Youth across Te Puke and Pāpāmoa are benefiting from a successful golf tournament that has raised over $38,000.
A glorious autumn day reigned over the green as 128 keen golfers teed off at midday on Friday, March 31, in a shotgun start for the annual Bluehaven Group / Pāpāmoa Rotary Charity Golf Tournament.
Te Puke Golf Club was looking its best for the group of generous sponsors and participants who were there to have an enjoyable day’s golf and to raise community funds.
Being held for the tenth year, the competition was an Ambrose format with the winning team, leading by a narrow margin, being Livingstone Building, says Pāpāmoa Rotary Club member Barb Joyce.
“But the overall winners on the day were youth groups in the Pāpāmoa and Te Puke areas for whom the tournament raised around $38,000.”
The community supported event with major sponsor Bluehaven Group was generously supported by 33 other golf hole and team sponsors.
In addition, Barb says the businesses and people of Te Puke and Pāpāmoa donated nearly $16,000 worth of items for prizes, raffles and the auctions.
Funds raised will be used to support various youth projects in both the Pāpāmoa and Te Puke communities including driver awareness for Year 12 students; picture dictionaries for Year 1 students; travel and training costs for the Pāpāmoa Surf Club Juniors; funds towards a new outrigger canoe and various other Rotary programmes in both Pāpāmoa and Te Puke primary and secondary schools.
Credit: sunlive.co.nz
