Great upcoming events:
Sandiway Tuesday 9th -full
Stockport 18th Feb-full
Pairs event at Prestbury Thurs 25th -currently trolley ban in operation

Maxitours Am/Am at Wilmslow – 1st Feb 2016

Dear Maxitours players,
Here are the full results from Mondays event at Wilmslow. Thanks to this terrific Club for hosting the event, all reports regarding catering and the quality of the course were extremely complimentary.

Full Results
1st J Henderson, P Cleaver, S Wilson & D Wright 91 Ashworth wind sweater each each
2nd L Smart, R Tennant, P Guy, W Rawstone 87 Tommy Hilfiger top each
3rd C Roberts, D Marchant, J Rigby & G Andrews 85 (45 back 9, 31. back 6) Maxitours shirt each
4th R Ainsworth, B Ankers, M Verdon & P Heald 85 – (45 back 9, 29 back 6) Sunice shirt each
5th F Stapleton, D Wilson, S Pearson, K Hawkins 85 (42 back) Titleist cap each
6th S Poucher, B Leighton, C Rawthorpe, P Tovey 84 Taylor Made divot tool each
7th L Jevons, F Davies, M EMerson, S Hindle 83 Taylor made divot tool each
8th Lewis Marland team 81
9th Dave Blood team 81
10th Richard Blackwell team 81
Roger Percival team 81
Dave Bowers team 81
John Dickenson team 81
Mick Mahon team 80
Phil Vokes team 80
Ian King team 80
John Royle team 77
Steve Aspinall team 77
Graham Barratt team 76
Les Penson team 76
Dave Parsons team 76
John Hilditch team 74
Tom Jarvis team 74
Barry Jackson team 72
Bev Crutes team 72
Brian Hopkins team 70
Ray Jones team 68

2’s £200! 6 pro v1s or 15 Srixon AD333s per 2.

John Farnsworth (Mick Mahons team) 2 on 6th
Graham Barratt 2 on 17
K Fahey (R Jones team) 2 on 17th
S Wilson & D Wright (Henderson team) both had 2’s on 17th
K Seaton (Marland team) 2 on 17th
T Nicholson (Crute team) 2 on 9th
R Tennant 2’s on 6 and 9 (Smart Team)
P Guy (Smart team) 2 on 17th

NP on 9th – Richard Blackwell Dozen Srixon AD333s
NP on 17th – Steve Thomas Dozen AD333s

Congratulations to all prizewinners.
A very large number of players entered the sweep this week, this is always the case when I employ Karen Gallagher to run my event. Looks like Maxitours players can’t say no to attractive blondes. Thanks for playing.
Yours in Golf, Tim

Sandiway start sheet
Tuesday 9th February.
1a Colin Roberts x4
1b Ian Ainsworth x4
2 Brian Hopkins x4
2bJohn Hilditch x2 Les Penson x2
3 Mike Dean x4
4a Dave Blood x4
4b Phil Vokes x4
5 Mark Jones x4
5b Lewis Marland x4
6 Leigh Smart x4
7a R Blackwell x2 J Caldwell x2
7b Dave Thomas x4
8 Roger Percival x4
9a Dave Kelly x4
9b Brian Greenbank x4
10a Chris Adams x4
10b Trevor Foster x4
11 Dan Huffman x4
12Frank Stapleton x4
12b Roy Ainsworth x4
13 Ian Acton x2 Russell Humphries x2
14 Pete O’Neill
14b Gaz Smith x4
15 Dave Bowers x4
16 Matt Cheffins x4
16b Danny Ritchie x4
17a Ian King x4
17b Mick Mahon x4
18 John Stubbs x4

Spring Classic
Tuesday 29th Sandiway and Wednesday 30th March Vale Royal -filling fast

Dear Maxitours player,
Here are the start times for Mondays event. South Cheshire has missed the heavy rainfall and the course is in excellent condition.
Thanks to all players for your patience and kind words after the cancellation of the Fairhaven event this week due to the localised flooding.
Yours in Golf, Tim

Wilmslow Golf Club AMAM
Monday 1st February – no restrictions

9.45 Colin Roberts x4
9.54 Dave Blood x4
10.03 Mick Mahon x4
10.12 John Stubbs x4
10.21 Roy Ainsworth x4
10.30 Roger Percival x4
10.39 Lee Jevons x4
10.48 Phil Vokes x4
10.57 Trevor Foster x4
11.06 Les Penson x4
11.15 Dave Parsons x4
11.24 Ian Ainsworth x4
11.33 Brian Hopkins x4
11.42 Lewis Marland x4
10th tee
9.45 R Blackwell x4
9.54 John Hilditch x4
10.03 I King x4
10.12 Frank Stapleton x4
10.21 Simon Poucher x4
10.30 Ray Jones x4
10.39 Tom Jarvis x4
10.48 Barry Jackson x4
10.57 Jason Henderson x4
11.06 Steve Aspinall x4
11.15 Bev Crute x4
11.24 Leigh Smart x4
11.33 Dave Bowers x4
11.42 John Dickenson x4
res
Russell Humphries x2 Dave Thomas x2
Graham Barratt x4

Unfortunately due to the very heavy rain todays event has been cancelled, there is still an option to play 9 or 18 holes on the course but a few greens are unplayable,
Thanks for your patience Tim

After communicating with the secretary tomorrow’s event at fairhaven is ON .
As already informed there is s trolley ban and also play from newly turfed areas is STRICTLY prohibited . Many thanks Tim

*Trolley ban next week at Fairhaven* -Now 11.15am Shotgun
Maxitours at Vale Royal
Vale Royal once again lived up to its reputation as perhaps the driest golf course in Cheshire. Superb fairways and greens ensured a great day was enjoyed by all. Many thanks to Ian Embury and his terrific staff who looked after us so well throughout the day.

Ian George couldn’t believe how good the golf course was. ‘ It’s Incredibly dry out there. My wild swinging team mate Dave Blood told me that there were a couple of wet bits in the rough but I didn’t see any!’ said the modest fairway hitting Denton man.

This winter has seen too much rain fall in the North West. Wealthy John Donnelly’s old golf bag looks like it suffered from some damp after all the rain. Today despite the clear conditions John was suffering from even more leakage. This time it was his golf shots that were trickling away as he struggled on the tough back nine.

Darren Whittaker is superstitious and he says he never plays well on Thursdays. His team mates told me that on several occasions this season he has started his round badly and blamed it on the wrong day of the week. The big question was would ‘Wednesday Whittaker’ fare any better..? Unfortunately not- according to his good pal Ian King.

Brian Ankers team was throwing balls up to see who was partnering who. Brian has been known to use a little bit of chewing gum to stick his balls together to avoid playing with Roy ‘ Throw a piano closer to the hole than I can chip it’ Ainsworth. Ankers nearly lost his ball in the rough after his well judged ball toss finished well away from Roy’s pinnacle.

In today’s event the ideal scoring conditions and yellow tees led to some excellent returns. Only one shot separated the first six teams. Knutsford Golf Club’s Les Penson was delighted with 5th place as he played alongside Heyrose man Steve Gowrie and scored 44 points.

Lymm Golf Club is recovering well after a recent flood and members Martin Cox(28) and Dutchman Koos Alders(14) enjoyed their day out at Vale Royal. Alders is a highly respected risk assessor and after much thought he assessed that the best thing to do was to hit a feeble lag putt on the closing hole to secure a win. Unfortunately their 45 points was only good enough for 4th place after losing out on a card play-off. ‘He wouldn’t go for it’ complained his partner Cox.

Brendon Leighton(16) and Dave McGuiness(13) from Macclesfield picked up shots on all five of their closing holes to secure third spot. Mottram Hall’s Ron Jolley(14) and Gary Smith(7) took second place also with 45 points but they were beaten on the card play-off after a slightly worse last 6 holes.

Frank Stapleton(13) from Heyrose and Dave Wilson(8) from the Marriott enjoyed their first win of the Winter Tour . Wilson is a famous crime writer and he stole the victory with a lovely birdie on his closing hole- the 11th. It was also the perfect end to Stapleton’s perfect week after he enjoyed watching United’s total domination against the scousers on Sunday.

Thanks to all players for your support . Despite the venue and date change there was 100% attendance once again.- Brilliant. Also thanks everyone who carried today, I really appreciate it.
Yours in Golf, Tim

Nearest the Pin 10th hole Mark Riley Dozen AD333s
Nearest the Pin 16th hole Paul Nightingale Dozen AD333s
2’s £117.50 9 Titleist Pro V1s or 24 Srixon AD333s Mick Mahon Les Penson Bri Hopkins Kevin Hawkins

*Next week at Fairhaven is strictly carry only- please inform me immediately if you wish to cancel*.

ALSO! Under no circumstances can a shot be played from the newly turfed areas on the 8th and 15th fairways- players will be asked to leave the course if they fail to take relief.

Fairhaven Pairs 26th January 2016
NOW 11.15am SHOTGUN!
1a Colin Roberts x4
1b Ian Ainsworth x4
2 Phil Vokes x4
3b John Hilditch x2 Ian Buxton x2
4 Richard Blackwell x2 Chris Wrighton x2
5 Dave Crowther x4
6 Pete Short x4
6b Leigh Smart x4
7 Rob Little x4
7b Steve Johnson x2 Les Penson x2
8 Gav Sutcliffe x4
9aDave Kelly x4
9b Chris Adams x4
10a Ian King x4
11a Mick Mahon x4
11b Roger Percival x4
12 Dave Blood x4
13aRoy Ainsworth x4
13b Gary Garner x2 Mark Williams x2
14 Chris Hammond x4
15 Bob Mottershead x4
16a Alistair Culpan x4
16 Paul Wrigley x4 tbc
17 Derek Hollindrake x4
18a Trevor Foster x4

Pete Myers x2
Mike Dean x4