20th-anniversary golf tournament raises another $30,000 for New Zealand Riding for Disabled
Port Nelson celebrated the 20th anniversary of its Charity Golf Tournament this November, raising another $30,000 for the New Zealand Riding for Disabled (NZRDA) Whakatū and Richmond branches. The milestone event brought together representatives from the port, transport, and wine industries for a day of golf and giving back to the community.
The core purpose of NZRDA is to provide interaction with horses to improve health and well-being outcomes for people experiencing disability or who have specific challenges or needs. They aim to enable and support disabled people to achieve good lives, including meaningful participation in and contribution to important life activities and roles in their community.
Over its two-decade history, the tournament has raised more than $306,000 for local charities. Previous beneficiaries include Nelson Hospice, Nelson Special Olympic Squad, Port Nelson Seafarers Mission, Jack Inglis Friendship Hospital, Haven Sports Trust, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nelson, St John, Nelson Volunteer Coastguard, and LifeLinc.
2024 Golf Day Champions - Sealord with GM QuayConnect Jaron McLeod
The event is supported by a large number of port partners and vendors through various sponsorship opportunities, including auction items, prizes, and hole sponsorships.
A massive thanks to our event sponsors:
Registration Sponsor
Central Express
Challenge Sponsors
Longest Drive: Eurotainer
Nearest to the Pin: Telfers
Shootout: Network Tasman
Auction Sponsors
Tasman Pine Forests Limited and Steve Thompson LTD, Moutere Winery, The Boathouse, Rutherford Hotel, Kudos Food Design, 2 Degrees, Orbit Travel, Louise Douglas, CCL, Nelson Golf Club, WineWorks, Total Golf, Westpac, Port Nelson, QuayConnect, Smokehouse Nelson and ALH.
Raffle Sponsors
Spark, Albatrans and Marisco, Debug Pest Control, New World and Riding for Disabled.
Hole Sponsors
OneFortyOne, Qube Logistics, Datacom, Smokehouse Nelson, QuayConnect, Albatrans NZ Limited, Super Liquor, Eurotainer, Sealord, QuayPack, Nelson Golf Club, Fulton Hogan, C3.
And thank you to Mark Rumsey from Ray White Nelson for being our auctioneer for the evening.
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“On behalf of the Committee, the volunteers and our clients I thank Port Nelson, and your supporters, for your very helpful funding contributions over the last two years from the charity golf days. We rely on grants and donations for 75% of our operational costs ($100,000) before any capital expense on horses, equipment or buildings so the substantial donations from the two charity golf days are very important to us. We will continue to display your support on our three gate entry signs.” – Bill Colgan, President of Whakatū RDA.
