2025 SCDF Golf Day takes place

On Thursday 21st August 2025, we held our annual Saints Community Development Foundation Golf Day!

Saints Foundation held its sixth Annual Charity Golf Day on Thursday 21st August. The event was hosted by Mersey Valley Golf Club in Bold Heath, Widnes.

@communitysaints ⛳️ Our 2025 SCDF Golf Day took place on Thursday at Mersey Valley! Thank you to all of the sponsors and everyone who was involved in the day! 🙌 #Saintsandproud | @St.Helens R.F.C ♬ As free as the wind – 李宁

Golf Day was once again a big success, with sponsors coming in from all over the country to support the event, which was setup by the hard work of Billy Dillon.

The event attracted 18 tee sponsors, 72 players and was a resounding success with all competitors having a brilliant days golf.

We had sponsored teams competing from Lincolnshire, Scotland, Birmingham plus many local companies sponsoring the event.

The competition format was Shotgun Start at 1pm, with a four-man team and the best two scores to count on each hole with ¾ Handicap.

With the funds raised on the day, 100% of all monies raised goes to the SCDF and helps toward running cost for the many and various programmes the Foundation operate within the local community.

The event wouldn’t be what it is if we didn’t have the support of the many companies that sponsor this event. We must give all of our golf day sponsors a shout out.

Billy Dillon Commented: “The Saints Community Development Foundation’s Charity Golf Day has now been effective for the last six years.

“Initially the organising of the event was difficult to get off the ground having to attracting potential partners to buy into the charities vision for an annual fund raising event.

“After the inaugural competition it has been relatively plain sailing. Although there were a few alterations that we had to make to ensure the event ran smoothly, minor things cost of green fees, post-match meal, registration, etc.

“Fortunately most of our Tee & Team sponsors have supported the event from day one, so we have retained 70% of the original entrants/partners that have supported the Charity Golf Day from its inaugural inception. We put this down to a number of things, firstly we want the day to be competitive but enjoyable. We limit the number of teams that we enter into the event so that it’s not over crowded on the course and finally we keep the post-match awards presentation to a minimum so that entrants can get on and enjoy a post-match mix & mingle with a pint.

“There is a lot of organisation leading up to the day but on the day itself it’s a breeze. The three ladies do the player registrations and after match raffle. And once the Starter Horn is sounded for the start of the competition (shotgun start) means that all the teams tee off at the same time and  four hours later they all return for their meal & a drink.

“The most difficult thing we have to deal with year on year is inflation, golf course green, after match food prices. Fortunately Mersey Valley Golf & Country Club not only give us competitive rates but take part in entering the Competition.

“Finally it would be vary ungraceful of me not to mention the partners who have their name on the Headline Sponsors Role for the last six years along with partners that have donated many raffle prizes.”

Headline Partners

  • Stapleton Derby
  • Hugh Construction
  • Bespoke Funding Solutions
  • Ruskin Fitness Club
  • MCR Manchester Building Product

Prize Donations

  • Qualitech Environmental Services
  • Vaculug Tyres
  • Lanes Trophies
  • Vinyline Graphics

2025 SCDF Golf Day Sponsors

  • Baileys Landscape
  • Qualitech Environmental Services
  • Smyths Toys
  • Ruskin Fitness Club
  • Vinyline
  • Stapleton Derby
  • Lodge Tyres
  • MCR Concrete Ltd
  • Vaculug
  • Alfred H Knight
  • Magna Tyres
  • Mersey Valley Golf Club
  • Saints Past Players Association
  • Lane’s Trophies
  • A E Holland Memorials
  • O’Neills

Competition Winners – Team Baileys Landscape

  • Tommy Wright – Rob Unsworth – Paul Eaton – Roland Clarke with 92 Points

Runners Up – Team Ruskin Fitness Club

  • Jim Woodyer – Gary Laird – Ste Tickle – Andy Doherty

Longest Drive – 6th Hole

  • Chris Trigg (Team Vinyline)

Longest Drive – 13th Hole

  • Mike Carberry (Team Hatton’s Travel)

Nearest The Pins

  • Hole 2: Eric Archer (Team A H Knight UK)
  • Hole 7: Gary Dooner (Team Saints Past Players)
  • Hole 10: Ste Bonney (Team A H Knight UK)
  • Hole 15: Bob Leigh (Team Smyths Toys)

Thank you to everyone who was involved in the day and an even greater thanks to those who kindly sponsored the event. We hope to see you all again next year for another round of golf!

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