Golfers fly high

Te Awamutu Golf Club and members figured prominently in a successful four-day Waikato Festival of Golf rescue helicopter charity fundraiser.

Cambridge Golf Club hosted the opening day the opening day of the Waikato veterans tournament for over 55s and fielding five teams in the 34 team event, three of its teams finished in the top five. The Cambridge course was the venue for the Monday, January 23 kick off followed by Morrinsville Golf Club, no play on Wednesday, and rounds at Pirongia and Te Awamutu clubs to complete the week.

According to Waikato veterans’ golf president Brian White, the 2023 festival, and associated activities, is set to add $10,000 to the rescue helicopter’s coffers.

Cambridge further embellished its reputation by adding a collection of $1500 to the joint fund plus another $780 from a raffle held last week. The Morrinsville club added $770, the Waikare club (Te Kauwhata) $550 and a donation is also expected from Te Awamutu.

A team from the Waihi Golf Club, captained by Francis Gascoigne, took out overall honours closely followed in second, third and fifth by Cambridge teams led by Graeme Harrison, , Tony Broadbent and Julia Kuggeleijn.

The Waikato Veteran Golf Association’s Festival of Golf is the longest continual sponsor of the Phillips Search and Rescue

Helicopter Trust. Over a span of more than a quarter of a century the association has raised in excess of $160,000.

Each year the January festival attracts 32 to 34 mixed teams of golfers from all over the Waikato and Auckland.

Brian White thanked a host of sponsors and voiced his appreciation that golf clubs involved generously provided their courses and facilities at no charge to allow as large a donation as possible for the emergency rescue service.

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