Charity Day 2023 Summary
I would like to thank all of the 125 golfers that supported the Gerbils Golf Society's 5th Annual Charity Golf Day on Saturday 5th August 2023 at Poult Wood Golf Centre. The turnout was a record for the day and we hope that you had (apart from the bit of drizzle we had!!) a fantastic days golf and, above all, had fun. We have, with your help, managed to raise a record amount for our chosen charities - Prostate Cancer UK and Breast Cancer UK.
The combined fundraising figure for our 2023 event was in excess of £10,000, well done everyone - £5000 was donated to Breast Cancer UK and £5000 to Prostate Cancer UK. We were sent a nice thank you letter from Prostate Cancer UK.
Here are the results and congratulations to all the winners. In line with previous years where most of the winners donated something back to our Charities, I sincerely hope that this may be the case once again this year. With this in mind, can you please let me know if you wish to donate your prize, or part of it to our charities and I will make the appropriate payment to you.
It would not be right if we did not mention the wonderful support that we are given in order to stage our day. To our sponsors, Stanmore Contractors, TMP Installations, DJ Civils Ltd, The Box Cleaning Company, Prolifting, KRA Brown Electrical Services Ltd, Modebest Builders, Howe Maxted, SJG Temporary, DS Bell Builders, D Brayford, J & H Heating, SES Electrical, RBL Konstantin, SMV Sealant, Cela Asset Management, Porta Wealth Management and Darenth Print we offer our sincere thanks. Our sincere thanks also go to the staff at Darenth Print who supplied all of our polo shirts, pull up and pop up banners, flag, breakfast cards and handouts, the many helpers in planning the event and for their help on the day. To Poult Wood Golf Centre and the catering and ground staff, to all those that made personal donations (cash and raffle prizes) or donations on behalf of groups, the organising committee's wives and any other individual or company that supported us, many many thanks.
To conclude, the Gerbils Golf Society was formed in 1996 by a group of friends and since then members have come and gone but a nucleus remain. Over the years we have had great fun from the game of golf and so, five years ago we decided it was time we should use the fun we have playing the game to put something back to the benefit of others - hence our Charity day was born. We enjoy organising this event and we hope you enjoyed playing. We get a great deal of joy and satisfaction from giving something back to Charities and as a participant, you too, have used the fun of a days golf to do your bit in giving back. Well done to all of you.
We all hope to see you next year for an even bigger event and please let all your fellow golfers know about our Charity Day in order that they can join us to make next year a bumper year.
Kind regards and best wishes,
Trevor Blain - on behalf of the co-organisers Graham Ramsdale, John Thompson, Tom Merrills, Adam Woodruff, Alan Cornell, Mike Hughes, Matt Unger and Rob Holland. Also thanks to Dan Baylis who helped with the putting competition on the day.
2023 Gallery
