With a staggering entry of 42 teams raising funds on behalf of the Arthritis Research Campaign and the Norman Laud Association the annual event – in its 44th year - was hailed as one of the best yet.

This year the prestigious charity event welcomed back as sponsors Spire Little Aston Hospital. They celebrated their return in style as the winners of the Rod Davies Memorial Bowl were The Three Spires, one of Spire Little Aston’s teams, supported by their pro Craig Swinburn.

The Golf Professional prize went to Matt Morris, from Walmley, Sutton Coldfield, who shot a gross 65 for the day on a beautifully prepared course.

The event, the Midlands’ premier charity golf tournament, raised a staggering £15,000 for the chosen charities. Pictures from the day can be viewed on www.second-city.org.  The tournament returns to Little Aston Golf Club next year and entry forms can be downloaded from the website.

Peter Skerritt hands over as tournament director to Jilly Cosgrove, managing director of Barques Design, for 2011.  Peter is taking time out to visit Australia.

Make sure you return your form as soon as possible, the 2010 tournament sold out in record time so get your form in early as we expect the 2011 tournament to be just as popular, if not more!

For the full results listing please see here

We hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did and keep posted for photos from the day which are coming soon!

Apologies to those that were hoping to enter this year, the level of demand for teams has been incredible and has amazed us all. Make sure you enter early for the 2011 tournament to avoid disappointment next time! If you do still want to be involved in the 2010 tournament there are still a few hole sponsorship opportunities available so please visit the Get Involved page for more details.

Thanks to all that have entered and sponsored the event so far, we are all looking forward to July where we are sure that this tournament will be the best so far!

The winners of the Rod Davies Memorial Bowl were Team FIGS with Finlay Clark from Blackwell as their Pro and the professional prize went to Jeremy Robinson from      Twyford who shot a gross 66 for the day.

Says Peter Skerritt, Tournament Director “I would like to thank everyone who supported the tournament and I hope that you will continue to offer your support this year in what should be the best Second City tournament yet.”

The tournament returns to Little Aston Golf Club on Wednesday 14^th July. Little Aston is also host to this years’ English Amateur Championship some twelve days after the Second City tournament, so the course will be in fantastic condition. Teams are being snatched up faster than we have ever seen before and we are delighted to announce that we have a main sponsor for 2010 - Spire Little Aston Hospital.

Charities like Arthritis Research Campaign, seen here receiving their cheque alongside Focus Birmingham, have been benefiting from the generosity of the teams and sponsors for over 20 years. Sarah Cooke from ARC, who with her team of helpers, actively sell raffle tickets before and during the event added:

“We would like to thank everyone involved with the Second City Charity Golf Classic for the very generous donation raised at the tournament - we have been benefactors for many years and we are delighted to learn that Second City will be supporting us again this year.”

In addition to ARC, the second nominated charity is The Norman Laud Association who provide day and respite care for children and young adults with special needs.

The Norman Laud Association in Sutton Coldfield provides day and domiciliary respite care for children and adults with special needs. The association began 46 years ago when local councillor, Norman Laud set up a nursery for disabled children.

Honorary Tournament Director of the Second City Charity Golf Classic, Peter Skerritt said,
“Ours is the Midlands’ premier annual charity golf tournament with our 43rdd annual tournament due to tee off this July. Last year we raised money for both Norman Laud and Arthritis Care because their work is both incredible and vital. We are always privileged to lend a helping hand to this sort of charity and thanks to our sponsors and the business community who always enjoy a fantastic day’s golf, we are able to contribute to organisations such as Norman Laud.”

Sian Pemberton from Norman Laud said,
“Second City Golf Tournaments Limited have given us support over a number of years now. Their commitment to and passion for our work is very much appreciated by the children and their families and they have helped us to expand our services because of their donations. Many of our guests are profoundly disabled so the need to offer carers this support is essential especially as the association has to rely on fundraising to maintain its services.”

This year’s Second City Charity Golf Classic is being held at Moor Hall Golf Club on Wednesday 15th July, 2009.

Go to ‘Get Involved’ to download a booking form.

Don’t forget, submitting a team is not the only way to help raise money, you can also sponsor a hole, advertise in the programme or become a patron.

For more information on how to do any of these please visit ‘Get Involved’.