A field of 139 players teed off at Leonay Golf Club on Saturday, August 18 in the annual Col Roffe Memorial Golf Day, this year supporting the Penrith and Blue Mountains Prostate Cancer Support Group (PCSG).
The day's event was a four-person Aabrose and two of Leonay's top-ranked A grade players (David Moore and Daniel Worthy), along with team-mates James Markham and Peter Walker, scorched around the course with a fabulous ten-under par score of 57, two shots clear of Robert Kuipers, Adrian Kuipers, Bruce Grant and John Pridans with an eight-under 59.
The nett division winners were the team of Terry Flynn, Andrew Brockbank, Gillian Gordon and John Gallagher with a score of 49.37, ahead of Andrew Summers, Eric Summers, Ben Crilley and Greg Crilley with 49.75.
The nearest the pin winners were Brian Metcalfe (6th), Peter Homan (9th), Peter McFarlane (10th), Greg Crilley (13th) and Andrew Taylor (18).
The event raised an impressive $3900 for the Penrith and Blue Mountains PCSG, comprised of $2000 from the men, $500 from the ladies and $1200 from a well-supported raffle.
“Leonay Golf Club has donated in excess of $50,000 to various charities since 2004 and 2018 marks the second consecutive year it will support Prostate Cancer survivors,” said David Wilkinson, President of the Nepean/Blue Mountains Prostate Cancer Support Group (PCSG).
“This year, Leonay GC chose the Nepean/Blue Mountains Prostate Cancer Support Group as its beneficiary.
“Leonay Golf Club is aware that this insidious cancer kills an average 3200 men per year in Australia, yet there is often still a disturbing reluctance in the community to not only recognise the illness but also take proactive steps to tackle the problem in the early stages.”
