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The
2000 Roxburghe Challenge
Paul
Lawrie and Hugh Grant to play in The Roxburghe Challenge
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Paul
Lawrie, winner of the 1999 Open Championship and Hugh Grant,
leading
film star are scheduled to join HRH The Duke of York, Alan Shearer,
Sergio Garcia and Jesper Parnevik to play in The 2000 Roxburghe
Challenge on Sunday 16th July, the eve of The 2000 Open
Championship.
This
unique three team charity Challenge match in aid of the NSPCC Full
Stop Campaign and Children 1st is being held at The Roxburghe
Golf Course in the Scottish Borders. This golfing event is guaranteed
to provide both the players and the spectators with an exciting
preview to the �Open Championship�. Each of the teams will have
a professional, a celebrity, and two amateurs: the selection for
the teams is as follows:
Team
One������ ����������� Sergio Garcia�������������
����������� HRH The Duke of York
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����������� Two amateurs
Team
Two������ ����������� Jesper Parnevik ���������
����������� Alan Shearer����������� ���������������������
����������� Two amateurs
Team
Three��� ����������� Paul Lawrie�������������
����������� Hugh Grant�����������������������
����������� Two amateurs
From
The Roxburghe Golf Course in The Scottish Borders The Duke of Roxburghe
today said:
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I am thrilled that we have secured a third team. Without a doubt
The 2000 Roxburghe Challenge promises to be the single most exciting
golfing event ever to be held in The Scottish Borders. We have a
wonderful line - up of players, and through our ticket sales we
aim to raise a significant amount of money for two very important
charities, namely The NSPCC Full Stop Campaign and Children 1st
Scotland.�
The
third team for the Roxburghe Challenge has been sponsored by UPC,
Europe�s largest broadband network services provider on continental
Europe.
Mr
Mark Schneider Chairman of UPC said:
�We
are delighted to be sponsoring a team to participate in such a great
event, our support will help raise much needed money for two such
good causes.�
All
proceeds from the sales of spectator tickets will be given directly
to the charities. Spectator Tickets for The Roxburghe Challenge
are priced at �30 inclusive of car park souvenir programme and access
to the course, are being sold in advance on a first come first served
basis.
To reserve tickets
please contact the Ticket Lines:01422
846 611�or 01289388264
For Further
information about The Roxburghe Challenge please contact:
Barbara Huddart
Telephone:
01289388264
email:
glenc99@aolcom
Background
to the event: The first Roxburghe Challenge with HRH The Duke
of York, Nick Faldo, Gavin Hastings and Colin Montgomerie was held
in 1997. The event, with over 2000 spectators, was an outstanding
success and raised a substantial amount of money for Macmillan Cancer
Relief.
Purpose of
Event: To raise vital funds for the NSPCC Full Stop Campaign
and Children 1St.�����������
Format:��2000
Roxburghe Challenge will be a, three team competition with four
players per team.
Each team will have One Leading
Professional, One
Celebrity, Two
Amateurs
The Event will
be played over 18 holes and there will be two consecutive competitions:
i)
Team: The two best net scores at each hole, count
towards the team total.
ii)
Individual: There will also be an individual competition
for the professional.
Amateurs will
play off their lowest handicap, with a stroke allowance equal to
their handicap, to a maximum of 18 for men and 24 for women.
The NSPCC/Children
1st:�The NSPCC is the UK�s leading child protection
charity, and the only charity with statutory powers. Children 1st
their sister charity operate throughout Scotland.
Every
Week at least one child is killed through abuse or neglect in the
UK. Babies are five times more likely to be murdered than any other
segment of the population. There are 35,000 children considered
to be at risk in the UK, with 6000 being added to the child protection
register every week.
The Full Stop
Campaign, headed by HRH The Duke of York is the biggest charity
appeal ever launched in this country.
The
Full Stop Campaign aims to end cruelty to children within a generation.
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