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Results from Prestbury and Ringway start sheet
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*spaces next week at Ringway*
Prestbury olf Club Pairs
The sun was cracking the flags at wonderful Prestbury Golf Club today. Once again a full Maxitours turnout enjoyed playing one of the best courses in Cheshire .
The day started well for fresh faced Brian Gibbons when he was delighted to be asked if he was the brother of his partner Michael, when in fact he was playing with his son. Unfortunately this turned out to be the highlight of his day as they could only manage a paltry 37 points.
Prestbury was remarkably dry considering the heavy Autumn rain in recent weeks. The players were astounded to finish their rounds with dry, mud free clothing.
Only Pete Short had mud on his pants after he tumbled spectacularly down the 12th fairway. Ashley Young was round at Rooneys pad playing on the playstation and watching the Maxitours golfers as they passed his front room. Young was seen carefully taking notes as he saw Petes impressive and dramatic fall.
In todays event newly retired Lewis Marland(13) continued his recent surprisingly good form with a fourth place finish playing alongside Kevin Seaton(6). The badly dressed duo of Mike ‘midge’ McCurdy(10) and Jon Farrell(13) also scored 44 points and a better back nine saw them finish in 3rd position.
Prestbury are continuing to do some great course improvements and they are now re shaping the 16th fairway and using the topsoil to create a spectacular new 17th tee. Steep swinging Tony Cooper(13) has dug up a few fairways in his time. However in today’s closely fought event he teamed up with decorating superstar Liam Harrison(8) and they astonished a lot of people to finish in 2nd place.
Taking todays honours were Des Kelly(17) and Phil Lockett(9) who scored an excellent 46 points. The Meat-pie loving pair from Warrington were delighted with their first win and Kelly played the tricky 14th, 15th and 16th holes in 1 under par to beat 53 other pairings.
Great golf chaps, well played.
Thanks to all players for your continued support today, yours in golf, Tim.
Nearest the pin 7th Ian Matthews Dozen AD333s
Nearest the pin 17th Dave Murphy Dozen AD333s
£135 3 pro V1s or 6 srixon AD333s
2’s Andy Hall Steve Lowe Phil Williams Sean Kirkby Paul Dalby Simon Maxwell Frank Massey Richard Palmer John Farrell Martin Firth Barry Horrox Alan Burton Colin Brazier Dave Murphy
| Prestbury | 07-Nov-2013 | |||
| Pos | Player pairings | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Des Kelly, Phil Lockett | 46 | 12 | Taylor Made R1 bag each |
| 2 | Tony Cooper, Liam Harrison | 44 | 11 | Ping holdall each |
| 3 | Mike McCurdy, John Farrell | 44 | 10 | Dozen T- Made rocket balls each |
| 4 | Lewis Marland, Kevin Seaton | 44 | 9 | Greg Norman Shirt each |
| 5 | Phil Vokes, Paul Dalby | 43 | 8 | Greg Norman Shirt each |
| 6 | Andy Stubbens, Martin Firth | 42 | 7 | Cleveland winter mitts |
| 7 | Iain Bartholomew, John Hilditch | 42 | 6 | Cleveland winter mitts |
| 8 | Steve Lowe, Ian Mathers | 42 | 5 | Cleveland winter hat each |
| 9 | Joel King, Phil Hudson | 42 | 4 | Ashworth Cap each |
| 10 | Richard Palmer, Keith Fitzhenry | 42 | 3 | Ashworth Cap each |
| 11 | Mark Robinson, John Hughes | 42 | ||
| 12= | Malc Wells, Adam Hart | 41 | ||
| 12= | Stuart Pearson, Dave Wilson | 41 | ||
| 12= | Simon Maxwell, Ross Sellors | 41 | ||
| 12= | Paul Wrigley, Alan Burton | 41 | ||
| 12= | Karl McKinney, Pete Baragwanath | 41 | ||
| 17= | Mike Fenton, Tony Stiles | 40 | ||
| 17= | John Reilly, Jimmy O’Reilly | 40 | ||
| 17= | Ian King, Alex Elliott | 40 | ||
| 20= | Mark Killgallen, Dave Murphy | 39 | ||
| 20= | Ged Daly, Chris Jenyon | 39 | ||
| 20= | Frank Stapleton, Blake Norton | 39 | ||
| 20= | Jim Driscoll, Frank Massey | 39 | ||
| 20= | Colin Baxendale, Keith Thompson | 39 | ||
| 20= | Richard Blackwell, Andy Hamlett | 39 | ||
| 20= | Dave Antrobus, Giles Terry | 39 | ||
| 20= | Trevor Harrison, Ken Russell | 39 | ||
| 20= | Ray Stringer, TiJohnson | 39 | ||
| 20= | Carl Kennedy , An other | 39 | ||
| 30= | Joe Kirwan, Mike Spencer | 38 | ||
| 30= | Ian Ainsworth, Alan Clough | 38 | ||
| 30= | Jason Waites, Howard Baker | 38 | ||
| 30= | Sean Kirkby, John Locke | 38 | ||
| 34= | Brian Gibbons, Steve Gibbons | 37 | ||
| 34= | Andy Hall, Dave Griffiths | 37 | ||
| 34= | Phil Williams, Phil Davies | 37 | ||
| 34= | Barry Horrox, Brian Hopkins | 37 | ||
| 34= | Colin Roberts, John Rigby | 37 | ||
| 34= | Steve Cuthbert, Colin Brazier | 37 | ||
| 40= | Nigel Compsty, Paul Baxter | 36 | ||
| 40= | Dave Collinson, Barry Harrison | 36 | ||
| 40= | Arthur Jowell, Bernard McDonald | 36 | ||
| 40= | Dave Blood, Andy Sandham | 36 | ||
| 40= | Mark Johnson , Stuart Coupe | 36 | ||
| 45= | Ian Tinling, Geoff Andrews | 35 | ||
| 45= | Dave Stanhope, Phil Smeathers | 35 | ||
| 47 | John Marchmant, Mike Humphries | 34 | ||
| 48 | Pete Short, Wayne McNulty | 33 | ||
| 49 | Dave Moore, Chris Leonard | 32 | ||
| 50= | Russell Humphries, Ian Perkins | 31 | ||
| 50= | Dave Parsons, John Sherburn | 31 | ||
| 52 | Alan McNicol, Carl H-Jones | 30 | ||
| 53= | Ben Jackson, Geoff Massey | 29 | ||
| 53= | Mick Mahon, Frank Hindle | 29 |
Ringway Golf Club AM AM
Thursday 14th November
£20 Per person
11am shotgun start
1a Charles Herbert x4
1b Colin Roberts x4
2a Mark Wheeler x4
2b Malc Wells x4
3
4 Richard Blackwell x4
4b Neville Dennis x4
5a Steve Johnson x4
6 Lewis Marland x4
6b
7a Nigel Compsty x4
7b Sean Kirkby x4
8 Bob Kwan x4
9a Frank Stapleton x4
9b Ian King x4
10a Russel Humphries x4
10b Tony Cooper x4
11 Mark Robinson x4
12a Botterill x4
13a Lee Tilley x4
14a Lee Tilley x4
14b Dave Stanhope x4
15 Colin Baxendale x4
16 Phil Vokes x4
16 Bernard Wood x4
17a Geoff Haynes x4
17b Mick Mahon x4
18 Dave Blood x4
Thursdays Prestbury start times and the latest Shotsaver Winter/Spring Order of Merit
Start times at Prestbury
11am Shotgun Thursday 7th November 2013
1a Geoff Haynes x4
1b Neville Dennis x4
2a Dave Blood x4
2b Charles Herbert x4
3 Gary Garner x2 Colin Baxendale x2
4Trevor Harrison x4
5a Mark Robinson x4
5b Sean Kirkby x4
6a Dave Parsons x4
6b Richard Blackwell x2 Steve Cuthbert x2
7 Dave Stanhope x4
8a Mark Wheeler x4
8b Ian King x4
9a Ian Bartholomew x2 Lewis Marland x2
9b Malc Wells x4
10 Jason Waites x4
11 Dave Collinson x4
12a Russel Humphries x2 Nigel Compsty x2
12b Mike Fenton x4
13 Tony Cooper x4
14a Stapleton x4
14b Phil Vokes x4
15 Ged Daly x2 Carl Kennedy x2
16aPeter Kenny x4
16b Alan McNicol x2 Pete Short x2
17Colin Roberts x4
18 Mick Mahon x4
Jason and Steven Ballard from Shotsaver are once again kindly sponsoring the Maxitours Winter/Spring Order of Merit. The top ten in the Final Order of Merit will compete in the famous Knutsford 9 hole shootout in April.
| 1 | Adam Hart | 18 |
| 1 | Malcolm Wells | 18 |
| 3 | Richard Palmer | 15 |
| 3 | Phil Vokes | 15 |
| 5 | Steve Lowe | 13 |
| 6 | Brian Gibbons | 12 |
| 6 | Pete Hall | 12 |
| 6 | Steve Hamlett | 12 |
| 6 | Ben Jackson | 12 |
| 6 | Geoff Massey | 12 |
| 6 | Dave Murphy | 12 |
| 12 | Chris Cyprus | 11 |
| 12 | Phil Gow | 11 |
| 12 | Andy Sharratt | 11 |
| 15 | Jim Driscoll | 10 |
| 15 | Keith Fitzpatrick | 10 |
| 15 | John Hilton | 10 |
| 15 | Ron Jolley | 10 |
| 15 | Frank Massey | 10 |
| 15 | Jimmy O’Reilly | 10 |
| 15 | John Reilly | 10 |
| 22 | Pete Cleaver | 9 |
| 22 | Paul Dalby | 9 |
| 22 | Colin Lynch | 9 |
| 22 | Jonathon Lynch | 9 |
| 22 | Barney Ross | 9 |
| 27 | John Anderton | 8 |
| 27 | Paul Barrow | 8 |
| 27 | Chris Burrows | 8 |
| 27 | Jim Hodges | 8 |
| 27 | Dave Keen | 8 |
| 27 | Des Kelly | 8 |
| 27 | Phil Lockett | 8 |
| 27 | Dave Stanhope | 8 |
| 35 | Frank Hindle | 7 |
| 35 | Mick Mahon | 7 |
| 35 | Brett Sutcliffe | 7 |
| 35 | Gavin Sutcliffe | 7 |
| 39 | Nathan Chadwick | 6 |
| 39 | Mike Delooze | 6 |
| 39 | Hitash Patel | 6 |
| 39 | James Williams | 6 |
| 43 | Mike Spencer | 5 |
| 43 | Dave Westwood | 5 |
| 45 | Peter Brown | 4 |
| 45 | John Gregory | 4 |
| 45 | Graham Jackson | 4 |
| 45 | Jason Waite | 4 |
| 49 | Charles Herbert | 3 |
| 49 | Brian Hopkins | 3 |
| 49 | Darren Whittaker | 3 |
| 52 | Joe Armitt | 2 |
| 52 | Alex Elliott | 2 |
| 52 | Gareth Lover | 2 |
| 52 | Blair Marriott | 2 |
| 52 | Craig Simpson | 2 |
| 52 | Andy Stubbens | 2 |
| 52 | Richard Williamson | 2 |
| 59 | Kevin Chisnell | 1 |
| 59 | Tony Cooper | 1 |
| 59 | Mo Dar | 1 |
| 59 | Liam Harrison | 1 |
Results from Sandiway
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Great upcoming events:
Prestbury 7th November (start times released Thurs)
Ringway 14th November
Maxitours at Showery Sandiway
Heavy overnight rain closed most courses in Cheshire today. Despite this, free draining Sandiway was as majestic as ever. The Club made us feel very welcome and were delighted to invite us to play on their superb sand based course. Yvonne and her assistant Jackie were both recently voted in the top three most attractive Golf managers in Britain and today they were as professional and helpful as ever.
The forecast today was sunshine and showers however it was the showers who won the day. The Autumnal weather made scoring tricky and the well designed Sandiway course was a terrific test.
Last winter we also visited Sandiway. Before play I had a chat with (the now retired) old Scottish professional Bill Laird. One of our players walked into his shop wearing mud-caked waterproofs pants ‘And where d’you play your golf sonny?’ he asked with a wry smile on his face ‘There’ll be nae mud on yer shoes t’day.’ Sure enough conditions were remarkable good underfoot once again today.
Phil Smeathers thinks Galvin Green waterproofs are too expensive. Today big hearted Phil turned up looking like a Scottish fisherman about to trawl for North Sea prawns. ‘I won’t get wet today’ someone thought they heard a muffled voice say from deep within his mackintosh.
In today’s event Pete Cleaver(8) recorded a 2 on the stroke index 1 hole for five points. He teamed up with Steve Lowe(10) and they scored 25 points on the front nine, a regulation par back nine however saw them slip into 4th place. Dave Stanhope(11) went one better as also scored a two on the par four 12th and then followed it up with another two on the 13th hole. John Anderton(9) was enchanted by his long time golfing partner. Their 42 points was good enough for 5th place.
Richard Palmer(12) (known as Arnie to his golfing friends) played alongside Rory McIlroy lookalike Keith Fitzhenry(15). These two are usually very consistent- consistently bad. Today they surprised themselves after picking up 4 shots in the first five holes. They then grimly held on to the score for the remainder of the round until Fitzhenry saved the best till last. He played the final two holes in just six shots to record a career high second place finish.
Ben Jackson(13) and Mark Vickers(17) took the honours today with a solid 44 points. Jackson runs the tremendous ‘Chilli Banana’ Thai restaurant in Macclesfield. Today he was delighted to ‘Take Away’ first prize. Things have been stressful at work as he has struggled to buy any soy or chilli sauce in recent months (due to the Double dip recession) however he will be having a Singha long on the journey back to Macclesfield.
Thanks to ALL players who played today, despite the heavy overnight rain and dodgy forecast there were no cancellations and every single player was once again present for the 11am start.
I really thank you for your committed support which shows what great tour members we have which is why my job is so enjoyable.
Yours in Golf, Tim.
Nearest the Pin in 2 on 8th Adam Hart Dozen AD333
Nearest the Pin on 18th Karl McKinney Dozen AD333
£110 3 pro v1 balls or 6 srixons per 2.
2’s Carl Kennedy Graham Jackson Adam Hart Steve Parle John Locke Kevin Hamilton Martin Firth x2 Malc Burton John Killoran Guy Hall Keith Coxon John Royle
Results from Mere and Tuesdays Sandiway times
Maxitours at The Mere
Maxitours moved up-market as the five star Mere Golf Resort and Spa hosted today’s competition. Even the usually unkempt Jim Cox made an effort and he looked slightly smarter than normal.
Posh scouser Jim Rymer, from the Wirral, looked grim this morning as he stayed over in the sumptuous Mere hotel after an expensive wine sampling function with his wife last night.
‘I can’t be doing with all that tasting nonsense’ said Blackburn’s down to earth Frank Hindle ‘It’s the drinking I like.’
At seven o’clock this morning there was torrential rain as I drove through the darkness to the Club. The Mere greens were nearly saturated. ‘I think its getting brighter’ I said optimistically looking skywards ‘its called the morning’ pointed out Stuart Blake ‘it happens every day’ he added.
The weather did improve dramatically and play began after just a ten minute delay. What Bob Sutton lacks in golfing ability he certainly makes up for in speed. Today he was in the first group and his Knutsford four were round in just three and half hours to set a nice pace of play throughout the day.
Positive John Dickenson turned up today in a freshly pressed pink sweater and cream pants looking forward to a leisurely game. Unfortunately the buggy ban scuppered his plans. ‘I’ve got bad knees, I fell over down the 15th fairway, my back went, my new sweater’s absolutely filthy and my chipping and putting was terrible, apart from that I had a great day.’
In todays competition the scoring was once again very close.
The Clocks go back this weekend. Big hitting Pete Hall(4) took the ‘Tiger line’ on the last trying to squeeze out a birdie, he wished he could turn back time after his resulting bogey cost his team a chance of second place and dropped them down to fifth.
Phil Lockett’s(9) team of Des Kelly(17) Jim Hodges(5) and Chris Burrows(11) also required an ambulance at the last as they picked up just three points on the simple par five. They finished third on a commendable 82 points.
Jimmy O’Reilly, John Reilly and Frank Massey usually play with the great man and legendary Manchester golfer Neville Dennis. We know fighting Neville will be back swinging soon however Jim Driscoll was an excellent substitute and their 82 points gave them a second place finish.
Taking todays honours was the in form team of Malc Wells, Adam Hart, Steve Hamlett and Geoff Massey who scored 84 points. Talented Wells, big hitting Hart and skilful Hamlett have featured very strongly over the last few months however a 1 shot deduction for today’s win plus a further 2 shot Maxitours general play reduction each should slow down their superhuman performances in future weeks! Well played chaps- great golf.
Many thanks to first class Mere for hosting todays event so well. Joe Gates is superb at his job and he provided an excellent starter, arranged nearest the pins and ensured a great day was enjoyed by all. I always have the Cajun chicken pitta with salad for lunch at Mere which is superb, I recommended this to Bobby Emmetts team from Halifax ‘does thee nay do fish’n’chips?’ they replied.
Thanks to all players for your support today.
Nearest the Pin 8th hole John Hodges Dozen AD333s
Nearest the Pin 14th Dave McDougall Dozen AD333s
2’s £112.50 2 pro v1s or srixon AD333s Each
Richard Palmer Nathan Chadwick Dave McDougall Sam Garnett x2 Bri Hopkins x2 Danny Keast Andy Moss Phil Lockett Jim Hodges Chris Burrows
