ToffeeWeb Charity Golf Day

Better late than never.  The event took place at Hawarden Golf Club on Friday 16 September.

This was the second playing of the event in honour of lifelong Evertonian and avid Toffeewebber, Teddy Draper. The first event, played prior to Teddy’s untimely death in February this year, had taken place with Teddy suffering from cancer.  It was fitting that John Hall, who had donated the Teddy Draper trophy, was able to attend as he was on a visit to the UK from his home in the Philippines.  Ged Hogg, who won last year's event, was in attendance to defend his title.

The competitors arrived in good time for the scheduled 10 am start time, no doubt encouraged by the promise of bacon rolls, tea and coffee.  In the end, there were 20 golfers with handicaps varying from Scratch to 30.  The first ball was struck by John Spruce, right on time and the mayhem commenced.

Bill Griffiths and Stephen Vincent, both of this parish, zipped around in a golf buggy to encourage and hurry-up the slower players.  All the golfers reported that the course was in excellent condition and there could be no excuses for poor scores, which was a shame as there were lots!!!

The golfers were joined for a late lunch by 15 non-golfing members of Teddy Draper’s family, including Teddy’s widow, Kay.  The lunch laid on by the golf club was excellent and universally enjoyed.  Following lunch, Kay Draper presented prizes to the more successful combatants as follows:

Winner of the Teddy Draper Trophy for 2022                                       Chris Callaghan

2^nd place                                                                                                       Alex Kegg

3^rd place                                                                                                       Richard Jones

Nearest the pins                                                                                         Ged Hogg

                                   Alex Kegg

                                   Isaac Allen

           Longest Drive (Jnr)                                                                                      Richard Jones

           Longest Drive (Snr)                                                                                     Ray Roche

Julie (Teddy’s daughter) thanked everyone for turning up and making the day so successful, she especially thanked Jon Hall for the trophy and Derek Knox for all the organisation – the event would simply not have happened without him.

Of course, the point of the day is to raise money for charity. A considerable amount was raised last year for Cancer Research, thanks in large part to generous donations from Toffeewebbers, and we were hoping to match or exceed that amount.  There was a raffle on the day for various sporting and alcoholic items. 

However, there is a donated Everton shirt (this season’s third kit) which is signed by the majority of the first-team squad, including Onana and Maupay, and we will be happy to accept bids for this shirt, all proceeds to charity.   Please submit bids to stephenvincent389@gmail.com I can send a picture to anyone interested. If you would just like to support the day, again please email me and I will send details to enable donations to be made. Please be generous.

Just a personal word of thanks to Derek Knox who put in many hours organising this event, which was magnificent, thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended, and a credit to ToffeeWeb.

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