Strachan in Golf Record bid

Coventry City manager Gordon Strachan and snooker star Willie Thorne are joining Nailcote Hall's proprietor Rick Cressman in a challenge to play a world-record number of par-three holes in one day on June 21 to raise funds for the NSPCC.

Cressman said: "I'm delighted Gordon and Willie are joining me because if a record is to be set that the Guinness Book of Records acknowledges, I'm sure we'll need some fit professionals and good players."

Any participant raising over �150 on the day will receive a bottle of wine, over �250 a bottle of champagne or a beauty treatment, and over �500 a Sunday lunch for two in Naiclote Hall's Oak Room Restaurant while the person raising the most money will be invited to take part in a Poirot-style 'Murder Mystery' weekend.

Anyone wishing to support the event can call Victoria Maher at the NSPCC on 0121-580-0122 or Claire Hudson at Nailcote Hall on 024 7646 6174.

*The 1,031-yard, nine-hole Cromwell course at Nailcote Hall plays host to the British Professional Short Course Championship from August 15-16.