Jim brings a different team each week but he is the glue who holds them together with his straight hitting and fine short game.

Congratulations Jim on your super play this year.

Many thanks to XENTUM.co.uk on their continued support of the the tour and the order of merit

1 Jim Caldwell 66 Titliest cart bag
2 Kev Hart 65 Cleveland wedge
3 Colin Bryan 58 Galvin shirt
3 Mike Lowe 58 Galvin shirt
5 Paul Fell 56 Callaway shirt
5 Gary Neiles 56 Callaway shirt
7 Garry Owen 55 Dozen Srixon AD333
8 Dave Rhodes 52 Dozen Srixon AD333
9 Dave Buckley 51 Dozen Srixon AD333
10 Simon Hemsley 50 Dozen Srixon AD333

Maxitours at fantastic Formby Hall

A gorgeous Autumn day greeted Maxitours players at Formby Hall today.

The course is class and the firm USGA greens were a pleasure to putt on. Despite recent rain the fairways were dry and firm and enjoyed by all.

Hard to please Lewis Marland said he was really, really impressed by the course. It was the first time the lovely seventy year old had played here and he was already looking forward to returning in March.

‘That is a terrific golf course. The only complaint I have this week was the 18th hole- the sun was shining directly into my face – did anyone else mention it?’

No.

The venue is getting better each year. I first played here in a European Challenge tour event in 1998 where I narrowly missed the cut by 8 shots. A young Justin Rose was playing in the three ball behind me and he had quite a big crowd in awe as they watched his classy multi-million dollar golf swing. It was clear he was going to be a future major winner. My Dad and a stray dog were following our group and they both walked in after nine holes.

There was another Rose (Gandy) managing the bar and all her staff were really friendly throughout the day and did a great job looking after our guys.

The clocks went back last Sunday giving everyone another hour in bed this week. It still wasn’t enough for Dave Blood who slept through his alarm call. The ex-policeman spent his career ignoring alarms so there was no surprise there.

Ex RAF fighter plane navigator Dave Sully dodged a few bullets as he led his team to 87 points and a 3rd place finish The six handicapper had a gross 73 which is mighty impressive on this championship golf course. Janet(8) and Steve(5) Heywood and Mellor Captain Graham Davenport(8) made up the four.

Sandiways Gary Neiles(5), John Longworth(11), John Morton(10) and Carl Barks(5) scored 88 points. They had 46 points on the tough front nine. But were beaten on a card play off.

Jim Clarke(10) Chris Clarke (8) Graham Jackson (10) and Pete Ledger (16) took the honours today. A solid 44 points on the front nine was given a huge boost after Jackson and Ledger both birdied the 11th to pick up 8 points. Despite not picking up any shots on the closing four holes the damage was done and the likeable quartet were delighted with their win.

Well played chaps.

Thanks for your 100% attendance once again.

Tim

Nearest the pin 6th Phil Watson Doz AD333

Nearest the pin 16th Peter Griggs Doz AD333

2’s As well as Roger Percivals’ hole in one there were lots of 2’s today due to the accessible pins and true greens. Dave Sully had three, Colin Berry, Martin Humphries and Paul Fell got two. Even Bob Sutton got one.

2’s £140 2 pro v1s or 5 srixon s per two

Colin Berry x2 Dave Sully x3Peter Griggs Steve Barlow Bob Sutton Paul Fell x2 Sarah Ormrod Alf Shillitoe Munro Donald Martin Humphries x2 Roger Percival hole in one (x2)! Pete Atherton Ed Wilkinson Colin Berry x2 Phil Watson

Fairhaven start sheet 11am shotgun

9th November 2021

1a Simon Hemsley x4

1b Colin Roberts x4

2 Dave Sully x4

3 Dave Blood x4

4 Jim Clarke x4

5 Steve Aspinall x4

6a Mick Mahon x4

6b Paul Fell x4

7 Martin Humphries x4

8 Kev Hart x4

9a Gary Neiles x4

9b Bob Sutton x4

10 Neale Laurent x4

11a Lewis Marland x4

11b Ian Hellens x4

12 Roger Percival x4

13 Richard Blackwellx4

16 Les Russon x4

16b John Hunt x4

17 Lee Tilley x4

18 Dave Goodwin x4

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Dave Monk x4

John Hilditch x4

Chris Adams x4.

Adam Carolan x4.

Maxitours from splendid Preston !!!

A relatively dry but breezy day made for challenging conditions in today’s event.

Fresh sausage and bacon baps were the order of the day pre round provided by the caterers outside the clubhouse which were enjoyed by many players.

A big thank you to long serving PGA Professional Andrew Greenbank and his staff along with congratulations to Preston’s Greenkeepers for presenting the course superbly in particular the greens. Everyone enjoyed the overall experience of playing this gem of a course with many positive comments from players as they came in.

Also to my good friend PGA Professional Matt Turnock fromMottram Hall for running this event efficiently as always in my absence. My prize box is always returned immaculately organised due to his OCD !!!

Paul Fell’s team got off to a flying start with 3 out of the 4 players recording a 2 on the 1st hole but unfortunately they peaked too early and it was all downhill from there !!!

ON AN ADDITIONAL NOTE A CALLAWAY MAVERIK WEDGE HAS BEEN HANDED IN FROM THE PRESTBURY CHARITY DAY LAST WEEK – PLEASE MESSAGE ME IF THIS IS YOURS

Today’s results were as follows:

NP 1st – Mike Lowe 1 Doz Srixon

NP 12th – Darren Whittaker 1 Doz Srixon

2’s £157.50 = 3 x ProV1’s or 7 x Srixon AD333’s per 2

Liam Rex, Phil Vaughn, Roger Percival x2, Dave Hest, Paul Butler, Paul McDermott, John Harrop, Andy Corner, Steve Best, Geoff Bickerton, Jerry Harris, Pete Fotheringham, Paul Fell, Colin Bryan & Mike Lowe

RESULTS

Maxitours from splendid Preston !!!

A relatively dry but breezy day made for challenging conditions in today’s event.

Fresh sausage and bacon baps were the order of the day pre round provided by the caterers outside the clubhouse which were enjoyed by many players.

A big thank you to long serving PGA Professional Andrew Greenbank and his staff along with congratulations to Preston’s Greenkeepers for presenting the course superbly in particular the greens. Everyone enjoyed the overall experience of playing this gem of a course with many positive comments from players as they came in.

Also to my good friend PGA Professional Matt Turnock from Mottram Hall for running this event efficiently as always in my absence. My prize box is always returned immaculately organised due to his OCD !!!

Paul Fell’s team got off to a flying start with 3 out of the 4 players recording a 2 on the 1^st hole but unfortunately they peaked too early and it was all downhill from there !!!

ON AN ADDITIONAL NOTE A CALLAWAY MAVERIK WEDGE HAS BEEN HANDED IN FROM THE PRESTBURY CHARITY DAY LAST WEEK – PLEASE MESSAGE ME IF THIS IS YOURS

Today’s results were as follows:

NP 1^st – Mike Lowe 1 Doz Srixon

NP 12^th – Darren Whittaker 1 Doz Srixon

2’s £157.50 = 3 x ProV1’s or 7 x Srixon AD333’s per 2

Liam Rex, Phil Vaughn, Roger Percival x2, Dave Hest, Paul Butler, Paul McDermott, John Harrop, Andy Corner, Steve Best, Geoff Bickerton, Jerry Harris, Pete Fotheringham, Paul Fell, Colin Bryan & Mike Lowe

RESULTS

Preston Golf Club this Monday -still room for 3 teams don’t miss out on this stunning course.

Results from phenomenal Prestbury

Charity Day at Prestbury Sponsored by Xentum Financial planners

Despite recent heavy rain the Prestbury Golf Course was presented in superb condition for our players today. Thanks to everyone for your terrific support of this event. We raised £3010. This has been divided equally and already paid to the East Cheshire Hospice, Unicef, Water Aid and On Course Foundation.

Despite not playing Jim Clarke and Steve Heywood also quietly made contributions to the charities- class.

Ben Baldwin from Xentum kindly treated all players to bacon butties and coffee. Thanks to everyone involved, they are a lovely company to have on board and I have no hesitation recommending them.

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I love Prestbury and its members. My first job was as an assistant professional here when I was just 18 years old. I used to be in charge of shoe cleaning at this great club. Sales of plastic adidas cruiser shoes went through the roof when I realised that I could clean them in 10 seconds with a soapy wet cloth. I used to reassure the members that they were fully breathable and far comfier than the more expensive leather alternatives which took me ten minutes to polish.

The par three 17th over the ravine is the beautiful signature hole. Richard Palmer has duffed it off the tee here more than once over the years. He was delighted to see his tee shot sail onto the green today. Unfortunately, as he tried to put his seven iron back there was no sign of his trolley and clubs. He found them 5 minutes later at the bottom of the canyon.

Scoring was close with the best scores of the day recorded by teams that went out in the first hour this morning. Neale Laurent(14), Alf Shillitoe (17)Paul Butler(10) and John Harrop (7)scored 83 to take 2nd on a card play off.

Simon Hemsley (10) Gareth Bradley (+2) Joe Kirwan and Dave Woods from Bramhall recorded 84 points first thing and thought they may sneak into the prizes.

‘We played well but there is definitely a high 80’s score out there today!’ Reported experienced Hemsley.

No there wasn’t! The four lovely guys will be delighted to win the Xentum Charity Day! Well played.

Just eighty four points winning a Charity Day! Unheard of. Thanks to all players for your integrity, it is a pleasure to work for you.

Thanks for your support and for giving something back today. This is what life is all about. Brilliant.

Tim

Nearest the Pin 7th Brian Kelly Dozen Wilson Duo balls

Nearest the Pin 17th James Shipstone Dozen Wilson Duo balls

2’s sweep £125 3 pro V1s or 8 srixon ad333

Mark Phillips Nigel Ashton Neale Laurent Brian Kelly Steve Blakeway Paul Fell Mike Clare James Shipstone Ed Stubbs Brian Vincent Paul Yearsley

Preston Monday 25th Oct

To help the green keeper please try and carry or use Winter wheels if you have them!

Food available before play 8.15am -1pm

9.00 Simon Hemsley x4

9.09 Colin Roberts x4

9.18 Jim Caldwell x4

9.27 Steve Fairclough x4

9.36 Dave Blood x4

9.45 Lewis Birch x4

9.54

10.03 Mick Mahon x4.

10.12

10.21 Roger Percival x4

10.30 Martin Humphries x4

10.39 Paul Fell x4

10.48 Nigel Hall x4

10.57 Gareth Winston x4

11.06 Neale Laurent x4 .

11.15 Neale Laurent x4

11.24 Lewis Marland x4.

11.33 Ian Hellens x4.

11.42 Mike Hill x4

11.51

12.00 Richard Blackwellx4

12.09 Les Russon x4

12.18 Pete Fotheringham x4

12.27

12.36 John Hunt x4

12,45 Gary Neiles x4

12.54 Steve Marsh x4

1.03 Lee Tilley x4

Last 3 team Spaces at the first Winter/Spring event of the year -Preston on Monday- going fast!
Xentum sponsored Prestbury Charity day this Thursday – room for 1 fourball- Free bacon butties on arrival for all players kindly provided by XENTUM!!!

Maxitours at stunning Stockport

Stockports’ greens were a real credit to everyone at this great golf club. We are in the middle of October and a few players told me that they were the best surfaces they had putted on all year! Incredible.
‘Those greens were amazing!’ Reported Welshman Mike Lowe.

The Stockport staff are famous for being warm and friendly and they were terrific again today. It is always great to see Jayne Scowan in the office -she is one of the loveliest people I deal with each year.

Scoring was close throughout the day with most teams experiencing nine holes of refreshing drizzle and nine holes of beautiful seasonal weather.

Fourth place went to the Hale team of Ian Goulty(10), Chris Brown(7) and the charismatic Veitch brothers Andy(17) and Peter(8). They had an excellent back nine but the Antrobus clubhouse manager Dave Buckley(18) and his team of John Horton(14), Seb Johnson(9) and Steve Tyler (13) came home in 45 points to sneak third place.

Davyhulme Parks’ Barry Jackson(2) is a fine golfer but he is such a nice bloke he doesn’t mind playing with his mates each week who are all hopeless. Today he dropped them in favour of three guys who can actually play the game and he had his best finish for five years. Chris Lane(7) Dave Wright(12) and Steve Tate(20) all played wonderful golf but they were frustrated after only picking up three points on each of the closing two holes.

Jim Clarke(13) Pete Ledger(15) and Graham Jackson (10) have had an annus horribilus on the course this year. Their prize table has been very bare. Jim had to call upon the best golfer in his family to turn things around. His Twenty year old daughter Georgina(6) provided the inspiration and steered the team to victory. It is great to see the wealthiest man in Knutsford back in the prizes even though his daughter did all the work. Well played everyone!

Once again despite the drizzle everyone turned up – thank you for your class and integrity.

Yours in golf, Tim

2’s sweep £230 4 pro v1s or 10 srixons per 2
Mick Mahon Peter Copter Lee Compton Ed Wilkinson Roger Percival Bob Kwan Simon Raine Ralph Postlethwaite Denis Greenup Andy Duncan Dave Catt Mike Holden Duncan Cocker Andrew Hill Terry Broadbent x2 Barry Jackson Chris Lane Dave Wright
Nearest the pin 16th Dave Stewardson Doz Wilson Duo
Nearest the pin in two 18th Dave Marchant Dozen Wilson Duo

Prestbury Charity Day Thursday 21st October
£200 a team- all proceeds to Charity

9.00 Simon Hemsley x4
9.09 Richard Blackwell x4
9.18 Colin Roberts x4
9.27 Jim Caldwell x4
9.36
9.45 Neale Laurentx4
9.54 Gareth Winston x4
10.03Jim Lindsay x4
10.12 Ben Baldwin x4
10.21 Dave Hillier x4
10.30 Dave Hillier x4
10.39 Paul Fell x4
10.48 Gary Owen x4
10.57 Ian Hellens x4
11.06 John Hunt x4
11.15 Mike George x4
11.24 Mick Manon x4
11.33 Sam Leach x4
11.42 Gary Phillips x4
11.51 Nick Appleton x4
12.00 Chris Gregory x4
12.09 Paul Wrigley x4
12.18 Peter Kenny x4
12.27 Peter Kenny x4
12.36 John Abbott x4
12.45 Jim Rymer x4
12.54 Steve Aspinall x4
1.03 Kev Hart x4
1.12 Adam Carolan x4
1.21 Lee Tilley x4
1.30