Bath Rugby Charity Open Raises £4000 for Bath Rugby Foundation

The Bath Rugby Charity Open, supported by the Club's main partner Novia Financial, raised a staggering £4000 for the Bath Rugby Foundation.

Held at the Celtic Manor 2010 Ryder Cup Course, 22 teams from companies who support the Club took part, with “expert” advice coming on the day from the likes of current player Matt Banahan and past legends Duncan Bell, Phil de Glanville, John Hall and David Trick.

Auction lots were held at the pre-event dinner to raise money for the Foundation, and included a day with “Captain” Lee Mears who will fly a guest from Bristol Airport to Cornwall for a round of golf, a matchday experience with the Bath Rugby Legends, a family matchday experience including the chance for the winner’s child to be the matchday mascot, and an away trip to one of the Amlin Challenge Cup games.

Travers Smith walked away with the coveted Bath Rugby Charity Open Trophy, as well as a Joules Gillet and bottle of Champagne each, with Withy King and the Novia Tour Pro’s a close second and third respectively.

Bill Vasilieff, CEO at Novia said: “The Bath Rugby Charity Open is very popular amongst local business and we were delighted that this event raised over £4000 for the Foundation. Everybody who took part had a fantastic time and it was great to see such good, friendly competition between the local teams.”

"A huge “thank you” to Celtic Manor for the use of their wonderful facilities and course, to Novia for all their support with the event, and to all the golfers who took part."

If anyone else would like to enter a team for the 2014 event, please register your interest with [email protected].