
Hunstanton golfers tee up record £40,000 for the RNLI
A golf day at a top Norfolk links raised £40,000 for the charity that saves lives at sea. Thirty-eight teams of four took to the greens at Hunstanton on Friday, 21 June. They included a team from the town's RNLI lifeboat station, which is barely a decent drive away along the beach.
David West, the guild's vice-chair, said: 'It was a day where local knowledge was found to be a premium but youth managed to take the overall first prize.
Among the prizes was a magnificent silver salver donated by aggregates supplier PR Thory Ltd as a perpetual trophy for the event in honour of the RNLI's 200th year.
Director Tim Thory said: 'We live here, my wife Helen is on the guild and we think it's an important cause. Any of us might need rescuing one day.'
Tim and his team - which included Danny Knight, Charley Cook and Harry Burgess - needed anything but rescuing once they hit the fairway.
For they came in first - meaning theirs would be the first names engraved on the silverware he had donated hours earlier.
Louise Hudson, Tim Cowell, Ed Barratt and Rosh Samarathuraga came second, while in third place were Dave Caplan, Nic Pull, Derrick Lloyd and William Barber.
The event, which began in 2013, has now raised more than £220,000 for the RNLI.
The guild presented the golf club with a special commemorative shield to acknowledge its contribution towards saving lives at sea.
Angie Coker, the guild's joint president, said: 'Hunstanton Golf Club give us the course for the day, which is unbelievable.
'It's a great course and a lot of people want to come and play on it, so we get a full entry every year.'
RNLI Picture captions
The photographs show the golf day. Please credit: RNLI/Chris Bishop for the event images and RNLI/Derek Greening for the salver presentation.
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