Estepona Golf and Talk Radio Europe recently teamed up to create the “Tournament for Haiti” with their combined efforts having now raised over 12,500 Euro for the Christian Fellowship Charity.
It began with a short phone call between Rory Leader (President of Estepona Golf) and Maurice Bolland (MD of Talk Radio Europe) which led to the brainwave and the notion that they just had to help the disaster victims in Haiti in some small way. It took just 10 days to pull it all together. “In fact we had around 60 people standing by and could have sold out a much larger venue” said Maurice.
A big thank you goes out to all those involved and to the hundreds that had supported the event so well. The Golf tournament took place at Estepona Golf on the morning of the 5th of February at 9 am. 80 keen people braved the very poor weather conditions, including many celebrities from the world of show biz and sport to play 18 holes of golf. Stan Boardman, Kenny Lynch, Mike England and Dennis Taylor all turned out to join in the fun.
After battling the conditions all day the eventual winners emerged coming from the last group out. Dennis Taylor and Mike England scored a fantastic 44 points from the 2 ball better ball format.
Following a quick beer, shower and change it was off to the Gala Dinner venue at the beautiful La Quinta resort where guests were treated to a fantastic evening of food, wine and first class entertainment from singers including  Wow Factor winners Christian Fa and Rebecca Tate, Stephen Lloyd-Morgan, The Gospel Choir, and comedy acts by Stan Boardman and Kenny Lynch.
Raffles, auctions and many pledges later saw Maurice reveal late in the evening that the events together had raised around 12,500 Euros -going directly to those that need it most in Haiti!
A great effort by all and it shows you what can be done when we share an important common goal and a caring humanitarian spirit!
Photos provided by Gary Edwards.