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Cairns Cup latest Five Players

Five more players join Team Europe

Five more players join Team Europe selected by Captain Tineke Loogman for Michigan 2024 James Gallagher (England) James is 28 years old from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He plays golf at Meltham golf club. He said, “My golfing journey began through mine and my dad’s passion to play golf together and now I have been continuing…
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CEO Ian Halliwell raises £300 at British Par 3 Championship

The Cairns Cup CEO Ian Halliwell played in the prestigious British Par 3 Championship at Nailcote Hall Nr Birmingham. Ian has been attending the BP3 for over 10 years and used the event to promote and support people with life changing disabilities including The Cairns Cup. On the 25th anniversary of the BP3 at Nailcote…
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Rutger Pranger accepts invitation to join Team Europe

My name is Rutger Pranger and I am so honoured to be asked to join team Europe for The Cairns Cup 2024. I live with my wife Joke in the Netherlands in Enschede, a town near the German border. We are happy and have a 33 year old son and 31 year old twin daughters.…
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Evan Mathias Joins USA Cairns Cup Team

I’m beyond excited to be a part of The Cairns Cup! I want to thank Kim Moore for giving me this opportunity to play for the U.S. Cairns Cup team next year! I was born without legs, so having a disability is just my life. I learned to walk on prosthetics when I was only…
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Kris Aves raises £10K for The Cairns Cup at The Shire!

Get Team Europe to Michigan The Cairns Cup event team have kicked off the first of many fundraising golf days both here in the UK and in the USA. The first taking place at The Shire – London on 26th July 2023. The Shire London Fundraiser hosted by Kris Aves Kris Aves – who was…
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Kelsey Koch USA Cairns Cup 2024

Kelsey Koch joins Team USA 

We would like to welcome Kelsey Koch from Grand Blanc, MI to The Cairns Cup representing Team USA “To be asked to represent the USA in the 2024 Cairns Cup is not an opportunity I take lightly. I will work hard to make sure that both myself and our team are ready come next July.”…
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European Cairns Cup Player 2024

Josè Bagnarelli joins team Europe

What it means to me to be chosen for the Team. It is an incredible honour for me to be part of Team Europe at the 2024 Cairns Cup, and I’m grateful to Captain Tineke to have picked me and give me the chance to live this experience. Furthermore, I feel this is an accomplishment,…
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Kevin Holland Disabled and Adapitive Golfer

Kevin Holland is selected for Team USA

Kevin Holland is selected for Team USA for the second consecutive Cairns Cup. Golf has always been Kevin’s game. “I’ve always loved the game of the golf, I would go out and chip in the backyard growing up.” he says. He works to improve every day, but as his mother Cindy explains — Kevin’s golf…
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Amy Bockerstette picked for Team USA at The Cairns Cup 2024!

Viral internet sensation Amy Bockerstette has been selected to represent her country at Disability Golf’s Premier MatchPlay Event – The Cairns Cup 2024 – taking place at Cherry Creek in Detroit, Michigan. Kim Moore USA Captain invites Amy to join Team USA Amy’s Journey to Cairns Cup Kim Moore of USA, on choosing Amy said,…
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Interview with Kim Moore USA Team Captain 2024

Interview with Kim Moore USA team captain for The Cairns Cup 2024 in Michigan. Kim is Western Michigan’s women’s golf coach and in 2022 she won the inaugural United States Golf Association tournament for golfers with disabilities at Pinehurst, North Carolina. This year she travelled to the UK to compete in the first-ever G4D Open…
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