More Top Golfers Give Their Support to the 2010 Challenge Charity Event
Gary Player is the latest high profile golfer to lend his support to the challenge and joins a host of players which include the likes of Ian Poulter, Oli Fisher, Nick Dougherty, Sam Torrance, Simon Dyson and Christie O Connor Jnr.
The National Golf Club Challenge, tipped to be the largest amateur charity golf event to take place in the UK, will bring hundreds of golf clubs, and thousands of golfers together on the same weekend as part of a nationwide charity golf event – with the aim of raising a million pounds for the Help for Heroes charity.
The Challenge will be held on the 24th and 25th July 2010. As well as helping raise money for charity, golfers up and down the country will compete for some outstanding golfing prizes – including golf holidays to Egypt.
“Every day many of us take for granted the sacrifices made by those who fight for our freedoms. We take for granted the opportunity to enjoy an afternoon playing a round of golf, while a soldier is off firing a round of ammunition. It is our obligation to support those wounded heroes who have dedicated their lives to protecting ours. The National Golf Club Challenge is a meaningful opportunity for the golfing community to demonstrate their own commitment and support for these brave individuals.” Gary Player
The most successful international golfer of all time, Gary Player has achieved the kind of worldwide acclaim reserved for only a handful of sporting greats. He is renowned as much for his dedication to the principles of excellence as he is for his golfing accomplishments. Recognized worldwide as an uncompromising perfectionist who settles for nothing but the best.
“Gary Player needs no introduction and is quite simply one of the greatest golfers that have ever lived.” said Stacey Jeffries, Challenge organiser. “His career and approach to life is a great example to us all and epitomises what we are working to achieve with the Challenge.”
Support continues to grow among other top celebrities and sports personalities too. Gary Linekar, Tim Henman, Sir Alex Ferguson, Chris Hollins, Alan Shearer, Jimmy Tarbuck and Peter Jones from the Dragon’s Den have all kindly sent messages of support.
To see all the great messages of support for the Challenge, visit www.nationalgolfclubchallenge.org.uk.
The format for the National Golf Club Challenge is very simple; the Challenge will coincide with each participating golf club’s monthly stableford event, with each club turning the day into their own charity golf event, raising much needed funds for Help for Heroes. The competing clubs will submit their aggregate scores from their best scoring 10 players. This will determine the top 6 golf clubs against standard scratch, who will then be invited to compete in the National Final, which will take place next October at The Belfry.
For more information about The National Golf Club Challenge, including how to enter your golf club, go to www.nationalgolfclubchallenge.org.uk or www.ngcc2010.com.
For more information on the Help for Heroes charity and the work they do please visit their website: www.helpforheroes.org.uk
CHALLENGE CONTACTS
Stacey Jeffries, Event Organiser
Tel: +44 (0)1565 818107
Email: stacey@nationalgolfclubchallenge.org.uk
Matt Leighton, Event Organiser
Tel: +44 (0)1565 818106
Email: matthew@nationalgolfclubchallenge.org.uk
NOTES TO EDITORS
ABOUT THE NATIONAL GOLF CLUB CHALLENGE
www.nationalgolfclubchallenge.org.uk
and www.ngcc2010.com
Every golf club in the United Kingdom and Ireland is invited to enter their club in to The National Golf Club Challenge (to be held on the 24th or 25th July 2010). The aim of the challenge is to find The Help for Heroes National Golf Club Champions 2010. At the same time raising much needed funds and awareness for the excellent Help for Heroes charity as the UK golfing community come together for one day in their support for our injured forces.
ABOUT HELP FOR HEROES
www.helpforheroes.org.uk/
Help for Heroes was the idea of appeal chairman Bryn Parry and a group of friends and relations. They wanted to help wounded soldiers returning home from combat and came up with several fundraising ideas which led to Help for Heroes being born. The Charity are completely non political and accept wars happen under any government, all they want to do with the help of the British public, is to assist our wounded heroes.
Contact:
Jennifer Fonseca
Program Director
Gary Player Foundation
11390 North Jog Road, Suite 100
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33418-1755
United States of America
Tel: +1 561 624 0300
Fax: +1 561 624-0304
jen@garyplayer.com
www.garyplayer.com
