100 Hole Challenge in aid of the Breathe Magic, run by Breathe Arts Health Research.

About 10 years ago, a small group of golfers from West Sussex Golf Club played 100 holes in a day to raise money for charity. Over the following 5 years, they increased the challenge so that, in the last year, they played over 200 holes in a 24 hour period. This was to be their last hurrah. Russell Barton, who came up with the initial idea and played in every challenge, sadly passed away this year and another regular player, Patrick Curry, succumbed to Covid. So, some of the original team decided to do it again and open it out to the broader membership of the club and play for the Barton trophy.

This year, 56 golfers will attempt to play 100 holes of golf at the West Sussex Golf Club on Sunday 26th June in aid of two brilliant charities.

We will start at first light (4.15am) and play until we have completed 100 holes, with a trophy being awarded to the winning team. This will be no walk in the park so please give generously!

Roger Curtis, has chosen to raise money for the Breathe Magic Intensive Therapy Programme, having experienced first-hand the life changing difference this programme can have on the lives of children and young people.

The Breathe Magic Intensive Therapy Programme, run by Breathe Arts Health Research, was created to help young people with hemiplegia (a weakness or paralysis affecting one side of the body as a result of brain injury or stroke) through the art of magic. Bringing together specialist occupational therapists, alongside Magic Circle magicians, young people learn specially designed Breathe Magic tricks which develop hand and arm function, cognitive abilities, self-confidence and independence.

Grounded in world-class medical research, this award-winning approach gives young people access to 78 hours of intensive therapy and transforms them into young magicians. You can see the magical impact of this programme by watching this short video: https://youtu.be/PyYB1iMqTE8 and learn more by visiting: https://breatheahr.org/programmes/breathe-magic/