Thorpe Molloy Recruitment "drive" through dreich weather for Maggie’s

Seven keen Aberdeen golfers have raised over £6,000 for Maggie's after completing a gruelling 700 hole golf marathon on the longest day of the year.

Not even the wet weather could dampen the spirits of the team from Thorpe Molloy Recruitment who took 18 hours to play 100 holes of golf each. Every golfer walked an average of 78,000 steps – about 30 miles; hitting scores which ranged from birdies to double figures and losing enough balls to stock a small driving range.

Cameron Keith, Alan Clark, Drew Alexander, Marcus Ross, Ian Orme and John Stewart, along with team captain Chris Clark completed the endurance challenge despite the miserable weather conditions. All the funds the team raised will go towards building Maggie’s Aberdeen.

Chris explains, “We chose the 21st June for our challenge so we could take advantage of the daylight. We couldn’t believe it when the day considered to be the start of British summer turned out to be cold and wet. However, the adverse conditions really did spur us on and we completed the first round at Kemnay in a cracking time of just over 2 hours.”

“Play had slowed considerably by the time we came to the end of our fourth round at Murcar and it wasn’t just the golf shots that were a bit wild, the weather just wasn’t letting up.”

The Thorpe Molloy Recruitment golfers’ marathon began at 4am at Kemnay Golf Club, before moving onwards to play both courses at Newmachar then Murcar, finishing the final 28 holes at Royal Aberdeen before midnight.

Chris continues, “We’ve received tremendous support and would like to sincerely thank everyone who has sent messages of encouragement and donations, they really did keep us going through the dreich weather. Murcar was a real energy sapper as fatigue was heightened by the challenging and very undulating layout of the course, but by the time we reached Royal Aberdeen we received news that we had exceeded £6,000 and that gave us a tremendous boost.”

The Elizabeth Montgomerie Foundation (established by Colin Montgomerie in memory of his late mother) has teamed up with Maggie’s to raise £3,000,000 towards building a new centre on Aberdeen Royal Infirmary’s Foresterhill site.

Colin Montgomerie said “I am so grateful to Chris and his team for doing this to raise money for Monty’s Maggie’s Appeal. When I first visited a Maggie Centre I knew that this was the sort of place that would have been so useful to my mother and my family. I am delighted to be working with them to increase their network of support. No one affected by cancer should have to suffer alone and by making this campaign a success, we can ensure those in the North East of Scotland affected by this disease can have the best life possible with, through and beyond cancer.”

You can still support Thorpe Molloy's golfing team by visiting www.thorpemolloy.com/maggiesgolf or contacting Chris Clark on 01224 327 014.