THE Lennox Head Lions Club\u2019s annual John Mitchell Charity Golf Day raised vital funds for two local organisations, with 27 teams taking part at Byron Bay Golf Club.<\/p>\n
The four-person Ambrose tournament combined competition, novelty prizes and fundraising, with strong support from local businesses.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s beneficiaries were the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service and Byron Bay\u2019s Fletcher Street Cottage, with the Lions club aiming to raise more than $10,000.<\/p>\n
Lions club event organiser Lyn Menchin said the day had been a great success.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would like to thank all of our sponsors, they certainly ensured a fantastic event,\u201d Menchin said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTogether with all our other sponsors on the day, these businesses help create a positive impact for our beneficiaries.\u201d<\/p>\n
The popular putting competition was followed by presentations, with the Altus team taking overall tournament honours.<\/p>\n
The annual event commemorates John Mitchell, one of the founding members of the Lennox Head Lions Club, and its fundraising activities.<\/p>\n
Mitchell started the charity golf day in 2011, with the event later renamed in his honour after his death.<\/p>\n
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service provides emergency rescue services across the region, while Fletcher Street Cottage supports people experiencing hardship through meals, emergency accommodation and other services.<\/p>\n
The Lions club said continued backing from players, sponsors and the wider community was crucial to the event\u2019s success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE Lennox Head Lions Club\u2019s annual John Mitchell Charity Golf Day raised vital funds for two local organisations,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-861688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}