A golf day with a long-standing tradition easily achieved its target of meeting the cost of a day’s care at East Cheshire Hospice.
The event at Prestbury Golf Club raised a record £10,910 net, well above the £7,500 the charity needs daily to run its services.
East Cheshire Hospice community fundraiser Carley Macey (second left), receives a cheque from golf organisers (from left) Nigel Preston, John Davies, Vicky Devon and Mandy Cross.
At stake was the 35-year-old Mactex Trophy which had not been won for three years due to the pandemic.
However, the stableford team competition returned in style with 21 teams taking part.
It was again organised by John Davies, Director of Mactex Properties Ltd, and ex-golf professional Nigel Preston, from Interflex.
John, who was involved in the first tournament, said: “It was great to be back and we’d like to thank everyone for their generous support.
“The valuable work of East Cheshire Hospice, a facility at the heart of our community, continued unabated during the pandemic so it was wonderful to support the charity.
“Our aim was to raise at least the amount the Hospice needs each day, while having an enjoyable day’s golf and dinner we achieved all those aims, with many familiar supporters supporting the charity.
“Volunteers and contributors helped make it such a successful day and in particular, we’d like to thank Amanda Cross, director of Sphere UK, Claire Gorton and Carley Macey from the Hospice, Victoria Devon and our main sponsors estate agents Holmes Naden.”
Ethics Leisure won with 89 points, four clear ahead of Martin Allmand-Smith’s team and Arighi Bianchi 1.