Maxitours Golf

Great upcoming Maxitours events
Weds 16th Dec Vale Royal AM AM-full
Thurs 7th Jan Caldy AM AM 7th Jan – spaces
Weds 13th Jan Vale Royal AM AM -spaces
Thurs 21st Jan Ormskirk-full
Tues 26th Jan Fairhaven- last 2 spaces

Spaces in the team of 4 event next Thursday at Ringway!
Etiqus Pairs at Dunham Forest

Very pleasant Mediterranean conditions greeted the full field of Maxitours competitors at lovely Dunham Forest today.

Dunham is a great club with really professional and helpful employees. Even when absent minded Barney Ross locked his keys in his car the Dunham bag attendant came to the rescue with his trusty coat hanger. (He assures me that this is the first time he has ever broken into a car.) Thank you to Dunham Forest and all their staff for your excellent hospitality.

The course is as well drained as any in the Manchester area and there were lots of positive comments about this superb test of golf.

‘Our course has been closed for the last few weeks -I can’t believe how dry it is out there!’ said Mark Gregg.
‘Brilliant!’ said Gary Parle.
‘It was nice to play on this great course without my sweater on’ said warm blooded James Eadie.

There have been many frustrated golfers in the Manchester area over the past three weeks and today 100 of them enjoyed their day in the sun. One player admitted that on Monday he was dragged around Marks and Spencer’s shopping with his wife as his course was flooded . He took the opportunity to sharpen up his address position and backswing with the aid of one of the large mirrors in the Handforth Dean store. He was amused to look across the shop floor and see a fellow bored golfer with his wife looking in one of the mirrors to see if his wrist hinge was on plane.

Brian Ankers plays with his good pal Roy Ainsworth every week. Kind hearted Ainsworth strikes the ball like a single figure player but has been known to fluff the odd pitch. Unfortunately Brian gives him very little sympathy. ‘I could throw a piano closer to the hole than he chips it’ was all he could say in the clubhouse after play.

Roger Percival(6) has seriously underperformed over the past four years but in the last few weeks his form has really improved. He has found his game and results are starting to reflect this. ‘Things started to get better last month when I started playing with the charismatic and confidence inspiring Ed Wilkinson(6)’ said the likeable Lymm man.’ I call it the ‘Jurgen Klopp’ effect’ . They finished 4th today with 43 points.

Paul Nightingale(12) and Mark Jones(6) from Clitheroe scored 44 points despite recent handicap reductions after a great start to the winter tour. Once again the strange talking Lancastrians played excellent golf to take 3rd place.

Martin France and Pete Atherton also from Lymm took the runners up spot with 44 points. Martin is a huge ‘ I’m a celebrity fan’ and is known as Lady C by his pals as he can get aggressive if things don’t go all his own way on the course. He played twelve star golf today and will be eating well tonight after a satisfying 2nd place finish.

Winning today was the ever present pairing of Richard Palmer(11) and John Farnsworth(21). These guys have not won together for a couple of barren years and were delighted to see their fair share of putts fall in on the excellent Dunham greens. They scored an amazing Maxitours record 27 points on the back nine. Well played chaps-great golf!

Thanks to everyone who entered the Etiqus Charity Challenge, 72 players entered and £360 was raised for the Golf Foundation, fantastic. The shotgun start placed Joe Kirwan on the Etiqus Challenge 3rd hole and he incredibly holed his first shot of the day to win a watch! Gary Butler then kindly offered a second watch for the next closest to the pin to give the rest of the field a chance and this was narrowly won by Iain Bartholomew. Look on the website for an ideal Christmas present. http://www.Etiqus.co.uk

Nearest the Pin on 3rd Joe Kirwan (hole in one) & Ian Bartholomew both win fantastic new Etiqus watches.

Nearest the pin 18th hole Dozen AD333s

2’s £125.00 2 pro V1s or 6 srixon AD333s each Phil Vokes Gary Parle Richard Palmer Mick Mahon Leigh Smart Lee Tilley Peter Atherton Martin France Mark Jones Ed Wilkinson Aiden Hoosen John Hilditch Iain Bartholomew Peter Hall Stuart Pearson Peter Cross x2 Geoff Underhill

Dunham Forest	03-Dec-2015
Pos	Player pairings	Score	OoM	Comment
1	Richard Palmer, John Farnsworth	46	12	Maxitours sweater and Etiqus Umbrella each
2	Martin France, Pete Atherton	44	11	Sunice sort sleeve rain top each
3	Mark Jones, Paul Nightingale	44	10	FJ Shirt each
4	Roger Percival, Ed Wilkinson	43	9	Dozen Z Stars each
5	John Hilditch, Iain Bartholomew	42	8	Sunice shirt each
6	Leigh Smart, Ray Tennant	42	7	Dozen Wilson soft feel
7	Andy Hamlett, John Hilton	42	6	Dozen Wilson soft feel
8	Ken Hulme, Peter George	42	5	Cleveland winter mitts each
9	Paul Wrigley, Aiden Hoosen	42	4	Cleveland wnter hat each
10	Peter Hall, Graham Ecclestone	41	3	Pair fj socks each
11	Dave Sarsfield, Lee Tilley	41	2
12	James Eadie, Ben Luscombe	41	1
13	Jim Caldwell, Bob Picthall	41
14=	Joe Kirwan, Simon Hemsley	40
14=	Pete Norbury, Andy Wilde	40
14=	Dave Marchant, Bob Sinclair	40
14=	Stuart Pearson, Tom Joyce	40
14=	Jan Jagielka, Ian Grogan	40
19=	Ian King , Darren Whittaker	39
19=	Ian Ainsworth, Alan Clough	39
19=	Billy Rawsthore, Andy Jackson	39
19=	Peter Cross, Anne Cross	39
19=	Dave Wilson, Kev Murtagh	39
24=	Steve Parle, Gary Parle	38
24=	Jason Henderson, Phil Anderson	38
24=	David Kelly, Stuart Blake	38
24=	Geoff Haynes, Terry Davison	38
28=	Brian Greenbank, Richard Scanlon	37
28=	Matt Nelstrup, Dave Wainwright	37
28=	Andy Hallowes, David Smith	37
28=	Dave Blood, Jim Cox	37
28=	Dave Collinson, Tony Walsh	37
28=	Steve Wilson, Rob Johnson	37
28=	Pete Salt, Phil Lalley	37
28=	Ian Cairns, Tony Taylor	37
28=	Wayne Colclough, Ken Ashford	37
37=	Geoff Underhill, Bill Rotherer	36
37=	Brian Hopkins, Mark Taylor	36
37=	Simon Poucher, Brendon Leighton	36
40=	Alan Smith, Steve Savage	35
40=	John Rigby, Jeff Andrews	35
40=	Anthony Jennison, Chris Marshall	35
43=	Anthony Grimley, Majid Benyounis	34
43=	Roy Ainsworth, Brian Ankers	34
45=	Trevor Foster, Matt Mortimer	33
45=	Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle	33
45=	Tom Jarvis, Fred Gregory	33
48	John Atkin, Dave Harlow	31
49	Dave Moore, Tim Johnson	29
50	Phil Vokes , Barney Ross	26

Ringway team of 4 AM AM
Thursday 10th December 11am Shotgun
Still spaces!

1a Roy Ainsworth x4
1b Ian King x4
2a Roger Percival x4
2b Dave Blood x4
3
4 Phil Vokes x4
5
6 Mark Birtwistle x4
7a Ian Ainsworth x4
7b
8 Steve Aspinall x4
9a Richard Blackwell x4
9b Dave Sarsfield x4
10a Mick Mahon x4
10b Sam Leach x4
11
12 Dave Stanhope x4
13a Leigh Smart x4
13b Jim Caldwell x4
14a David Kelly x4
14bJohn Stubbs x4
15 Barrie Simpson x4
16 Lewis Marland x4
17a Rob Weston x4
17b Graham Littler
18 Barry Jackson x4

*Spaces for 2 teams of 4 at Ringway next Thursday*

Dear Maxitours player,

The event at Dunham Forest is still on. I have just spoken to Paul Dennis the professional and the golf course is currently open and trolleys are allowed. (There is a buggy ban on holes 6-11). The course is wet in places but very playable and there is currently a ladies competition taking place.

I will arrive early on Thursday to speak to the green keeper and to see if the situation has changed. Please check my website at 8.45am on Thursday morning where the course condition and event status will be posted.
Start time will now be 11.15am to accommodate late travellers and for the green keeper to work on the course however if the fairway is clear the first group on each tee may start 10 minutes earlier.

Many thanks, Tim