Held on 6th & 7th October 2015 at Old Thorns Manor Hotel Golf & Country Estate this year’s event built on the success of 2014 following the tournament’s move to Old Thorns in Hampshire.
In the 12 months since last year’s tournament, a further 30 powered wheelchairs have been presented to children at a cost of over £100,000.
Clubs and organisations who raised funds were all represented by 80 players at the tournament they included:
- Helsby GC Powered Wheelchair Appeal
- Salterns Alliss Merlo
- Cooden 2000
- British Turkey Federation
- Macclesfield GC
- South Cheshire Masonic
- Tytherington 200
- Leek GC
- Peter Alliss Masters Golfing Society
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
| Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steve Pinnington | 40 pts | |
| 2nd | Keith Pullen | 37 pts | |
| 3rd | Eric Malkin | 34 pts | |
| 4th | Glen Sweet | 34 pts | |
| Ladies | |||
| 1st | Cindy Tokely | 31 pts | |
| 2nd | Karen Johnson | 30 pts | |
| Team | The Sweeteners | Sam Thompson, Mark Taylor, Keith Pullen, Glen Sweet | 88 pts |
| Nearest the Pin | Roy Stanley – Now having the use of Mercedes for a weekend | ||
POWERED WHEELCHAIR PRESENTATIONS
A further 5 powered wheelchairs were presented to children immediately following the golf tournament:
| From | No. Chairs | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferndown GC | 2 | Kieran James & Ilesha Manns | Bournemouth | |
| British Turkey Federation | 1 | Lyla Jhinger | Birmingham | |
| PAM Golf Society | 2 | Reece Walker | Stoke-on-Trent | |
| David Hitchin | Derbyshire |
EVENING JOLLITIES
Players, guests and celebrities enjoyed a wonderful banquet in the evening which raised further £8,000 through * an auction of goods & memorabilia, a sweep to win 2-nights B&B with dinner a ndgolf for 2 at Old Thorns, the sale of 4-balls (see details below), £5 bet to land on the green at the 3rd, sale of photos taken with the Ryder Cup.
Celebrities who joined us this year included singer & actor Jess Conrad, racing driver TV presenter Tiff Needell, f
Film director Vic Armstrong, renowned conductor David Coleman and of course our wonderful Peter and Jackie Alliss.
PHOTOS
You can view the official photos from the Tournament – courtesy of Dave Burlison,
Photographer of the Year 2014/2015 (MPA Wessex Region) at burlisonphotography.co.uk.
Other photos by Old Thorns can be found here.