{"id":523,"date":"2010-09-22T17:14:48","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T17:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?523"},"modified":"2010-09-22T17:14:48","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T17:14:48","slug":"golf-event-sees-footballers-raise-funds-for-hero-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/golf-event-sees-footballers-raise-funds-for-hero-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf event sees footballers raise funds for hero soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Footballers from the north-east teed off for a round of golf to raise money for Help for Heroes and support Armed Forces this month.<\/p>\n
Players from the region, including Rob Lee, John Beresford and Craig Hignett and others from Newcastle United and Middlesbrough football clubs, helped raise £3,000 for the charity.<\/p>\n
Golfers from dozens of businesses joined in the annual event, held at Slaley Hall near Hexham, organised by Crutes law firm.<\/p>\n
"This year we decided to take the opportunity to raise money for Help for Heroes," said Crutes managing partner Helen Ager.<\/p>\n
The firm also raised money for the charity through office raffles and other activities.<\/p>\n
Help for Heroes recently benefited from a ten-mile walking event in the Malvern Hills this month.<\/p>\n
Around 250 people put their best foot forward and braved the elements to raise £10,000 and event organiser Dave Lewis described the spectacle as absolutely brilliant, the Malvern Gazette News reported.<\/p>\n
Posted by Samantha Thompson
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Footballers in the north-east have shown their support for soldiers with a fundraising event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n