Sports stars add glamour to golf tourney
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Sporting personalities from yesteryear will converge on the Palmer Sea Reef golf course on Friday when Bulls Masters and the Vintage Reds will present an 18-team shot gun tournament.
Two former Wallabies, Michael O’Connor and Elton Flatley; and Australian Test cricketers Andrew Symonds and Rod Marsh will take centre stage in a field that includes cricketers Ryan Harris, Jimmy Maher and Ken Healy; and Rugby Union’s Bill Ross and Barry Lea.
The Vintage Reds is a non-profit organisation that promotes and develops Rugby Union in Queensland. It engages and connects with rugby communities and provides support to present and past players.
The aim of the Bulls Masters is to foster and develop cricket throughout the whole of Queensland utilising retired Queensland cricketers as well as providing community support and assisting charities along the way.
Bulls Masters is organising the event in conjunction with the Vintage Reds and will be raising money for its charity partners: The Common Good and the RBWH Foundation, as well the Bulls Masters’ cricket programs in Far North Queensland.
“By supporting local businesses, we are promoting Dixon Homes and Palmer Sea Resort, who have all sponsored the event.
“Rather than holding the event down in the South East, we are staging it in Port Douglas to connect with local businesses. There will be opportunities to network and companies can promote their business by sponsoring holes or prizes. All money raised remains with charity partners or programs in the Far North Region,” a spokesperson for Bulls Masters said.
At the post-tournament function, Marsh, Symonds, Flatley and O’Connor will be interviewed. Signed shirts and other memorabilia will be among the auction items.
Michael O'Connor is an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer who represented Australia in both codes. He played for the Wallabies in 13 Tests from 1979 to 1982 and then the Kangaroos in 17 Tests from 1985 to 1990. He played centre.
A fly half or inside centre, Elton Flatley played 37 Tests for Australia and scored 182 points over his nine-year, seven-season international career.
Rodney Marsh is a former Australian wicket keeping legend. In the 96 Tests he played, he set a world record of 355 dismissals behind the stumps.
In a 26-Test career, Andrew Symonds played all three formats – Test, One day and T20 – as a batting all-rounder. He was a member of two-time World Cup winning squads. Symonds is a right-handed, middle order batsman and alternated between medium pace and off-spin bowling.