A round of golf raises money for Bury Hospice
Bury Hospice’s Annual Golf Day was in full swing last Friday, July 1st.
The event held at Bury Golf Club in Unsworth Hall at Blackford Bridge has been hailed a success despite the torrential rain on the day.
Twenty-nine teams of four, one of which included Bury North MP James Daly were out on the green raising vital funds for the Hospice.
There was chance for teams to take on Bury Golf Club professional, Chris Bibby in a ‘Beat the Pro’ challenge. Chris said: “What a fantastic day raising money for Bury Hospice. As the club professional, I would like to thank everyone for playing in the event and supporting this great cause. Thank you to everyone who took part in the ‘Beat the Pro’ challenge on the 1st tee. It was great to meet everyone and have some fun. Keep up the great work Bury Hospice and NFU Mutual.”
The team who won this year’s tournament was PM&M Solutions, with Chris Read, Declan Bateson, Nick Haynes and Lee Ingham achieving a score of 101 under the Stableford scoring system.
Chris said: “We’ve had a brilliant day, it was a well organised event, the greens were good and we have raised money for Bury Hospice.”
A runners’ up prize went to Danny Harris, Aiden Minogue, Paul Molyneaux and Steve Baggaley of Circle Leasing.
A raffle was held after the tournament, which included a brand new 9th Generation iPad as the first prize, donated by Andy Alton of Insight Direct.
Andy said; “We’ve had a good day, we don’t take the golf too seriously, we enjoy the company and have helped to raise vital funds for the Hospice.”
In total, over £8,000 was raised which will go towards supporting the Hospice’s palliative and end-of-life care for patients and supporting their families.
The Bury Branch of NFU Mutual sponsored the event for the 10th consecutive year.
The Bury Black Pudding Company sponsored the competition for the longest drive, which was won my Jake Neary at Woodcocks Haworth and Nuttall Solicitors and Nearest to Pin which was won by Pete Wray.
Dale Mulgrew, who is responsible for Bury Hospice’s major fundraising events said: “We are grateful to Bury Golf Club for hosting the event for us free of charge, all our sponsors, participants and volunteers who helped make it a great day.”
To sign up to any of the Hospice’s upcoming events or for further details visit https://www.buryhospice.org.uk/events/ or contact the fundraising team on 0161 797 1748 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
