A
total of 84 players
entered the golf
competition, playing as
21 teams, competing for
various golfing prizes.
Participants came to
Doncaster from as far as
London, Cheshire and
Tyneside playing 18
holes, with tee times
staggered from 1.30 to
3.10pm.
The competition was
won by a team from
Doncaster Round table,
led by Dave McCullough,
with 91 Stableford
points.
Runners up were the
Direct Golf UK team,
captained by Mike
Peebles, with 88 points
and in third place were
organiser Ken Waight’s
team, with 85 points.
The golf was
followed by a dinner,
with further monies
raised by an auction of
sports and leisure
related items, kindly
donated by various
organisations and
individuals including
Nabarro LLP Solicitors,
Doncaster Knights RFC
and Lee Westwood. Top
price was paid for a
Sunderland AFC shirt,
signed by the first team
squad, which raised
£200, whilst a tour of
the Olympics site in
London went for £70.
The whole auction
raised more than £1200
towards the total for
the event.
Several individual
donations were made on
the day, including £1000
for CRY, from St James
Place Investments,
presented by David
Forster.
A raffle raised
over £500, whilst a
competition to drive the
11th green
from the tee contributed
another £300.
Separately, nearly £1900
was raised by Simon
Titmus, who ran the
London Marathon in
April, in association
with the Golf Day,
CRY are set to benefit
from over £5000, with the local Richard
Waight Schools Golf
Foundation, which
encourages golf tuition
as part of the sports
curriculum across a
number of Doncaster
schools, receiving at
least £2200, meaning
more than £7200 was
raised in total from
this event.
The Golf Day was
arranged in memory of
Richard Waight, a 23
year old science teacher
at Hayfield School,
Auckley, who died
unexpectedly in November
2009, due to the SADS
(Sudden Arrhythmia Death
Syndrome). Following the
success of the Golf Day,
it is expected to become
an annual occasion, with
next year’s event booked
for Friday 18 May, again
at Doncaster Golf Club.
Ken and Jackie Waight
