251 August 2015 - Gryffe Advertizer

Walk of Hope
www.advertizer.co.uk august 2015
Last year saw an amazing success for the first
‘Walk of Hope’ event and for everyone who took
part. Not only did we raise over £9,000, but we
received Scotland wide media attention.
Families came together and took on their own personal challenge and certainly
made a difference to families affected with Huntington’s disease.
This year we would like to make a BIGGER impact and get more people joining
together, not only supporting the walk but enjoying the social space, quality
family time, freedom and outdoors.
We would like to welcome more fundraisers to plan a sponsored walk
throughout August to help raise funds and awareness of Huntington’s disease
by completing a ‘Walk of Hope’ of your choice.
Summer is a lovely time of the year to get outdoors with family, friends, work
colleagues or just you in your own space.
You can choose from a walk through a forest or country park. Or, go all out
and walk the West Highland Way or climb a Munroe? Scotland is blessed with
hundreds of footpaths and cycle tracks; you could do a cycle along the coast!
The choice is all yours!
So, whether you raise £50, £500 or £1,000, every penny and pound will be
put to good use
and this is the
difference your
support will
make... £3 pays
for a 5 minute
call that can
change a life, £16
provides One to
One counselling
to a young person
affected by HD, £6
buys a handbook
for carers, giving
them the advice they need, £30 pays for a home visit to someone affected
by HD and £465 pays for a young person affected by HD attend residential
summer camp.
Once you have decided on your walk, please contact me on 0141 848 0308 or
email linda.byars@hdscotland.org to receive your fundraising pack. Thank you!
Inverclyde set to host Scottish P1
Powerboat Event
Powerboat and Jet Ski national championships
could be staged in Greenock next year as
Inverclyde Council and regeneration company
Riverside Inverclyde (ri) agree to become a
new P1 host venue.
The Powerboat P1 Grand Prix of the Sea is an
international high profile event that has never been
held in Scotland. UK championships have been
held in England and Wales.
Now Inverclyde is set to host the event in July 2016
after councillors and the Riverside Inverclyde Board
agreed to support the event bid.
Powerboat P1 is the world’s leading marine
motorsport promoter, successfully staging more
than 200 events in 17 countries on three continents
since 2003.
The event will be jointly hosted by Inverclyde
Council and Riverside Inverclyde (ri) in July 2016 of
Greenock’s Esplanade.
And, as part of the wider promotion of tourism in
Inverclyde, tourism related businesses will have
the opportunity to showcase themselves on the
Esplanade with a planned ‘mile-long Inverclyde
Showcase’ accompanying the event.
If next year’s event is successful, Council and
regeneration bosses have pledge to examine the
event with the option of hosting in 2017 and 2018.
Link to video of Powerboat P1 events: www.powerboatp1.
com/Television.ink
Ladies Scottish Open
Champion shows Golf is just
Child’s Play
In the week that a Scottish ‘hoolie’ blew the golfers off the course at St Andrews,
with the delay resulting in a late finish, crowds braved the Monday morning rain
to gather at Kilmacolm Golf Club.
2014 Ladies Scottish Open Champion and eight times Solheim Cup team
player, Trish Johnson, who turned professional in 1987 and has claimed 23
career wins, made her only Scottish club visit to host a golf clinic. The timing
of her visit coincided with her appearance at Dundonald Links to defend her
Ladies Scottish Open
champion title and her
potential appearance at
the Ricoh Women’s British
Open at Turnberry.
When asked if driving was
the key to a good score,
she said “It is important,
but putting will always win
in the end. You need to
focus on the short game.”
Johnson, who said she
always knew she would turn professional from the early age of 13, was
delighted at the number of youngsters at the golf clinic, including two budding
golfers, 11 year old Romy and her brother 12 year old Timmy. When asked how
it felt to play with Trish in front of so many, Romy said “It was amazing. I was
a bit nervous at first but really enjoyed it.” Brother Timmy said “It was nerve
wracking and I didn’t play as well as I wanted to but it was really great.” Romy
and Timmy both took up golf five years ago and already have handicaps of 21
and 8 respectively.
Trish said “It’s great to see so many youngsters here today. I think it is becoming
increasingly difficult to get kids involved as there are so many other things for
them to do. When I was a kid, I spent my whole time outdoors – it’s not like
that now. Romy and Timmy are definitely ones to watch in the future and I hope
many more will be inspired by them to play.”
Kilmacolm Golf Club has been active in promoting the sport to families and
earlier in the year took golf out into the community by running a free 12 week
‘Introduction to Golf’ coaching programme. The club’s PGA professional, Iain
Nicholson, said “It is a great sport for all the family to play together – not every
sport offers that opportunity. It’s also great way to help kids develop hand-eye
co-ordination and spatial awareness, and golf also teaches kids social skills
and self-improvement.”
You can register your interest in future ‘Introduction to Golf’ coaching sessions
by emailing enquiries@iainnicholsongolf.co.uk or if you want to get started now,
the club is offering an Introduction to Golf membership for adult beginners or
returners and also offers junior membership too. Full details can be found on
the website www.kilmacolmgolfclub.co.uk, or by calling 01505 872139.
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