UPDATE - Issue 25 - Spring 2006
The 19th (or 101st) hole
No one knows how to pull a better charity stroke than golfer Hugh Blenkin. By completing 100 holes round Rye Golf course on 21 December, the shortest day of the year, he raised over £20,000! He completed his 100 holes in an astonishing eight hours, during which he achieved 25 Pars and six Birdies and lost five balls. It was the second time he'd achieved a similar feat. On the first occasion in 1998, he completed his 100 holes on the longest day of the year, just two months after undergoing prostate cancer surgery.
Supporter Tim Russell organised a charity golf day in February at the Portugese Pinheiros Altos Golf Club of which he is Captain. Overall the event made a whopping EUR60,000 shared between a number of charities of which we were one to the tune of £10,000. The auction was a huge success with four FA Cup Final tickets and a Tim Henman signed tennis racket among the lots. Thanks to all who contributed and congratulations to the only all ladies team who won the golf competition on the day.
Thanks to the Edenbridge Golf Club that sent us £257 from their January golf competition.
If you have been inspired by any of these golfing stories and would like further information on how to organise a golfing event, then please call the fundraising team at the office.
However if you can't wait that long, why not take part in the tenth annual Rotary Club of Langley and Iver's Charity Golf Day at the Richings Park Golf Club on Thursday 8 June 2006? Full details from Roy Bain on 01753 524894.