Dear Maxitours players
North Wales is cancelled on Thursday
High winds, rain and freezing temperatures are not pleasant even on a great links course.
Thanks to NorthWales Golf Club manager Darren who has been a pleasure to communicate with.
Yours in golf,
Tim
Ps Algarve events filling fast for next year- life is too short to spend January suffering non golf misery. Let me know if you are interested.
Algarvian Classic 2 second round results.
Once again tee shirts and shorts were the order of the day as the second round of the Algarvian Classic took place under clear blue skies.
Dave Madelys Hale team score improved by ten shots after his big night out. He plans to stay out really late tonight to secure an even better score tomorrow. Team player.
Prestburys Geoff Bickerton and his less posh schoolboy pals from Bolton take a five shot lead into the final round after a solid 75 points in a tough wind.
They are followed by Dave Lloyds Stockport team who could only manage 69. Matt Barratts team had a fantastic 76 on moving day as they careered through the field at the Quinta North course today. One handicapper Mark Hudson reeled in 4 birdies. Class.
It should be a great day tomorrow at the famous Quinta South course -host of the Portuguese open several times over the past thirty years.
Start times will be posted in the hotel foyer at 5pm.
Tim.
| Scores heading into the final day | 3rd Feb | |||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Geoff Bickerton, Gary Myerscroft, Steve Booth, John Dempsey | 156 | ||
| 2 | Dave Lloyd, Ben Davies, Andrew McEwan, Sean Finlay | 151 | ||
| 3 | Matt Barratt, Mark Hudson, Gary Corbett, Alan Baxter | 147 | ||
| 4 | Anthony Waterhouse, Adriano Kyte, Chris Evans, James Fielding | 141 | ||
| 5 | Dave Rodwell, Andy Cowan, Jason Wright, Brian Greenbank | 139 | ||
| 6 | Paul Evans, Martin Sands, Mike Lythgoe, Asaf Niaz | 137 | ||
| 7 | Tony Baldwin, Dave Mulligan, Ian Hornby, Giles Terry | 136 | ||
| 8 | Steve Heywood, Janet Heywood, Dave Sully , Donna Sully | 135 | ||
| 9 | Martin Quinn, Dave Madely, Glynn Isaac, Johnny Yates | 132 | ||
| 10 | Andy Buckley, Mark Buckley, Charlie Watts, Richard Nish | 131 | ||
| 11 | Brian Leatherbarrow, Malc Thornily, Gary Lasham, Geoff Churchman | 123 | ||
| Quinta North | 3rd Feb | |||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Matt Barratt, Mark Hudson, Gary Corbett, Alan Baxter | 76 | ||
| 2 | Geoff Bickerton, Gary Myerscroft, Steve Booth, John Dempsey | 75 | ||
| 3 | Martin Quinn, Dave Madely, Glynn Isaac, Johnny Yates | 71 | ||
| 4= | Anthony Waterhouse, Adriano Kyte, Chris Evans, James Fielding | 70 | ||
| 4= | Tony Baldwin, Dave Mulligan, Ian Hornby, Giles Terry | 70 | ||
| 4= | Paul Evans, Martin Sands, Mike Lythgoe, Asaf Niaz | 70 | ||
| 7 | Dave Lloyd, Ben Davies, Andrew McEwan, Sean Finlay | 69 | ||
| 8 | Andy Buckley, Mark Buckley, Charlie Watts, Richard Nish | 67 | ||
| 9 | Dave Rodwell, Andy Cowan, Jason Wright, Brian Greenbank | 66 | ||
| 10 | Steve Heywood, Janet Heywood, Dave Sully , Donna Sully | 65 | ||
| 11 | Brian Leatherbarrow, Malc Thornily, Gary Lasham, Geoff Churchman | 62 |
Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636
Algarvian Classic Day 1
Tropical conditions were enjoyed by Maxitours players on the fantastic Laranjal golf course. Temperatures were touching 25 degrees, clear blue skies and a very gentle breeze but the course was playing tough. The sloping greens were running at about 12 on the stimp meter and they were firming up as the day progressed.
Martin Quinn impressed his team with two magnificent shots onto the long tough par four 14th green. Five putts later and things were looking a bit less rosy.
Dave Madely stayed out late last night and didn’t perform to his usual high standard. He has therefor decided to stay out even LATER tonight to see if that is the answer. I like your thinking Dave..
Things are very tight indeed at the top of the Algarvian Masters 2 leaderboard.There seems to be two events developing as three talented teams scored in the eighties and the rest of the field are fighting among themselves.
What a great day.
Don’t forget your 10% discount in Butchers restaurant. Take it easy.
Tim
| Laranjal Day 1 | ||||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | John Selby, Wayne Shilito, Simon Wilkinson, Anthony Heaton | 83 | ||
| 2 | Dave Lloyd, Ben Davies, Andrew McEwan, Sean Finlay | 82 | ||
| 3 | Geoff Bickerton, Gary Myerscroft, Steve Booth, John Dempsey | 81 | ||
| 4 | Dave Rodwell, Andy Cowan, Jason Wright, Brian Greenbank | 73 | ||
| 5= | Matt Barratt, Mark Hudson, Gary Corbett, Alan Baxter | 71 | ||
| 5= | Anthony Waterhouse, Adriano Kyte, Chris Evans, James Fielding | 71 | ||
| 7 | Steve Heywood, Janet Heywood, Dave Sully , Donna Sully | 70 | ||
| 8 | Paul Evans, Martin Sands, Mike Lythgoe, Asaf Niaz | 67 | ||
| 9 | Tony Baldwin, Dave Mulligan, Ian Hornby, Giles Terry | 66 | ||
| 10 | Andy Buckley, Mark Buckley, Charlie Watts, Richard Nish | 64 | ||
| 11= | Martin Quinn, Dave Madely, Glynn Isaac, Johnny Yates | 61 | ||
| 11= | Brian Leatherbarrow, Malc Thornily, Gary Lasham, Geoff Churchman | 61 |
Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636
Maxitours in the amazing Algarve.
Wow!
What a great few days golf in the warm Algarvian sunshine. Laranjal was an incredible venue to host an exciting final round.
Huge thanks to Julie Franklin from Holidays4golfers -she is the best in the business and make things stress free for me and my clients
It’s been an amazing week but I made a small note to myself to aim at a younger clientele next year. At times it has felt like I was running a SAGA holiday. Over the week I have had 5 lost clubs, 3 lost headcovers and 2 lost jackets.
I’ve had 4 guys forgetting their tee times, two chaps forgetting what room they are in and I had a late night phone call from player who had forgotten what hotel he was in.
Best of all was Pete Newey who arrived from the practice ground on the 1st tee at Laranjal today with someone else’s buggy and clubs.
A worried looking German couple were frantically searching around the clubhouse as Pete happily drove their buggy to the 1st tee.
Todays course was in quite unbelievable condition, there were clear blue skies and the temperatures topped 20 degrees and everyone came off happy except John Keenan. He is not our tallest golfer and he came off looking really frustrated. I asked the what the problem was and he complained that he couldn’t reach the oranges on the trees.
Scoring was excellent today with Jim Rymer, Koos Alders, Mike Clewley, Richard Duerr and Mick Mahons teams making great moves on the final day.
In the overall event the thought of winning a maxitours bag towel proved too much pressure for the wealthy Mere team as they had to settle for 3rd place.
Knutsfords Steve Nanda, Neil Clarke, Nick Barnes Batty and Steve Lomax had a solid performance to seal a very unexpected 2nd place- brilliant.
Winning was Richard Margrave, Paul Traynor and father and daughter Steve and Freya Moores.
Golf is an incredible game and there are not many pastimes where a young girl can compete alongside her very old Dad. A magical week for the Moores family. Well played team you were the best quartet this week and fully deserve the victory.
Thanks to everyone for your support once again. I love running this event.
Yours in golf,
Tim.
| Laranjal | 15-Dec- | |||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Paul Traynor, Steve Moores, Freya Moores, Richard Margrave | 82 | ||
| 2 | Mick Mahon, Dave Westwood, Munro Donald, Andy Faulkner | 81 | Winners day 3 -Maxitours jacket each | |
| 3 | Richard Duerr, Ade Kirshaw, Paul Simpson, Jonny Gray | 79 | ||
| 4 | Mike Clewley, Mike Thomas, Bill Riordan, Geoff Bickerton | 78 | ||
| 5 | Koos Alders, Marc Morris, Phil Pegum, Ben Alders | 77 | ||
| 6= | Jim Rymer, Mike Dempsey, Pete Newey, Phil Sellen | 76 | ||
| 6= | Nick Barnes-Batty, Steve Nanda, Steve Lomax, Neil Clarke | 76 | ||
| 8 | Bob Eastwood, Ian King, Ashley Elliott, Chris Jones | 74 | ||
| 9= | Steve Hall, Chris Adams, Garry Titchen, Martin Prescott | 73 | ||
| 9= | Tom Drury, Phil Allen, Bryan Redpath, Ed Fleming | 73 | ||
| 9= | Pete Ledger, Graham Jackson , Jim Clarke, James Joyce | 73 | ||
| 12= | John Bent, Ian Self, Steve Latchford, Hugh Mullen | 72 | Winners day 1 -Maxitours jacket | |
| 12= | Pete Atherton, Roger Percival, Andy Wright, Martin France | 72 | ||
| 14 | Alan Baxter, Gary Corbett, Dave Mulligan, Giles Terry | 70 | ||
| 15 | Paul Dalby, John Keenan, Andy Lawman, Neil Higgins | 69 | Winners day 2 Galvin shirt each | |
| 16 | Kev Hart, Paul Yearsley, Dave Haycock, Ian Fensom | 68 | ||
| 17 | Gerry O’Keefe, Dave Mitchell, Nigel Muirhead, Paul Meehan | 65 | ||
| 18 | Gary Kirkwood, Bill Dixon, Paul Woolley, Rory McNally | 61 |
| Final team scores! | 21st Jan | |||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Paul Traynor, Steve Moores, Freya Moores, Richard Margrave | 239 | 12 | Galvin Green Insula top each |
| 2 | Nick Barnes-Batty, Steve Nanda, Steve Lomax, Neil Clarke | 231 | 10 | Maxitours jacket each and Doz TP5 |
| 3 | Alan Baxter, Gary Corbett, Dave Mulligan, Giles Terry | 224 | 8 | Galvin Green shirt each |
| 4 | Mick Mahon, Dave Westwood, Munro Donald, Andy Faulkner | 221 | 6 | |
| 5 | Richard Duerr, Ade Kirshaw, Paul Simpson, Jonny Gray | 220 | 4 | |
| 6 | John Bent, Ian Self, Steve Latchford, Hugh Mullen | 220 | 2 | |
| 7 | Pete Atherton, Roger Percival, Andy Wright, Martin France | 220 | ||
| 8= | Tom Drury, Phil Allen, Bryan Redpath, Ed Fleming | 219 | ||
| 8= | Pete Ledger, Graham Jackson , Jim Clarke, James Joyce | 219 | ||
| 10 | Koos Alders, Marc Morris, Phil Pegum, Ben Alders | 217 | ||
| 11 | Paul Dalby, John Keenan, Andy Lawman, Neil Higgins | 216 | ||
| 12= | Mike Clewley, Mike Thomas, Bill Riordan, Geoff Bickerton | 212 | ||
| 12= | Steve Hall, Chris Adams, Garry Titchen, Martin Prescott | 212 | ||
| 14= | Jim Rymer, Mike Dempsey, Pete Newey, Phil Sellen | 210 | ||
| 14= | Kev Hart, Paul Yearsley, Dave Haycock, Ian Fensom | 210 | ||
| 16 | Bob Eastwood, Ian King, Ashley Elliott, Chris Jones | 209 | ||
| 17 | Gerry O’Keefe, Dave Mitchell, Nigel Muirhead, Paul Meehan | 191 | ||
| 18 | Gary Kirkwood, Bill Dixon, Paul Woolley, Rory McNally | 184 |
Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636
Maxitours at Mottram Hall – space for 2 teams next week – long term forecast looks dry all week
Maxitours at superbly dry Shrigley Hall
Shrigley Hall well and truly stepped up to the plate today as a late replacement for the waterlogged Fleetwood course.
The course was incredibly dry and the greens excellent as all players enjoyed this spectacular golf course. A few Maxitours players will sleep well tonight as the rolling Pennine foothills gave my players an enjoyable work out. The only ones who won’t sleep tonight were the ones who couldn’t wait for their beds and fell asleep in the Clubhouse.
Its Burns night tonight but it was Welshman Mark Hughes and his team who will be playing with their daffodils tonight after a fantastic second place at Shrigley Hall. Nigel Ashtons majestic three on the final hole over the Shrigley Hall lake will live long in his memory.
Taking the win today was the big hitting team of Steve Booth(8), John Dempsey(1), Charlie Bleasedale(11)and Jamie Booth(10). A great team effort from the Turton quartet saw them take their first victory of the winter. Well played guys.
Thanks to everyone for changing venue and 100% attendance today.
Tim
Nearest the pin 8th Martin Wainman Dozen AD333
Nearest the pin 18th Richard Blackwell Dozen AD333
2’s sweep £100 3 pro v1 4 Taylor made tp5 6 srixon AD333
Martin Wainman Andy Parrington John Harrop Andy Corner Munro Donald x2 Mark Hughes Alan Simpson Ken Booth Tom Wright
| Shrigley | 25th Jan | |||
| Pos | Team Players | Score | OoM | Comment |
| 1 | Steve Booth, Charlie Bleasedale, John Dempsey, Jamie Booth | 86 | Maxitours jacket each | |
| 2 | Nigel Ashton, Mark Hughes, Tony Hereford, | 83 | FJ Shirt each | |
| 3= | Paul Price, Tom Butler, Ian Brooks, Martin Wainman | 82 | Callaway shirt each | |
| 3= | Pete Moran, Stan Vickers, Tom Wright, Tom McDonald | 82 | Callaway shirt each | |
| 5= | Mick Mahon, John Farnsworth, Munro Donald, Richard Palmer | 81 | Maxitours bag towel | |
| 5= | Phil Dickens, Steve Blakeway, Neil Evans, John Cross | 81 | ||
| 5= | Dave Blood, Jim Cox, Steve Jenkinson, Andy Sandham | 81 | ||
| 5= | Richard Blackwell, Gaz Smith, John Hilton, Steve Austin | 81 | ||
| 9 | Jon Hudson, Rob Blain, Andy Corner, Mike Hill | 80 | ||
| 10= | Neale Laurent, John Harrop, Gary Berrisford, Jack Schofield | 79 | ||
| 10= | Pete Norbury, James Mooney, Dave Sarsfield, Ian Hogg | 79 | ||
| 12 | Dave Marchant, Andy Williamson, Nigel Armitage, Dave Mason | 77 | ||
| 13 | Chris Perry, Andy Parrington, Andy Taylor, Andy Strickley | 75 | ||
| 14 | George Kerr, Sean Hoskins, Chris Chidley, Graeme Campbell | 74 | ||
| 15= | Steve Aspinall, Ken Booth, Alan Simpson, Peter Abbott | 73 | ||
| 15= | Dave Griffiths, Chris Bracchi, Tom Bain, Jay Dempsey | 73 |
Mottram Hall Thursday
February 1st
9.50 Simon Hemsley x4
9.59 Jim Caldwell x4
10.08 Paul Fell x4
10.17 Martin Humphries x4
10.26 Jon Hudson x4
10.35 Neil Laurent x4
10.44 Mick Mahon x4
10.53 Rob Kenyon 4
11.02 Andy Taylor x4
11.11 Paul Price x4
11.20 Sam Leach x4
11.29
11.38 Tony OGara
11.47 John Gleave x4
11.56 John Owen x4
10th Tee
9.50 Colin Roberts x4
9.59 Dave Blood x4
10.08 Dave Goodwin x4
10.17 Kev Hart x4
10.26 Phil Dickens x4
10.35 Martin Prescott x4
10.44 Jim Clarke x4
10.53 Paul Salt x4
11.02
11.11 Steve Heywood x4
11.20 Richard Blackwell x4
11.29 Matt Ford x4
11.38 Lee Tilley x4
11.47
Tim Maxwell
Advanced PGA Professional
The Knutsford Golf Club
07810 887636
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