28/10/09

Ian Poulter to Head Up the Challenge Poster Campaign

The National Golf Club Challenge Poster Will be Seen by Over a Million Golfers

	The poster promoting the National Golf Club Challenge will be seen by over a million golfers nationwide.

European Tour golfer, Ian Poulter, continues to demonstrate his support for the National Golf Club Challenge by agreeing to head up the Challenge's national poster campaign.

The poster – encouraging golfers to get involved in the National Golf Club Challenge, in aid of Help for Heroes – will be distributed to hundreds of golfing venues throughout the UK and will be seen by over a million golfers.

"We are thrilled to have Ian head up our poster campaign." Said event organiser Stacey Jeffries. "Ian is a world renowned golfer and so his continued help and support is invaluable to us in spreading the word about the Challenge."

The National Golf Club Challenge poster campaign is one of many ways in which the event is being promoted amongst the UK golfing community. Other activities include TV coverage from Sky Sports (starting in November), and features in The Sun newspaper.

The National Golf Club Challenge, to be held on the 24th and 25th July 2010, will bring hundreds of golf clubs, and thousands of golfers together on the same weekend as part of a nationwide charity golf event.

When speaking about his support for the Challenge, Ian Poulter said "I am so proud of our troops, their commitment and dedication is something that needs recognition. As a sportsman I can only imagine how difficult it is to deal with the debilitating injuries, both mentally and physically."

"Help for Heroes provides an incredible support for these tough and inspiring people" Ian adds, "and I am proud that British golf clubs and golfers are giving their full support. I hope the National Golf Club Challenge raises a huge amount of money and that men and women all over the country have fun participating."

The format for the National Golf Club Challenge is very simple; the Challenge will coincide with each participating golf club's monthly stableford event, with each club turning the day into their own charity golf event, raising much needed funds for Help for Heroes. The competing clubs will submit their aggregate scores from their best scoring 10 players. This will determine the top 6 golf clubs against standard scratch, who will then be invited to compete in the National Final.

The two day Grand Final, sponsored by YourGolfTravel.com will be hosted by The Belfry, one of the world’s leading golf resorts, and four times host to the Ryder Cup. The Final will be an unforgettable event and include a practice day, golf clinic, overnight accommodation, the final competition, a gala dinner, guest speakers and the prize presentations.

For more information on The National Golf Club Challenge, including how to enter your golf club, go to www.nationalgolfclubchallenge.org.uk.

Challenge Contacts

Stacey Jeffries, Event Organiser
Tel: +44 (0)1565 818107
Email: stacey@nationalgolfclubchallenge.org.uk

Matt Leighton, Technical Director
Tel: +44 (0)1565 818106
Email: matthew@nationalgolfclubchallenge.org.uk

NOTES TO EDITORS

ABOUT THE NATIONAL GOLF CLUB CHALLENGE
www.nationalgolfclubchallenge.org.uk
Every golf club in the United Kingdom and Ireland is invited to enter their club in to The National Golf Club Challenge (to be held on the 24th or 25th July 2010). The aim of the challenge is to find The Help for Heroes National Golf Club Champions 2010. At the same time raising much needed funds and awareness for the excellent Help for Heroes charity as the UK golfing community come together for one day in their support for our injured forces.

ABOUT HELP FOR HEROES
www.helpforheroes.org.uk
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.