This Years Help 4 Heros match

Rick, you could always start extra groups on the par5's down the fairway, they just tee off a few min's before everyone else and start from where their tee shots finish when the gun goes. We do it for our Captain's drive in every year and it seems to work ok.
 
We do the same at ours as well. We'll look at that option in the event that we get heavily oversubscribed.

There are other reasons for limiting the numbers though as it becomes unmanageable to coordinate on the day if we have too many players, especially with the raffle, auction, prize giving etc, etc. After all it's just a glorified forum meet. :D
 
£40. too cheap, looking on the website I reckon the cost should be £45, not a lot of difference for individuals but a massive difference for the charity. Can gift aid be organised to help raise even more?

Please put my name down, and if guests are allowed can I take one extra space (date depends on guest)

Would you prefer golfing prizes or general for the raffle as I am willing to donate something for such a good cause.
 
Full throttle....details not finalised yet, however agree we could probably stretch to £45.

For prizes last year we asked everyone who played to bring along something suitable, eg bottle of wine/whisky, balls, 4-ball vouchers, unwanted (new) golf clubs, etc etc.

We then used some for the raffle and some for prizes. We also solicited prizes from other organisations, Golf Monthly, Top Golf, Luton Hoo, etc.

Finally we were kindly donated a signed England rugby shirt which we auctioned.

Expect it to go a very similar way this year so if anyone has anything out of the ordinary that they can provide for an auction, then all donations gratefully received. Other offerings will go to supplement the raffle.

The auction can't be too big as it takes a long time already to get through the cards, dinner, prizegiving, raffle, selling HFH memorabilia, etc, so will probably limit it to one or max two items. People have to get on the road afterwards so time is limited for all the after golf activities.
 
Can gift aid be organised to help raise even more?
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This is done automatically through the Justgiving page that we set up. Players pay their deposit directly to the Justgiving page. It worked really well last year.
 
Rick, I'd be really keen to play in this for HFH. Also I have a mate who is a guy from the army who got injured out in Afghan and I'd love to bring him along too so put ke down for 2 places.
 
depending on the date, then I'll be back.
did anybody make it to the green on either the very long Par 3 or that 180+ uphill into wind Par 3?

Rick, can you get any artwork from HTH? I could put some posters up at work, especially as we are defence contractors
 
Viscount,

Not sure if anyone drove the green on the 13th 271 yd Par 3, (not even the 2 pros that were playing), but I suspect there may have been some pars.

There were quite a few that made the 191 yd par 3 15th even though it was uphill into the wind, a fairly straightforward hole in comparison to the 13th!!

I'll get some artwork from HFH when I register the event.
 
Anything confirmed for this yet? Really would llike to go this. Do you have any idea on dates as im going rhodes from May 25th to 8th June.
 
Just a quick update to let you all know I haven't forgotten about this....

Had a minor setback in that the manager that gave us the free golf last year at Luton Hoo has just left!!!!
The new guy hasn't got the authority to sanction free golf so he put it up the food chain to the hotel management and surprise, surprise, they want £20 for the golf on top of £20 for the food.

I have gone back and asked him to reconsider, explaining again the reasons why last year it was free and how that enabled us to donate the green fee(last year £25) to the HFH charity

I've also made preliminary enquiries with my golf club to see what they can do if I can't get Luton Hoo to change their mind.

I know you're all keen to get a date sorted so will keep you posted.
 
Another quick update....think I may have struck a deal with Luton Hoo that could be just slightly more expensive than last year....just thrashing out the small print and will then get a date put up ASAP.
I'm on a course all this week and then away at Woodhall Spa at the weekend, but hoping to announce a date and further details by this Friday evening.
 
any more news Rick?
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A timely question young Fundy!! :D

I have just finalised the details with Luton Hoo this morning, and have negotiated free golf to allow us to maximise the donation to the charity,(they had been slow in responding). I am pleased to announce that we are now officially in countdown to the GM HFH Charity Day.

Date: Monday June 6th (Time TBD but around 11:00)

Venue: Luton Hoo Golf & Spa, Bedfordshire (Just off Junct 11 M1)

http://www.lutonhoo.co.uk/
http://www.lutonhoo.co.uk/images/lh_scorecard.jpg
Price: £45 (£25 to HFH & £20 for the 2 course meal)

Format: Stableford full handicap (2 tee start)

Tees; Gents - White (6810) Ladies - Red (6143)

The one exception to this will be the par 3 13th which will be played off the full blue tees for the gents (271yds!!!)

How it works is by the end of today I will have registered a JustGiving page for the event.

Your £25 donations to the HFH will be used as a deposit to secure your place and you will pay this directly to the JustGiving site (claiming GiftAid where appropriate) and the remaining £20 will be paid directly to Luton Hoo.

Last year we had 40 people playing. This year we are going for 84.

As like last year, we will be extending the invite to other groups to enter a team, (GM staff, TopGolf, Burhill Leisure, Serving Forces members, Headley Court, HDID, APGC, etc etc).

With this in mind we are looking for around 40 folks from the GM Forum and I'm opening the list today for people to register an interest. I will also start a reserve list if we fill the spaces.

This year, the Vice Captain from my Golf Club is helping to organise the day so once again we will have quite a few from our club.

We will hold a raffle on the day and will also be selling HFH merchandise to help swell the funds. We will be asking attendees to bring a gift for the raffle, (bottle of wine, sleeve of balls, or similar)

I think that's enough details for now. I will update later this evening.
 
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