Charity day at Microgaming raises £8,000

The Microgaming Manx Cancer Help Golf Day, which was held on June 19, raised more than £8,000 for the charity.

Eighteen teams played the 18 holes of Mount Murray Golf Club, raising a total of £8,170 for the charity.

At the finish, two of the teams were tied on 118 points. Continent8 Technologies won on the back nine, with Lloyds TSB in second, and Barclays Bank in third.

The charity gold day also included a ‘Wild Ball‘, which was decisive with the winners beating their rivals due to the double points given.

As well as heaping more pressure on the players, the Wild Ball also provided some welcome funds to Manx Cancer Help as only three teams returned to the clubhouse with both allocated Wild Balls, with 15 teams making donations due to their waywardness.

Manx Cancer Help’s joint patron, former Superbike World Champion, James Toseland, joined Microgaming’s team and admitted that he had not played golf for three years after sustaining a wrist injury.

Roger Raatgever, CEO of Microgaming, said:

“For a charity golf day to raise over £8,000 is fantastic. I think everyone who took part on the day would agree that it was a huge success; a brilliant round of golf for a very worthwhile cause. A massive thank you to the organisers and all of the companies that entered a team and helped to raise such a huge amount. Manx Cancer Help will benefit greatly from this donation.”

Andrea Chambers CEO of Manx Cancer Help, also commented:

“What a fabulous first golf event! Thank you to Microgaming not only funding the entire event but for rolling their sleeves up on the day and helping with the event set-up, refreshments and prize giving.  Microgaming kindly donated corporate tickets to any Chelsea match in the 2014/2015 season, which raised a whopping £2,000 in the auction!”