Sport
22 November, 2024
Golfers raise $7000 for charity
MORE than $7000 was raised at the annual Tin Shed golf tournament last Friday (November 15) at the Palmer Sea Reef Golf Club.
The day offered its expected challenging round of golf on the championship course, with a vast selection of prizes up for grabs, supplied by local sponsors.
Participants also had the chance to win a cash prize for a hole-in-one, on the 11th. Unfortunately, nobody was able to score the required ‘ace’ this year.
Play got underway after a shotgun start with nearly 50 teams of two playing ‘ambrose’. A number of low scorecards were returned to the clubhouse, but the eventual winners were Paul Bridges and Peter Hay.
Alongside the golf itself, the day was dedicated to Movember, raising money for men’s health initiatives.
Movember has funded more than 1250 men’s health projects around the world, challenging the status quo, shaking up men’s health research and transforming the way health services reach and support men.
“Men are dying too young and we can’t afford to stay silent. A growing number of men, around 10.8 million globally are facing life with a prostate cancer diagnosis,” said Tin Shed general manager Kyle Livingston said.
“Globally, testicular cancer is the most common cancer among young men,” he said.
“Across the world, one man dies by suicide every minute of every day, with males accounting for 69 per cent of all suicides.
“Mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer, we’re taking them all on.”
The Tin Shed Golf Day also included a silent auction and raffles for people in the competition as well as for those not playing on the day, but wanting to support the important cause.
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