GENEROUS golfers have swung into action and putt all their efforts into raising money to help disabled children.

And the nett result of the fundraising drive at Blacknest Golf & Country Club was a cool £8,000 for the Peter Alliss Masters, which raises funds for specialist wheelchairs for disabled children.

One happy recipient of a life-enhancing chair was six-year-old Ellie Nash, who lives in Andover and suffers from quadriplegic cerebral palsy. Ellie and her family made the trip to East Hampshire to take ownership of the chair.

Peter Alliss, the BBC’s long-standing voice of golf, was on hand at the ladies’ and seniors’ annual meeting on February 20 at Blacknest during which captains Ann Spear and Terry Haywood presented the cheque.

“I was delighted to attend the chair presentation at Blacknest Golf Club,” said the former Ryder Cup player who lives in Churt.

“Having seen the club from its inception it was a huge pleasure to see how it has grown over the years into a first-class facility.

“To raise £8,000 in the year was a tremendous effort and little Ellie, who was the recipient, is a lovely, sunny, happy little girl who will really benefit from this chair – and that’s what it’s all about, giving disadvantaged youngsters some freedom to enjoy their lives”.

Meanwhile, the PGA in Hampshire has said it is happy to be supporting the Peter Alliss Masters Charity this year, according to secretary Roger Tuddenham.

“We just think it will be a lovely charity to get behind,” he said. “I was involved with them a few years ago at the Alliss Merlo event at Ferndown too and the wheelchairs make such a difference to the youngsters’ lives.”

nThe men’s section at Blacknest has also raised £2,200 for the Fertility Network UK charity.