golfers

Earlier this week we hosted our hugely successful annual Golf Days, at a new venue – The Shire, London.

Sponsored by Canary Wharf Contractors Fund and held over two days, the event welcomed 34 teams for two fantastic days of golf on the only UK course designed by the late Spanish golfing legend, Seve Ballesteros.

With the sun (mostly) shining on both days, our golfers enjoyed playing the 18-holes – accompanied by entertainment around the course from Spread a Smile musicians, artists and magicians, including our Ambassador, Richard Jones.

Keen golfer and member of the under-12 county golf set up, 8 year old Hudson joined us along with Dad Laurie, for a special ‘beat the pro’ opportunity. Teams also enjoyed snacks and drinks delivered by golf buggy, before returning to the club house for a delicious lunch followed by prize giving, a raffle and auction.

Spread a Smile’s Chief Executive, Lucy Jackson, spoke to guests about the charity’s work bringing joy to seriously ill children and their families, sharing just how important their support is  On Tuesday, Sam Anstey, Managing Director of Mildreds Restaurant Group, spoke to guests about how Spread a Smile supported his daughter Ari and the wider family whilst Ari was seriously ill. We are so grateful to Sam for sharing his family’s journey with us so openly and it was a very poignant moment for everyone in the room.

The Spread a Smile Golf Days are a highlight in our events calendar, welcoming companies and individuals to a fun day out. It was fantastic to welcome so many friends old and new and we can’t thank everyone enough for helping to raise thousands of pounds to help ensure we can spread many more smiles to seriously ill children and their families when they are needed most.

A huge thank you to Canary Wharf Contractors Fund for generously sponsoring the event. To sponsors LMAC Group (entertainer sponsor), Opticore (trophy sponsor), LMG (raffle sponsor), CMCCE, Masthaven, Metrus and MP Moran (tee sponsors) and Echelon for their fun hole 1 darts. Thank you to everyone who donated a prize, Jimmy’s Iced Coffee for their delicious drinks for all of the players and of course to all of our teams of golfers for joining us and their generosity on the day.

Congratulations to the winning teams – Executive Change (Tuesday) and Echelon (Wednesday), plus everyone who took home individual prizes.

Don’t miss out on our next event! Why not join us for our Comedy Night on Monday 16 November at The Comedy Store, London? Tickets on sale now.