Wolverhampton golfers hope to go a fair way to helping historic competition with fundraising goal

Golfers and supporters of an historic Wolverhampton based charity football competition are teed up and ready as they plan a final push towards a £500k fundraising target.

A golf day tomorrow (Friday) at the Mount Club in Tettenhall will see money raised for the JW Hunt Cup, benefits the Sedgley based Beacon Vision.

Picture at the Mount Golf and Country Club in Perton, where a charity golf day was held to benefit the JW Hunt Cup and Beacon Centre for the Blind. At the front is one of the organisers: Alan Ryder, and back are organisers and event sponsors (Total Electrical): Greg Arthrell, Jordan Peake, Alex Ryder and Alan's son Danny Ryder..

The football competition, which has been contested by amateur and semi-professional clubs across the West Midlands since 1926 and is in progress this season is celebrating it's 100th year, with a target of £500,000 raised for the centre since then getting ever closer.

Another golf day in December last year at the same venue raised £1,400 and a similar amount is expected from tomorrow's event, which will start at 12 noon.

Construction company Gough Group Holdings is the new sponsor of the JW Hunt Cup, a non-league football competition which has been supporting the Beacon Centre for the Blind since 1926.
Pictured (L-R) Sylvia Enefer,Lisa Cowley,Alex Hamil, Matt Jenkins, John Gough,Jon Hickman,Richard Skirrow,Kathy Roper and David Kavanagh. — Construction company Gough Group Holdings is the new sponsor of the JW Hunt Cup, a non-league football competition which has been supporting the Beacon Centre for the Blind since 1926. Pictured (L-R) Sylvia Enefer,Lisa Cowley,Alex Hamil, Matt Jenkins, John Gough,Jon Hickman,Richard Skirrow,Kathy Roper and David Kavanagh.

The cup has also received donations from sponsors including the Bilston based JW Gough Group and the West Bromwich Building Society and fundraiser Sylvia Enefer recently held a luncheon at her home in Codsall which raised £300.

She said: "It all counts and we are working tirelessly towards the magic £500,000 mark which we hope to raise by the centenary dinner in September.

"The final which is held at Molineux and which Dudley Town won last year is always a great event an well attended and again raises money for the cup, which is kept at the ground.

"But the work goes on year round and events such as the golf day keep things ticking along.

" We are all very grateful to organiser Alan Ryder and his colleagues, the sponsors and of course the players for turning out for what I am sure will be a great day."

You can find out more about the competition here