Results from Knutsford!

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*Spaces at stunning Stockport in Mondays AM AM*
Maxitours at Knutsford Golf Club

I nearly fell over in shock when I arrived at the beautiful Pleasington Golf Club this morning to see a ‘Course Closed’ sign in the Car Park. Heavy localised overnight rain had made the course unplayable and further rain throughout the day meant a change of venue was required. Darren the respected head green keeper was great to deal with but the poor morning forecast meant a cancellation was the only option.

Knutsford Golf Course was in its usual pristine condition and by an incredible stroke of luck this was the only free Thursday in the Club’s busy Summer calendar so they were happy to step in .

The Maxitours players who headed South and were rewarded with dry conditions, some sunshine and a stunning course.

Despite the stressful start to the day it was great to get back to work after a family holiday in Portugal. We decided to stay in a hotel this year. Last year the weather was so bad in Wales the tent we were in blew away. The holiday insurance people refused to pay out because they said we weren’t covered .

John Moss is on form at the moment and he is putting the best he has done for years. He finished with 38 points but says he is struggling with his drive. Apparently his wife stands on it and won’t let him out to play golf with his pals.

David Bowie tribute act Stuart Roach played today. He put his partner Rob Hands ‘Under Pressure’ on several holes with some bad shots. ‘I’m making some CHANGES’ said Roach. Hands was the ‘Star Man’ and he was so delighted with his performance instead of shaking hands with his partners on the 18th green he said ‘Lets Dance’.

Near the top of the leader board were on form retired businessmen Dave Harlow(16) and David Fellows(11) (both respected members at Knutsford GC) they used their local knowledge to take 6th place with 44 points .

Marriotts Craig Dyson(8) and Jordan Garner(5) also scored 44 points for 5th. They were both pipped by Knutsford member David Kelly(12) who has just returned from a week’s golf in Yorkshire. The practice obviously did him some good as he took 4th place alongside Ex-Secretary Stuart Blake(6).

Shrigley Hall regulars Mark Taylor(13) and Brian Hopkins(4) always enjoy Knutsford and they were delighted with 45 points to take 3rd spot.
Scoring from the top two pairs was very impressive indeed. Ex-Knutsford member Max Henderson(11) is now at Wilmslow and he teamed up with Mellor and Townscliffe’s Mike Hewitt(21) to score a Maxitours season best 48 points. They were delighted with the quality of the course.

Top of the tree were Saddleworth nice guys Dave Sarsfield(18) and Dave ‘I’m still playing badly’ Rhodes(16). I’ve played in about ten pro-ams with these guys and they are normally useless – we’ve never won a bean- so I am not sure what happened today. Apparently Rhodes’ putter was on fire. ‘ He couldn’t miss for the first fourteen holes’ said delighted Sarsfield. Well played chaps great score.

Thanks to everyone for your support!
Tim

2’s £75 3 pro V1s or 8 srixon AD333s Mike Hewitt Dave Rhodes Stuart Blake x2 Andy Adshead Joe Stanley Matthew Hall Hugh Mullin

Nearest the Pin 3rd G Garner 6 AD333s
Nearest the Pin 5th R Hargreaves 6AD333s

Knutsford 11-Aug-2016
Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment
1 Dave Sarsfield, Dave Rhodes 48 12 Sunice waterproof top
2 Max Henderson, Mike Hewitt 48 11 Ashworth windsweater
3 Mark Taylor, Brian Hopkins 45 10 Sunice shirt each
4 David Kelly, Stuart Blake 44 9 Sunice shirt each
5 Craig Dyson, Jordan Garner 44 8 FJ Socks each
6 Dave Harlow, David Fellowes 44 7 FJ Socks each
7 Paul Dalby, Paul Sherlock 43 6
8 Andy Adshead, Bob Kwan 42 5
9 Alan Pengelly, Roy Hargreaves 42 4
10 Gary Garner, Ronnie Kenny 42 3
11 Andy Thompson, Nigel Oakes 42 2
12 Jim Caldwell, Simon Maxwell 42 1
13= Iain Bartholomew, John Hilditch 42
13= Joe Kirwan, Jack Hankinson 42
15= Stuart Roache, Rob Hands 40
15= Rick Walmsley, Dave Aden 40
15= Sam Leach, Pete Mills 40
15= Mike Barker, Chris Walley 40
15= Hugh Mullin, John Bent 40
20= Ray Tennant, Billy Rawsthore 39
20= Simon Hemsley, Darren Whittaker 39
22= John Horsley, Joe Stanley 38
22= Allan Brown, Neil Worthington 38
22= Matthew Hall, Andrew Elly 38
25 Ed Cotton, Pete Cotton 32

Stockport Golf Club AM AM Monday 15th Aug

(Tuesday Sandiway times on my website ww.maxitoursgolf.com – please click on ‘Events’ then ‘Sandiway’)

9.00 Colin Roberts x4
9.09 Ian King x4
9.18
9.27 Pete Birtwistle x4
9.36 David Kelly x4
9.45
9.54 Roy Ainsworth x4
10.03 John Hilditch x4
10.12 Dave Stanhope x4
10.21 Bev Crute x4
10.30 Ian Ainsworth x4
10.39 Garry Smith x4
10.48 Chris Adams x4
10.57 Lewis Marland x4
11.06
11.15 Dennis Whelan x4
11.24 Colin Baxendale x4
11.33 Les Russon x4
11.42
11.51 Craig Dyson x4
12.00 Paul Bennett x4
12.09 Chris Evans x4
12.18 Barrie Simpson x4
12.27 Simon Poucher x4
12.36 Neil Williamson x4
12.45
12.54 Les Penson x4
1.03 Chris Brownhill x4
1.12 Archie Tahir x4
1.21 Gary Garner x4
1.30 Andy Wilde x4
1.39 Laurence Boswell
1.48 Dave Bowers x4
1.57
2.06 Mick Mahon x4
2.15

pleasington closed- event now at Knutsford

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Dear Maxitours player,
I am sorry but Pleasington is( incredibly) underwater this morning!
They have had non stop rain overnight and the greens are absolutely saturated.

I have walked on the 18th green and it is unplayable and won’t dry for a few hours .

The event has moved to Knutsford so please let me know if you wish to play, start times will remain the same. Many thanks,
Tim

Results from Dunham Forest

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SPACES FOR TEAMS OF 4 at MAGICAL MERE for GALVIN GREEN MASTERS on Monday 1st August

Many thanks to PGA Pro Matt Turnock for running my golf day whilst I am on a family holiday in Portugal. I hope everyone had a great day.

Report

Dunham Forest – 29th July 2016 – Competition Report
A big thank you Matt for running my event today.

Matt’s report as follows:

Thanks to the ever generous Colin Roberts this morning who kindly bought me a much needed caffeine burst to wake me up after my 5.15am wake up alarm.
The morning players were unfortunately not blessed with the best of the weather with some very heavy drizzle and some stop start showers. The forecast was for it to clear from noon but it was nearer 2.00pm before the sun finally began to show itself.
Despite the weather and one very heavy downpour at about 1.00pm the field battled on. From some of the early starters coming in with very creditable scores of 84 points were the teams led by Jim Caldwell and Simon Poucher who were then joined later by Brian Greenbanks men.
As the afternoon progressed the scoring became slightly easier and coming in with 86’s were the teams led by Lewis Marland and Leigh Smart but out in front with a magnificent 89 points were the team of Chris Adams, Paul Allen, Steve Hall and Mike Clewley who could even afford a dropped point on the last to win by 3 clear points.
The catering was superb with some fantastic chef’s specials being served throughout the day by the very helpful and friendly Dunham staff and many stayed post round for a drink and a bite to eat.
Everyone was very impressed the condition of the course with lots of “really enjoyed that” and “great course” comments coming in all day so congratulations to the green keeping staff on a difficult day.
Nearest the pin on the 8th was: Tony Dennison = 1 Doz AD 333’s
Nearest pin in two on the 18th was: Mike Flitt = 1 Doz AD 333’s

2’s – £240 pot / 17 2’s = 4 ProV1’s or 10 Srixon AD333’s
David Kelly, Jan Jagielka, Matthew Nelstrop (x2), Chris Brown, Ed Wilkinson, Peter Atherton, Paul Lord, John Royle, Jason Henderson, Andy Jackson, Tony Jennison, Richard Blackwell, Paul Bent & John Sherlock, Dave Safari & Dave Snell

Results from fantastic Dunham Forest

Dunham Forest 25-Jul-2016
Pos Team Players Score OoM Comment
1 Chris Adam, Paul Allen, Steve Hall, Mike Clewley 89 12 Footjoy Contour shoes
2 Lewis Marland, Alf Shillitoe, Barry Shaw-Allan, Josh Ainscough 86 10 Maxitours Marino Sweater
3 Leigh Smart, Ray Tennant, Will Rawsthore, Andy Jackson 86 8 Footjoy Shirt
4 Brian Greenbank, Chris Brown, David Wainwright, Matthew Nelstrop 84 6 Maxitours Shirts
5 Dave Bowers, John Bent, Steve Lachford, Paul Shelock 84 4 Maxitours Shirts
6 Jim Caldwell, Steve Barlow, John Foulds, Nigel Milroy 84 2 Maxitours Shirts
7= Tony Jennison, Chris Marshall, Richard Blackwell, John Hilton 84
7= Simon Poucher, Jan Jagielka, Darius Virabi, Campbell Wilson 84
9= Sam Leach, Jim Hodges, Alex McLay, Kevin Reeves 83
9= John Pratt, Dave Safari, Bob Anderson, Dave Snell 83
11 Les Penson, Paul Salt, Andrew Salt, Steve Blakeway 82
12= Mick Jones, Chris Heyes, Iain Cole, Rick Booth 81
12= Roy Ainsworth, Steve Collier, Mike Verdon, Malcolm Thornley 81
14= Rob Little, Ron Colley, Graham Bates, Dave Beard 80
14= Jason Henderson, Jack Pryce, Sam Cleaver, Pete Cleaver 80
16= Colin Roberts, Geoff Andrews, Dave Marchant, Gregg Poynton 79
16= Ed Wilkinson, Roger Percival, Peter Atherton, Martin France 79
16= Dave Blood, Ian Smith, Ian Gibson, Geoff Ellam 79
16= John Hudson, Mike Hill, Mike Flitt, Mark Green 79
20 Ian King, Joe Kirwan, Darren Whittaker, Mike Spencer 78
21= David Kelly, David Harlow, Bob Sutton, Stuart Blake 77
21= Nigel Davenport, Johnty Geeke, Paul Adamson, Chris Gray 77
21= Trevor Foster, Peter Cross, Andrew Warmsley, Frank Wade 77
21= Dan Huffman, Lee Williams, Paul King, John McCaffrey 77
21= John Dickenson, Bob Mottershead, Roy Christian, Paul Lord 77
26 Steve Johnson, Carl Jones , Dave Jones, Ghost Player 76
27= Dave Stanhope, John Anderton, Dave Antrobus, Giles Terry 75
27= Ray Jones, Steve Tyrrell, Dave Drury, John Gleave 75
29= Keith Workman, David Plant, Stuart Hardy, Keith Graves 74
29= John Lawson, Nigel Stonhan, Jeff Haworth, Dave McArdale 74
31= Stephen Mattinson, Mike Gauden, Tony Bloor, Jack Coleman 72
31= Dennis Whelan, Wayne Coleclough, Dennis Price, David Dean 72
31= John Berry, Chirs Oregan, Tony Granell, Ray Hopton 72
34= Rob Kenyon, Mike Priestley, John Stockdale, Dave Williams 71
34= George Maddison, Chi Hu, Mark Findlow, Pater Maher 71
36 Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle, Richard Palmer, John Farnsworth 70

Mere Galvin Green AM AM Monday 1st Aug £30
8.02-8.58 and 9.22-3.06
8.02
8.11 Jim Caldwell x4
8.20 David Kelly x4
8.29
8.56 Ian King x4
9.13
9.22
9.31 Roger Percival x4
9.40 Dave Wainwright x4
9.49 Mick Mahon x4
9.58
10.07 Josh Brand x2 Andy Strickley x2
10.16
10.25 Munro Donald x4
10.36 Chris Adams x4
10.45 Dave Stanhope x4
10.54
11.03 Dale Beaghan x4
11.12 Blair Anderson x4
11.21
11.25 Paul Browne x4
11.30 Colin Baxendale x4
11.39 Graham Bates x4
11.48 Nigel Oakes x4
11.57 Steve Johnson x4
12.06 David Bentley x4
12.15 Barry Wilson x4
12.24 paul Kennedy x4
12.33 John Dickenson x4
12.42
12.51
1.00 John Stubbs x4
1.09 Rob Platt x4
1.18 Richard Blackwell x4
1.27 Leigh Smart x4
1.36 Andy Wilde x4
1.45 Archie Tahir x4
1.54 Dave Goodwin x4
2.03 John Longworth x4
2.12
2.21 Gary Garner x4
2.30 Brian Hopkins x4

Results from High Class Hopwood

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Maxitours at high quality Hopwood

A stunningly beautiful summers day greeted the Maxitours competitors at sunny Middleton today.

As you drive into the lovely Golf Club there is a huge sign announcing that Hopwood is Manchester’s premier Golfing venue and absolutely no one was arguing against that claim after they played this classic parkland masterpiece.

‘That was awesome’ said Silkstone’s Rob Platt ‘what a course! ‘
‘Wow, what an excellent track’ said Ashton on Mersey star Ian Thompson.

The food was terrific and the O’Connor family who run both the Pro shop and the Secretary’s office were terrific to deal with. The only criticism of the day came from salad dodger Dave Antrobus. He was shocked to see some lettuce and a tomato on his plate next to his bacon butty. ‘What a waste of time, I’d prefer another rasher any day’ he complained.

As all my Maxitours players were out on the course by 2.30pm I enjoyed a quiet half hour watching a talented Japanese golfer by the name of Khoki Idoki lead the British Seniors Open at Carnoustie. As the first cards came back in it looked like Richard Palmer and John Farnsworth had been doing the Oki Koki rather than playing golf as they could only manage a paltry 28 points to finish in last place.

I am no fashion expert but I do know dark colours can make you look slimmer. Smartly dressed Roger Percival was picking up a shirt for his portly pal Pete Atherton after they had a high finish two weeks ago. ‘What colour does he want?’ I asked Roger ‘ I’m not sure- but the darker the better’ came the response.

‘The buggy was great thank you’ said polite Trevor Foster to respected Hopwood pro Brian Connor after his round. ‘Any chance I can hire a partner next time I play here? My mate Frank Wade was hopeless.’

In today’s event conditions were absolutely perfect for golf. The recent dry weather meant that the ball was running well and the superb greens led to the best scoring of the season.

Congratulations to my 75 year old father-in-law Rob Weston and his friend Trevor Webb. They had the second best front nine of the day with an excellent 24 points. In order to maintain a happy, functional family life we won’t mention their back nine.

Brookdale’s Gareth Winston((10) and Matt Sayers(2) finished 4th with a 44 point haul and Stuart Coupe(11) and Mark Robinson(10) from Shaw Hill were delighted with a season best 45 points to take 3rd spot

Clitheroes Mark Jones(14) and Paul Nightingale(7) were singing with joy after 46 points earned them second place.

Respected Sale Captain Dave Moore(15) was Head of HR at the BBC in Manchester. He recruited well today as he teamed up with ex newspaper photographer Dale Wallace(11) to record 47 points. Dale was focussing on his golf today but it was Dave Moore who did the most damage. They won a pair of Fj shoes each. ‘Just give Dale a single shoe- it’s all he deserves’ said Moore giving me a friendly wink.

Well played chaps great score.
Thanks to everyone for playing today.
Yours in Golf, Tim

Nearest the Pin 13th Mark Robinson Dozen Srixon AD333s
Nearest the Pin 16th Chris Beaghan Dozen Srixon AD333s

2’s £140 sweep (3 prov1s or 8 srixons per 2) Mark Robinson Jim Caldwell Nigel Compsty James Hampton Dave Stanhope Dave Gavin Joe Stanley Martin France Roger Percival Tony Andrews John Lawson Keith Coxon Mark Taylor

Hopwood 22-Jul-2016
Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment
1 Dale Wallace, Dave Moore 47 12 FJ Contour Casual shoes each
2 Mark Jones, Paul Nightingale 46 11 Ashworth wind sweater each
3 Mark Robinson, Stuart Coupe 45 10 Sunice shirt each
4 Gareth Winston, Matt Sayers 44 9 Sunice shirt each
5 Jim Caldwell, Nigel Compsty 43 8 Maxitours shirt each
6 Leigh Smart, Ray Tennant 43 7 Titleist cap each
7 Tony Baldwin, Robert Bullock 43 6 Titleist cap each
8 Steve Maxwell, Mike Johnson 43 5 FJ Socks each
9 Derek Simpkins, Paul Sloane 43 4 FJ Socks each
10 John Anderton, Dave Stanhope 42 3 Taylor Made pitch repairer each
11 Adam Thomas, James Hamson 42 2
12 Rob Platt, Steve Morfitt 42 1
13 Mark Waterman, Rob Williams 42
14= Carl Mollart, Gary Youall 41
14= Frank Wallace, Geoff Andrews 41
14= Paul Donnelly, Ian Thompson 41
14= Paul Woodbine, Pete Keena 41
18= Farouk Shafi, Joe Stanley 40
18= Darren Whittaker, Neil Worthington 40
18= Andy Jackson, Billy Rawsthore 40
18= Gary Whittaker, Dave Gavin 40
18= Mike Priestley, John Stockdale 40
18= Rob Weston, Trevor Webb 40
18= John Royle, Keith Coxon 40
18= Brian Hopkins, Alan Pengelly 40
26= Trevor Foster, Frank Wade 39
26= Paul Lord, Tim Southwick 39
26= Josh Brand , Martin France 39
26= Joe Donnelly, Martin Farnsworth 39
26= John Lawson, Jeff Howarth 39
31= Tom Jarvis, Dave Antrobus 38
31= Joe Kirwan, Dave Eadforth 38
31= John Dickenson, Jim Rymer 38
34= Paul Simpson, Chris Brown 37
34= Mark Patton, Chris Beaghan 37
34= Steve Hunstone, Johhny Turner 37
34= Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle 37
34= Ian Buxton, Mike Kinsley-Smith 37
34= Mike Dobson, John O’Brien 37
40= Dave Wainwright, Matt Nelstrup 36
40= Roger Percival, Ed Wilkinson 36
40= Alan Smith, Mark Taylor 36
43= Colin Roberts, John Rigby 35
43= Damien Clayton, Steve McDermott 35
45 John Horsley, Tony Andrews 34
46 Bob Sutton, David Kelly 33
47= Rob Kenyon, Dave Williams 32
47= David Wilkinson, Jamie White 32
49 Richard Palmer , John Farnworth 28

Start sheet at Dunham Forest AM AM
Friday 29th July
7.51 Simon Ashton x4
8.00 Colin Roberts x4
8.08 Jim Caldwell x4
8.17 Rob Little x4
8.26 Steve Johnson x4
8.35 David Kelly x4
8.44 Jack Coleman x4
8.53 Simon Poucher x4
9.02 Les Penson x4
9.11 Les Russon x4
9.21 Dennis Whelan x4
9.30 Keith Workman x4
9.39 Ian King x4
9.48 Dave Stanhope x4
9.57 Paul Kennedy x4
10.00 Brian Greenbank x4
10.06 Lewis Marland x4
10.15 Chih Hu x4
10.24 Mick Mahon x4
10.32 Ed Wilkinson x4
10.40 John Berry x4
10.46 Roy Ainsworth x4
10.51 Chris Adams x4
11.00 Nigel Davenport x4
11.09 Dave Blood x4
11.18 John Dickenson x4
11.24 Trevor Foster x4
11.27 Dan Huffman x4
11.36 John Stubbs x4
11.45 Colin Baxendale x4
11.54 Jason Henderson x4
12.03 Liegh Smart x4
12.12 John Hudson x4
12.20 John Lawton x4
12.28 Sam Leach x4
12.37 Richard Blackwell x4
12.45 Dave Bowers x4
12.53 Ray Jones x4
1.00 JP X4

reserves
Archie Tahir x4
Mike Dudley x4
Stuart Royle x4
7.40 Garry Dowdle???
Ian Mathers x4