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Teeing Off For Charity Golf Marathon

Seven keen Aberdeen golfers are teeing off for charity by each playing 100 holes of golf in a day.

The employees from Aberdeen based Thorpe Molloy Recruitment hope to raise over £5,000 towards the £3,000,000 needed to build a Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre in the city.

Cameron Keith, Alan Clark, Drew Alexander, Marcus Ross, Ian Orme and John Stewart, along with team captain Chris Clark, will tee off for their gruelling marathon on June 21st at 4am at Kemnay Golf Club, onwards to Newmachar and Murcar before finishing their final 28 holes at Royal Aberdeen before midnight.

Some of the toughest courses in the area have been chosen for the challenge which will test the golfers’ physical and mental endurance.

By the end of the day they will each have hit the ball at least 500 times and clocked up a marathon distance of about 26 miles!

Chris Clark, the driving force behind the challenge explains, “Several of us at Thorpe Molloy Recruitment have family members who have been affected by cancer so it’s an emotive issue close to our hearts. The work of Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres is truly outstanding, recognising that living with cancer is a challenge faced not just by the patient but their families too.”

“We voted to make Maggie’s our nominated charity and it really does have the support of everyone at Thorpe Molloy Recruitment. As well as the golfers, many of our colleagues are supporting us by helping to organise everything we’ll need to get through the day – food and drinks being a top priority!”

The keen golfers say there will be no time to stop for lost balls, so golfers coming behind should keep an eye out!

“We all know it is going to be an incredibly hard, long day but we hope to make a real difference by raising as much money as we can and have fun along the way.” continues Chris.

Maggie’s Cancer Care Centres is an independent charity providing free practical, emotional and psychological support to anyone affected by cancer. There are currently five Centres across Scotland with three more planned including Aberdeen, the only city in Scotland without a Maggie’s Centre.

The Elizabeth Montgomerie Foundation (established by Colin Montgomerie in memory of his late mother) has teamed up with Maggie’s to raise £3,000,000 towards the Aberdeen centre.

Golfer Colin Montgomerie, who lost his mother to lung cancer, is spearheading the drive to build the new centre on Aberdeen Royal Infirmary’s Foresterhill site.

Colin said “This really is a tough challenge, but it’s worth every golf swing and I am so grateful to Chris and his team for doing this to raise money for Monty’s Maggie’s Appeal. When I first visited a Maggie Centre I knew that this was the sort of place that would have been so useful to my mother and my family. I am delighted to be working with them to increase their network of support. No one affected by cancer should have to suffer alone and by making this campaign a success, we can ensure those in the North East of Scotland affected by this disease can have the best life possible with, through and beyond cancer.

If you would like to support Thorpe Molloy Recruitment’s crazy golfing team please get in touch on line at www.thorpemolloy.com/maggiesgolf or contact Chris Clark on 01224 327 014.