The Willows held its annual golf tournament in April at the Christchurch Golf Club with a big field 102 players. We were thrilled to have golfing legend Sir Bob Charles, a long-standing member of the host club, play in our tournament.
The tournament was played under Ambrose rules, ensuring that everybody had a fair chance of winning. For the record, Vaughan Fleming’s four won and they were thrilled to receive a limited edition of Sir Bob’s biography written by Geoff Saunders, who was also playing.
A new feature this year was a hole-in-one comp with the prize of a Ford Escape Hybrid kindly donated by Avon City Ford. Sadly the car lives to fight another day, but a few were close!
A very pleasant dinner and prizegiving was held, with expert auctioneer Bryan Andrews presiding as over $25,000 was raised for The Willows community coaching fund. The Club is most grateful to those businesses and individuals who donated prizes including: David Kidd, Nicholas Davidson, Winsome Dormer, Harry Chamberlain, Dennis King and Peter Sturgeon. Thanks also to Paul Rutledge and his loyal organising team.