Red Trouser Day Golf Day At Westerham Raises £5000 For Bowel Cancer Research
More than 60 golfers attended The 2nd Annual Red Trouser Golf Charity Day charity at Westerham Golf Club in Kent on Thursday, September 12 – and raised £5000 for world-leading clinical research into bowel cancer at The Royal Marsden Hospital in London. The golf day and evening dinner was organised by the Red Trouser Day charity which is raising awareness of the disease and has raised over £110,000 in just three years for clinical research and support for patients.
Players enjoyed a team stableford game of golf with the added tension of a Red Ball played on the par three holes – loss of the Red ball deprived the team of double the par three scores.
A crack team called The Tigers, led by Mike Flyn, won the Championship for a second year – motivating all teams to return next time to stop this run. Prizes were provided by our sponsor OneGolfClub.
Golfers journeyed from clubs in a 20-mile radius with long distance commuters from Wales and Germany to help raise funds to enjoy a fun day and support the fund-raising effort while many of the event’s players and support staff are bowel cancer survivors.
The event’s after-dinner speaker Dr Irene Chong, Consultant Clinical Oncologist and Clinician Scientist at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, spoke of the need for individuals to be aware of bowel cancer symptoms to ensure early diagnosis and of the drug and scientific development taking place to improve bowel cancer patient outcomes.
Event organiser Geoff Morris said: “We had a fantastic day and the competition was again fierce! Although bowel cancer is the UK’s fourth biggest killer with 40,000 new cases reported annually, survival is becoming achievable with the world-leading research by centres of excellence such as Royal Marsden Hospital. Golf improves mobility and raises fitness levels and gives the mind an alternative relaxing focus to treatment programs during recovery.”
