Cheadle four rise to 100-hole charity challenge

Claire Briscoe

5 years ago

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Cheadle four rise to 100-hole charity challenge

Tom Clancy, Mike Westbrook, Cliff Dews and Alistair Culpan complete their challenge

Four players from Cheadle Golf Club have taken on a marathon challenge, playing 100 holes in just one day in aid of St Ann’s Hospice.

Cheadle captain Cliff Dews, president Alistair Culpan, Mike Westbrook and club professional Tom Clancy began their challenge at 5am, for what would be 17 hours of golf, finishing with just enough light for the final hole of the challenge at 10pm.

The group raised a fantastic £3,000 for the charity, where Alistair is facilities manager, as they took on the challenge in memory of one of the golf club’s members, Ian Haig, who died in 2016 and was cared for by the hospice.

Cliff Dews said: “We were so lucky to have had Ian Haig as a member and we wanted to continue to do something in his name and also acknowledge the wonderful work that St Ann’s Hospice does for so many.

“Thanks to the support from so many of the members who were acting as caddies or part of the massive support, encouraging us every step of the way – especially when we started to hit the imaginary wall around 12 hours into the challenge.”

Eamonn O’Neal, Chief Executive of St Ann’s Hospice, said: “I couldn’t believe it when I heard about this fantastic challenge in aid of our patients. What an amazing achievement.”