The Flogas Holmpatrick and Granard Cups raised over €100,000 for Imaginative and prescient Eire with over 15,000 golfers from 193 males’s and girls’ golf golf equipment round Eire participating.
established din 1932 and 1933 respectively, the Holmpatrick and Granard Cups are two of the longest operating charity membership competitions in Eire and stay firmly on membership calendars throughout Eire.
Males’s and girls; golf equipment round the 4 provinces dedicate considered one of their membership competitions all year long to the Males’s Flogas Holmpatrick Cup or the Girls’ Flogas Granard Cup with all entry charges donated on to Imaginative and prescient Eire.
The profitable pair from every competitors undergo to their regional closing. with the winners of every regional then going via to the grand closing which is able to happen in Mullingar Golf Membership on 5 September 2025.
Strandhill gained the Flogas Holmpatrick Cup and Woodstock the Flogas Granard closing final yr.
They loved a golfer’s journey of a lifetime to historic St. Andrews the place they stayed for 3 nights on the magnificent Rusacks Resort and performed three of the excellent St Andrews programs.
The identical journey of a lifetime is the profitable prize for 2 fortunate pairs once more this yr.
Imaginative and prescient Eire had been delighted to announce that Flogas, an unbelievable supporter of each skilled and newbie Irish Golf, agreed to sponsor these historic golf occasions in 2024.
This allowed Imaginative and prescient Eire to develop and promote this occasion and helped elevate much more cash for the charity.
Talking on the launch of the sponsorship final yr, Advertising and marketing Supervisor of Flogas, John Conroy, mentioned: “The Holmpatrick and Granard Cups are very a lot a part of the Irish {golfing} calendar for therefore a few years. We’re delighted to be a part of such a historic occasion and to have the ability to assist Imaginative and prescient Eire’s efforts in elevating important funds for his or her much-needed providers.”
Imaginative and prescient Eire’s Joanne McCarney mentioned: “We’re indebted to the boys’s and girls’ golf equipment in Eire who took half in 2024 and, by doing so, helped elevate important funds to supply important providers to folks in Eire with imaginative and prescient impairment.
“We might additionally wish to thank our sponsors, Flogas who allowed us to develop this occasion and enabled us to boost much more funds in 2024. We might encourage all golf golf equipment in Eire to participate in 2025 and know that their participation will make an enormous distinction in making folks’s lives simpler who are suffering with sight loss.”
About Imaginative and prescient Eire
For over 90 years, Imaginative and prescient Eire has been devoted to remodeling the lives of people who find themselves blind or imaginative and prescient impaired. From supporting newly identified kids and their households to empowering adults with instructional and employment alternatives and serving to older folks keep related and impartial, Imaginative and prescient Eire gives complete assist all through each stage of life.
With a community of centres, coaching services, assist teams, and library providers, Imaginative and prescient Eire provides a variety of free providers to over 8,000 folks of all ages annually. These embrace counselling, rehabilitation, assistive know-how provision, and pathways to schooling, employment, and social inclusion.
In Eire, roughly 297,000 persons are blind or have imaginative and prescient impairments. Imaginative and prescient Eire, previously generally known as NCBI (Nationwide Council for the Blind), continues its mission to create a extra inclusive society.
When you or somebody you already know is experiencing important difficulties with their eyesight, Imaginative and prescient Eire is right here to assist.
Name us on 1800 911 250 or go to www.vi.ie
For extra info, please contact:
Valerie KeatingGK Occasions and PRvkeating@gkevents.com087 2464406
To enroll your membership for 2025 please e mail or contact:
Annmarie RogersVision Irelandgolf@vi.ie086 3632717
