(l-r)
Gordon MacDonald (Torvean GC), Christopher Black (DBS),
Kay Elliott (DBS), Torquil McInroy (clubgolf) and Willie
Rusk (Torvean GC) with clubgolfers from Culloden Academy
Torvean tops the
Fairways Savers
Torvean
Golf Club from Inverness became the first club in Scotland
to have fifty of its members open a Dunfermline Building
Society Fairway Saver account thus earning a £500 reward
from the SGU’s sponsors.
Torvean
Golf Club from Inverness became the first club in Scotland
to have fifty of its members open a Dunfermline Building
Society Fairway Saver account thus earning a £500
reward from the SGU’s sponsors.
The
Dunfermline Building Society Fairway Savers account was
launched last October, encouraging golf club members
to save money with a competitive interest rate and in
turn raise funds for junior golf in Scotland. A reward
initiative was also offered to all SGU affiliated golf
clubs in Scotland, giving £500 to each club who
generated 50 new accounts from their members.
Having
reached the milestone of fifty members, Torvean Golf
Club’s Willie Rusk accepted a cheque for £500
from Dunfermline Building Society’s Christopher
Black and Kay Elliot, and the SGU’s clubgolf project
manager Torquil McInroy. Rusk said:
“We
are delighted to become the first club in Scotland to
receive £500 from Dunfermline Building Society
for the Fairway Saver initiative. It’s a fantastic
reward for us and the money will be invested into our
club’s junior programme to enhance our coaching
and practise facilities.”
“Dunfermline
Building Society’s sponsorship of junior golf in
Scotland has been great for grass roots golf with the
various activities they have been involved with and it’s
great that individual clubs can also benefit from their
partnership with the SGU.”
More
than 2,100 golfers across Scotland have opened a Fairway
Saver account, totalling in excess of £4.1m worth
of savings. For every pound saved in the accounts, a
percentage will be put towards junior golf programmes
in Scotland, including clubgolf – Scotland’s
national junior golf strategy – and the SGU Academy.
Chief
Executive of Dunfermline Building Society Graeme Dalziel
added:
“We
are proud to extend our support of golf in Scotland at
club level and our congratulations go to Torvean Golf
Club for their efforts in promoting the Fairway Saver
account to its members. Our partnership is very much
a two-way process with clubs benefiting from our sponsorship.”
“Dunfermline
Building Society’s partnership with the SGU continues
to go from strength to strength, following a hugely successful
Junior Masters, the Junior Club of the Year Awards and
the Scottish Golf Dinner, and we look forward to another
great season in 2008.”
The
Fairway Saver account offers a competitive rate of interest
(currently at 3.40%) and a new account can be opened
by investing as little as £1 up to a maximum of £1,000,000.
Junior accounts and adult accounts are available.
For
further information, please call Dunfermline Building
Society on 0845 33 66 88
