Results from magnificent Manchester Hopwood

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Thurs 27th Dunham Forest AM AM – Full – please check times below!
Friday 4th Aug Vale Royal AM AM – nearly full
Monday 7th Aug Mere – nearly full
Tuesday 15th Aug – Sandiway – Full
Monday 21st Aug – Stockport full

Maxitours at marvellous Manchester Hopwood

The strong wind which was challenging the best players in the world at Royal Birkdale also presented a stiff test to the 100 very slightly less talented maxitours players who enjoyed Hopwood Golf Club today.

It was the first day of the school holidays for many so the weather was always going to be unsettled but all players stayed dry which was a real bonus and led to a terrific day at this special venue.

Hopwood has a new green keeper -Matt Shinwell -and he has had previous placements at Augusta and Oakmont Golf Clubs on his CV. The course was certainly very well prepared and presented in excellent condition for our players.- many thanks. Manchester Golf Club held the European tour school qualifying in the early 1990’s and it is now more than ready to host a major event in the very near future.

Frank Hindles’ team is used to getting extremely close to nature as most weeks as they can be spotted looking for their balls in the deep wilderness. Today they played the first hole and miraculously all of them managed to stay on the fairway for a change. Their straight hitting was rewarded with the sight of two wild deer skipping across the fairway in front of them. Only five miles from the Manchester city centre-awesome!

When Mike Gauden turned up he told me that he was playing like one of the best players in the world at the moment ‘I was 4 over par through five holes yesterday -that was the same as Rory at Birkdale!’ he chuckled. McIlroy found his swing and moved up to be on the first page of the Open leader board today. Mike found his swing and finished 39th out of 45.
John Stubbs plays the new latest Callaway chrome ball which had red spots on. He claims that it helps him see the ball spin characteristics when he chips this gives him good feedback on the quality of his strike. He didn’t learn too much on the 13thhole when a right angled shank was quickly followed by a complete fresh air shot.

Pete Hamlett(7) is having a great day. He played excellent golf at Hopwood on his way to a 4th place finish alongside his brother Gordon(10). He then enjoyed the superb fish and chips in the clubhouse followed by a pint of San Miguel before heading home to watch the last hour of the Open coverage. At 9pm things will reach a climax when he settles down to his all time favourite show -Love island. ‘I really enjoy it ‘ said the happy Ashton car mechanic.

Scratch golfer Luke Donnely is a lovely lad and he was delighted when the ball throw up meant he would play with Ian Thompson(10) today rather than his Dad. Luke had three birdies on the front nine – but more impressively so did his partner as they reached the turn in 27 points! Nineteen points on the back nine saw them take 3rd place.

At Birkdale the commentators were saying that the main reason that Bubba Watson is struggling with his game is because he has lost too much weight recently. Portly Andy Hamlett(7) certainly hasn’t gone overboard with his diet and his healthy appetite paid dividends with an excellent 46 points to take 2nd place alongside Richard Blackwell(13).

Retired head teacher Keith Rigby (11) teamed up with scientist Mike Savage(14) to earn the Chorley Golf Club pair a very impressive first ever victory with 47 points in windy conditions. Intelligent Savage is a ‘corrosion specialist ‘ but there was nothing rusty about his golf game today- well played chaps excellent golf!

Many thanks to Tony Smith from Srixon for his support today and for providing balls for all competitors.
Thanks to all players for your terrific support.
Yours in Golf, Tim
Nearest the pin 13th Dave Bowers Dozen Srixon AD333s
Nearest the Pin 16th Garry Smith Dozen Srixon AD333S
2’s £180 6 pro v1s or 15 srixon AD333s each
Kit Parkington x2!! Nigel Clowes Nigel Compsty Simon Walton Leigh Smart Andy Roberts John Royle

Hopwood 21-Jul-2017
Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment
1 Mike Savage, Keith Rigby 47 12 Cleveland wedge each
2 Richard Blackwell, Andy Hamlett 46 11 Maxitours merino sweater each
3 Luke Donnelly, Ian Thompson 46 10 Dozen Z Star balls each
4 Pete Hamlett, Gordon Hamlett 45 9 Maxitours shirt each
5 Lee Tilley, Dave Rhodes 45 8 Dozen AD333s each
6 Paul Baxter, Richard Robinson 44 7 Dozen AD333s each
7 Simon Walton, Terry Hines 43 6 Performance ball pack each
8 Garry Smith, Gary Conroy 43 5 Performance ball pack each
9 Pat O’Dowd, Carl Kennedy 42 4 Srixon Shoe bag each
10 Richard Palmer, John Farnsworth 42 3 Srixon Shoe bag each
11 Tim Spencer, Ron Sloane 42 2
12 Andy Jackson, Billy Rawsthore 41 1
13= Alan Burton, Kenny Ackers 41
13= Andy Roberts, Sam Wilson 41
13= Jimmy Caffrey, Kit Parkington 41
16= Nigel Clowes, Nigel Compsty 40
16= Dave Stanhope, Phil Smeathers 40
16= Peter Anders, Bob Dellor 40
16= Craig Dyson, Ben Lever 40
16= Brian Hopkins, Mark Johnson 40
16= Duncan Challen, Steve Hogg 40
22= Jack Coleman, Anthony Bloor 39
22= Ray Tennant, Leigh Smart 39
22= Darren Whittaker, Garry Bresnahan 39
22= Matt Sayers, Adam Thomas 39
22= Hugh Mullin, Dave Bowers 39
22= John Bent , Billy Blissett 39
28= Brian Hitchen, Peter Dolan 38
28= John Stubbs, John Royle 38
28= Simon Taylor, Gary Amos 38
31= Jon Farrell, Gav Sutcliffe 37
31= Bill Harvey, Graham Bryant 37
31= Paul Donnelly, Damien Clayton 37
31= Eddie Ellis, Kenny Plumb 37
35= John Pratt, Paul Smith 36
35= Darren Jones, Andy Bentley 36
35= Neil McKinlay, David Fellows 36
35= James Hampton, Rick Palmer 36
39= Harvey Mattinson, Mike Gauden 35
39= Martin Wilson, Terry O’Mara 35
41= Dave Harlow, John Atkin 34
41= Al Smith, Alan Pengelly 34
41= Pete Norbury, Dave Sarsfield 34
44= Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle 33
44= Guy Hall, Keith Coxon 33
44= Phil Harris, Tim Beasant 33
47= George Buchan, Dave Garnett 32
47= Chris Brownhill, Gary Hempstead 32
49 Mark Saxon, Paul Higgs 31
50 Tom Jarvis, John Buckley 30

Start times at Dunham Forest AM AM
Thursday 27th July
7.58 Colin Roberts x4
8.05 Jim Caldwell x4
8.14 Simon Hemsley x4
8.23 David Garner x4
8.32 David Kelly x4
8.40 James Wilson x4
8.50 John Hunt x4
8.59 Paul Evans x4
9.08 Brian Greenbank x4
9.17 Claire Whitney x4
9.25 Paul Gilbert x4
9.33 Mike Stewart x4
9.42 Martin Bramwell x4
9.50 pete booth x4
9.59 Roy Ainsworth x4
10.08 Mick Mahon x2
10.16 John Hilditch x4
10.24 Bev Crute x4
10.33 Lewis Marland x4
10.42 Dave Stanhope x4
10.50 Chris Adams x4
10.59 Martin France x4
11.08 Peter Maher x4
11.17 Bob Eastwood x4
11.26 Barry Jackson x4
11.35 Dave Thomas x4
11.43 Sam leach x4
11.52 Jim Rymer x4
12.00 John Stubbs x4
12.09 Dennis Whelan x4
12.18 Keith Workman x4
12.27 Simon Ashton x4
12.34 Brian Rogerson x4
12.42 Chih Hu x2 Brothwell and Gavin
12.50 Brian Hopkins x4
12.59 Pete Norbury x4

Results from Gorgeous Hazel Grove

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Hopwood Srixon Pairs – Friday 21st July – all players receive 2 ball ‘ try me’ pack – spaces for 2 or 4 players
Dunham Forest – Thursday 27th July – Full
Vale Royal AM AM – Friday 4th August – filling fast
Mere Pairs 7th August – filling fast

Thanks to Maxitours players for your continued integrity and loyalty, my next few events are very well subscribed so please give me at least 7 days notice if you need to cancel to give others a chance to play. Thanks Tim

Maxitours at Gorgeous Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove was back to its very best for today’s Maxitours Golf Day. Perhaps the best fairways on the circuit and superb greens make this one of the premier courses in Cheshire. The sloping and slick USGA greens are a great defence for this superbly designed course and despite being not a long course the scoring was very average by Maxitours standards.

James Rowlands the Club Professional is one of the best in the business and he looked after us well today. I can highly recommend him for Club fitting if anyone is in the market for a new set…

Hefty Les Penson plays his golf wearing a stretchy belt he bought off a dodgy guy selling them on a beach in Tenerife last year. It came in very handy today after he really enjoyed a couple of large bacon and sausage barm cakes and a quick snickers bar before he went out to play.

Dr Alistair Mackenzie designed Augusta National, Cypress Point and Hazel Grove. There is a lovely wooden statue of him overlooking the 18th green. I thought there was another statue of a very old golfer on the green but when I looked closely I saw it was it was Bill Henderson going through his lengthy pre shot putting routine.

When it is played off the tournament tees the 3rd and 18th holes both require hefty 200 yard carries over a ravine so I asked Hazel Grove to kindly move them forward on those holes. Players like Roy Ainsworth(26) then have a chance to reach the fairway. Unfortunately it all went wrong for Roy when his woeful tee shot careered backwards off his partners trolley and gently rolled back onto the white tee 40 yards behind him.

Steve Heywood had an impressive 24 putts today, the only problem was he lost ten balls and only finished 8 holes.

Phil Smeathers holed his bunker shot on the second to win some balls in the 2’s sweep. He shouted to some of his pals on an adjacent fairway and told them all about it. After play he had a look around the pro shop and talked the pro through his birdie. The lovely bar maid worked hard throughout the day and was trying to pull the shutters down at the end of her very long shift.
‘Did you hear about my birdie today?’ asked big Phil sitting on a nearby bar stool.

Manchester United have managed to off load Wayne Rooney to Everton this week but they are still paying half his wages. Frank Hindle’s team were without holidaying Mick Mahon today and finished in a respectable 7th place. Franks team tell me that they are happy to off load Mick if anyone wants to sign him and they are prepared to pay all his wages as part of the deal.

The home Hazel Grove team of Mick Jones(7), Andrew Hill(1), Dan Moss(7) and Chris Hayes(5) were overwhelming favourites to use their local knowledge and win today’s event. The class team were gutted to finish in 4th with 80 points.
‘The putt’s just wouldn’t drop ‘said Mick.
‘They were hopeless ‘reported honest legend Andrew Hill.

Prestbury’s Steve Hall(17) and Chris Adams(13) were teamed up at the last minute with David Wakerley (6) and Malcolm Hodson(10) from High Legh. The chemistry was electric as they combined well to take 3rd place and they immediately became the best of friends. ‘When can we see you again?’ asked Steve after his enjoyable first date with the handsome duo.

Narrowly taking 2nd place on a card play-off was Richard Blackwells'(13) Mottram Hall team. These boys have struggled this year but they showed all their experience to battle to runner up spot on a tough Hazel Grove course. I watched them make two tremendous pars on the closing hole to pick up six points. Andy Hamlett(8), Tony Jennison(5) and John Hilton(13) completed the talented quartet.

Winning today’s event was Shrigley Hall’s Brian Hopkins(4), Mark Taylor(12) Mark Johnson (12) and Niall Lynch (10). Lynch is a radiologist at Manchester hospital and he looked at a few pictures and twiddled a few knobs this morning before he left work to play great in today’s Maxitours event. It was a wonderful team effort but Hopkins’ driver and wedge into 12 feet at the last set up a memorable birdie finish to win by a solitary shot!

Well played chaps great golf!!

Thanks to all who played today, everyone was raving about the quality of the golf course, Tim
Ps Wonderful Worsley golf Club has spaces in a men’s Open on Sunday 6th August -please contact them directly to book your place.

Nearest the Pin 9th Dozen Ad333s Tony Evans – well done Tony first ever prize on Maxitours!
Nearest the Pin 13th Dozen AD333s Andy Hamlett – great shot to within 2 feet

2’s £160 3 pro V1s or 8 srixons per two.
John Buckley Graham Pike Phil Smeathers Dave Wakerley x2 Malcolm Hodson Arron Woodward Rod Booth John Hilton Andy Hamlett Brian Hopkins Mark Taylor Mark Johnson

Hazel Grove 13-Jul-2017
Pos Team Players Score OoM Comment
1 Brian Hopkins, Niall Lynch, Mark Johnson, Mark Taylor 83 12 FJ Hydrolite shoes
2 Richard Blackwell, Tony Jennison , Andy Hamlett, John Hilton 82 10 FJ Shirt each
3 Chris Adams, Steve Hall, David Wakerley, Malcolm Hodson 82 8 PGA Jacket each
4 Roger Percival, Peter Atherton, Ed Wilkinson, Andy Cunningham 81 6 Maxitours shirt each
5 Mick Jones, Chris Hayes, Andrew Hill, Dan Moss 80 4 Maxitours Cap each
6 Pete Ledger, Phil Maher, Roger Clarke, Andy Wrigley 78 2 Maxitours Cap each
7 Steve Parle, Garry Parle, Gordon Warke, Wayne Harper 77
8= Frank Hindle, John Farnsworth, Phil Hanson, Munro Donald 76
8= Robert Forder, Arron Woodward, Phil Major, Rod Booth 76
10= Bob Picthall, John Hume, John Broadbent, Dave Thomas 75
10= Simon Hemsley, Ian King, Neil Worthington, Darren Whittaker 75
10= Dave Harlow, Stuart Blake, Graham Pike, Les Henson 75
10= Dave Stanhope, Phil Smeathers, Tom Jarvis, John Anderton 75
14 Jack Coleman, John Buckley, Mike Gauden, Harvey Mattinson 74
15 Chris Brownhill, Peter Hamlett, Gordon Hamlett, Paul Randall 73
16 Dave Bentley, Keith Edminson, Nigel Uttley, Mark Cooper 72
17 Les Penson, Mark Hazeldine, Dave Wainwright, Chris Darlington 71
18 Lewis Marland, Nick Forde, Alf Shillitoe, Neil Laurent 70
19 Tony Evans, Paul Evans, Stewart Hibbert, Darren Forrester 66
20= Colin Roberts, John Rigby, Geoff Andrews, Dave Marchant 64
20= Roy Ainsworth, John Waggett, Mike Hindley, Mike Verdon 64
22 Barry Jackson, Dave Beavis, Paul Milner, Steve Tate 61

Hopwood Srixon Pairs
Friday 21st July
10.00 Colin Roberts x4
10.09 David Kelly x4
10.18 Jack Coleman x4
10.27 Dave Stanhope x4
10.36 Mick Mahon x4
10.45 Lewis Marland x2
10.54Chris Adams x4
11.03Trevor Foster x4
11.15 Simon Walton x2 John Pratt x2
11.24 Ray Tennant x4
11.33 Pat O’Dowd x2 Darren Jones x2
11.42
11.51 Paul Butterworth x4
12.00 Tim Spencer x4
12.09 Brian Hitchen x4
12.18 Gary Smith x4
12.27 Richard Blackwell x2
12.36 Brian Rogerson x4
12.45 Duncan Challen x4
12.54
1.03 Paul Donnelly x4
1.12 Phil Harris x4
1.21John Stubbs x4
1.30 Jimmy Caffrey x2 Darren Whittaker x2
1.39 Richard Williamson x4
1.48 Chris Brownhill x4
1.57
2.06
2.15 james Hampton x4
2.24
2.33
2.42 Hugh Mullin x4
2.51 Pete Norbury x4
3.00 Brian Hopkins x4

Results from Delightful Davenport

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Spaces next Thursday at Hazel Grove Team of 4 event – it is in great condition!

Hopwood Friday 21st July – spaces – all players receive a try me ball pack from srixon
Dunham Forest – 27th July – full
Vale Royal team of 4 4th August – nearly full
Mere Pairs 7th August -filling fast!

Maxitours at delightful Davenport

Davenport Golf Club members can be very proud indeed after their golf course was presented in immaculate condition for todays’ Maxitours event. The blemish free greens were cut and ironed and the putts were rolling straight and true. Many thanks to all the greens staff.

Giles Terry doesn’t get out much but he claimed that the bacon and egg bap was ‘The best I have ever tasted’ . Sam leach also agreed that these are the best bacon barms on the circuit.

Clubhouse manager Fraser is a great guy and he really knows how to look after my special dietary needs – plenty of chips with my pies. Many thanks to Fraser and his top team for their attentive service throughout the day -brilliant job.

The golf course was originally at Davenport near the middle of Stockport but moved to higher Poynton in 1973 where it has now matured into a really enjoyable test of golf.. Neil Omeshers’ ball nearly made it’s way back to the old course after his wild hook on the 15th.

Jim Hodges and Chris Walley had a solid start after they picked up two shots on the tricky opening four holes. Both tee shots on the next found the heart of the green unfortunately they were gutted when it was pointed out that they were incorrectly playing the 14th rather than the 5th. After a two shot penalty they narrowly missed out on the major prizes. ‘Here’s a headline for your report Tim ‘ chuckled unsympathetic playing partner John Barton ‘ At devilishly difficult Davenport dynamic duo disgracefully docked!’
Jim didn’t find it quite as amusing. ‘We are a deeply devastated couple of dxxxheads’ was all he could add.

There was a real threat of thunderstorms throughout the day and the weather stayed warm and dry but at times it was very close. Richard Palmer usually gets in some sticky situations on the golf course, today the Blackburn man just got sticky.

‘It is even stickier out there than when Sticky the stick insect got stuck on a sticky bun’ said sweaty Mark Graham after his warm round.

In today’s event scoring was mostly good due to the still conditions, yellow tees and excellent greens.

Westwood and Donald are two big names in European golf who are both struggling with their games. Today was no different as Dave Westwood and Munro Donald teamed up but could only manage 37 points to lie in 44th place.

Dave Allen played like a comedian as he teamed up with Guy Hall and finished in last place with 33 points.

At the top end of the leader board Knutsford’s lucky John Anderton(9) and High Legh’s Dave Stanhope(11) won a five team card play-off to take 4th place.

Nic Hercules(15) travels around the world working for the UN and when he comes home he relaxes by playing well on Maxitours. The gentle giant finished in 3rd with 45 points playing with Alan Pratt(26).

Second place went to late stand-ins John Horsley(15) who is the hard working Knutsford secretary and his new best friend Paul Maxwell(11). Both players appeared on the card 9 times but it was iron man Horsley who kept things going over the closing holes when Maxwell was wobbling.

Alsager veterans and ever present Maxitours players Bob Sinclair(16) and Geoff Andrews (20) were first out this morning and they made the most of the cool conditions and receptive greens to score 47 points to take first place. Both players had failed to score any order of merit points all season but it all came together at Davenport and these lovely guys were made up to win!

Thanks to all who played today, everyone seemed to really enjoy this lovely Cheshire course.
Yours in Golf, Tim

Nearest the Pin 14th Nigel McKinney Dozen AD333s
Nearest the Pin 16th Brian Hopkins Dozen AD333s
2’s sweep £172.50 4 pro V1s or 10 srixon AD333s
Ian Broughan x2Andy Oakes Roy Ainsworth Mike Wainwright Stuart Blake Dave Kelly Giles Terry Steve Heywood Pete Hamlett Darren Bridge Iain Cash

Davenport 06-Jul-2017
Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment
1 Bob Sinclair, Geoff Andrews 47 12 Cleveland wedge each
2 John Horsley, Peter Maxwell 45 11 FJ Sweater each
3 Nic Hercules, Alan Pratt 45 10 PGA Jacket each
4 John Anderton, Dave Stanhope 43 9 PGA Top each
5 Andy Moon, Chris Dykens 43 8 Maxitours shirt each
6 Ian Broughan , Gaz Furlong 43 7 Maxitours shirt each
7 Pete Hamlett, Gordon Hamlett 43 6 Sunice shirt
8 Simon Walton, Ian Andrews 43 5 Sunice shirt
9 Steve Parle, Rodney Mills 43 4 Maxitours Cap
10 Ray Royle, John Crossfield 43 3 Maxitours Cap
11 Jim Hodges, Chris Walley 42 2 Maxitours Cap
12 Andy Oakes, Richard Johnson 42 1 Maxitours Cap
13= John Farnsworth, Richard Palmer 42
13= Gary Parle, Barry Judge 42
13= Roy Ainsworth , Brian Ankers 42
16= Steve Heywood, Nigel Dibble 41
16= Dave Wainwright, Mike Wainwright 41
16= David Kelly, Dave Harlow 41
16= Martin France, Pete Atherton 41
16= Tom Jarvis , Giles Terry 41
16= Iain Cash, James Mooney 41
22= Colin Roberts, John Rigby 40
22= Sam Leach, John Barton 40
22= Roger Percival, Ed Wilkinson 40
22= Paul Whitworth, Dave Watts 40
22= Terry Crewe, Nigel McKenny 40
22= John Royle, Andrew Royle 40
22= Paul Woodbine, Dave Goodwin 40
22= Bernard Wood, Rod Barlow 40
30= Brain Greenbank, Chris Brown 39
30= Stuart Blake , John Atkin 39
30= Chris Adams, Simon Golsby 39
30= Steve Collier, Mike Verdon 39
30= Rob Rhodes, Andy Watts 39
30= Gordon Warke, Chris Ernill 39
30= Ted Ellis, Alan Brough 39
37= Mike Dudley, Peter Waterhouse 38
37= Jimmy Caffrey, Kit Parkington 38
37= Phil Robinson, Richard Williamson 38
37= Brian Hopkins, George Bresnahan 38
37= Mark Johnson, Darren Bridge 38
37= Jimmy Caffrey, Kit Parkington 38
37= Tom Wilson, John O’Donnell 38
44= Munro Donald, Dave Westwood 37
44= Bill Parkinson, John Dawson 37
44= Dave Smith, Barry Taylor 37
47= Paul Evans, Tony Evans 36
47= Darren Forrester, Andy Lawton 36
49= Simon Poucher, Vic Nilsen 34
49= Ian Neilson, Mark Birtwistle 34
51 Guy Hall, Dave Allen 33

Hazel Grove team of 4
Thursday 13th July
10.00 Colin Roberts x4
10.09 Bob Picthall x4
10.18 Simon Hemsley x4
10.27 Dave Bentley x4
10.36 Jack Coleman x4
10.45David Kelly x4
10.54 Dave Stanhope x4
11.03 Mick Mahon x4
11.12 Paul Evans x4
11.21 Roy Ainsworth x4
11.30 Chris Adams x2 David Wakerly x2
11.39 Phil Major x4
11.48 Dale Beaghan x4
11.57 Steve Parle x4
12.06 Lewis Marland x4
12.15 Rob Weston x4
12.24 Martin France x4
12.33 Steve Heywood x4
12.42
12.51 Les Penson x4
1.00
1.09
1.27 Chris Brownhill x4
1.36 Richard Williamson x4
1.54
2.03 Gary Neiles x4
2.12 Simon Ashton x4
2.21Richard Blackwell x4
2.30 Barry Jackson x4
2.39 Brian Hopkins x4
2.47 Pete Norbury x4
2.56 John Stubbs x4

Results from cracking Conwy

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Davenport next week – times below

Results from CRACKING Conwy !!

Thanks to PGA Professional Matt Turnock for running today’s event whilst I tried and failed to get through regional open qualifying.

Still iving the dream!

I hope you had a great day at Conwy it sounds like the course and weather were fantastic – congratulations to all the winners – what’s does it feel like to play good golf? Tim

Matt’s report: Quite stunning conditions for today’s competitors with the gentlest of breezes and sunshine for most of the day. The course could not have been more receptive to good scoring with many taking advantage of the benign conditions.
Tom Griffiths was ruing his partner of choice in Captain elect of Conwy Brendan McNamara as they struggled to 38 points but their fellow playing partners Russell Lewis (4) and Jason Moran (7) had a good knock finishing 4th on count back with 44 points despite Tom claiming potential whiplash injury compensation having to try and follow a few of Russell wayward tee shots.
At the top of the leader board today were two on form pairings Rob Moore (20) and Rick Buckley (16) with a massive 48 points a result of some scrambling that Seve Ballesteros would have been proud of according to their playing partners.
The last match out also recorded 48 points as Hazel Groves Billy Sutton and Duncan Cocker had 26 points on the front nine which included five birdies.
It was tight for the runners up place with four teams tied on 44 points with Koss Anders & Martin Cox firing a huge 26 point back 9 to take 3rd place on count back. Hale Golf Clubs excellent head green keeper Russell Lewis and top steward Jason Moran paired up to take 4th place.

Nearest pin 2nd was – John Buckley Doxen AD333s
Nearest pin 15th was – Paul Salt Dozen AD333s

2’s – £185 pot 13 ProV1’s or 28 Srixon AD333’s

Trevor Webb, Rob Williams, Richard Williamson & Duncan Cocker
Many Thanks to all who played today, Matt.

Conwy 26-Jun-2017
Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment
1 Rob Moore , Rick Buckley 48 12 FJ contour Shoes each
2 Duncan Cocker , Billy Sutton 48 11 PGA Tour travel cover
3 Koss Alders , Martin Cox 44 10 FJ Shirt each
4 Russell Lewis , Jason Moran 44 9 Kartel shirt each
5 Charlie Cunningham , Chris Adams 44 8 Maxitours shirt each
6 David Antrobus , John Buckley 44 7 Maxitours shirt each
7 Barrie Simpson , Pete Sinclair 43 6 Callaway shirt
8 Paul Salt , Mike Hill 43 5 Callaway shirt
9 Steve Sutton , David Bigley 42 4 Leather tour glove
10 Gary Ferguson , Ron Sloane 42 3 Leather tour glove
11 Neil Drummond , Andy Stone 42 2 Maxitours bag towel each
12 John Hilditch , Iain Bartholomew 42 1 Maxitours bag towel each
13= Paul Lea , Jim Rymer 41
13= Jim Caldwell , David Lathwood 41
13= Tony Weighell , Mark Freeman 41
13= Steve Dobson , Rick O’Kill 41
17= Simon Hemsley , Ian King 40
17= Jim Kenyon, John Selwyn 40
17= David Kelly , Graham Pike 40
17= Ray Tennant , Leigh Smart 40
17= Richard Williamson , Phil Robinson 40
22= John Pratt, Steve Grant 39
22= Rob Little , David Beard 39
22= John Dickson , Bob Mottershead 39
22= Tim Spencer , Richard Banks 39
22= John Taylor , Mal Horner 39
27= Stuart Blake , Bob Sutton (Capt Knutsford) 38
27= Tony Andrews , Trevor Webb 38
27= Simon Poucher , Neil Simpson 38
27= Greg Brown , Brenden Leighton 38
27= David Plant , Dave Holgate 38
27= Tom Griffiths , Brenden McNamara (Capt) 38
27= Paul Woodbine , Rob Williams 38
27= Simon Ashton , Stuart Morgan 38
35 Andy Jackson , Billy Rawsthorne 37
36= Giles Terry , Mackenzie Terry 36
36= Tim Blackshaw , Ian Greenhough 36
36= Ray Massey , John Gleave 36
36= Rob Farnham , Adrian Miekle 36
40= Joe Kirwan , Charlie Rooney 35
40= John Rigby, Dave Marchant 35
40= John Delaney , Nigel Hollows 35
43= Matt Jansen , Michael Gray 34
43= Garry Dowdle , Olivier Troalen 34
45 Rob Weston , Steve Foxcroft 33
46= Ray Jones , David Drury 32
46= Graham Bates , Ghost Player 32
48 Rick Page, Jeremy Lawton 31

Davenport start sheet
Thursday 6th July
10.00 Colin Roberts x4
10.09 Brian Greenbank x4
10.18 Simon Hemsley x4
10.27 Dave Stanhope x4
10.36 David Kelly x4
10.45 John Hilditch x2 Simon Walton x2
10.54 Paul Evsns x4
11.03 Chris Adams x4
11.12 Trevor Foster x4
11.21 Pete Ledger x4
11.30 Mick Mahon x4
11.39 Simon Poucher x4
11.48 Roy Ainsworth x4
11.57 Sam Leach x4
12.06 Nick Hercules x2 brian Rogerson x2
12.15 Martin France x4
12.24 Rob Rhodes x4
12.33 Les Russon x4
12.42
12.51
1.00 John Stubbs x4
1.09 Richard Blackwell x2 Terry Crewe x2
1.18
1.27 Iain Cash x4
1.36Richard Williamson x4
1.45
1.54 Bernard Wood x4
2.03 Chris Ernill x4
2.12 Steve Parle x4
2.21 Gary Parle x4
2.30 Deavid Smith x4
2.39 Bill Melia x4
2.48
2.57 Joe Yates x4
3.06
3.15 Pete Norbury x4
3.24 Brian Hopkins x4

Results from Phenomenal Vale Royal

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Great Upcoming Maxitours events- all filling fast!

Conway Pairs this Monday
Davenport Pairs Thurs 6th July
Hazel Grove AM AM Thurs 13th July
Hopwood Srixon Pairs Friday 21st July
Dunham Forest AM AM Thurs 27th July
Vale Royal AM AM Friday 4th August
Mere Pairs Monday 7th August

Maxitours at phenomenal Vale Royal
Possibly the fastest greens in Maxitours history were the reward for the 120 golfers or so who travelled to deepest Cheshire today. The course was magnificent and is a real must play course when it is presented in this condition.

The Vale Royal greens are famous for their speed and slopes but they were like glass for this event and all the usual one liners were coming out:

‘It was like Augusta out there’ observed John Rigby.
‘It’s like putting down my car bonnet.’ reported Dave Stanger.
‘arder than a miners ‘at” muttered Yorkshireman Sean Jones.
‘You need to put some chewing gum on your putter to play around here’ said John Dickenson.
‘It’s like putting on kitchen lino’ said wealthy Alderly Edge man Graham Neath( who actually has expensive oak flooring in his kitchen rather than lino according to his playing partners.)

Didsbury’s Keith Thompson hit two magnificent shots onto the par five 18th green. He had to knock in a tricky three footer to secure his bogey six after his putter started to explode in his hands.

In today’s event the nearest nice guy Paul Salt got to the prizes was when I brushed past him in the bar with a handful of shirts I was collecting for one of last weeks’ winners. He finished in a lowly 16th place.

A delighted Alan Forber won nearest the pin on the 10th hole after knocking his approach shot to within 2 feet. ‘He had one good hole and seventeen bad ones ‘ reported honest team mate Joe Yates.

Nick Ford(13) is known as ‘wrangler’ by his golfing friends as he always fades badly towards the end of his round. He dispelled the myth today when collected 4 points with a birdie at the last to earn his team a share of 5th place. Captain Lewis Marland(14) also finished strongly scoring heavily with 4’s on the two long closing holes .

Graham Jackson (10)played great today and even had a ‘real life birdie’ to win some balls on the par three 6th hole. He teamed up with Heyrose men Vernon Hayes(13), Marcus Cooper(10) and Josh Street (scr) to accumulate 81 points and 4th place.

Phil Dermott (6)is a professional linesman in the Championship and also a firefighter- so he earns a fortune and still has plenty of time for golf. All his practice paid off as his low handicap team of Reece Cranfield(+1), Ben Byrum (2)and Paul Hesford(14) finished in third place with 82 points.

Hazel Grove lawyer Simon Ashton (9) Mick Jones(7) Dan Moss (7) and Chris Heyes(5) were out early and they set the pace with an impressive 85 points. The talented team picked up five shots on their closing two holes as Chris Heyes made a solid birdie and showman Mick Jones rolled in an eagle to finish in some style.

Graham Littlers'(18) team also picked up five shots on their two closing holes in an incredibly tight finish, a better back nine saw the veteran Lymm men- which contained two ex Captains -secure a memorable win. Jim Doran(12) Peter Daniels(19) and Brian Hitchen(16) made up the rest of the team, well played chaps – great score.

Thanks to all who played today, I hope you enjoyed this lovely course.
Yours in Golf ,Tim

Nearest the Pin 10th Alan Forber Dozen AD333s
Nearest the Pin 16th Andy Sharratt Dozen AD333s

2’s sweep £147.50 7 pro v1s or 16 Srixon AD333s per 2
Simon Ashton Graham Jackson Frank Hindle Gary Conroy Alan Forber Andy Sharratt

Vale Royal 23-Jun-2017
Pos Team Players Score OoM Comment
1 Graham Littler, Jim Doran, Peter Daniels, Brian Hitchen 85 12 Sunice waterproof top each
2 Simon Ashton, Mick Jones, Dan Moss, Chris Heyes 85 10 FJ Shirt each
3 Phil Dermott, Reece Cranfield, Ben Byrum, Paul Hesford 82 8 FJ Shirt each
4 Vernon Hayes, Graham Jackson, Marcus Cooper, Josh Street 81 6 Maxitours shirt each
5 Lewis Marland, Alf Shillitoe, John Safill, Nick Ford 80 4 Callaway shirt each
6 Karen Taylor, Phil Millward, Peter Bean, Dave Tongue 80 2 Maxitours Bag towel each
7= Dale Beaghan, Phil Mayers, Gary Beaghan, John Fielding 80 Maxitours Bag towel each
7= Jim Caldwell, Lee Charnley, John Kelsall, Martin Berrisford 80
9= Gary Whittaker, Safari Dave, Steve Hunstone, Jonny Turner 79
9= Paul Butterworth, Ray Hopton, Brent Shacklady, Matt Dickens 79
11= Sean Bate, Sam Bimpson, Matt Harding, Stuart Smith 78
11= Steve Parle, Garry Parle, Gordon Warke, Wayne Harper 78
11= Phil Gow, Dave Randles, Andy Sharratt, Dave Randles 78
14= Jim Rymer, Bob Mottershead, John Dickenson, Dave Plant 77
14= Dave Holgate, Mark Sanderson, Gary Lewis, Matt Dickens 77
16= Jack Coleman, Anthony Bloor, Steve Mattinson, John Buckley 75
16= Paul Salt, Mike Hill, John Taylor, Mal Horner 75
16= Steve Johnson, Carl h-Jones, Dave Jones, Graham Barratt 75
19 Simon Hemsley, Ian King, Marcus Green, Joe Kirwan 74
20= John Allman, Robert Bloomer, Mick Thompson, Mick Thompson 73
20= Joe Yates, Craig Trantham, Alan Forber, John Longworth 73
22= Brian Greenbank, Guy Levers, Andy Rattray, John Newton 72
22= Kev Hart, Garry Smith, Gary Conroy, Paul Yearsley 72
22= Chris Brownhill, Gary Hempstead, Tony Porter, Gary Bailey 72
25 Chih Hu, Keith Thompson, Taf Beg, Tony O’Donnell 71
26 Roy Ainsworth, Mike Verdon, Steve Collier, Charlie Owens 69
27= John Rigby, Dave Marchant, Darren Forrester, Geoff Andrews 68
27= Paul Evans, Tony Evans, Stuart Hibbert, Ken Machin 68
27= Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle, John Farnsworth, Munro Donald 68
30 Les Russon, Rob Kenyon, Steve Rosier, Dave Williams 62

Start times at Conwy this Monday!
10.50 Colin Roberts x4
10.59 Jim Caldwell x2 John Delaney x2
11.08 Simon Hemsley x4
11.17 David Kelly x4
11.26 Rob Weston x4
11.35 Rob Little x4
11.44 Mike Dobson x4
11.53 Chris Adams x2 Neil Drummond x2
12.02 John Hilditch x4
12.11 Barrie Simpson x4
12.20 Dave Stanhope x4
12.29 Anne Greenough x4
12.38 ian Greenough x4
12.47 Simon Poucher x4
12.56 Ray Jones x4
1.14
1.23 Bob Mottershaed x4
1.32 Jim Rymer x4
1.41 Ray Tennant x4
1.50 Gerry John x4
1.59 Tom Griffiths x4
2.08 Tim Spencer x4
2.17
2.26 David Bigley x4
2.35
3.11 Brian Rogerson x4
3.20 Richard Williamson x4
3.29 Paul Salt x4
3.38
3.47
3.56 Stewart Morgans x4