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The Golf Trust looks to raise £80k for Disabled Golfers and Paragolfer Wheelchairs

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The Golf Trust is launching an ambitious fundraising campaign and they need your help!

The Golf Trust needs our help.  On June 16th at 4.30am a team of golfers will begin an epic fundraising challenge that will see them take on 18 rounds in 5 countries in 6 days to raise £80k.  If they hit their target, they will buy 3 more Paragolfers – specialist all-terrain wheelchairs that help disabled people literally rise up and play and place them at golf clubs along the route.  

How can you help? In a few ways: 

  1. If The Golf Trust Going the Extra Mile challenge can raise £5k by June 1st Sport England will match fund 50% helping the team to have 10% of their target before the start of the challenge.  The crowdfunder is here and your donation enters you into a draw for amazing prizes https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-golf-trust—going-the-extra-mile  
  1. Send them your stories.  When the team are playing, they want to meet local heroes and people along the route who have interesting stories to tell. These might even make it into a documentary being filmed along the way.  
  1. Keep an eye on @TheGolfTrust so that you can support in person at the different venues and cheer them on!  

The Golf Trust is an incredible charity empowering disabled people through golf.  All of the participants have very personal reasons for taking part, so get behind them as they attempt to add to the 2 Paragolfers they fundraised for last year.   

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About the author

Max Mcvittie

A bit of a late bloomer to the game of golf, Max fell in love with the sport when he attended Saturday coaching sessions down at his local golf club after being inspired by friends and family members.

Max has remained a member of Eden Golf Club in Carlisle for a number of years now as he looks to get his handicap down into single figures. Most of his golfing career has been spent battling a permanent slice off the tee, which has led to some ugly rounds.

Having studied at the University of Sunderland, Max is starting out his dream career in sports journalism. During his time at university, he picked up valuable work experience at Reach PLC, BBC Radio Cumbria and GiveMeSport, whilst also getting work published in the Teesside Live. He also spent time working at a local weekly newspaper, Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser, as a general news reporter partially covering some local sport just north of the border in Langholm.

Max has just started his journey with the NCG working as the assistant equipment editor. He looks forwarded to reviewing the latest golf equipment, taking up an interest in reviews when buying his first golf club, a Cleveland RTX wedge.

With his bag not going under too many changes throughout the last few years, Max carries an M3 driver, Titleist GT3 Fairway Wood, M2 hybrid, a set of M2 irons, Callaway Jaws wedges and a TaylorMade Spider putter. And yes, Max is a bit of a self-proclaimed TaylorMade fan boy.

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