Media Alert
Amputee Golfers Promote World Disability Day
British flying ace Douglas Bader honoured with historic fly past
11.45 am Wednesday 2 December 2009
Sandhurst Club
Sandhurst Boulevard, Sandhurst
(Melways Ref 128 D7
)
A group of amputee golfers today will tee off on the eve of
the United Nations International
Day of the Disabled at Sandhurst Golf Club to display their golfing skills and to promote a
positive approach to living with a disability.
The Sandhurst Red Gum Classic is the culmination of a number of special golf clinics which have
been developed by Sandhurst Golf Professional Christian Hamilton and Limbs 4 Life as part of the
rehabilitation program for people who have lost limbs in accidents or through disease such as
diabetes
.
The inspirational exploits of British Flying Ace Douglas Bader, who lost both legs in air crash on 14
December 1931 and who fought bureaucracy to rejoin the RAF as a fighter pilot in 1939, will be
celebrated on the eve of the United Nations International Day of the Disabled on December 2.
A keen golfer Bader continued to play after losing his legs and his life story became internationally
known through the 1954 film
“Reach for the Sky”
where his character was played by British actor
Kenneth Moore.
A vintage tiger moth will make three passes over the Clubhouse during a special flag raising
ceremony to acknowledge the achievements of Douglas Bader at the start of the golf game.
The Tiger Moth will leave Point Cook at 11.30am and will be over Sandhurst at 12.00 noon.
The first ball will be hit off by Melissa Noonan, Executive Officer Limbs 4 Life,
who was recently
awarded the 2009 National Disability Award of the Year for Social Inclusion by the Federal
Government.
Media Enquiries:
Ron Smith Sandhurst Club Mobile: 0417 329 201
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