The Terrific Best Ever new Summer schedule released early next week!!!

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Sandiway 10th Feb- full
Caldy 19th Feb- nearly full
Stockport 26th Feb- nearly full

Maxitours at ‘Rink’way

Ringway Golf Club was the lovely setting for today’s Maxitours event. Cold ground conditions meant that the course was a little firm for a few holes however rather like my stomach muscles, things soon really softened up. Attractive Club Secretary Fiona made us feel very welcome and the caterers were also on top form.

The green keepers presented a really terrific track for us to play on and one of the lower handicap four balls were all convinced Ringway has by far the finest inland winter greens in the county. ‘How do the greens staff do it?’ said a very impressed Paul Dalby. (3)
‘Those greens were tremendous’ said nineteen handicapper Ray Jones ‘Ive knocked in some wonderful putts, it’s just a real shame it takes me so long to get there!’

I do try very hard to recollect people’s names. Chris Lee turned up with his regular partner who is a really nice bloke but I can never remember his name. ‘I’m Tony Davenport and I’ve played over half a dozen times’ said the disappointed Mellor man when I had to ask him who he was. ‘ I must be really memorable’ he added. Unfortunately Tony once again played some average golf and it is quite likely that he will go unrecognised next week.

Pete Daniels from Leigh is not related in any way at all to the famous magician, Paul. He really struggled to make his ball disappear into the hole today. Pete did manage to make a few rabbits vanish after some wayward driving on the 11th hole.

In today’s event the firm fairways and greens made the par fours all reachable for some of the older members of the tour and the top three team prizes were mainly filled by ‘more mature players’.

Colin Roberts(19) plays every week with his good pals John Rigby(14), Dave Marchant(15) and Bob Sinclair(14). The Alsager team started slowly but their aching joints soon warmed up and a strong back nine saw the popular quartet finish in a season best third place.

Mick Mahon(22) also plays each week also with his good mates -Frank Hindle(14), Richard Palmer (12)and John Farnworth(24). Mick’s team has won twice in recent years , unfortunately he was away on holiday on both occasions much to the amusement of his friends . Today Mick showed them that they can win even when he is playing and two closing pars on the tough 11th and 12th holes showed some real class from the warm hearted, horse owning, Lancastrian.

Seventy seven year old Neville Dennis(18) from Swinton Park played alongside Alan Leigh(16), Frank Massey(13) and Swinton Captain, the Irishman, Jimmy ‘five daughters’ O’Reilly(10). They thought they had blown it with just three points on their closing hole but Neville’s four 3 point holes saw them scrape home on the back nine. Well played chaps!

Four players recorded two’s during today’s event, big spending Alan Pengelly however was the only player to enter the sweep. He knocked in a 40 foot putt on the 16th hole to win six dozen balls.
Thanks to all players for your support today. I really hope you had a great day on the links.

Nearest the Pin 13th Chris Lee Dozen AD333s
Nearest the Pin 16th Lewis Marland Dozen AD333s
2’s £117.50 Alan Pengelly 6 dozen AD333’s.

Results
1st Neville Dennis, Alan Leigh, Jimmy O’Reilly, Frank Massey 86 points
Footjoy shoes each

2nd Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle, John Farnworth, Richard Palmer 86 points
Dozen Pro V1s each

3rd Colin Roberts, John Rigby, Dave Marchant, Bob Sinclair 84 points
Dozen AD333s each

4th Andy Stubbens, Martin Firth, Andy Hockenhull, Gareth Lover 84 points
FJ Winter hat each

5th Jim Caldwell, Nigel Compsty, Bob Picthall, John Kelsall 83 points
FJ socks each

6th Graham Littlers team 83 points
7th Phil Dermotts team 82 points
8th Anthony Grimleys team 81 points
9th Phil Vokes team 81 points
10th Richard Blackwells team 81 points
11th Lee Tilleys team 81 points
12th John Stubbs team 80points
13th Ray Jones team 79 points
14th Geff Haynes team 79 points
15th Brian Hopkins team 79 points
16th Frank Stapletons team 78 points
17th Lewis Marlands team 77 points
18th Chris Lee’s team 77 points
19th Ian Broughans team 75 points
20th Iain Perkins team 72 points
21st Wayne Colcloughs team 72 points
22nd Ian Kings team 71 points
23rd Steve Rimmers team 71 points
24th Gerry Johns team 68 points

Next Tuesday 10th February
Sandiway Pairs 11am Shotgun
1a Phil Vokes x4
1b Mick Mahon x4
2a Colin Roberts x4
2b Ian King x4
3 Martin Hall x4
4a Brian Greenbank x4
4b Matt Cheffins x4
5 Dave Sarsfield x4
5b Roy Ainsworth x2 Jim Caldwell x2
6 Martin Wainwright x2 Simon Conway x2
7a Chris Lee x4
7b Roger Percival x4
8 Sam leach x4
9a Neville Dennis x4
9b Ian Ainsworth x4
10a Richard Blackwell x2 Steve Poucher x2
10b Brian Hopkins x4
11 John Hilditch x2 Brian Cullinan x2
12a Al Green x4
12b Steve Johnson x4
13 Paul Browne x2 Dave Thomas x2
14a Russell Humphries x4
14b Ian Stapleton x4
15a Graham Littler x4
15b Steve Berrell x4
16 Pete Birtwistle x4
17 Lewis Marland x4
17 Dave Blood x4
18 John Stubbs x4

Tomorrow’s event at Ringway will be on full greens. Many thanks to the golf club for their terrific cooperation.

Upcoming events

Ringway AM AM 5th Feb 11am shot gun- last few spots!
Sandiway Pairs 10th Feb-11am shotgun also nearly full
Caldy 19th Feb 11am – nearly full
Stockport 26th Feb 9.30-1.30pm-nearly full

Results from fantastic Fairhaven

Fairhaven hosted its first ever Maxitours event today and after experiencing the course everyone agreed that it was a superb new venue to have on the rota.

Fast running fairways and the sand based greens were a real pleasure to play on and everyone at this historic Club made us feel very welcome indeed.
The course was fabled to have 365 bunkers but actually has only 118, 23 of which were closely inspected by Dave Keen during the course of his interesting round today.

In 1968 The Club professional Bill Miller befriended a couple of wild pheasants which were living close to his pro shop. He became so attatched to the stunning birds he actually included one on a new club logo. Steve Latchfords golf ball nearly became attatched to a pheasant as he hit his ball in the deep rough on the 16th hole but the bird managed to escape to the safety of the centre of the fairway.

Regular player and nice guy Richard Palmer travels over 80 miles most weeks to play bad golf on Maxitours. Today the Blackburnian was looking forward to a relaxing breakfast after the short hop down the M55 to Blackpool. Unfortunately his partner John Farnworth has a reputation for errant driving on and off the course and they both failed to see the Blackpool turn off. A two hour detour which involved a look around the historic Lancaster town centre saw the likeable duo still chewing on their bacon sandwiches as they hurried onto the course.

In today’s event the lovely conditions and full field meant scoring was excellent.

Royal Mail employee Martin France delivered the goods on the front nine and he played alongside Pete Atherton to score 44 points to take 6th. Cheadle’s Mick Fenton and Andy Hall also had 44 points but their poor back nine meant they could only manage 5th spot.

Steve McDermott returned yesterday afternoon from a pro am at Vilasol. When he got home the first thing he did was put his clubs on the naughty step as they had misbehaved in the Portuguese heat. Today with not an overhanging pine tree in sight Steve relaxed and played great golf to finish 4th alongside Simon Lewis from Ashton. As well as finishing fourth a delighted Steve also won nearest the pin and rolled his putt in to collect in the 2’s sweep.

Dave Torkington and Steve Berrell from Swinton Park had the best back nine of the teams tied on 44 points and they were delighted with a season best 3rd place finish.

Shrigley Halls Brian Hopkins and Barry Horrox have been quiet all season however today they played superbly to finish second. Both these lovely guys have a real passion for the game and Brian was quite rightly delighted with his 5 birdies on the championship course.

First place went to Tytherington’s Martin ‘my handicap is too low to win anything’ Firth and Andy ‘can I have a shot back’ Stubbens. This was their first win together and they both contributed well with some wonderful golf. Well played chaps!

Many thanks to all players who travelled to the Fylde coast today, once again every single player turned up which is tremendous. I really hope you enjoyed your day at the seaside. Thank you.
Yours in Golf, Tim.

Nearest the Pin 2nd Peter Sutton dozen AD333s
Nearest the Pin 10th Steve McDernott dozen AD333s
2’s sweep £117.50 6 Pro V1s or dozen AD333s
Martin France Brian Hopkins Phil Dermott Steve McDermott Phil Lockett Paul Dalby

1st Martin Firth & Andy Stubbens 45pts Cleveland wedge each
2nd Brian Hopkins & Barry Horrox 45pts Footjoy shoes each
3rd Dave Torkington & Steve Berrel 44pts Galvin Green belt each
4th Steve McDermott & Simon Lewis 44pts Dozen Z Stars each
5th Mick Fenton & Andy Hall 44pts Maxitours shirt each
6th Martin France & Peter Atherton 44pts Maxitours Shirt each
7th Roy Ainsworth & Brian Ankers 43pts Dozen AD333s each
8th Dave Blood & Andy Sandham 43pts Footjoy winter hat each
9th Chris Bowers & Dave Owen 43 pts Footjoy Winter hat each
10th Alan Leigh & Jimmy O’Reilly 43 pts Footjoy Winter hat each
11th Warren Simister & Colin Poole 43 pts Footjoy Winter hat each
12th Latchord & Mullen 42
13th Palmer & Farnworth 42
14th Gibson & Cox 42
15th Grimley & Farrell 42
16th Ellison & Chambers 41
17th Barker & Barton 41
18th Handy & King 41
19th Dermott & Reilly 41
20th Sterling & Hashmi 40
21st Vokes & Dalby 40
22nd Cheffins & Ward 39
23rd Heald & Verdon 39
24th Hockenhull & Lover 39
25th Roberts & Rigby 39
26th Hall & Fletcher 39
27th Hoyland & Grffiths 38
28th Hilditch 7 Bartholomew 38
29th Laurent & Winston 38
30th Hall & Lockett 37
31st Leach & Mills 37
32nd Conway & Williams 37
33rd Kelly & McKinlay 37
34th Haynes & Stringer 36
35th Dennis & Massey 36
36th Rooney & Keen 36
37th Lynch & Pengelly 36
38th Bond & Eyles 36
39th Harrison & Russell 36
40th Kelly & Raynor 34
41st Bowers & Bent 34
42nd Mahon & Hindle 34
43rd Horsley & Foxcroft 34
44th Hall & Coxon 34
45th Stubbs and Royle 33
46th Sutton & Fellows 32
47th Waddington & Terry 31
48th Waggett & Webb 30

Ringway start times 11am shotgun
1a Colin Roberts x4
1b Brian Hopkins x4
2 Ray Jones x4
3 Phil Dermott x4
4 Steve Rimmer x4
5 Al Green x4
6 Gary Corbett x4?tbc
7a Richard Blackwell x4
7b Jim Caldwell x4
8 Wayne Colclough x4
9a
9b Dave Randles x2Ian Buxton x2
10a Ian King x4
10b Phil Vokes x4
11 Graham Littler x4
12 Simon Conway x2 (2 players required please)
13 Mick Mahon x4
14a Neville Dennis x4
14b Lewis Marland x4
15
16 Ian Ainsworth x4
17a Anthony Grimley x4
17b Dave Blood x4
18 John Stubbs x4

Great upcoming Maxitours events this February and March -all terrific venues filling fast!

February events
Ringway Thursday 5th £20
Sandiway Pairs Tuesday 10th £25
Caldy Thursday 19th £20
Stockport Thursday 26th £25

March events
Dunham Forest Pairs Thursday 5th £25
Ringway AM AM Thursday 12th £20
Caldy AM AM Thursday 19th £20
Prestbury Pairs Thursday 26th £25*
Spring AM AM -individual day prizes and also 2 Day total prizes
Vale Royal AM AM Monday 30th £25*
Sandiway AM AM Tuesday 31st £25
* bacon butties inc

Maxitours at Sunny Conwy

Over 40 wise golfers made the smart decision to travel to Conwy today. Many thanks to Club Manager Chris Chance for hosting us at late notice.
The weather really was unbelievable compared to the arctic conditions in Manchester. Sweaters and even shirts were the order of the day as the firm fairways and high quality greens saw some excellent golf. Everyone was ecstatic in the Clubhouse after play.

‘I was actually too hot’ complained Lancastrian Rob Hands.

‘It was absolutely fantastic out there’ commented Simon Hemsley

‘What can you say? It was Summer golf’ said Russel l Humphries

‘It was beautiful’ reported Iain Perkins ‘I think the clocks have gone forward already in Wales’

‘I was hopeless’ said Carl Watterson.

Chunky Roy Ainsworth(25) was annoyed with old his pal Brian Ankers (15)today. ‘We could have won it today but Brian’s putting was off, more importantly he also forgot the Kit Kats.’ The Lymm team also had rising stars like Peter Heald(9) and Mike Verdon(15) playing and they finished in 2nd spot today.

Taking first prize was the Wigan team of Firemen Phil Dermott(6), Mark Riley(5), Andrew Peete(13) and Geoff Parsley(14). These lads are expert Strikers and they can also hit the ball well. Dermott’s birdie on the 11th was the highlight of his round. Great golf chaps!

Many thanks to everyone for travelling to Wales and playing today, I really hope you enjoyed your golf.
Tim.

£37.50 6 ProV1s per 2’s Mark Riley Martin Firth

Nearest the Pin 2nd Martin Firth Doz AD333s
Nearest the Pin 15th Brian Ankers Doz AD333s

1st Dozen Z Stars
2nd Maxitours shirt each
3rd Fj socks each

Fairhaven Tuesday 27th January 11am Shotgun £25

Event Full

1a Rob Weston x4
1b Colin Roberts x4
2 Ian King x4
3a Phil Vokes x4
3b Brian Hopkins x4
4 John Hillier x4
5 Sam Leach x4
6a Roger Percival x4
6b Dave Blood x4
7Mick Fenton x4
8 Martin Firth x4
9a Bob Sutton x4
9b Richard Blackwell x2 Russell Humphries x2
10 Mick Mahon x4
11a Roy Ainsworthx4
11b Dave Ellison x4
12 Anthony Grimley x2 Gary Garner x2
12 Phil Lockett x4
13 Des Kelly x4
14 Steve Latchford x4
15Dan Huffman x4
16a Ian Waddington x4
16b Matt Cheffins x4
17Lewis Marland x2 John Hilditch x2
18a Ian Ainsworth x4

18b John Stubbs x4

Revised Conwy Times
Monday 19th January
10.07 Colin Roberts x4
10.16 Steve McDermott x4
10.25
10.34
10.43
10.52 Richard Blackwell x4
11.01 Paul Higgins x4
11.10 Roy Ainsworth x4
11.19 Martin Firth x4
11.28 Geoff Haynes x4
11.37
11.46
11.55 Matt Cheffins x4
12.04 Phil Dermott x4
12.13
12.22
12.32 Bernard Fee x4