We were invited by The Wigley Group to be involved in their 10th annual charity golf day at The Belfry, raising funds and awareness for the Jessie May Trust.
Whilst a number of former Snooker and Darts World Champions were also involved, we spoke to Chairman Robert Wigley and ‘the voice of darts’ PDC Ambassador Russ Bray, on the importance of days like this, to help smaller charities across the UK.
Whilst a number of former Snooker and Darts World Champions were also involved, we spoke to Chairman Robert Wigley and ‘the voice of darts’ PDC Ambassador Russ Bray, on the importance of days like this, to help smaller charities across the UK.
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00:00So what goes on at a charity golf day? I've been invited here to the Belfry to find out just what
00:10the day's all about and what's on the cards as many sporting icons have also made the trip down
00:15to have a round of golf all for a fantastic cause. It's incredibly our 10th golf day already,
00:24seems only like yesterday since we did our first one and we're doing it for the
00:30Jesse May Children's Hospice at Home which is an incredible charity brought to
00:35our attention by Barry Hearn who's one of our guests today and we're so well supported by
00:42the people that turn up every year, year in year out and in my opinion the day just keeps getting
00:49more incredible every year so yeah we're looking forward to today. It's always something very very
00:54special you know and obviously Jesse May that we're doing for this particular year is a wonderful
01:00wonderful charity and to be asked and be involved with it you know for me personally I think it's
01:05very very special and very privileged. Although I've stepped away physically stepped down from
01:11major stuff you know the world championships, match plays etc etc I'm still very very busy
01:16and still very very much on the road. That particular chapter in my book is closed you know
01:21I've gone on to a new chapter now and I've got a lot more things a lot more adventurous things
01:26that I might be doing and yeah so yeah to a point obviously I miss it I mean you know
01:32there'll be only the second one I've missed in 28 years so yeah there'll be a little bit I'm sure.
01:38It does give me just that little bit more time to you know I mean I love my golf anyway so
01:44you know get out and you know help somebody else out and you know along the way. Jesse May,
01:51I became aware of it because I've been to PDC awards doing and PDC and World Snooker
01:59support Jesse May and have done for years and I was made aware of it at those functions and
02:08you know quite literally touches your heart the work these people do and if we can do a little
02:13bit to help them then that's what today is all about. I'll tell you what they're very very special
02:19people to be able to come out and do that type of thing as well you know it's um you know it
02:23takes someone special to do it it's a shame that these sort of things have to be charities you know
02:28government funding should be pulled into this type of thing anyway um so if we can come out and do a
02:34little bit do a little bit help out somewhere along the line if it helps some little or helps
02:39somebody to help someone then very very special. We've got you know business people that we deal
02:45with we got people from the world of sport plenty of snooker darts people around and
02:53and they've always supported us very well so it always turns out to be a great day.