Macmillan Longest Day Challenge raises £700,000
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Charitable golfers across the UK have raised a fantastic £700,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support by braving the toughest battle in golf and completing the famous Longest Day Golf Challenge.
In their bid to complete the sponsored golf marathon, almost 900 teams nationwide took part and played an epic four rounds of golf from dawn to dusk, tackling a whopping 72 holes, 300 shots and 20 mile walk on the longest day of the year.
The top four teams from the challenge were then invited to compete in the recent Longest Day Golf Challenge Finals weekend at the exclusive Boavista Golf Resort near Lagos in Portugal.
Eventual victors were the Four Cubed’ team which comprised of Simon Miller, Matthew Aston, Nigel Oliver and Matthew Bradley from Sweetwoods Park Golf Club in Kent.
Loren Taylor, Macmillan’s Golf Programme Manager said: “This year’s Longest Day Golf Challenge has seen the biggest number of teams take part yet. Because of this support, we are able to continue to provide vital support services which help make a real difference to the lives of people affected by cancer and their families. Thank you to everyone who was involved with this year’s challenge.”
*For more information about the 2014 Longest Day Golf Challenge, visit www.macmillan.org.uk/longestday or call 020 7091 2328 and for more info on Boavista check out http://www.boavistagolf.com/
