This week, the Challenge office has recieved wonderful messages of support from Sir Nick Faldo, Tony Jacklin and presenters from the excellent Sky Sports team.

The National Golf Club Challenge, to be held on 24th and 25th July 2010, will unite hundreds of golf clubs and thousands of golfers in demonstrating their support for our injured armed forces.

As well as raising a lot of money for the superb Help for Heroes charity, each participating golf club will compete for the right to call itself The Help for Heroes National Golf Club Challenge Champions 2010.

For more information, visit the National Golf Club Challenge website >>

Nick Faldo
“The National Golf Club Challenge is a great way to honour and support those wounded in the service of their country through the immensely worthwhile efforts of the Help for Heroes charity. I am full of admiration for these men and women and the bravery that they have shown in the face of incredible adversity. I'd encourage golfers across the country to offer their support and hope that they are inspired to help raise money that will help our country's heroes.”

Tony Jacklin
“I am very happy to lend my support to such a worthy cause. The men and women of our armed forces put their lives on the line for us every day and deserve enormous credit. Let's go all out to make the National Golf Club Challenge all it can possibly be.”

Di Stewart – Sky Sports
“The National Golf Club Challenge enables us all to do our bit and show our support for the service men and women putting their lives on the line. The event in July will be a celebration of a great achievement in uniting the golfing community and I encourage everyone to get involved and enter a team as soon as possible!”

Ewen Murray – Sky Sports
“What a wonderful innovation to help our brave men and women who defend not only our country, but strive for peace and stability throughout the world. To be able to help and support them through the game of golf is a privilege and the National golf club challenge will be eagerly anticipated as well as hugely supported.

“Our soldiers do their job so professionally in some of the most trying conditions. They are an inspiration to us all. They make huge sacrifices so that we can enjoy a normal way of living. They lay strong foundations for the next generation.

“Every golfer in our country should in some way involve themselves in this event and make sure the message is sent to our heroes to let them know of our gratitude and the fact that wherever they may be in the world, they are never alone. ”

The Challenge – 130 Clubs and Counting
The National Golf Club Challenge is a charity golf day on a scale never seen before. The aim is to bring golf clubs throughout the UK together on the same weekend (24th & 25th July 2010) to hold hundreds of charity golf days – and compete to win some spectacular golf prizes.

With endorsements already obtained from professional golfers, celebrities and many of the top golf brands, we are confident The National Golf Club Challenge will be the biggest AM charity golf event the UK has seen.

The National Golf Club Challenge is free to enter, register your golf club >>

The National Golf Club Challenge Final
Ten golfers from the top six scoring clubs will be invited to play in The Grand Final. The Final, sponsored by YourGolfTravel.com, will be held in October at The Belfry, four times host to the Ryder Cup.

The two-day event will see the top six qualifying golf clubs go head to head for the right to call themselves The 2010 Help for Heroes National Golf Club Champions.

About Help for Heroes
Help for Heroes was the idea of appeal chairman Bryn Parry and a group of friends and relations. They wanted to help wounded soldiers returning home from combat and came up with several fundraising ideas which led to Help for Heroes being born.

The Charity are completely non political and accept wars happen under any government, all they want to do with the help of the British public, is to assist our wounded heroes. Find out more at www.helpforheroes.org.uk.

Register Pre-launch (if you haven't already)
If you would like to register to participate in The National Golf Club Challenge, please return this email with the following details or register on the website:

• Golf club name
• Your event coordinator
• Your club captain / secretary
• The full address of your golf club
• An email address for correspondence
• Telephone number.

Once registered, you will be featured on the NGCC website, including a dedicated web page to help promote the event at your club. Like this one created for Hesketh Golf Club: www.ngcc.at/thedukes.

The National Golf Club Challenge Sponsors
We would like to give a big thank you to the following National Golf Club Challenge Sponsors – who have made the event possible.

Strategic Media Partners
We would also like to recognise the significant contribution being made by our strategic media partners.

Thank you for your time.

Regards
Stacey Jeffries & Matt Leighton
The National Golf Club Challenge

Tel: 01565 818107 / 01565 818106
www.nationalgolfclubchallenge.org.uk
www.ngcc2010.com

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