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Ramside launches North East FootGolf Series for Businesses

Ramside Hall Hotel and Golf Club, one of the North East’s premier golf and leisure venues, is backing a quirky new hybrid sport to change the face of corporate entertainment in the region.

FootGolf is the UK’s fastest growing new sport. More than 30,000 people played every week last Summer at one of the 250 FootGolf venues across the country, according to national governing body UK FootGolf.

Ramside Golf Club signed an agreement this month to become the newest accredited UK FootGolf venue, and, with partner CSL Events has announced the launch of the first-ever North East FootGolf Series to run throughout Summer 2016.

Ramside is the only North East luxury hotel and golf resort to offer FootGolf, which fuses the sports of football and golf.

It is played with a size five football on specially designed courses with oversized holes measuring 50cms in width.

Players have to get the ball in the hole in the fewest number of shots using only their feet.

Helen Roseberry, director of golf at Ramside Golf Club, said: “FootGolf has exploded in popularity in the past three years and nationally huge numbers of people are trying it because it combines two of Britain’s favourite sports.

We feel that FootGolf is a perfect form of corporate entertainment because anyone can play it, regardless of age, gender or physical ability. All you need to do is be able to kick a football and be part of a team.“

North East charities to benefit

The series will raise both funds and awareness for two North East charities, The Butterwick Hospice and The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, and officially launched last week with football personalities from around the region trying FootGolf for the first time.

Former Newcastle United FC and England Footballer Steve Howey was joined by Ex-Sunderland AFC legend Gary Bennett and players from Durham Women’s FC to lace up their boots to beat par rather than a goalkeeper.

The series of five FootGolf events are being organised in partnership with CSL Events, a part of Culture, Sport & Leisure CIC, which is a North East community interest company seeking to increase opportunities for local communities and businesses to access and engage in sporting and cultural activity.

Mark Blackbourne, director of Culture, Sport and Leisure, said: “FootGolf is sweeping across the UK rapidly and changing the way people perceive golf and golf clubs.

It’s quicker and easier to play than golf, lots of fun and is a perfect activity for corporate entertainment, team building and networking.“

The North East FootGolf series is open to teams of four players from the North East business community, commercial organisations and public sector bodies.

The series begins on May 11 with a unique opportunity for teams to try and beat a score set by ex-professional footballers from the North East and culminates on September 21 with a Champion of Champions finale event.

For more information, visit: www.northeastfootgolf.co.uk

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