Richie Ramsay (left) and Paul Lawrie putting on the style.
Lawrie and Ramsay help launch ARCHIE Foundation as Official Charity for 2014 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open
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Paul
Lawrie and Richie Ramsay, winners of ten European Tour titles between
them, today visited the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital to help
announce the appointment of The ARCHIE Foundation as Official Charity
for the 2014 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, to be played at
Royal Aberdeen Golf Club from July 10-13.
The
two high profile professional golfers – both born and raised in
Aberdeen – were able to meet a group of youngsters who benefit from the
work of The ARCHIE Foundation, an organisation committed to ‘making the
difference’ for sick children and their families in the North of
Scotland.
Lawrie, a
two-time Ryder Cup player and winner of The 1999 Open Championship, and
Ramsay – a former US Amateur Champion and winner of two European Tour
titles – were delighted to join some of the children and participate
in a fun indoor putting contest in an ARCHIE funded play area between
the children’s medical and surgical wards to mark the charity’s
appointment.
The two golfers also signed some Championship items for the
children who took part in the competition and those
on the Children’s Ward not well enough to participate.
ARCHIE will
benefit from a number of fundraising initiatives that will see title
sponsor Aberdeen Asset Management and The Tour Players Foundation (TPF) –
the charitable arm of The European Tour – donate funds
in partnership, ensuring a substantial sum is raised for the Official
Charity, leaving a strong legacy from the golf tournament’s visit to the
North-East.
The
Championship’s main fundraising mechanic will see Aberdeen Asset
Management and the TPF donate a set amount per birdie, eagle and
albatross made by the tournament’s world-class field, via the Aberdeen
Asset
Management Scottish Open Birdie Pledge. With £5, £10 and £50 donated
respectively by both organisations, the grand total raised is expected
to be in the region of £20,000.
Further
fundraising mechanics will be announced as the Championship approaches,
bolstering the amounts raised from the birdie pledge and benefitting
the work that ARCHIE Foundation can do not only at the Royal
Aberdeen Children’s Hospital but also at its other bases of operation,
the Children’s Ward in Inverness and the Children’s Ward in Elgin, as
well as funding projects in community hospitals throughout the North
East of Scotland and the Northern Isles.
Lawrie
commented: “It is great that The ARCHIE Foundation has been appointed
the Official Charity of this year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish
Open.
"I am very familiar with the outstanding work the Foundation
does on behalf of the sick children and their families in the North of
Scotland, and with the event coming to Royal Aberdeen in 2014 it is
appropriate that we are able to raise valuable funds for the
organisation through initiatives such as the Birdie Pledge.”
Ramsay,
like Lawrie an Honorary Member of Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, added:
“I
am thrilled to be associated with this initiative in my home town. The
Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open will be a strong vehicle
to help raise considerable funds for such a worthwhile cause. It’s
great to know that every under par score Paul, myself and the rest of
players record will have such a positive effect in Aberdeen and the
North.”
Peter
Adams, Championship Director of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish
Open, said: “On behalf of The European Tour, and the TPF, I would like
to thank Paul and Richie for their generous support to the Official
Charity Launch in Aberdeen today.
“Their
presence at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital underlines the
importance of the Championship together with its key partners, Aberdeen
Asset Management and the Scottish Government embracing a very deserving
local charity as part of the biggest sporting event to be played in the
area during 2014. We are all looking forward to a highly successful
charity partnership with the ARCHIE Foundation at the tournament which
ranks among the very best on The European Tour,
both of which are very fitting associations for Scotland, the Home of
Golf.”
Hugh
Little, Head of Acquisitions at Aberdeen Asset Management, added: “It
is with great delight that we are able to announce our support of The
ARCHIE Foundation for this year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish
Open. It is particularly special to be able to help them in our home
city of Aberdeen, where we were formed back in 1983. Our thanks go to
Paul and Richie for their support today to what is such a worthy cause,
and we look forward to helping ARCHIE raise
funds in Aberdeen’s summer of sport this year.”
David Cunningham, Chief Executive Officer for The ARCHIE Foundation, said: “We
are delighted that in the year of our tenth anniversary appeal for the
Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital (‘High 10 for ARCHIE’),
the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open should appoint us as their
official charity.
“It
is not only the financial benefit, which itself is outstanding, but it
is the heightened profile that our association with this event will
bring. We are extremely grateful for this and to Paul and Richie for so
generously giving their
time to engage with the children in hospital. This will all help to
make such a difference for them.”
An
‘early bird’ adult season ticket for all four days can be still be
bought for £60 until March 31 (£40 concession) with Any One Day adult
tickets available for £25 (concession £15) and £8 for the Pro-Am on
Wednesday, July 9.
After
April 1, the prices rise to £70 for a season (£50 concession) and £30
for day tickets (£20 concession) and £12 for the Pro-Am. Under-16s
accompanied by an adult are admitted free of charge and all car parking
is also free.
Reserved
grandstand seating can also be purchased for the Saturday (£10) and the
Sunday (£15) of the event. Hospitality packages are also available.
Full ticket information can be found at:
www.aamscottishopen.com andwww.europeantour.com/tickets
or
telephone Ticket Hotline: +440800 023 2557. Postal enquiries should be
sent to: European Tour Tickets, Mirren Court Three, 123 Renfrew Court
Three, Paisley, PA3 4EA.
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