ONE of the biggest events on Tumut’s sporting and social calendar is on again tomorrow with the running of the Charity Golf Day at Tumut Golf Club.
This year’s edition is expected to be one of the biggest ever, and all the 144 available spots were filled during the week.
The day raises money for Frontier, who conduct research into Frontotemporal Dementia, a disorder that affects the brain.
There will be some special guests there, in particular three young Tumut ladies who have done rather well for themselves, they being Australian Wallaroos captain Piper Duck, NSW Swifts netball star Grace Whyte and Australian Idol contestant and well-established musician Jess Crossman, who will be providing the live musical entertainment.
Numbers are certain to be up on last year when wet weather and a competing music festival kept them slightly down.
There will be fantastic items available at the auction, to be held at the Club in the evening, including a signed and framed 2024 NSW State of Origin jersey, a 2023 signed NSW State of Origin jersey, a signed 2024 Cronulla Sharks jersey, a signed 2024 St. George-Illawarra jersey, a pair of boots signed by Roosters star James Tedesco, a signed NSW Swifts netball, a signed 2024 Newcastle Knights jersey, a Stihl chainsaw valued at $300, a signed Flight Facilities vinyl bundle, a fire pit made and donated by Roddy Engineering, plus much more.
For the 100 Clubs, there’s two nights accommodation at Elm Cottage donated by Deb and Dave Sheldon, one night’s accommodation at Nimbo Fork Lodge donated by Nimbo, and two nights at Sails Luxury Resort Merimbula donated by owners Rhys and Leanne. There will also be many items raffled.
The actual golf is set to tee off with a shotgun start at 10am.
“We’d like to get the golfers out there a little bit earlier if we can; it gets a bit chaotic,” event co-organiser Jack Dean said.
It should go for at least five hours.
“We’ll have three or four drinks holes, blokes getting around in buggies with beers, two hot dog holes, sausages, lollie holes, sweets hole; we’ve got it all pretty much,” he said.
The auction should kick off around 5pm, after the presentation at 4.30, and after these the live entertainment starts.
Since it started, the day has raised over $250,000 for Frontier, and this hasn’t gone un appreciated.
“We’re their main source of income,” co-organiser Grace Dean said.
Jack Dean said the day, now in it’s seventh year, had really put its mark on the calendar in Tumut.
“It’s good to get the support from the town,” he said.
People will be coming from far and wide, including Batemans Bay, Sydney and Canberra.
