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Late June saw Dial-a-Cab enter six teams into the
Andrews Golf Classic, being joint sponsors of a Variety Club
Sunshine Coach to Demelza House Hospice at
Sittingbourne in Kent together with Hackney Building Supplies.
Our teams comprised of Board members Keith Cain and Allen Togwell, DaC drivers and suppliers. The DaC teams were a credit to the Society with the Board’s team gaining fourth position. Guest Gary Bowman, who has carried out our building maintenance for over 20 years, won the individual Stapleford prize with 41 points. Jim Cunningham (S88) won the longest drive competition. Louis Tsioupra, who produces our garments and advertising material, took second prize. Keith Andrew, who works for the Variety Club fund raising committee, is a very keen golfer and arranged his first golf day some 12 years ago. Year-on-year he has improved the day by inviting professional players and gained a following of celebrities with names including Henry Cooper, Kenny Lynch, Joe Goodman and the now sadly missed Mike Reed. The Variety Club Golf Society Chairman, Sir Geoff Hurst, was present along with Trevor Brooking, Ian Wright and many others. Keith raised in excess of £100,000 and helped sponsors present 7 sunshine coaches. After a lapse of 2 years, by popular demand he arranged this one-off day looking towards Dial-a-Cab and Hackney Building Supplies to jointly sponsor yet another coach. Keith with the help of his wife Sue, managed to donate to the Variety Club £25,000 from the day. He told Call Sign that he felt |
DaC joint sponsors of another Sunshine Coach!  Top: Keith Cain, Joe Goodman, Keith Andrew, Kari Sohi (Hackney Building Supplies) and the hospice children who get the coach keys! You can see our logo on the door behind Keith. Bottom: Keith Cain, Louis Tsioupra and Allen Togwell collect fourth prize from Joe Goodman Inset (pic above): Jim Cunningham (S88) collects his 'nearest the pin' prize. |
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about the day and despite his decision not to do any more,
admitted to now thinking about the next two years! He spoke to DaC about sponsorship and we will probably present another coach
in our own right. The undisputed king-of-the-one-liners, comedian Joe Goodman, presented the prizes and had all the players and guests laughing at his gags following the evening meal. Demelza is an organisation that provides hospice care for over 450 children with life-limiting illnesses and their families across Kent, east Sussex and south London. Demelza-James provides a hospice-at-home |
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for over 150 children with life-threatening and life-limiting
illness together with their families if required in the same
areas. This service complements the care offered at Demelza
House - an 8-bedded children's hospice offering children the
opportunity to enjoy residential short breaks (with families
staying as well) in the beautiful Kent countryside with the
Demelza-James specialist paediatric nurses going directly into
the family home to provide care, crisis intervention, an on-call
service and respite. Undoubtedly an honour for us to have the DaC logo on the Demelza Sunshine Coach… |
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