Over £4,000 has been presented to representatives from Somerset Breakthrough Breast Cancer this week by members of Brean Golf Club.
The cheque handover came during the annual Brean Golf Club Presentation Night, which was hosted by Club President Richard House at Brean Leisure Park.
The event was well-attended by members who collected their awards for their successes on the golf course during 2013.
The occasion also marked the final duties of captaincy for Brian Read. His last task was to hand over a cheque for £4,136.50 to Breakthrough Breast Cancer, his nominated Captain’s Charity.
“As always the Brean Members did exceptionally well and raised a super amount for the cause. Special mention was made to Bar Manager Les Byrne who boosted that fund greatly with his half marathon exploits during the year,” said a spokesman.
John Piper from the charity was on hand to receive the cheque and said: “The amount raised took the total fundraising achieved by the local branch to just over £400,000 in the 17 years since it has been set up. I thank the club for their efforts.”
The normally very vocal Eamonn Wynne was left almost speechless when he was awarded the Club Person of the Year award at the Presentation Night. He received it in recognition of his continued support of almost all of the events that the club run, many of which he has helped to setup and organise. He also represents the club in the Avalon League and Somerset Bowl and in the past year has gained a reputation as a Singles matchplay specialist by winning the ‘grand slam’ in both the Summer and Winter Knockout Matchplay Titles. His fellow members in attendance certainly approved of his win as the popular Wynne went up to collect the Trophy.
Paul McLanaghan certainly enjoyed a productive year on the golf course in 2013 winning many events. His top accolade was winning the Somerset Golf Union Category 3 Championship in August over his home course along with The Car Rally Trophy, Brean Masters and Gordon Phippen Trophy. He also managed to secure a couple of Medals and Stablefords to that list making his the most prolific winner of 2013.
Tom Broom has put many an hour of practice into his golf in the past 12 months and he has often seen the fruits of his labour as his handicap has steadily reduced to being currently on the verge of single figures. He was named the ‘Most Improved Golfer of 2013’ and could quite easily being challenging for the honour again in 2014 as he chases his cousin and Club Champion Dan.
Ron Vine was named the 2013/14 Winter League Champion at Brean. He secured the title by virtue of his runner-up finish with 37 points on Finals Day being added to his 3 bonus points he gained from the qualifying table.
John Cullinan was the winner of the Stableford but he had been unable to play in enough qualifying rounds to break into the top 20 who contested the main final.
Pictured: Brian Read (2013 Club Captain), John Piper (Breakthrough), David Haines (Director of Golf at Brean)
