The 2016 Wolf Valley Charity’s Golf and Family day was held at Vale do Lobo on Saturday, 4th June. 168 golfers enjoyed playing on Vale do Lobo’s Royal and Ocean Courses.
During the day the total funds raised by the Wolf Valley Charity Fund (WVCF), since it was established in 1999, topped €1,000,000. The amount raised on the day was just over €30,000.
The Wolf Valley Charity congratulates the following winners of the golf competitions:
Royal Golf Course: Ronnie Stansbridge & Gay Evans. Nearest the pin: Ronnie Stansbridge; Kelly Browse
Ocean Golf Course: David Collens & Michael Murphy. Nearest the pin: Tracey McCall; Carla Arche
Lacocar, the Faro based concessionaire for Audi, VW and Škoda, again sponsored the hole-in-one competition. A superb display of the latest cars from Lacocar was displayed around the golf courses. There were no hole-in-ones!
BBQ’S Algarve displayed some of the latest Broil King barbecues and Lee Turner explained their characteristics. Avalon Funeral Services was on hand to discuss the merits of forward planning. For wine and Beer lovers Loulé based Wines & Co., represented by Alexandre Vieira and Edgar Raposo, highlighted 4 interesting beers from Cinco Chagas. These beers are Blanc, American IPA, IPA and Trigo and are unusual in that they are fermented in the bottle (like Champagne) and come in 75 cL. bottles. There were some interesting wines including a “Blush” Rosé from the QMF Winery with a very unusual label and both a red and white Dão wine by Quinta do Ribeiro Santo which have been chosen by Gordon Ramsay for his restaurants.
There were a number of stalls. These included the ever popular Tombola - manned by Pam Rimmer, Helen Hancke and Pat Straw. The busy book stall and Bric-a-brac run by Marion Geer, Angie Dickinson, Maureen Dorans and Emma Dellicompagni and the golf stall by Peter Dellicompagni.
Edda Lungershausen won the “Guess the weight of the cake” and Iain Lees the magnum of champagne. There was a silent auction with various prizes including hotel stays and packages of gourmet dinners as well as an original painting by Loulé based artist and gallery owner Adérita Silva.
For background entertainment The New Orleans Jazz Band provided great renditions of well-known classics. Spikes provided a very tasty barbecue. The superbly refurbished Club House is now extremely elegant and comfortable and very popular with golfers, property owners and their families and visitors to the Vale do Lobo Resort.
The Wolf Valley Charity has, in recent months, presented vehicles to ASCA and UNIR and paid for computers and related equipment for ASMAL. A vehicle for the Community Centre of Vale Silves (CCVS) was a joint project between the local council, the Rotary Club Estoi Palace, the WVCF and António Tá Certo, the well–known beach restaurant.
Paulo Chaves, Chairman of the WVCF, said he was very grateful to everyone that helped make the Charity Day a great success. In particular, he thanked the Vale do Lobo Group of companies for hosting the event and for the use of the Royal and Ocean courses which made the day possible.
