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09:13 - 24-July-2008
The valiant quartet of Rob Heath, Mike Smith, Dave Ainsworth and Dave Evans will convene on the first tee at 5.30am on Saturday to play 72 holes in aid of the Douglas Macmillan Hospice.
John Hubbard, who raised £1,085 playing on his own two years ago, had originally planned to take part, but gave up his place to Evans, whose mother has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Hubbard said: “The 'longest day' is a Douglas Macmillan challenge to all golfers, but it has to be a fourball.
“Our lads are reckoning on four hours a round and we will round off the event with a barbecue and auction.
“The players will raise their own money through individual sponsorship and we have the backing of Potteries company Vantastic and Best Par Long, at Trentham Gardens.
“Also, nPower have agreed to double the money raised up to £1,000, so are looking at raising a good amount to make the effort worthwhile.”
STONE'S junior organiser Mike Palmer gave 26 youngsters a treat by taking them to the third day of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.
The club's junior section was dying on its feet with only half a dozen members about four years ago, but Palmer has worked tirelessly to bring the numbers up to nearly 60.
Stone official Robert Hawley said: “The juniors are going from strength to strength: Mike Palmer is a credit to the club.”
WYCHWOOD Park are holding their third annual Junior Open tournament on August 11, with organiser Nigel Edwards hoping for a bigger entry.
The first two events attracted around the 30 mark and Edwards accepts the testing championship course can be a deterrent.
He said: “The players we attract tend to be good players because it is not a course for beginners.
“We attract quality rather than quantity and we would like to get more, but we are also still a comparatively new event.”
Competitors in the 18 hole Stableford tournament will be playing for the Steve Broadhurst Memorial Trophy, put up this year by Edwards in memory of a friend and Wychwood Park member who died at the age of 44 two months ago.
Entry fee is £7 and the closing date is August 4. Further details from Nigel Edwards, telephone 07966 509132.
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