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Celton Manx to sponsor celebrity golf day

Golfing teams from the Island's business sector are signing-up to take part in a popular annual celebrity golf event for charity.

Sports betting operator Celton Manx is sponsoring the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK charity golf day, for the fifth year running.

It's being held on 18 June and players from local firms will be joined this year at Mount Murray Golf Club by former professional footballers-turned-commentators Tony Gale and Tony Cottee.

Since 2011, the golf day has raised £85,000 for the fund - which supports bowel cancer research and was founded by Stephanie Moore, wife of West Ham Utd player Bobby Moore, who died from the disease in 1993.

Celton Manx sportsbook brand SBOBET has long-standing ties with West Ham, as the club's shirt sponsor from 2009-2013.

Celton Manx executive director Bill Mummery said: 'This is an occasion which has become a high point in the Island's golfing calendar thanks, in no small part, to the organising team headed by Lars Ugland, the support of the local business community and the commitment of Stephanie Moore to raising awareness of bowel cancer, a disease that can be treatable if detectived early enough.'

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