The 2nd Annual Golf Day of The Chappell Foundation was a rip-roaring success!
Hosted at the spectacular NSW Golf Club, La Perouse, it challenged participants fully. On a gorgeous spring afternoon (Tuesday 11thSept), more than 80 golfers were driven to despair at some stage or another – not just due to the wind, but the natural vagaries of the course.
In the end, two of the top podium finishers were our sponsors:
David Grant, Lerida Grant, Andrew Varasdi and Sean Joyce from the Real Pet Food Company Group, who won the modified team Stableford competition with an incredible score of 48 points, which included FOUR 4-pointers.
In second place were the CVFR Travel Group team, led by Managing Director Ram Chhabra. The other members of Ram’s team were Apnit Rana, Mandeep Rana and their father – a veteran first-class cricketer and sprightly 81-year-old – Jagjit Rana.
In third place was the Geoff McWilliam group, who surely must not have fancied their chances, as they were missing from the prize distribution!
The dinner following the golf was MC’d by former National Rugby League player Jimmy Smith. Modest, erudite and highly accomplished (a professional journalist these days), Jimmy also conducted a highly successful LIVE auction and teased out the last cent out of the generous audience. An absolute stalwart!
TCF Co-Patron Greg Chappell said that the high levels of youth homelessness were unacceptable in our affluent country and The Chappell Foundation would strive to address that. Chairman Darshak Mehta announced that apart from “BackTrack”, the Board had decided to donate $20,000 to a Brisbane based NGO, the Ecumenical Coffee Brigade (ECB).
To round out the night, the legendary Australian cricket captain Ian Chappell interviewed his iconic team-mate, Doug Walters, about his life and times, a memorable and enjoyable end to a successful evening. View more pictures here.
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