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Charity presentations

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The chosen charities to benefit from the auction at the inaugural dinner at Sandy Park in February 2024 were the Devon Air Ambulance Trust and the RNLI. Captain Jeff Laing and co-organiser Steve Spicer recently visited Eaglescott Airfield , Umberleigh - one of the 2 airfields used by the Devon Air Ambulance - to present a cheque for £1537. Devon Air Ambulance employs 140 staff and 600 volunteers help to raise monies to run 2 helicopters and critical care cars at an annual cost of £10.5 million. Eaglescott is the base for the smaller Airbus H135 helicopter with the larger H145 based at Exeter Airport. Although the aircraft was grounded … [Read more...]

Devon Golf Captains’ Inaugural Annual Dinner Friday February 16th at Sandy Park

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The inaugural annual Devon Golf Captains Dinner, held at Sandy Park, was very successful in terms of attendance, monies raised for charity and enjoyment for those present. Tickets priced at £50 which provided an excellent meal and four bottles of good wine on each table was acknowledged by all to be excellent value. On top of that a prestigious guest of honour and guest speaker, Rob Baxter OBE Director of Rugby at Exeter Rugby Club, the Chiefs. The raffle was headed up by a most generous first prize from our existing sponsor, Graham Ruth (Bonjour Golf) worth £1000, a golf trip for two, second and third prizes two fabulous Tour Bags … [Read more...]

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