Wedgwood Presents Lee Westwood With a Stunning New Help for Heroes Golf Trophy
European number one Lee Westwood met up with Wedgwood and Waterford Crystal on Wednesday for the official 'hand-over' of the wonderful new 'Lee Westwood Cup'.
The trophy has been made and donated by Wedgwood in honour of injured members of the British Armed Forces in association with Help for Heroes and The National Golf Club Challenge, a nationwide amateur golf competition which raises funds for charity.
In speaking of his support for Help for Heroes and The National Golf Club Challenge, Lee said "I am honoured to be a patron to the challenge and deeply humbled to be asked by Wedgwood to name the National Golf Club Challenge Trophy 'The Lee Westwood Cup' continuing Wedgwood's long tradition of naming their stunning trophies after some of the most iconic golfers the world has ever seen."
Wedgwood (and Waterford Crystal), now part of the WWRD group, have enjoyed a long association with professional golf, producing among others, the stunning World Golf Championship trophies for the USPGA. Made to the same exacting high standards, it was key that the impressive new National Golf Club Challenge Help for Heroes trophy was given a fitting name.
Gerry O'Keeffe, manager for Sports and Special markets at WWRD commented "In designing the World Golf Championship trophies, not only did we want to create beautiful trophies that would be worthy of these great tournaments, we also wanted to create iconic pieces to which some of the great contributors to the game of golf, pioneering players who have represented all that is good about the game, would be pleased to lend their name.
"From great players of the past to great players of today," Gerry continued. "Lee Westwood exemplifies the professionalism of the modern day game displaying all the hallmarks of the truly great sportsman, the perfect candidate to carry on the tradition and lend his name to another great trophy."
The stunning 'Lee Westwood Cup' has been hand thrown and turned out of blue Jasper and hand decorated with white bas-relies golfing and military figures forming the main design features. The trophy is mounted on two blue jasper plinths and all edges hand gilded in 22 carat gold.
'The Lee Westwood Cup' will be presented to the 2010 Help for Heroes National Golf Club Challenge Champions as part of the Grand Final event next month. The final, sponsored by YourGolfTravel.com, will be held on the 11th and 12th of October at The Belfry, one of the world's leading golf resorts, and four times host to the Ryder Cup.
The inaugural National Golf Club Challenge event, which took place in July, was the largest amateur golf charity event the UK has seen. The event brought together hundreds of golf clubs and thousands of golfers over the same weekend to have fun, compete and give generously to the Help for Heroes charity. The money raised to date totals a tremendous £202,273... and counting, with donations still coming in the challenge team hope to raise more than a quarter of a million pounds.
For more information about The National Golf Club Challenge Final, please visit www.ngccfinal.com.
European number one Lee Westwood met up with Wedgwood and Waterford Crystal on Wednesday for the official 'hand-over' of the wonderful new 'Lee Westwood Cup'.
The trophy has been made and donated by Wedgwood in honour of injured members of the British Armed Forces in association with Help for Heroes and The National Golf Club Challenge, a nationwide amateur golf competition which raises funds for charity.
In speaking of his support for Help for Heroes and The National Golf Club Challenge, Lee said "I am honoured to be a patron to the challenge and deeply humbled to be asked by Wedgwood to name the National Golf Club Challenge Trophy 'The Lee Westwood Cup' continuing Wedgwood's long tradition of naming their stunning trophies after some of the most iconic golfers the world has ever seen."
Wedgwood (and Waterford Crystal), now part of the WWRD group, have enjoyed a long association with professional golf, producing among others, the stunning World Golf Championship trophies for the USPGA. Made to the same exacting high standards, it was key that the impressive new National Golf Club Challenge Help for Heroes trophy was given a fitting name.
Gerry O'Keeffe, manager for Sports and Special markets at WWRD commented "In designing the World Golf Championship trophies, not only did we want to create beautiful trophies that would be worthy of these great tournaments, we also wanted to create iconic pieces to which some of the great contributors to the game of golf, pioneering players who have represented all that is good about the game, would be pleased to lend their name.
"From great players of the past to great players of today," Gerry continued. "Lee Westwood exemplifies the professionalism of the modern day game displaying all the hallmarks of the truly great sportsman, the perfect candidate to carry on the tradition and lend his name to another great trophy."
The stunning 'Lee Westwood Cup' has been hand thrown and turned out of blue Jasper and hand decorated with white bas-relies golfing and military figures forming the main design features. The trophy is mounted on two blue jasper plinths and all edges hand gilded in 22 carat gold.
'The Lee Westwood Cup' will be presented to the 2010 Help for Heroes National Golf Club Challenge Champions as part of the Grand Final event next month. The final, sponsored by YourGolfTravel.com, will be held on the 11th and 12th of October at The Belfry, one of the world's leading golf resorts, and four times host to the Ryder Cup.
The inaugural National Golf Club Challenge event, which took place in July, was the largest amateur golf charity event the UK has seen. The event brought together hundreds of golf clubs and thousands of golfers over the same weekend to have fun, compete and give generously to the Help for Heroes charity. The money raised to date totals a tremendous £202,273... and counting, with donations still coming in the challenge team hope to raise more than a quarter of a million pounds.
For more information about The National Golf Club Challenge Final, please visit www.ngccfinal.com.
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