There is room for 2 players at glorious Conwy tomorrow at 2 37 there are also space in the singles event at Knutsford on Thursday Thanks Tim
Results from delightful Dunham
*Spaces at classic seaside links Conwy pairs on Tuesday (revised times below)
*Spaces at pretty parkland Knutsford singles on Thursday -individual players welcome (times below)
*Llangollen Friday 29th April , Vale Royal 6th May and Bramall 10th May – nearly full
Maxitours at delightful Dunham Forest
As other Manchester courses were once again closing for business due to more overnight rain the stunning Dunham Forest course was playing near its very best. The greens were tremendous and the course was incredibly dry.
‘I have played a few courses over the past month but that was by far the best- tell the green keeper I am very impressed’ remarked intelligent Jason Waite. Thanks also to Mike and Leslie Saxon who somehow manage to serve Michelin star food at golf club prices!
Larger than life characters Roy Ainsworth and Joe Yates were late entries for Dunham Forest and I knew there would be fun and games when I teamed them up with top premiership referee Mike Dean and his partner Pete Tomlinson. Apparently the revelry started on the 8th hole when Roy’s ball horseshoed out of the hole and Roy exclaimed ‘referee!’ After his round I asked Mike how his opponents had played. ‘They were nice blokes but they played so badly I nearly sent both them off after nine holes’ he replied with a wink.
After a better back nine Roy and Joe were delighted to narrowly beat their referee opponent on the final hole. ‘we won in Fergie time!’ chuckled Roy.
Keith Potter(8) is well into his seventies and when he checked in today I was impressed that he was still playing to a single figure handicap. He told me that he used to play off 2 in his youth. I then asked his even older playing partner Peter Freeman(15) if he had ever had a low handicap ‘no, I’ve always been bad’ he replied honestly.
Danny Willett played great golf in the last round to become the first English golfer to win the Masters after a twenty year wait. It has nearly been that long since Hazel Grove’s Geoff Haynes(7) won a Maxitours prize and he played some great golf alongside Bernard Langer ‘lookalike’ Alan Worthington(14) from Davenport. They scored 43 points to finish in 7th, well done.
Paul Wrigley(6) and Aiden Hoosen(1) from Hopwood had their best finish for a couple of years with an excellent 44 points to take 3rd place. ‘I did all the damage’ said modest Wriggers.
Second place went to Mark Wheeler(14) and Dave Murphy(10) from Upton-by-Chester. These two were regular but very unsuccessful Maxitours players four years ago before work got in the way of their golf. The break did them the world of good as they finished second on 45 points.
There was some great golf on the par fives with 69 year old Pete Cotton rolling back the years to reach the 11th in two, Les Penson also from Knutsford started his round with an eagle on the long 1st and then decided to relax for the rest of his round and let his partner Bev Crute do all the work. Classy Iain Bartholomew(4) eagled the 14th with a tap in. Martin France(2) from Lymm went one better when he eagled both the 1st and 11th holes on his way to victory. He teamed up with the much less talented Roger Percival(4) to take 1st place. – Great golf chaps, well played.
Thanks to everyone for your terrific support, yours in golf, Tim
Nearest the pin 8th Richard Powell Dozen AD333s
Nearest the pin 18th Joe Kirwan Dozen AD333s
2’s £162.50 4 pro v1s or 10 srixons per 2 Roger Percival Martin France Dave Murphy Phil Vokes Billy Rawsthore Andy Jackson Matt Kevin Hamilton Simon Cusick Paul Wrigley Dave Goodier Dave Rhodes
| Dunham Forest | 14-Apr-2016 | |||
| Pos | Player pairings | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Roger Percival, Martin France | 45 | 12 | Srixon cart bag each |
| 2 | Dave Murphy, Mark Wheeler | 45 | 11 | Ashworth wind sweater each |
| 3 | Paul Wrigley, Aiden Hoosen | 44 | 10 | Dozen PRO V1s each |
| 4 | Phil Vokes, Barney Ross | 44 | 9 | Footjoy shirt each |
| 5 | Ian King, Jack Hankinson | 43 | 8 | Sunice shirt each |
| 6 | John Hilditch, Iain Bartholomew | 43 | 7 | Sunice shirt each |
| 7 | Geoff Haynes, Alan Worthington | 43 | 6 | Sunice shirt each |
| 8 | Alan Simpson , Alan Drew | 43 | 5 | Sunice shirt each |
| 9 | Billy Rawsthore, Andy Jackson | 42 | 4 | Fj socks each |
| 10 | Dave Goodier, Dave Herbert | 42 | 3 | Fj socks each |
| 11 | Lee Tilley, Pete Norbury | 42 | 2 | Fj socks each |
| 12 | Paul Browne, Ted Barker | 42 | 1 | Fj socks each |
| 13= | Les Penson, Bev Crute | 41 | ||
| 13= | Warren Newton, Matt Jansen | 41 | ||
| 13= | Jason Waite, Steve Lowe | 41 | ||
| 13= | Dave Wainwright, Paul Simpson | 41 | ||
| 13= | John Hilton, Richard Blackwell | 41 | ||
| 13= | Dale Wallace, Steve Berg | 41 | ||
| 13= | Julian Hurst, David Vesty | 41 | ||
| 13= | Mark Jones, Mark Smith | 41 | ||
| 13= | Gary Hornby, Paul Lord | 41 | ||
| 13= | Brian Hopkins, Mark Taylor | 41 | ||
| 23= | Dave Sarsfield, Dave Rhodes | 40 | ||
| 23= | Kevin Hamilton, Paul Dalby | 40 | ||
| 23= | Pete Atherton, Dan Percival | 40 | ||
| 23= | Steve Morfitt, Rob Platt | 40 | ||
| 23= | Gareth Winston, Lewis Marland | 40 | ||
| 23= | Tim Spencer, Ron Sloane | 40 | ||
| 23= | Frank Stapleton, Stuart Pearson | 40 | ||
| 23= | Bernard Wood, Craig Sudworth | 40 | ||
| 23= | Phil Myers, Mick Philbin | 40 | ||
| 32= | Roy Ainsworth, Joe Yates | 39 | ||
| 32= | Lee McKee, Gary Conroy | 39 | ||
| 32= | Gary Youall, Carl Mollart | 39 | ||
| 32= | Alan Clarke, Gary Jaques | 39 | ||
| 32= | Brian Greenbank, Phil Smeathers | 39 | ||
| 32= | Gary Smith, Lee Murphy | 39 | ||
| 32= | Alan Clough, Ian Ainsworth | 39 | ||
| 39= | Mike Dean, Pete Tomlinson | 38 | ||
| 39= | Mark Williams, Simon Conway | 38 | ||
| 39= | Simon Hemsley, Will Hudson | 38 | ||
| 39= | Joe Kirwan, Mike Spencer | 38 | ||
| 39= | Steve Brookes, Steve Lamont | 38 | ||
| 39= | Trevor Foster, Dean Beaghan | 38 | ||
| 39= | Martin Cullen, Hetash Patel | 38 | ||
| 39= | Steve Aspinall, Colin Berry | 38 | ||
| 47= | Mick Mahon, Munro Donald | 37 | ||
| 47= | Tony Andrews, Steve Foxcroft | 37 | ||
| 47= | Simon Ashton, Les Stenson | 37 | ||
| 47= | Dave Johnson, Howard Baker | 37 | ||
| 47= | Pete Ledger, Pete Houston | 37 | ||
| 47= | Pete Cotton, Ed Cotton | 37 | ||
| 47= | Nigel Craig, Peter Smith | 37 | ||
| 47= | Jody Kerner, Colin Seddon | 37 | ||
| 55= | Simon Cusick, Duncan Wilde | 36 | ||
| 55= | Doug Broadstock, Pete Sumner | 36 | ||
| 57 | Dave McCallum, Kevin Barker | 35 | ||
| 58= | Dave Buckley, Pete Short | 33 | ||
| 58= | Peter Freeman, Keith Potter | 33 | ||
| 60= | Steve Johnson , Ewan McCrae | 32 | ||
| 60= | Mike Gee, John Dawson | 32 |
This Tuesday’s Conwy Golf Club times (19th April)
10.45 Bob Sutton x4
10.53 Colin Roberts x4
11.01 Ian King x4
11.09 Jim Caldwell x2 Pete Cotton x2
11.17 Mick Mahon x4
11.26 Trevor Foster x4
11.34 Phil Dermott x4
11.43 Colin Baxendale x4
11.52 Ian Acton x2 Lee Jevons x2
12.03 Fizz x4
12.12
12.21 Ian Ainsworth x4
12.30
12.39 Tim Spencer x4
12.48 John Hilditch x4
12.53 Pete Short x2 Martin Cox x2
12.57 Mark Redfern x2 Kev Hart x2
1.06 Simon Poucher x4
1.15 Roy Ainsworth x4
1.24 Max Henderson x4
1.33 Simon Hemsley x4
1.42 Dave Goodier x4
1.50 Reuben Fielding x4
2.00 Paul Wrigley x4
2.10 Gary Garner x2
2.19 Steve Aspinall x4
2.28 Richard Blackwell x2
2.37 Dave Antrobus x4 tbc
2.46 Gav Sutcliffe x4
2.55 Pete Birtwistle x4
3.04
3.13
3.22
3.31
3.49 Mick Fenton x4
Thursdays Knutsford Singles start times(21st April)
10.30 Colin Roberts x4
10.39 Jim Caldwell x2 Mark Jones x2
10.48 Ian King x4
10.57 Roger Percival x4
11.06 Phil Vokes x4
11.15
11.24 11.33 Dave Thomas x2 Pete Short x2
11.42 Simon Ashton x2 Simon Poucher x2
11.51
12.00 John Dickenson x4
12.09 Jim Clarke x2 Jason Henderson x1
12.18
12.30 Brian Hopkins x4
Full results from Marvellous Mere!
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Mere still on
Course update 7.55am
The Mere event is still on. The green keeper is keen to get us out as he says the greens drain well and the the rain is due to ease/stop.
Many thanks Tim
Results from very, very, good Vale Royal
Great Upcoming Maxitours events!
Limited spaces in the tremendous Mere Galvin Green Classic next Thursday 7th April (also RD 1 of the US MASTERS – the Golf Season begins!)
Dunham Forest Thurs 14th April – last few spots
Conway Tues 19th April-last few spots
Knutsford singles Thurs 21st-spaces
Maxitours Spring Classic at Vale Royal
The second day of the Spring Classic saw beautiful Vale Royal hosting our event. This is the most historic and also one of the best draining course in Cheshire and despite recent heavy rainfall this superb links was extremely dry and playing really well. Thanks to Ian Embury and his excellent staff for their superb work today.
Many thanks to my good friend PGA Pro Matt Turnock for running the second half of today’s event as I had family commitments to attend to. The report is slightly shorter than usual but Matt tells me he was amazed by the amount of praise the players were heaping on the green keeper after their round.
In the two day event Roy Ainsworths team had a six shot lead over the Wigan Golf Club team Captained by friendly copper Danny Ritchie. After England followed a stunning performance against Germany with a poor defeat against Holland last night many people were predicting that Roy Ainsworth’s team would follow suit. The Lymm veterans thought otherwise and they drew on all their experience and were thrilled to hold on to top spot after a solid 79 points. Congratulations chaps I am truly delighted for you all!
Today’s event was won by Neale Laurent, Gareth Winstone, Darren Burgess and Gareth Kershaw with just 84 points. This is the first ever Maxitours success for all these likeable lads and regular players Laurent and Burgess were overcome with emotion after nine years of dismal golfing failure. Brilliant.
Thanks to everyone for your terrific support of the Spring Classic which continues to grow in stature on the Maxitours rota.(there are still spaces for the two day Summer Classic in August!).
Yours in Golf, Tim
2’s sweep £200 9 pro v1s or 24 srixon AD333s each Phil Hanson (holed his rescue club on 17th!) Phil Cooney Bryn Largue Martin Callahan Martin France Brian Hopkins Kev Beattie
Nearest the pin 10th Ron Jolley Dozen Ad 333s
Nearest the pin 16th Bri ‘I think I lipped out’ Hopkins Dozen Ad 333s
Spring Classic full results
1st Roy Ainsworths team 88 + 79 = 167 Prize FJ Shoes each
2nd Danny Ritchies team 82 + 83 = 165 Sunice windshirt each
3rd Neil Laurents team 77 + 84 = 161
4th Joe Yates team 77+79 =156
5th Barry Jacksons team 79+76 = 155
6th Mick Mahons team 73+81= 154
Todays Vale Royal results
| Vale Royal | 30-Mar-2016 | |||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Neil Laurent, Gareth Winstone, Darren Burgess, Gareth Kershaw | 84 | 12 | Ashworth windsweater each |
| 2 | Roger Percival, Ed Wilkinson, Martin France, Peter Atherton | 83 | 10 | Tommy Hilfiger shirt each |
| 3 | Phil Cooney, Danny Ritchie, Carl Robinson, Reece Cranfield | 83 | 8 | |
| 4 | Mick Mahon, Richard Palmer, Frank Hindle, John Farnsworth | 81 | 6 | Sunice shirt each |
| 5 | Mark Gauchie, Pat Gilsenan, Mike Gauchie, Liam Harrison | 80 | 4 | Dozen AD333S each |
| 6 | Bernard Hessian, Dave Rowlands, John Wallace, Andy Collier | 80 | 2 | |
| 7= | Roy Ainsworth, Peter Heald, Brian Ankers, Mike Verdon | 79 | ||
| 7= | Joe Yates, Alan Forber, Gary Neiles, John Longworth | 79 | ||
| 9= | Barney Ross, Phil Vokes, Simon Parkin, Bryn Largue | 78 | ||
| 9= | Munro Donald, Swamy Narayana, Phil Hanson, Gary Meakin | 78 | ||
| 9= | Barry Simpson, Koos Alders, Martin Cox, Keith Witherington | 78 | ||
| 12= | Andy Wilde, Paul Norbury, Lee Tilley, Sam Dainty | 77 | ||
| 12= | Pete Short, Martin Callahan, Josh Johns, Dave Buckley | 77 | ||
| 12= | Mark Goodwin, Mark Brown, Ian Thompson, Steve Edmonds | 77 | ||
| 12= | Richard Blackwell, Garry Smith, John Hilton, Ron Jolley | 77 | ||
| 16= | Dave Blood, Jim Cox, Tony Walsh, Steve Rigby | 76 | ||
| 16= | Barry Jackson, Bob Weir, Dave Beavis, Dom Connor | 76 | ||
| 16= | Sean Bate, Mark Jones, Paul Bishop, Steve Morrison | 76 | ||
| 16= | Kev Beattie, Tony Guest, Dave Peake, Paul Hodgson | 76 | ||
| 20 | John Hudson, Jim Jones, Mike Hill, Rob Blain | 75 | ||
| 21= | Dave Wainwright, Matt Nelstrop, Brian Greenbank, John Kennedy | 74 | ||
| 21= | Paul Lowe, Paul Jones, Chris Armitt, Steve Armitt | 74 | ||
| 23 | Brian Hopkins, Alan Pengelly, Alan Smith, Mark Jones | 73 | ||
| 24= | Simon Hemsley, Mickey Gray, Warren Newton, Al Demmy | 72 | ||
| 24= | Colin Roberts, John Rigby, Bob Sinclair, Dave Marchant | 72 | ||
| 26 | David Kelly, Bob Sutton, Dave Harlow, John Atkin | 70 | ||
| 27 | Ray Jones, Steve Tyrell, Ray Massey, Ian Berrisford | 67 | ||
| 28 | Steve Wilson, Chris Heathcote, Jim Hoyle, Rob Johnson | 66 |
Yesterday’s Sandiway prizes
| 1 | Roy Ainsworth, Mike Verdon, Brian Ankers, Peter Heald |
| 2 | Ian King , Darren Whittaker, Jack Hankinson, Mike Spencer Ashworth Windsweater each |
| 3 | Frank Stapleton, Stuart Pearson, Dave Wilson, Ian Bardsley Sunice shirt each |
| 4 | Gav Dixon, Paul Hodson, David Peake, Mike Taylor Sunice shirt each |
| 5 | Steve Aspinall, Graham Drew, Colin Berry, Graham Wilkinson Dozen AD333s each |
Start times for the Galvin Green Classic at Mere Thursday 7th April
8.00 David Kelly x4
8.09 Colin Roberts x4
8.18
8.27
8.36 Jim Caldwell x4
8.45 Jason Waite x4
8.54 Phil Vokes x4
9.03 Ian King x4
9.12 Mick Mahon x4
9.21 Keith Workman x4
9.30 John Neale x4
9.39 Rob Little x4
9.48 Simon Hemsley x4
9.57 Mike Dean x4
10.06 Terry Rathbone x4
10.15 Leigh Smart x4
10.24 Roger Percival x4
10.33 Dave Blood x4
10.42 David Leack x4
10.51 Trevor Foster x4
11.00 Ian Ainsworth x4
11.09 Lewis Marland x4
11.18 Mark Jones x4
11.27 Frank Stapleton x4
11.36 Chris Armitt x4
11.45 Sam Leach x4
11.54 Steve Johnson x4
12.03 John Dickenson x4
12.12 Ken Ogden x4
12.21 Graham Littler x4
12.30 Dave Thomas x4
12.39 Tom Jarvis x4
12.48
12.57 Trevor Watts x4
1.06 Jonathon Hudson x4
1.15
1.24 Steve Aspinall x4
1.33 Mike McCurdy x4
1.42 Roy Ainsworth x4
1.51
2.00 Steve Parle x4
2.09
2.18 Richard Blackwell x4
2.27 Gary Neiles x4
2.36
2.45 Simon Ashton x4
2.54 Brian Hopkins x4