This year’s Bingo Association Charity Golf Day took place on 20th June at the Belton Woods Club in Grantham, Lincolnshire. A record entry of 74 players from 19 teams stepped on to the course in glorious sunshine, but only one team could come back as the winners and that team was Boomerang Digital’s B team.
This was the first entry in the BA’s annual golf day from the Hull gaming tech giant, and their debutant winning team were: Howard Gant, Peter Hannibal, Martin Lagar & Brian Jamson. The winners scored 100 points, 4 clear of the runners-up, Mecca Bingo, who edged Buzz Bingo into 3rd place on countback.
The individual winner, for the third year running, came from the Mecca team, with 2022 winner, Paul Swendell, reclaiming the Maygay Cup with a tremendous round of 46 points.
Boomerang’s Howard Gant clinched the Club 3000 Jug for the best Front 9, scoring 24 points, whilst Poppleston Allen’s Adam Hodges took the Batup Bowl for the best Back 9 with 23 points. Adam was unlucky not to win overall, scoring the same 46 points for his full round as winner Paul Swendell, only losing out on countback to the Mecca man.
The evening included a Charity raffle in aid of the Association’s nominated Charity, Variety, and this raised over £1,900 From the very generous attendance. The evening’s proceedings had been started by a talk from Variety representative, Lyn Staunton, who thanked everyone for their part in the industry’s support of Variety – now very nearly at £2 million – and the huge impact it had made to the lives of so many children.
The other prize winners are listed below, as are the Companies who very generously sponsored the event , who were thanked on the night by the Association’s CEO, Miles Baron.
Competition | Winner | Team |
Longest Drive | David Sherwin | UK Gaming Solutions |
Nearest The Pin, hole 2 | Peter Willans | Buzz Bingo |
Nearest The Pin, hole 5 | Graham Williamson | ECM |
Nearest The Pin, hole 11 | Dave Cooksley | BJ’s Bingo |
Nearest The Pin, hole 17 | Jason Stiborsky | Merkur Casino |
Nearest The Pin in 2, hole 8 | Rhys Owen | Mutual Play Ltd |