Results from beautiful Pleasington

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Great upcoming Maxitours events!

Hopwood ‘2UNDR Open’ Thurs 21st May £22.50
Ringway Taylor Made AM AM Thurs 28th May £25
Hesketh Pairs Friday 5th June £30
Tytherington Footjoy Open Thurs 11th June £20
Hazel Grove CATAX Classic Thurs 18th June £20
Fixby Pairs Thurs 25th June £25

The ETIQUS Masters at Pleasington

Cool, blustery, but thankfully very dry conditions greeted today’s Maxitours competitors at Pleasington Golf Club. The lovely course was prepared to a very high standard and the new steward and stewardess (Steve and Sue) also impressed with the very friendly and efficient service they gave to our players. Thank you very much.

The testing layout and breezy conditions were so tough it was reported that Paul Woodbine dropped a shot on his way from the car park to the first tee.

Chunky Roy Ainsworth looked in good health today. He told me things have improved since he moved away from his favourite kit kats and mars bars after a visit to his GP. ‘The doctor recommended eating more nuts for fibre so I’m on the snickers bars now.’ Said the crafty Lymm man.

When Sam Torrance played in the 1985 Ryder Cup his passionate relationship with TV star Suzanne Danielle was just blossoming. Tony Jacklin famously informed him during the intense match ‘I am going to rest you on Saturday morning- you’re playing!’
Romantic newly-wed, Simon Conway also looks in need of a little rest and his recent good play came to an end with a shaky legged 36 points.

In today’s event scoring was average on this excellent test of golf.
Brian Ankers let down his pal Peter Heald when he stayed overnight in Wales during a recent event at the Vale of Llangollen. After too much red wine Peter needed to carry the semi comatose Ankers out of the lovely family-run Welsh bistro. Things were different on the course today and this time it was Brian who was carrying Peter. A fine performance saw a top ten finish for the two likeable Lymm legends.

The Knutsford Golf Club handicaps don’t travel well (neither does the Knutsford Pro for that matter…) and our members tend to look towards the bottom of the Maxitours results to see how their pals have played. Today larger than life Dave Harlow(15) bucked the trend and nearly got a nose bleed because he was so high up the leader board. His 40 points playing alongside Dave Antrobus(8) saw him take a career best 4th place finish.

Badly-dressed Mick McCurdy(9) and very slightly-better dressed John Farrell(11) from North Manchester teed off late in the day. They were very surprised and totally delighted to find out that their 40 points was good enough to take third place on a card play-off.

Snooker loving Graham Robins(17) puts plenty of Side on his golf shots. The left to right hitting Lancastrian used the wind well and he recorded his best ever pairs result with a second place finish on 41 points. Top musician Phil Ashcroft(12) was his partner and both guys played sweet music in a real team effort .

Dentist Anthony Grimley(13) didn’t look too happy to be playing with erratic Gary Christian(21) today ‘ He’s hopeless -It’s like pulling teeth’ complained the Stockport man before they teed off. Christian however played like he had been on the funny gas and they scored a superb 25 points on the easier front nine before ‘Capping off’ the performance with 19 points on the back nine for a three shot victory. Well played chaps- great golf.

Thanks to Gary Butler for his tremendous support of today’s ETIQUS Masters event. Take a look the website http://www.ETIQUS.co.uk to get a closer look at these lovely watches created exclusively for golfers. With Fathers Day on June 21st these would make an ideal gift for a golfing dad. Thanks to the three players who purchased watches from Gary today.

2’s £85 6 pro v1s or dozen ad333s each Gary Christian Archie Tahir Mike Powell Paul Ward

Nearest the Pin 16th Tim Whitehead Etiqus Umbrella
Nearest the Pin in 2 18th Phil Ashcroft Etiqus Umbrella

Pleasington Golf Club 14-May-2015
Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment
1 Anthony Grimley, Gary Christian 44 12 Superb ETIQUS Watch each
2 Phil Ashcroft, Graham Robins 41 11 Maxitours sweater and shirt each
3 John Farrell , Mick McCurdy 40 10 Galvin shirt each
4 Dave Antrobus, Dave Harlow 40 9 Maxitours sweater each
5 Frank Massey, Kevin Hart 40 8 Sunice shirt each
6 Ben Harris, Mick Philbin 40 7 Galvin Green Cap each
7 John Aikenhead, Carl Kennedy 40 6 Titleist cap each
8 John Farnsworth, Frank Harvard 39 5 Taylor made cap each
9 Peter Heald, Brian Ankers 39 4 FJ Socks each
10 Ed Wilkinson, Roger Percival 39 3 FJ Socks each
11 Ben March, Ross Birch 39 2
12 Mike Powell, Bri Hopkins 39 1
13= Dave Goodwin, Paul Woodbine 38
13= Paul Garrity, Peter Maxwell 38
13= Archie Tahir, Fizz Ahmed 38
13= Alan Leigh, Jimmy O’Reilly 38
17= Barry Ecclestone, Kevin Fahy 37
17= Martin France, Pete Atherton 37
17= Garry Smith, Lee Murphy 37
20= Simon Conway, Mark Williams 36
20= Phil Smeathers, Charlie Sill 36
20= Gary Garner, Mark Green 36
20= Lewis Marland, Alf Shillitoe 36
20= Matt Cheffins, Paul Ward 36
25= Colin Lynch, Jonathon Lynch 35
25= Andrew D-Gerard, Clint Jolley 35
25= Andy Hamlett, Richard Blackwell 35
25= Charles Herbert, Tom Chandler 35
25= Mark Saxon, Tim Whitehead 35
25= Roy Ainsworth, Mike Verdon 35
31= Terry Hayward, Steve Hall 34
31= Eddie Sterling, Saj Hashmi 34
31= Tim Spencer, Ron Sloane 34
31= Chris Adams, Gary Butler 34
31= Richard Williamson, Kris Oakes 34
31= Al Smith, Darren Whittaker 34
37= Rick Sym, Phil Chadwick 33
37= Sam Leach, Pete Mills 33
37= John Hilditch, Ben Luscombe 33
40= Maureen Jolley, Steve Boland 32
40= Ian Buxton, Ian Kinsley-Smith 32
40= Dave Goodier, Jonny Cottrell 32
40= David Smith, Bill Parkinson 32
44= Mike Barker, Chris Walley 31
44= Steve Parle, Gary Parle 31
46= Nigel Compsty, Simon Whittle 30
46= David Kelly, John Horsley 30
48 Steve Foxcroft, Trevor Nicholson 29
49= Ray Jones, Steve Tyrell 28
49= Mick Mahon, Keith Allen 28

Maxitours ‘2UNDR’Open at Hopwood

10.30 Matt Cheffins x4
10.38 Colin Roberts x4
10.47 Ian King x4
10.56 Brian Greenbank x4
11.05 Jack Coleman x4
11.14 Dave Stanhope x4
11.23 Mick Mahon x4
11.32 Bernard Fee x4
11.40 Brian Sill x4
11.49 Neville Dennis x4
11.58 Chris Adams x4
12.07 Nigel Oakes x4
12.16 Lewis Marland x4
12.25 Tim Spencer x4
12.34 Bob Sutton x4
12.43 Anthony Grimley x4
12.52
1.00 Gary Whittaker x4
1.09 Dave Buckley x4
1.18 Andy Stubbens x4
1.27 Richard Blackwell x4
1.36 Dave Goodier x4
1.45 Archie Tahir x4
1.54
2.03
2.12 John Stubbs x4
2.21 Simon Stott x4
2.30 Richard Williamson x4
2.39 Dave Sarsfield x4
2.48 Dave Crowther x4
2.57 Joe Yates x4
3.08 Roy Macgregor x4
3.15 Brian Hopkins x4

Places for 2 or 4 in the ETIQUS Masters at must-play Pleasington

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Spaces Available this Thursday at possibly Lancashires best inland course- ‘The ETIQUS Masters at Pleasington’

‘The next event is the ETIQUS MASTERS at the wonderful Pleasington. The winners of the event will each receive a voucher worth £179 with which they can purchase an ETIQUS Classic Tour Timepiece with a leather strap or put towards any other watch in the ETIQUS range. With Father’s Day just a month away an ETIQUS timepiece makes an excellent golfing gift to put on your wishlist and you can see these wonderful watches that are rapidly becoming a favourite choice as a unique gift for the golfer on www.ETIQUS.co.uk. Gary Butler, the owner and Maxitours player, is also offering an ‘on the day’ promotion at the Pleasington event where any order placed ‘on the day’ will result in your entry fee to the event being refunded.’

This Thursdays ‘ETIQUS MASTERS’ Start sheet

9.30 Colin Roberts x4

9.38 Nigel Compsty x2 Simon Conway x2

9.46 Ian King x4

9.55 Ray Jones x4

10.04 Colin Lynch x4

10.13 Dave Stanhope x4

10.22 Mick Mahon x4

10.31 Ian Ainsworth x4

10.39 Archie Tahir x2 Anthony Grimley x2

10.47 Neville Dennis x4

10.56 Lewis Marland x2 Richard Blackwell x2

11.05 Roger Percival x4

11.14 David Kelly x4

11.23 Chris Adams x4

11.32 Matt Cheffins x4

11.41

11.50

12.00 Sam Leach x4

12.08 Tim Spencer x4

12.16 Andy Morgan x4

12.24 Roy Ainsworth x4

1.38 Phil Chadwick x2 Paul Garrity x2

1.47 Steve Parle x4

1.56

2.05 Ian Buxton x2 John Hilditch x2

2.14

2.23 Richard Williamson x4

2.32

2.41 Jon Farrell x4

2.50

3.00 Brian Hopkins x4

3.10 Gav Sutclife x4

Results from the Belding Clasic at Prestbury

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Great upcoming Maxitour events- nearly full.

Pleasington Etiqus Masters next Thurs-spaces
Hopwood ‘2UNDR Open’ 21st May-spaces
Ringway Taylor Made Classic 28th May-spaces

The Belding Masters at Prestbury

The first event of the exciting Maxitours Summer series was held at the lovely Prestbury Golf Course today. When the early morning clouds finally dispersed there was some very pleasant warm sunshine to be enjoyed by all the players and it felt like summer had finally arrived.

The Prestbury Golf course starts to play its best in the month of May and all players were very complimentary about the condition of this great golf course. Many thanks to all the excellent staff and management for their help to make the event a success.

Today is election day and many Maxitours players were caught in two minds whether to go to work or play golf. Golf got the vote for any right minded individual and everyone who played thought they had made the correct decision.

In the 1950’s an American tour pro called Ky Laffoon who had struggled badly all season with his flat stick had yet another poor putting round which culminated in a horse shoe on the 18th green. He quietly went back to his car and pulled out a revolver. He then shot his putter three times in the first recorded case of ‘clubicide’. Today the fast Prestbury greens got the better of Mick Mahon and his putter was living dangerously as it missed three short putts on the final three holes of his round.

In today’s event the scoring was tough on the well watered fairways after several days rain.
David Wilkinson(6) and Geraint Allen(14) from Warrington Golf club recorded their highest ever Maxitours finish with 41 points to take 4th place. Deep chested Geraint is known as Grunty because no-one can pronounce his name correctly and he used to do plenty of grunting when he was playing high level rugby. Today he was grunting again as he hit several big drives but his partner wasn’t groaning as a several solid pars saw them move through the field.

Dave Randles(10) and Mike Gow(9) from Eaton Golf Club combined well to record just their second podium finish as they took third will 42 points. They had a superb 24 points on the front nine but failed to better par on the slightly more testing closing nine.

Frodsham’s Mike Gibbons(5) and Steve Roberts(3) were out early and they thought they were going to record their first ever victory after they scored 46 points in the worst of the weather. Six birdies and an eagle from the low handicap pair was just not good enough as they were narrowly pipped on the back nine card play off and finished 2nd.

John Hilditch is famous for running a hugely successful Estate Agency in Hale. Today he played with his new employee Jordan Sheppard. Jordan’s career prospects looked bad when he failed to listen to his cautious boss and hit a driver on the dog leg 11th which nearly went in the hazard. The future looked a little rosier for Jordan when he played the last three holes in 1 under par to take first place. ‘He started to take my advice,’ said wealthy John in the clubhouse after play. Great golf chaps well played.
Thanks to all players for your support once again today, Tim

2’s £140 3 Pro V1s or 6 srixon AD333s Per 2 Jordan Shepherd Steve Roberts Mark Williams Max Knowles Brian Greenbank Ed Wilkinson David Kelly Stuart Blake John Bent Billy Blissett John Bent Hugh Mullin Archie Tahir

Nearest the pin 7th hole John Bent Sponsored by Matt Turnock -2 tickets for Dr Karl Morris golf psychology seminar at Mottram Hall next Thursday 7-9pm contact Matt 07774 132382 if you wish to attend this interesting talk.(tickets £25 each or 2 for £45)
Nearest the pin 17th Hole Geoff Underhill Belding Leather Headcovers

The Maxitours Belding Classic at Prestbury has been kindly sponsored by Tony Bishop ofBelding Europe.
Fifty years of producing the best, for the best.
Belding has a pedigree of golf bag and luggage production that has stood the test of time and continues to produce beautifully designed goods that last.
In a world fast becoming accustomed to short-life, disposable consumer goods, you can chose something that stands out from the crowd in quality and longevity.
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Prestbury 07-May-2015
Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment
1 John Hilditch, Jordan Sheppard 46 12 Belding Holdall + putter cover
2 Mike Gibbons, Steve Roberts 46 11 Galvin Green Shirt each
3 Dave Randles, Phil Gow 42 10 Galvin Green Umbrella +cap each
4 David Wilkinson, Geraint Allan 41 9 Maxitours sweater each
5 Mark Williams, Simon Conway 40 8 Sunice shirt each
6 Archie Tahir, Fizz Ahmed 40 7 Dozen AD333s each
7 Vince Coombs, Bill Conway 39 6 Belding leather pouch each
8 Nigel Dibble, Anthony Grimley 39 5 Titleist Cap each
9 Ed Cotton, Max Knowles 39 4 FJ Socks each
10 Mark Simister, Dan Huffman 39 3 FJ Socks each
11 Paul Dalby, Phil Vokes 39 2
12 Lee Tilley, Pete Norbury 39 1
13= John Bent, Hugh Mullin 38
13= Mick Mahon, Richard Palmer 38
13= Dave Thompson, Dan Pollock 38
16= Brian Greenbank, Dave Wainwright 37
16= Pete Cleaver, Jason Henderson 37
16= Joe Yates, Gary Neilds 37
19= Simon Hemsley, Darren Whittaker 36
19= Ed Wilkinson, Scott Ashall 36
19= Neil Ramsbottom, Bob Hornsby 36
22= Ron Clarke, Paul Waring 35
22= Jim Caldwell, Steve Sutton 35
22= Lewis Marland, Kevin Seaton 35
22= Neil Higgins, Alistair Burns 35
22= Ron Clarke, Paul Waring 35
22= David Kelly, Dave Harlow 35
28= Trevor Harrison, Ray Stringer 34
28= Alan Demmy, Joe Kirwan 34
28= Richard Blackwell, Pat Keenan 34
28= Sean Murray, Chris Cyprus 34
28= Ian Waddington, Dave Terry 34
28= Dave Bowers, Billy Blissett 34
34= Alan Clough, Terry Davidson 33
34= Matt Nelstrup, Paul Gilbert 33
34= Mike Saxon, Oliver Drinkwater 33
37= John Horsley, Trevor Webb 32
37= Stuart Blake, Bob Sutton 32
37= Alan Forber, John Longworth 32
40= Bev Crute, Steve Foxcroft 31
40= Geoff Underhill, James Eadie 31
40= Gary Hempstead, Chris Brownhill 31
43 Ian Buxton, Mike K-Smith 29
44= Dennis Whelan, Dave Dean 28
44= Steve Parle , Gary Parle 28
46 Bernard Wood, Mike Gee 25

Start times fot the ‘ETIQUS Classic’ Pairs event at Pleasington Golf Club
Thursday 14th May
9.30 Colin Roberts x4
9.38 Nigel Compsty x2 Simon Conway x2
9.46 Ian King x4
9.55
10.04
10.13 Dave Stanhope x4
10.22 Mick Mahon x4
10.31 Ian Ainsworth x4
10.39 Archie Tahir x2 Anthony Grimley x2
10.47 Neville Dennis x4
10.56 Lewis Marland x2 John Hilditch x2
11.05
11.14 David Kelly x4
11.23 Chris Adams x4
11.32
11.41 Roger Percival x4
11.50
12.00 Sam Leach x4
12.08 Tim Spencer x4
12.16 Andy Morgan x4
12.24 Roy Ainsworth x4
1.38 Phil Chadwick x2 Paul Garrity x2
1.47 Steve Parle x2/4 Ian Buxton x2?
1.56 Matt Cheffins x4
2.05
2.14 Ray Jones x4
2.23 Richard Williamson x4
2.32 Richard Blackwell x2 Archie Tahir x2
2.41 Jon Farrell x4
2.50 Ben Harris x4
3.00 Brian Hopkins x4
3.10 Gav Sutclife x4

Results from Super Knutsford

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Great May Maxitours events
Prestbury Belding Classic 7th May -room for 1 pair and 1 four ball
Pleasington Etiqus Masters 14th May -last few spaces
Hopwood ‘2UNDR’Open 21st May -last few
Ringway Taylor Made Am Am 28th May last few

Maxitours Shotsaver singles at Knutsford Golf Club

The best greens of the year so far were in play at my home course, Knutsford Golf Club today. Many thanks to Head Green keeper Mark Dingle and his assistant Greg for all their hard work. Thanks also to Anne and Ian for looking after us all so well.

A late finish due to the shootout means a shorter than usual report tonight.

It is always fascinating listening to the conversations in the Clubhouse prior to play. Alan Clough was confusing his team when he was telling them how he had just dropped his grandkids of in the ‘Quiche.’ After a long pause his partner said ‘do you mean Crèche?’.

In today’s event the scoring was incredibly close. With such a well prepared course a score in the forties was expected but three players tied on 39 points. In third place was Dave Buckley with his best finish of the season. Pete Short is known as ‘Kate Middleton’ because a good performance from the likeable Airport Security man was so overdue. Today he produced a great performance to take his best ever position on the podium. Paul Dalby took top spot after he incredibly birdied every par 3 to shoot -2 and collect 39 points. Well played chaps!

Nearest the Pin 3rd Dozen AD333s Kevin Hamilton
Nearest the pin 5th Dozen AD333s Barney Ross ‘hole in one’ CONGRATULATIONS!!!

2’s £55 1 pro v and 1 srixon per 2 or 3 srixons! John Farnworth Frank Hindle Steve Johnson Phil Lockett Dave Owen Paul Dalby x4 Kevin Hamilton x2 Barney Ross x2 (hole in one)

Knutsford Golf Club 30-Apr-2015
Pos Player Score OoM Comment
1 Paul Dalby 39 25 Shotsaver 320
2 Pete Short 39 24 Fj Shoes
3 Dave Buckley 39 23 Maxitours sweater
4 Phil Lockett 38 22 Sunice Shirt
5 Kevin Hamilton 37 21 Sunice Shirt
6 Dave Owen 37 20 Taylor made Cap
7 Archie Tahir 37 19 Taylor made Cap
8 John Rigby 37 18 Taylor made Cap
9 Mick Mahon 37 17
10 Barney Ross 36 16
11 Richard Palmer 36 15
12 Andy Stubbens 36 14
13 Dave Reynolds 36 13
14 Terry Davison 35 12
15 Anthony Grimley 35 11
16 Fizz Ahmed 35 10
17 John Farnworth 35 9
18 Brian Hopkins 35 8
19 Phil Vokes 34 7
20 Gary Hempstead 34 6
21 Frank Hindle 34 5
22 Tony Adams 34 4
23 Des Kelly 33 3
24 Phil Smeathers 33 2
25 Paul Kennedy 33 1
26= Howard Gill 32
26= Alex Machin 32
26= Brian Greenbank 32
26= Alan Pengelly 32
26= Pete Hamlett 32
31= Richard Scanlon 31
31= Phil Wise 31
31= Alan Clough 31
34= Ian King 30
34= Dave Stanhope 30
34= Geoff Allan 30
37= Darren Whittaker 29
37= Mike Hall 29
37= Dave Harlow 29
40= Colin Roberts 28
40= Alan Leigh 28
42= Frank Massey 27
42= Steve McDermott 27
44 Neville Dennis 26
45 Steve Johnson 25
46= Nigel Dibble 24
46= Dave Wainwright 24
46= Carl H-Jones 24

Winning the Prestigious Shotsaver Winter Order of Merit was Paul Dalby. Martin Firth took second and John Rigby capped a superb Winter by taking 3rd place.

Order of Merit
1st Shotsaver s320 tour Paul Dalby
2nd Maxitours sweater Martin Firth
3rd Maxitours sweater John Rigby

Shotsaver Shootout
In the Maxitours end of season shootout ten of the best Maxitours competitors went head to head over nine holes and after some tremendous golf Alan Leigh from Swinton Park came out on top beating last years winner Phil Vokes in a tremendous Shootout.

Winner Shotsaver s430 tour Alan Leigh
Eliminated 9th hole Dozen ProV1s Phil Vokes
8th Maxitours sweater Frank Massey
7th Dozen Z Stars Andy Stubbens
6th Sunice shirt Kevin Hamilton
5th Sunice Shirt Paul Dalby
4th Sunice Shirt John Farnsworth
3rd Dozen AD333s Barney Ross
2nd Titleist Cap Steve McDermott
1st Titleist Cap Neville Dennis

Many thanks to everyone for your wonderful support throughout the year, I hope you have enjoyed the Winter season. Yours in Golf, Tim

Prestbury Belding Classic start times

9.05 Colin Roberts
9.15 Jim Caldwell x2
9.25 Ian King x4
9.33 Brian Greenbank x4
9.40 Mike Gibbons x4
10.00
10.20 Mick Mahon x4
10.30 Ian Ainsworth x4
10.40 Simon Conway x4
10.50 Richard Blackwell x2 D Whelan x2
11.00 Anthony Grimley x2 Lewis Marland x2
11.10
11.20 Mike Saxon x4
11.30 Steve Parle x4
11.40 David Wilkinson x4
11.50 Ian Waddington x4
12.00 Geoff Underhill x2 John Hilditch x2
12.10 Pete Cleaver x4
12.20 Ian Buxton x4
12.30 Neil Higgins x4
12.40 Rob Weston x4
12.50 Bob Sutton x4
1.00 John Dickenson x4
1.09 Joe Yates x4
1.18 Dave Hillier x4
1.28 Dave Hillier x4
1.38 Dave Bowers x4
1.48 Steve McDermott x4

Results from Crisp Conway

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Spaces at Knutsford singles on Thursday- superb fast greens
Great upcoming Maxitours events!
Prestbury Belding Classic Pairs 7th May
Pleasington Etiqus Masters Pairs 14th May
Hopwood AM AM ‘2UNDR Open’21st May
Ringway Taylor Made AM AM 28th May

Maxitours at Conwy
A healthy welsh sea breeze and clear blue skies greeted well over 100 Maxitours competitors at Conwy today. Many thanks to everyone at this historical Championship course for looking after us all so well today.

The golf course looked like a picture postcard scene with immaculate lime green striped fairways and golden gorse bushes which were in full bloom. Joe Kirwan finished his round with a sprig of gorse still attached to his sweater – evidence of yet another long day in the undergrowth for the lovely Bramall man.

Les French was confused even before he started his round today when he tried to order a bacon bap from the attractive blond welsh bar maid ‘Sorry, we haven’t got any bacon baps see, we have only bacon rolls on the menu’ .

On the course in today’s event Trevor Harrison got off to a slow start playing with Ray ‘ringer’ Stringer. They dropped shots on four of the opening six holes. Trevor blamed his poor front nine on the fact that he was still recovering from a very emotional final episode of Poldark last night.

Roy Macgregor was also emotional after an unlucky day on the links. He couldn’t stop his ball from regularly finding the well placed Conway fairway bunkers. Things went from bad to worse for the likeable Stockport man when, after taking too many shots to score on the 16th hole, he was disgusted and picked his ball up and put it in his cart bag. As he jealously watched his partner putt out for three points he was dismayed to see the wind blowing his trolley and ball into the deep greenside bunker.

Ray Jones was close to tears after he made the first eagle of his very average golf career. With a fifty mile an hour tailwind on the par five 14th hole, short hitting Ray hit his best drive of the year, followed by a stonking fairway wood which hit a sprinkler head, 2 cart paths, a brick and bounced on a couple of downhill slopes before finishing two feet from the hole. Congratulations Ray.

Dave Marchant(15) and Jeff Andrews(23) from Alsager finished in 5th place with 40 points but failed expensively to score on the last hole. ‘I was thinking about my speech’ said a gutted Marchant.

Steve McDermott(10) and Mark Simister(10) also had a ‘blob’ when they failed to score on the 13th, two excellent closing pars from Steve repaired most of the damsge as they took 4th place.

Eddy Sterling(6) returned to form after a poor start to the year, he teamed up with Mark Brooks(12) to also score 40 points and took 3rd place with a very strong back nine.

Salford Reds rugby groundsman Dan Huffman(8) nearly recorded his 1st Maxitours win in 8 years at Conway. Unfortunately both he and good pal John McCaffrey(18) narrowly failed to par their last two holes and they had to settle for an impressive 2nd place with 41 points.

Taking the honours today with a low winning score of 41 points to reflect the tough and breezy but enjoyable conditions was Pleasington’s Ian Waddington and Ian Murray. Retired Waddington used to buy and sell pigs for a living. Today he hit a few ‘snorters’ off the tee his pals were left ‘scratching’ their heads as he played unusually good golf to take home the bacon. Well played chaps, excellent golf.

Thanks to all players for your support, to have over 100 players travel to North Wales was terrific -thank you very much. Yours in golf, Tim

2’s £112.50 3 pro v1s or 6 srixons per 2 Archie Tahir Iain Bartholomew Brendan Leighton Steve Johnson Cameron Massey Chris Meikleham David Kelly Tony Coleman John Williams

Nearest the Pin 2nd John Williams Dozen AD333s
Nearest the Pin 15th David Kelly Dozen AD333s

Conwy 27-Apr-2015
Pos Player pairings Score OoM Comment
1 Ian Murray, Ian Waddington 41 12 Cleveland wedge each
2 Dan Huffman, John McCaffrey 41 11 Galvin shirt each
3 Eddie Sterling, Mark Brooks 40 10 Callaway top each
4 Steve McDermott, Mark Simister 40 9 Sunice shirt each
5 Dave Marchant, Jeff Andrews 40 8 Sunice shirt each
6 Anthony Grimley, Archie Tahir 39 7 Dozen Ad333s
7 Wayne McNulty, Frazer Mackenzie 38 6 Dozen Ad333s
8 Pete Short, Dave Buckley 38 5 Titleist cap each
9 Phil Vokes, Barney Ross 38 4 FJ Socks each
10 Jim Rymer, Roy Christian 37 3 FJ Socks each
11 Ray Massey, Cameron Massey 37 2
12 John Williams, Chris Reade 37 1
13= Sandy Calder, Les Craig 37
13= Charles Herbert, Mark Marshall 37
15= Paul Ward, Matt Cheffins 36
15= Jim Caldwell, Steve Barlow 36
15= John Dickenson, Bob Mottershead 36
15= Stuart Pearson, Kevin Hawkins 36
15= Ian Greenough, Andy Male 36
15= Tony Coleman, Andy Hallowes 36
21= Joe Kirwan, Simon Hemsley 35
21= Kevin Faye, Stuart Hibbert 35
21= Steve Tyrell, Ray Jones 35
21= Jim Doran, Paul Malley 35
25= Dave Griffiths, Gary Hall 34
25= Paul Elliott, Andrew Norman 34
25= Brendan Leighton, Simon Poucher 34
25= Brian Lutas, Ian Latto 34
25= Colin Roberts, Alex Machin 34
25= Ian Bartholomew, John Hilditch 34
25= Stuart Blake, David Kelly 34
25= Kevin Chisnall, Dick Bonner 34
33= Pete Birtwhistle, John Ratledge 33
33= Trevor Harrison, Ray Stringer 33
33= Brian Dewhurst, Steve Daynes 33
33= Tim Spencer, Richard Banks 33
33= Ian Ainsworth, Alan Clough 33
33= Dave Wilson, Frank Stapleton 33
33= Paul Griffiths, Chris Lee 33
40= Steve Owen, Chris Bracchi 32
40= Geoff Underhill, Bill Rotherer 32
40= Graham Kaye, Chris Meikleham 32
43= Bob Sutton, Mike McGoun 31
43= Roy Macgregor, Andy Young 31
43= Les French, David Fall 31
43= Ian King, Darren Whittaker 31
43= Mark Noden, Dave Lowe 31
43= Phil Okill, Graham March 31
43= Paul Rudkin, Chris Wrighton 31
50= Steve Johnson, Gareth Monk 30
50= Mo Dar, Peter Wathall 30
52= Mike Daggitt, Paul Wilson 29
52= Roy Bramwell, Mark Freeman 29
54= Mark Saxon, Tim Whitehead 28
54= Pete Daniels, Graham Littler 28
56 Steve Parle, Gary Parle 27

Start times at Knutsford on Thursday
Room for individual playersof groups of 2/4
8.39 Jim Caldwell x2
8.48 Ian King x4
8.57
9.06 Des Kelly x4
9.18 Mick Mahon x4
9.27
9.36 Anthony Grimley x2 Mark Williams x2
9.45 Archie Tahir x4
9.54 Brian Greenbank x4
10.03 Steve Johnson x2
12.01
12.20 Phil Vokes x4
12.30 Colin Roberts x4
12.38 Neville Dennis x4
12.47 Pete Short x2
12.56 Brian Hopkins x4
1.05 Paul Lord x2 Dave Reynolds x1
1.14 Steve McDermott x4
1.23 Steve McDermottx4