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The 18 hole competition took place at Thornhurst Park Golf Club with over sixty golfers from twelve different companies and was followed by a presentation dinner, raffle and auction.

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Fundraiser, Jason Slack, said: "The fantastic sum of money raised will help a youth club in one of the poorest districts of the third largest city in Kenya to run sports and leisure activities as well as teach street teenagers vocational skills which will help them out of poverty and into employment"

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Such was the success of the day that the Club now plans to make its golf tournament an annual event

Hunslet Club chief executive, Dennis Robbins, traveled to Kenya with a local businessman who is generously funding many of the Kisumu clubs' costs and is keen to both raise funds and share expertise with his counterparts in the African nation.

He told Middleton Today: "We are really grateful to everyone who supported our golf day. The spirit of these kids being brought up in a very different world to ours was inspirational and they really deserve the opportunities to enjoy sports, learn skills and have fun in the same way that we do here."