Tag: Disability is not an inability

JOSÉ 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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SOPHIA HOWARD JOINS TEAM USA

Sophia Howard becomes latest member of Kim Moore’s USA team “I am honoured and excited to be asked to represent the USA in the 2024’s Cairns Cup.  I want to thank Kim Moore, Team USA’s Captain, for giving me this incredible opportunity to play for team USA.” said Sophia Born without her right hand, Sophia had…
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The Cairns Cup Testimonials | What the Players Said

OFFICIAL CAIRNS CUP HANDOVER TO CHERRY CREEK

Cherry Creek Flies the flag for Michigan! The official Cairns Cup handover of the 2024 event has taken place at Cherry Creek Golf Club, Shelby Township, Michigan. Vice-President John Bell, and US Winning Captain Tracy Ramin presented the host flag to General Manager Erle Webber in October 2023. The Cairns Cup is a festival of golf…
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PATRICK ROSENAST FROM SWITZERLAND JOINS TEAM EUROPE

Latest member of team Europe Patrick Rosenast Patrick Rosenast from Boppelsen a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich Switzerland, he’s married with three children and a one-armed para golfer since 2021 after a “routine” operation in the brain (AV fistulas) which led to a brain haemorrhage and left-sided paralysis in October 2020. As an athlete, he…
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PLAYERS FROM SCANDINAVIA JOIN TEAM EUROPE

PLAYERS FROM SCANDINAVIA JOIN TEAM EUROPE

Mette Lynggaard from Denmark Mette who is 39 comes from the largest and most populated island in Denmark, Zealand. She considers herself to be a team player not only an excellent golfer, but she also excelles in swimming proving that she has a competitive nature when it comes to sport either individually or within a…
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KELLIE VALENTINE BECOMES TEAM USA VICE CAPTAIN

KELLIE VALENTINE BECOMES TEAM USA VICE CAPTAIN

What Kellie has to say about becoming Vice-Captain chosen by Kim Moore US Captain. “It is with immense gratitude and excitement that I accept the position of Vice-captain for the 2024 Cairns Cup. It is truly an honour to have been chosen for this prestigious role, and I am thrilled to be a part of…
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Evan Mathias USA Cairns Cup player

EVAN MATHIAS JOINS USA CAIRNS CUP TEAM

EVAN MATHIAS – INDIANA 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…
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Rutger Pranger

RUTGER PRANGER ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN 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. I’m also a proud…
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Five more players join Team Europe

FIVE MORE PLAYERS JOIN TEAM EUROPE

FRANK SORBER -GERMANY Frank was born in 1961 in Erfurt/East Germany, together with his second wife he has 6 children, 8 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild that keep him extremely busy. He lives near of Wuerzburg in the North of Bavaria with his wife Elizabeth. Frank said, “I have played golf since 2011 at the…
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TEAM EUROPE ANNOUNCE CHARLIE APPLEYARD FOR 2024

CHARLIE APPLEYARD Tineke Loogman – European team Captain for The Cairns Cup 2024 – is starting to build her team! Tineke can now announce Charlie Appleyard, who plays off 9.2 at Wentworth Club in Virginia Waters will be representing her team Charlie was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2016…. Parkinson’s is an awful degenerative neurological condition…
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