Adtrans Group charity day a record

Or get the chance to buy “insurance” to cheat at golf. But those were just a couple of the highlights of the recent Adtrans annual golf day, which raised a record amount of $108,000 for South Australian charities.

“Our golf day has the reputation of being one of the best in town,” spokesperson Deborah Mitchell said. “Starting with a barbecue lunch and drinks, everybody is encouraged to have fun and with the purchase of “Insurance” they can even cheat a bit on the way round.”

“A hugely popular activity this year was the chance to ‘hole in one’ onto a car parked on the course. It was organised by our Eblen Subaru dealership, and every player that contributed $10 to the kitty and managed to hit the car was rewarded with a Subaru jacket.

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“Another popular stop is the “pancake tee”, where the lovely gals from Adrian Brien Automotive have mastered the art of cooking and flipping pancakes to serve as a snack to the hungry players on their way round -- coupled with a wee glass of delicious wine from Amadio Wines. No prizes for guessing why that was a popular spot.”

Ms Mitchell said this year’s beneficiaries of the annual charity golf day were Minda, Make-A-Wish® Australia, Youth Opportunities, Peter Couche Foundation, Trinity Gardens Primary School, and Clovelly Park Primary School, to benefit some children with very important needs.

“We donated a brand new Toyota Yaris to Minda and made cash donations to the rest of the beneficiaries,” she said. “This year’s record fundraising result means that we have been proudly able to raise more than $1,000,000 for children’s charities over the last twenty four years through the ongoing and generous support of our business partners & friends.”

Ms Mitchell said the annual event was able to achieve this wonderful result “because of the generous donations from our sponsors and guests on the day – not to forget the hard work and dedication of the staff from around the Adtrans Group who volunteer their time and energy”.

“Every player gets a Cutter & Buck polo shirt to wear on the day and keep, they all get a goodie bag to take home and at the dinner we give out lots of novelty prizes and best teams & players prizes. We always have a great guest speaker, and this year was no exception with the audience able to hear from the new coach of the Adelaide Crows, Brenton Sanderson.

“We also have a great auction, with prizes like hot laps at the Clipsal 500, trips to the AFL Grand Final, a ‘money can’t buy’ bus ride in the Credit Union Christmas Pageant and much, much more – with Phil De Pinto from Universal Motor Auctions donating his time every year to do a fab, fast paced job as auctioneer.”