Northwood Golf Club Longest Day Challenge

By Adam Benjamin

I'm supporting London's Air Ambulance Charity

Two of our members Adam Benjamin and Rajan Mistry, have volunteered to undertake a marathon golf day. On Tuesday 21st June 2022 Adam and Rajan will attempt to play four rounds of golf around Northwood with the intention to raise funds for the club’s charity which is  London’s Air Ambulance.

London's Air Ambulance Charity is a registered charity that operates a helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) dedicated to responding to serious trauma emergencies in and around London. Using a helicopter from 08:00 to sunset and rapid response vehicles by night, the service performs advanced medical interventions at the scene of the incident in life-threatening, time-critical situations.

The charity was founded in 1989 in response to a report by the Royal College of Surgeons, which documented cases of patients dying unnecessarily because of the delay in receiving prompt and appropriate medical care. The charity was the first in the UK to carry a senior doctor in addition to a paramedic at all times on a helicopter, introducing a system that reduces the death rate in severe trauma by 30–40%.

The helicopters are hangared at RAF Northolt, but operate during the day from their base at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, East London, a helicopter can reach any patient inside the M25 London orbital motorway, which acts as the service's catchment area, within 15 minutes. Missions commonly involve serious road traffic collisions, falls from height, stabbings and shootings, industrial accidents and incidents on the rail network. The team can perform advanced life-saving medical interventions, including open heart surgery, blood transfusion and anaesthesia, at the scene. The charity operates 24 hours a day, serving the 10 million people who live, work and travel within the M25. The service treats an average of five patients every day.

Thank you to my Sponsors

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Ray Kelly

Great cause guys . Well done !

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Ajay Shah

Huge congrats Rajan! Who knew golf could actually lead to some sort of societal benefit. Jokes aside, great achievement and for a good cause!

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Anonymous

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Pranay

Congratulations both, great effort and for a great cause!

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Tony Dearsley

Well done partner. Great effort!

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Paul Keyland

Well done guys, what a great effort. It's my pleasure to match the donation to date for such a worthy cause. All the best Paul Keyland.

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Roy Felce

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Malcolm Ginger

Well done , great effort & great charity .

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Robert Fulker

Well done

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Anonymous

Congratulations! Well done to you and Rajan.

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Chan Ho Crook

Great work you both!

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Michael Robak

Well done

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Christina Benjamin

Well done to you both! A boiling hot day and a great cause!

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Anonymous

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Radhi Nanalal

Excellent effort and a real pleasure and joy to watch you both play.

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Jeff Null

Huge congratulations (Northwood member)

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Clare Brown

From your support at NGC

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Hugh G Rection

Great work, Rajan! Massive congrats to you lot for making it and all for a great cause! Love, Bane

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Ian Dear

Thanks for the 6:30am tee off, a most enjoyable first 18 holes with Adam, Rajan and our captain. Thanks for giving me so many putts and letting me win. As promised I have donated according! For those interest Rajan is playing very well and Adam after a slow start is coming into his game!

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Neil Whitehead

Great work guys

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Rekha Patel

Brilliant effort for a great cause! Good luck to you both. My estimate for your combined score is 279 stable ford points

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Shaun Stentiford

Good Luck guys. Looks like you picked a nice day for it. 420 sounds a lot of shots, even between 2 of you.

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Dipak Vithlani

Great Work done Captain

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Nigel Metcalf

All the best for the challenge!

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Anonymous

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Hugh Harkness

Enjoy your day. Matt Fitzpatrick did.

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Rajkumar

Well done Gents. I see you are getting plenty of practice for the Club champs on Saturday !

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Graham Hamilton

Adam & Rajan Best wishes to you both in your endeavours. Look forward to seeing you on Tuesday. Best wishes Graham, Caroline & James

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Lilly Lian

Great effort! Good luck!

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Neets

Good luck. I guess 222.

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Suzanne Wood

Good luck for the challenge. I hope you have a good day. I predict you will get 275 stableford points!

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Clare Brown

Good luck to you both. Thanks for supporting the charity.

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Mark Westwood

Well done, great effort!

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Malcolm Harris

good luck

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Rob Duffy

Best of luck to you both , hope you Raise lots of money for a very worthy Charity 🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♂️👍👍

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Mike & Frankie Milward

Good luck (my estimate 192 points!)

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Phil Thornton

Best of luck Adam. Go for it!

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Martin Bancroft

Good luck

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Andrew Forrest

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Grant Orford

Best of luck Adam and rajan

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Mark Devery

Good luck to all involved

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Ian Johnston

All the best and thanks for supporting the club charity