malignant melanoma charity golf day

[andyworthington 0]

Hi guys,

 

Don't know if we have any golfers out there who would be interested in a cracking fundraising golf day?

 

I've posted before about Factor 50, a fundraising and patient support group I run for the malignant melanoma research team at The Christie in Manchester. I'm an Oldham Athletic fan for my sins, we lost a young player Ernie Cooksey, who also played locally for Rochdale, to melanoma in 2008 aged just 28. I'm obviously aware you lost Sir Bobby to the condition.

 

We run an annual fundraising golf day in Ernies memory at Manchester golf club, it's one of the North Wests top courses used for European tour qualifying and a fantastic test for any golfer.

 

This years competition is Friday 29th June, it's a stableford and entry is £200 per team of 4. This gets you 18 holes of golf on a superb course and a feed back at the clubhouse, prizes and trophies for winning teams, nearest pin and longest drive.

 

if you've got tickets for the Stone Roses that night, Heaton Park is only a couple of miles away, make a day of it, i'll even give you an early tee off time.

 

Entry enquiries to me andyworthington.factor50@googlemail.com full details via our website

 

http://www.factor50.org.uk/sponsorship_events?event=86

 

Since we started Factor 50 we've made great strides. As well as raising funds for the research team we've been able to work behind the scenes to try and improve the outcomes for melanoma patients.

 

We've become part of the parliamentary melanoma task force, regularly attending meetings at Westminster and become melanoma stakeholders with Nice who review and approve new treatments for the NHS. We've also been contacted by many melanoma patients allowing us to help make their voices heard in the right places.

 

We should find out next week whether a consultation process with NICE we have been involved with since last September has been successful in making a new drug, Ipilimumab, which is potentially the biggest step forward in treatment of the condition in 40 years, available to all who need it on the NHS.

 

Thanks for taking the time to read this, we'd love to see you

 

Andy