The Sands charity day tees off for breast cancer

ALMOST 100 women awash in pink clothing and a common goal teed off against cancer last week at The Sands Torquay for breast cancer research and program fundraising.

Co-ordinated by The Sands Torquay’s women’s golf committee, club captain Linda Turner revealed The Sands Breast Cancer Charity Day raised upwards of $6,000 a tremendous result for the event’s return in three years.

Following play, all women enjoyed a presentation lunch.

“We’ve had to, of course, cancel our last two years of this important event, so it was great to see everyone come back and really support it,” Ms Turner said.

“It’s great we got a full field of play, it really showed that people are willing to get back out there and contribute to causes like this.”

All proceeds from entry fees, raffle tickets and individual donations, will be donated to research foundation Breast Cancer Trials (BCT); a group of world-leading breast cancer doctors and researchers based in Australia and New Zealand committed to exploring and finding better treatments for people affected by breast cancer.

Liz Georgeson and raffle volunteer Rae Rayner.

Since BCT’s Tee Off program began in 1996, golf clubs and their members across Australia have raised over $2.82 million to date.

The Sands’ event alone has raised more than $41,100 since 2014.

“This event is proof that cancer touches everybody,” Ms Turner added.

“Whether it’s a grandmother, mother, wife, partner, friend, I think everybody knows someone that is affected by breast cancer and that’s a driving force for the day each year.

“We’re always trying to finetune the charity day from year-to-year, but it wouldn’t be possible without the hard-working course management team.”

Glasses were raised in honour of Sue Booth, who tragically passed away of breast cancer just before play commenced. Ms Booth was slated to take part in the charity day.

Results on the day included winners Vicki Trethowan and Faye Hay (51 points), runners-up Nicki Quinlan and Sally Locke (50 points) and third-place finishers Deborah Irving and Catherine Lane (50 points).

In solidarity with the charity day, The Sands is offering women a five-day membership (Monday to Friday) running until June 30.

The membership has also been discounted from $833 to $600 with $100 going towards BCT. This offer is only available until the end of November. Pop into the Pro shop to find out more.