Sandy Lodge Golfers raise £17,000

Every year Sandy Lodge Golf Club holds an 'Am-Am' charity golf day.  "It's a bit like a Pro-Am but with 100% of the proceeds being available for charity" explained Don Reap, the organiser and Club Vice Captain.  This year Don chose two charities to benefit from club members and local businesses generosity - Hillside, a local residential home run by MenCap, and Prostate Research Campaign UK.

This followed Don's recent experience of prostate cancer.  He was successfully treated with radiation therapy at Bart's Hospital earlier this year.  At Bart's Hospital the radiation treatment given is of the modern conformal type whereby the radiation beam is focused more closely than with earlier methods, thereby preventing nearby tissue from being irradiated with an increased possibility of adverse side effects.  Don reports a much reduced PSA, no adverse side effects and that he was back on the golf course within a few weeks of completing the treatment.

Sandy Lodge is one of the oldest Golf Clubs in the South West Hertfordshire area.  In its early days, it numbered many titled people among its members.  Titled and with influence, it seems, because the Metropolitan Railway was persuaded to build a halt on the line between Northwood and Rickmansworth especially for the use of members.  Sandy Lodge Halt is now the modern Moor Park station.

The club has had three former Walker Cup Captains among its members, a distinction only exceeded by the Royal and Ancient.  None of these were playing on September 5th however, when over 160 people played golf and many more contributed to raising the magnificent sum of £17,000, half of which came to Prostate Research Campaign UK.  Many thanks indeed to all concerned.