Dawn to Dusk Golf for ChallengeAid

Published on: 25 Aug, 2018
Updated on: 24 Aug, 2018

Jack Doyle, Matthew Slominski Jnr, Will Wieland and Oliver Cronk about to tee off at 6am.

Four boys from the Royal Grammar School played 72 holes of Golf each to raise money for ChallengeAid.

Matthew Slominski, Jack Doyle, Oliver Cronk and Will Wieland set out at sunrise to play over three rounds of golf on the Burhill Golf Course before dusk. Over the 15 hours, the four boys ended up walking 20 miles.

Matthew details the day’s events, that began “at 0600hrs [when] we hit our first shot and finished just shy of 2100hrs. We were originally thinking that 3 rounds each would be our aim but even managed an extra half a round each to bring it to 288 holes in total”, having to “jog the last 9 holes to beat the fading light”.

At the end of the day, 15 hours and 72 holes, each, later.

Explaining their choice of charity Matthew said: “ChallengeAid which creates Schools of Hope in the informal slum settlements of East Africa gives students like us the opportunity to get more from their education – is a really wonderful charity that we can identify with.”

“We are getting closer to achieving our fundraising target and if there is anybody out there who feels they would like to donate to ChallengeAid we would really appreciate any donations.”

As the four boys continue to raise money all four agree that, “we are already looking forward to our next challenge!"

If you would like to donate to their golf marathon, follow the link:
https://www.gofundme.com/donations-for-our-golf-marathon