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Sophie’s Appeal Charity Golf Day Fundraiser goes from Strength to Strength

3D Sophies Appeal Charity Auction items on display

As we wrap up the 6th edition of the Sophie’s Appeal Golf Fundraiser Tournament held in partnership with 3D Personnel, we are delighted to see the fundraiser go from strength to strength.

Sophie’s Appeal is a charity set up by Lin and Mike Barringer, in the aftermath of the untimely death of their beautiful daughter. We are delighted to be able to play a part in fundraising and helping to put a spotlight on the great work done by the charity.

The 2023 Sophie’s Appeal Golf Day Fundraiser has so far raised £8,000 for the charity.

Boundary Lakes Golf Club in Southampton
Image: Boundary Lakes Golf Club in Southampton

​​Sophie’s Appeal Charity Golf Day Fundraiser 2023

The 2023 Golf Fundraiser Tournament took place on Friday the 8th September at our regular venue, the Boundary Lakes Golf Club in Southampton in good weather conditions. This year 19 teams and over 70 players competed. Before heading out for the days golf, the participants enjoyed breakfast rolls and a catch up in the clubhouse.

The golf was competitive as was to be expected and there were also some great interactions between teams as the day progressed. Back in the clubhouse the mood was boisterous, as some of the days great shots were relived and, in some cases, grew legs!

A fantastic two-course buffet lunch was followed by the awards presentations and the much-anticipated auction/raffle, where once more the list of items on show was quite spectacular. Andy Meechan was a brilliant auctioneer and added greatly to sense of fun in the clubhouse.

Following the speeches and formalities many stayed to enjoy the clubhouse hospitality well into the evening.

Once again great praise and thanks must go to Janet Facer and the team at Boundary Lakes Golf Club, who as always provided a great service. We all look forward to seeing many of the familiar faces back there for the 2024 edition.

3D's Damian Doherty models a signed Arsenal shirt
Image: Suits you sir! – Damian models the signed Arsenal shirt

A big thank you from 3D’s Managing Director, Damian Doherty

As host for the big golf day outing, Damian Doherty was delighted with the turnout and had this to say after the event:

I would like to thank every client who came out and supported our 6th annual 3D Personnel Charity Golf Day in aid of Sophie’s Appeal. I also need to thank many of our suppliers who have been very generous in donating to the charity. This event has grown year on year, and we are delighted to announce that we raised a grand total of £8,000 on the day.

I need to thank the hard-working staff from 3D Personnel and Boundary Lakes for making this event a great success. We look forward to welcoming all our clients back next year and hopefully many more who haven’t been able to attend this time round.

We know the money raised will help families across the South coast who are faced with the reality of cancer. Mike, Lin, and their team do wonderful work and we will continue to support them in the coming years.

3D Personnel display with auction and raffle items for the 2023 event
Image: Some of the 2023 Auction and Raffle items

Sophie’s Appeal Charity Golf Day Auction/Raffle 2023

Every year the Auction & Raffle garners great interest. 2023 was no different with a fantastic set of items donated for this wonderful cause.

A selection of some of the items auctioned at the 2023 event included:

Our Auctioneer for the day Andy Meechan with a signed Leo Messi boot
Image: Our Auctioneer for the day Andy Meechan with a signed Leo Messi boot

Our wonderful sponsors of prizes for the 2023 Sophie’s Appeal Charity Auction

We would like to again acknowledge and thank, the fantastic group of prize donors for the Charity Auction. They contributed in no small way, to the final total figure of £8,000 raised.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who donated cash and items for the Raffle on the day.

Finally, to all those who bought tickets for the Raffle and who made generous bids on the Auction items. And to all the winners, Enjoy!

Andy and Damian with the signed F1 Grid Chequered Flag
Image: Andy and Damian with the signed F1 Grid Chequered Flag

The 2023 Sophie’s Appeal Charity Golf Day Roll of Honour

And now for the great golfing achievement awards for 2023. We had a very competitive field on the day and in the end, there were very fine margins between competitors.

Golfer of the Day 2023 Darren Butler with Scott and Damian from 3D
Image: Golfer of the Day 2023 Darren Butler with Scott and Damian from 3D

​Individual Golfer of the Day 2023

  • 1st Place: Darren Butler

  • 2nd Place: Eddie Sweeney

  • 3rd Place: Rob Hayman

The 2023 Team winners from Knights Brown
Image: The 2023 Team winners from Knights Brown

Team of the Tournament 2023

Steve Perkins who got nearest to the pin, with Connor and Damian from 3D
Image: Steve Perkins who got nearest to the pin, with Connor and Damian from 3D

Nearest the Pin 2023

  • Steve Perkins

Jamie Bewick who made the longest drive with Scott and Damian from 3D
Image: Jamie Bewick who made the longest drive with Scott and Damian from 3D

Longest Drive 2023

  • Jamie Bewick

Congratulations to all the winners on the day and thank you to everyone who took part and don’t forget to get the practice in for the 2024 Sophie’s Appeal Charity Golf Day!

Mike, Lin and and Damian with the 2022 fundraising cheque
Image: Mike, Lin and and Damian with the 2022 fundraising cheque

A short history of the Sophie’s Appeal - 3D Personnel Charity Golf Day Fundraiser

The 2023 charity golf day fundraiser was the sixth time the event has been hosted by 3D Personnel. The inaugural charity golf day fundraiser took place in 2017.

Some of the special items auctioned off during the first charity golf day fundraiser, included a pair of autographed Gareth Bale football boots, a signed Lions Rugby Jersey, and a special presentation Anthony Joshua frame with boxing glove, from his Wembley heavyweight thriller that year against Ukranian, Wlasimir Klitschko.

The event has continued every year since, apart from 2020, when due to the Covid Pandemic restrictions, it was cancelled.

3D Personnel Managing Director, Damian Doherty, has this to say, about 3D Personnel’s ongoing association with Sophie’s Appeal.

We were first introduced to Sophie’s Appeal in 2015, when we attended a charity ball in Southampton. Since then, 3D Personnel staff have been involved in fundraising for the charity.

We get to see first-hand how the money raised, helps local children attending the Northbrook Children’s Ward in Winchester Hospital. In 2019 the charity opened Sophie’s Rainbow Retreat, at Rockley Park, Poole, where they give families a chance to enjoy some time away together.

In 2017, we decided to raise money, through our 3D Personnel annual charity golf outing. This has grown year on year, and 2023 was our best attended event, so far.

We would like to thank all our suppliers and clients, for supporting our golf days. Mike has done a wonderful job in speaking about the charity, and helping our clients understand where the money will be used, that we raise each year.

3D Personnel look forward to working with Mike and Lin over the coming years.

Some Auction items from the inaugural 3D Personnel hosted event in 2017
Image: A display of some of the Auction items from the inaugural 3D Personnel hosted event in 2017

​​​Sophie’s Appeal – The Background

Sophie’s Appeal is a charity set up by Lin and Mike Barringer, in the aftermath of the untimely death of their beautiful daughter. Sophie Louise Barringer was diagnosed with Wilm’s Disease, a form of kidney cancer at the tender age of five.

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Sophie as a bridesmaid, aged 5 years of age
Image: Sophie as a bridesmaid, aged 5 years of age

Below is an extract from the Sophie’s Appeal website:

Sophie immediately began an intensive regime of chemotherapy to try and shrink the tumour. Without surgery to remove the tumour her outlook was very bleak. After several weeks of chemotherapy, Sophie underwent a major operation during which her heart was stopped so that the surgeon could remove the tumour from her heart, liver and her left kidney. The operation was a success but, combined with the radiotherapy and continued chemotherapy, Sophie was very poorly.

Following weeks of touch and go, Sophie, pulled through and became well enough to leave the hospital and go home to her family in Eastleigh. Family life became almost normal; interspersed with regular visits to hospital for chemotherapy, blood tests, transfusions and more.

Life was turned upside down again when a routine scan gave us the news, we had all dreaded. The cancer had not been beaten and the chemotherapy was no longer working.

Sophie died at home on 9th December 2004.

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Sophie's Appeal - Support treatment and research logo

Sophie’s Appeal - Projects

Over the years, since the charity’s inception, Sophie’s parents, along with the board of trustees and their many fundraising partners, have helped preserve Sophie’s memory, by supporting many great projects.

Sophies Rainbow Retreat at Rockley Park in Poole

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  • Sophie’s Rainbow Retreat – Rockley Park, Poole

The culmination of the Sophie’s Appeal project was the launch of Sophie’s Rainbow Retreat on the 3rd of March 2019 (which would have been Sophie’s 21st Birthday). This involved the purchase and repurposing of a respite break facility, within the Rockley Park complex in Poole. Providing space for a family of up to six persons, over time, it has offered respite care to hundreds of deserving families, from all around the Wessex region.

  • Sophie’s Place – Northbrook Ward at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester

Having received some of her treatment on the Northbrook Ward, the charity helped to create Sophie’s Place, a purpose designed area of the ward, for treating children for routine treatments, tests, referrals from GP’s and more.

  • Piam Brown Children’s Cancer Ward – at Southampton General Hospital

This ward, where Sophie received most of her treatments, saw upgrading work, to improve the environment for children and parents attending the ward.

  • Beads of Courage

Started in 2004, this ongoing project sees children collect beads for the various treatments they receive, and for milestones reached in their treatments, and their young lives.

  • Sophie’s Surprises

Special days out are arranged for children, to help give them temporary relief from the stresses of hospital surroundings. Theatre trips and theme park visits are examples of activities.

  • Research

Special research projects are part funded by Sophie’s Appeal, including at Southampton General Hospital and University College, London.

You can see from the great work undertaken by the team at Sophie’s Appeal, why fundraising partners like 3D Personnel, are so committed to helping in whatever small way they can.

Should you wish to donate directly to Sophie’s Appeal please visit the JustGiving page.

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Nathan Challis and Damian Doherty at the 2022 presentation ceremony
Image: Nathan Challis, owner of Chapter 8 and Damian Doherty at the 2022 presentation ceremony

The 3D Personnel hosted, 2022 Charity Golf Day Fundraiser

​Looking back at the 2022 Charity Golf Day Fundraiser, we would like to acknowledge the fantastic support and sponsorship we received for this event. As mentioned previously, we had 18 teams competing this year, with a total of 70 golfers taking part. All entrants on the day, and those that couldn’t make it in person, but who kindly donated, are the lifeblood of this event.

With such a strong field of golfers, combined with the fantastic facilities at the Boundary Lakes Golf Club, a competitive and exciting days golf was guaranteed. And the golf lived up to expectations.

  • Congratulations to Jason Prewitt, on winning the individual event with 46 points

  • Congratulations also to Nick Furner from Bellway Homes, Wessex and his team

Janet Facer and the team at Boundary Lakes Golf Club, as always provided a great service. We all look forward to seeing many of the familiar faces back there for the 2024 edition.

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Damian Doherty makes a presentation to Nick and Rob from Bellway Homes in 2022
Image: Damian Doherty makes a presentation to Nick and Rob from Bellway Homes, and their 2022 winning team

Our wonderful sponsors of prizes for the 2022 Sophie’s Appeal Charity Auction

​We would like to again acknowledge and thank, the fantastic group of prize donors for the 2022 Charity Auction. They contributed in no small way, to the final total figure of £11,705 raised.

Auction items included tickets to various sporting events (Champions League, Premiership, T20 Cricket), signed memorabilia (including such luminaries as Pele, Seve Ballesteros, A P McCoy, Usain Bolt, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, LeBron James and Neymar jnr.) and team memorabilia. And not to forget, clothing, signed CD’s and Wine and Whisky.

3D's Managing Director, Damian Doherty, presents a cheque for £11,705 to Lin and Mike Barringer in  2022, while the Southampton office staff look on
Image: 3D Personnel, Managing Director, Damian Doherty, presents a cheque for £11,705 to Lin and Mike Barringer after the 2022 event, while the Southampton office staff look on

Save the Date

​Even though it is a long way off, please make sure to update your calendar with the provisional date, Friday 6th September 2024 for the next version of our event. As always, you will be able to enjoy a great day's golf, in fantastic surroundings, with a great bunch of people. You might even take home a rare Auction item. And best of all, you will be helping once more, to fund the great work carried out by Sophie’s Appeal.

#savethedate – Friday 6th September 2024* – Boundary Lakes Golf Club (*date and venue may be subject to change – check in here later for an update)

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Should you wish to donate directly to Sophie’s Appeal please visit the JustGiving page.

And for more information on the great work the charity does, please visit the site here, or see their Facebook page.

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