National Golf Club Challenge
giving back through golf
press release
4th May 2010 - For immediate release
The National Golf club challenge to officially unveil ‘The Lee Westwood Cup’ at o2 Golf live at Stoke Park
Visit O2 Golf Live from the 14th to 16th May and Be Among the First to See the Stunning ‘Lee Westwood Cup’
The National Golf Club Challenge has been invited to exhibit at the forthcoming O2 Golf Live event, which will take place at Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire from 14th to the 16th May 2010.
Inline with the aim of O2 Golf Live–“to bring golfers closer to the action than ever before” - the Challenge team will mark the event by unveiling the stunning ‘Lee Westwood Cup’.
The National Golf Club Challenge trophy, created and donated by Wedgwood in support of Help for Heroes,has gone through an intensive sixteen week process from design through modelling to constructionand stands as a magnificent symbol of the UK golfing community coming together to raise funds for our injured armed forces.
The impressive ‘Lee Westwood Cup’ has been hand thrown and turned out of blue Jasper and hand decorated with white bas-relies golfing and military figures forming the main design features.
Commenting on giving his name to the trophy, Lee Westwood said, “I am honoured to become patron to the Challenge and deeply humbled to be asked by Wedgwood to name the National Golf Club Challenge Trophy 'The Lee Westwood Cup', continuing Wedgwood's long tradition of naming their stunning trophies after some of the most iconic golfers the world has ever seen.”
In addition to unveiling the National Golf Club Challenge trophy, the Challenge standat O2 Golf Live will also be displaying the three outstanding World Golf Championship Event Trophies; ‘The Walter Hagen Cup’ from the Accenture World Match Play, ‘The Gary Player Cup’ from the Bridgestone Invitational and ‘The Gene Sarazen Cup’ from the CA Championship.
James Goode, Event Director for O2 Golf Live commented, “Golf Live is delighted that The National Golf Club Challenge will be present at the event this year in support of Help for Heroes. I know that the world championship trophies will be a massive hit and look forward to seeing them in real life.”
Speaking about their involvement, Gerry O’Keeffe, manager for Sports and Special markets at Wedgwood (WWRD) said, “In designing the World Golf Championship trophies, not only did we want to create beautiful trophies that would be worthy of these great tournaments, we also wanted to create iconic pieces to which some of the great contributors to the game of golf, pioneering players who have represented all that is good about the game, would be pleased to lend their name.”.
“From great players of the past to great players of today,” Gerry continued. “Lee Westwood exemplifies the professionalism of the modern day game displaying all the hallmarks of the truly great sportsman, the perfect candidate to carry on the tradition and lend his name to another great trophy.”
The ‘Lee Westwood Cup’ will be showcased within the main hub at O2 Golf Live which forms the focal point for all visitors.
Stacey Jeffries, Event Director for The National Golf Club Challenge said “Golf Live is a spectacular way for golfers to get an interactive experience with some of the game’s greatest golfers and we have been keen to link ourselves to this sensational event from the outset.We are deeply honoured and humbled to be invited to showcase not only the stunning ‘Lee Westwood Cup’ but also the three spectacular World Golf Championship Event Trophies.”
The National Golf Club Challenge - to be held on the 24th and 25th July - will bring hundreds of golf clubs and thousands of golfers together on the same weekend as part of a nationwide charity golf event.
The aim of the National Golf Club Challenge is to raise over £1 million for the Help for Heroes charity. Golf clubs throughout the UK are invited to participate by turning their club's monthly Stableford event into a Help for Heroes fundraiser.
The competing clubs will submit their aggregate scores from their 10 best scoring players to the Challenge organisers, who will determine the top 6 golf clubs against standard scratch and invite them to take part in the National Final for some outstanding tournament prizes, including golfing holidays to Egypt.
The Grand Final, sponsored by YourGolfTravel.com, will be held on 11th and 12th October at The Belfry, one of the world’s leading golf resorts, and four times host to the Ryder Cup.
For more information about The National Golf Club Challenge, including how to register your golf club, go to or
For more information on the Help for Heroes charity and the work they do please visit their website:
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Challenge Contacts
Stacey Jeffries, Event Director
Tel: +44 (0)1565 818107
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Matt Leighton, Marketing Director
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NOTES TO EDITORS
About The National Golf Club Challenge
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Every golf club in the United Kingdom and Ireland is invited to enter their club in to The National Golf Club Challenge (to be held on the 24th or 25th July 2010). The aim of the challenge is to find The Help for Heroes National Golf Club Champions 2010. At the same time raising much needed funds and awareness for the excellent Help for Heroes charity as the UK golfing community come together for one day in their support for our injured forces.
About Help for Heroes
Help for Heroes was the idea of appeal chairman Bryn Parry and a group of friends and relations. They wanted to help wounded soldiers returning home from combat and came up with several fundraising ideas which led to Help for Heroes being born. The Charity are completely non political and accept wars happen under any government, all they want to do with the help of the British public, is to assist our wounded heroes.
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