New Forest Golf Club
Southampton Road,
Lyndhurst, Hampshire
SO43 7BU
Tel: 023 8028 2484

 ©2007-2012

Est. 1888

Marie Curie Cancer Care is one of the UK’s largest charities. It was established in 1948, the same year as the NHS, and marked its 60th anniversary in 2008.

Employing more than 2,700 nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals, they expect to provide care to around 27,000 terminally ill patients in the community and in hospices during the year, along with support for their families.

They mainly care for people with cancer but also care for people with other life limiting illnesses. Their services are always free of charge to patients and their families, which means that they continually need to raise funds.

The charity is best known for its network of Marie Curie Nurses working in the community to provide end-of-life care for patients in their own homes.

In addition to the above funds made available to Marie Curie Cancer Care, Captain Godfrey Trollope has given a donation of £500 to the Junior section of the New Forest Golf Club and £400 to The Lyndhurst Lights.

(l to r) Godfrey Trollope Captain 2009 with Kim Watts - Treasurer,
Ken Crabbe and Mickey Judd
representing the Lyndhurst Lights

Further Donations

Godfrey Trollope Captain 2009 presenting a cheque for £1,400 to Sally Sansom of The Marie Curie Cancer Care Charity.

Club Captain 2009 - Godfrey Trollope
Chosen charity - Marie Curie Cancer Care

During my year as Club Captain we raised £2,200 for charity. This was achieved through the traditions of the Club by 'friendly' fines at the end of Sunday morning competitions, individuals donating sweeps from club matches and collections from away fixture pots plus other miscellaneous contributions.

The charity of my choice was the AIR Asthma Charity. AAIR is a Hampshire based charity which supports pioneering asthma and allergy research at The University of Southampton's School of Medicine. The department consists of groups led by world renowned senior academic and clinical scientists whose combined area of expertise provide one of the world's most highly regarded forces in the fight against asthma and allergic disease.

Club Captain 2007 - Paul Tatler
Chosen charity - AAIR Asthma Charity

Paul Tatler, Captain 2007 handing a cheque for £2,200.00 to Caroline Pole from the AIR Asthma Charity.

I chose this charity because I suffer from asthma, my two sons have suffered from asthma at points in their life, my eldest requiring three hospital admissions as a baby and also sadly, my father died from an asthma attack at 63 years of age. As I am sure you can understand, asthma has affected my life in a big way and it also affects a large amount of the population, it was therefore an honour to hand over the cheque to Caroline Pope, pictured below, and I would like to extend my thanks to all of those who have contributed.  Your support is crucial to the existence of AAIR as they rely purely on donations. Since they were founded in 1990 more than £1m has been towards their work.  Once again thank you for all of your help and contributions.

Club Captain 2008 - David Lawrence
Chosen charity - British Red Cross

The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are and are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies. They enable vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to prepare for and withstand emergencies in their own communities and when the crisis is over, they help them to recover and move on with their lives.

The British Red Cross provides a broad range of services across the UK, from emergency response and first aid to helping people in the home and loaning medical equipment. It is a leading provider of first aid and health and safety training, with over 25 years experience in the market. Their commitment is to work closely with their customers to ensure they offer the services required.

David Lawrence, Captain 2008 handing a cheque for  £1,800 to representatives of the
British Red Cross Charity.

Club Captain 2011 - Alan Morris
Chosen charity - Princess Anne Hospital Bereavement Fund

Parents, their Families and Midwives expect to have a safe, happy live birth of a normal baby. However as we have heard recently in the news and on recent TV programmes this is not always the outcome. When the death of a baby occurs at any gestation, the grief response is intensified because families have made elaborate arrangements to receive this child. It is especially difficult to mourn a stillbirth as having and sharing memories facilitate mourning. The loss of a child is devastating, it carries with it the loss of the future, the hopes and dreams that can never be fulfilled. The longing for the child and feeling of emptiness can last a lifetime. This charity's funding is used to improve the care given to bereaved Parents and their Families and to help Midwives including, equipment and furniture to ensure as comfortable a stay as possible, information books and leaflets to keep and for reference, memory boxes and contents, photographic and printing equipment, staff training and an annual forget-me-not remembrance service. Donations are the only source of funding, without which such important work could not continue.      

Charity No: 0372

Club Captain 2010 - Les Headley
Chosen charity - Honeypot House

Honeypot exists to enhance the lives of very vulnerable children and young carers aged between 5 and 12, across the UK, by supporting their social development through respite care and a programme of long term support. This includes annual visits to the Honeypot House, regular visits by the Honeypot Playbus to communities where former and future Honeypot children live, plus the Honeypot Club, where the children receive birthday cards and Christmas presents - often the only ones they will receive. Honeypot House, set in the beautiful surroundings of the New Forest, gives these children a chance to build wonderful childhood memories. Going to the beach, a farm, playing with other children without the stresses of their domestic duties – most importantly it allows them to make friends, and create a network of peers amongst other children in similar situations to themselves. There are 170,000 registered Young Carers in the UK and thousands more hidden. This year, Honeypot will help over 1,000 children to have a chance at childhood again.

Les Headley Captain 2010 presenting a cheque for £2,300 to John Pockett,
Volunteer Ambassador
to the Honeypot House Charity

John Pockett said “it was great to see a golf club that is thriving and has such an innovative and extensive fining system to raise money for charity”.

Club Captain 2012 - Liam Finnegan
Chosen charity - Cancer Research

Cancer Research UK is the world's leading independent organisation dedicated to cancer research.  They support research into all aspects of cancer through the work of more than 4,500 scientists, doctors and nurses.  Cancer Research UK launched in February 2002 following the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and Imperial Cancer Research Fund.  They are the world's leading independent organisation dedicated to cancer research.  Visit their website to learn more about the work they do and the latest news about the charity.

A total of £2,500 was raised for the Princess Anne Hospital Bereavement Fund