The Rotary Club of Croydon are organising a charity golf day on Wednesday 18th May at the Croham Hurst Golf Club in South Croydon.

The golfers will be raising funds for the Crisis in Croydon Skylight Centre which helps former homeless people resettle after finding accommodation.

The event will not only be for raising charity funds but also to remember long term Rotarian Tony Man, a former president of the Rotary Club of Croydon.

Mr Man came to Croydon from Hong Kong and built a successful restaurant business from scratch. Along with his wife Rosemary who had a career in nursing and their family he was also very active in charitable work, wanting to give back to the town he had adopted as his own.

Despite being a businessman of some considerable substance, Mr Man was never happier than when playing host and taking care of his guests. At Croydon Rotary lunches he always ensured that members were served with coffee and tea before the after lunch speakers began.

Croydon Rotary president Oumesh Sauba said ‘Tony was a mainstay of Croydon Rotary and he will be very sadly missed. He loved the Golf Day and brought many friends from the Chinese Community to help raise funds which was terrific’.

He continued ‘A hugely successful golf day would be a fitting memorial to Tony from his friends in the Rotary’.

The Golf Day entry fee of £70.00 covers the round of golf, coffee, bacon roll and a celebratory dinner in the evening where the prizes for the winning golfers will be given out and a grand raffle will take place.

Golfers can enter as teams or individually and if you would like to bring a team or just yourself along to the Golf Day, please contact Graham Harker on the addresses on the poster (right).

There are also tickets available for the prize giving dinner in the evening and these are available for £35.00.