Golf for Life - 28th May 2009

In it's 2nd year Golf for Life takes place at Shirland Golf Club in Derbyshire on May 28th 2009 and is being organised by fellow golfshake.com member James Illsley.

Golf for Life is an 18 hole individual stableford competition with tee times from 10am, with registration from 8.45am.  The usual format of Bacon rolls and coffee will be provided beforehand, as well as light refreshments after 9 holes.  Prizes for the day includ a brand new golf stand bag (courtesy of Mizuno), a Golfbreaks.com prize pack, golf balls, a “golf cake”, tankards, a 12 month subscription to Golf monthly magazine, toiletry packs (courtesy of Boots) and a number of others still to be finalised.

Cost of entry to Golf for Life is £26 per player which includes all of the above.   If you would like to register or find out more please see the game page on Golfshake.com , email [email protected] or visit the Golf for Life web site at www.golfforlife.co.uk 

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Golf for Life is being run in support of Swanwick Relay for Life , a local charity that has raised over £40,000 for Cancer Research UK in the last two years.   Swanwick Relay for Life was started in 2007 to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK to research cures to various forms of Cancer.

The culmination of the year’s fundraising is the 24-hour Relay for Life event that is held in the grounds of Swanwick Hall School in Derbyshire every August.  This year the relay is on Saturday August 22nd.  In the past two years the charity has raised around £39,000 for Cancer Research UK and we are trying to “spread the word” in these difficult fundraising times by undertaking other events; this is where the idea for Golf for Life was born.