Golfers chip in £7K to help illness-struck Muir of Ord man's plucky fight against devastating condition
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GOLFERS who braved atrocious conditions to help a Ross-shire club mate's fundraising drive for research into an incurable condition chipped in a remarkable £7000 in just three days.
Earlier this month we told how financial consultant Cormac Miller's dream retirement plans were knocked off course following a devastating diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) with Parkinson's.
The determined 63-year-old, who moved from his native Caithness to Muir of Ord to be closer to his daughter, Kara, has become a regular on the fairways there.
Mr Miller said: "The event was tremendously supported. The raffle donations by some golf clubs and individuals were amazing and the funds were received even from non-golf players wishing to donate.
"The support from the golf club staff, management and members in achieving the objective was outstanding."
All the raffle funds and the sponsorship money raised will go to the Lewy Body Society to assist with research. Mr Cormac has agreed to sign up for further tests to assist with diagnosis of the disease and to donation of his brain tissue after his death for the same reason.
He said: "I hope that anyone with this disorder can also take the same steps, whilst not helping ourselves it is what we can do to assist others and hopefully find a cure for this in the near future."
His daughter Kara is running the London Marathon to keep awareness alive and his sister and five of her Highland Council associates are doing the Great Glen Way walk over six days to raise funds and awareness.
Club captain Hamish Milne said: "I don’t think we could have picked a worse weekend for the event but having said that a tremendous total of £7092 was raised over the three days!
"We had a total of 70 enter for the senior open, 27 gents on the Saturday and 12 ladies on Sunday. Everyone who played got a fair share of the weather but none more so than the Seniors who faced high winds, heavy rain showers and even a bit of sleet."
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