The BMRA Golf Day and Summer Dinner teed off with some very special guests joining the teams for a photo call at the Telford Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort.

President Susie Burrage OBE’s charity for 2024, Guide Dogs, joined the golfers ahead of the start of play for a meet and greet, where BMRA members could speak with volunteers and dog trainers to understand more about the work that the charity does.

The day started with the BMRA AGM, in which two new board members were elected: Anthony Bird of International Metals and Cable Recycling and Dave Weston of John Lawrie Metals.

Attendees were able to meet dogs at different stages of their ‘career’, with puppies Jasper (bought by trainers Peter and Susie Bell) and Comet (bought by trainer Helen Owen), and the Labradoodle, Yusef (bought by his visually impaired owner, Hayley Dyson). Thanks to Sue Nicholas for arranging and the team at Guide Dogs in Telford for joining us.

As the teams went out, conditions were perfect for golf, not too hot or blustery.

After play, the golf teams were able to meet up at the drinks reception, kindly sponsored by Enicor, ahead of the Summer Dinner.  

Attendees enjoyed a three-course meal with wine (kindly sponsored by Total Waste Management

and Danieli UK Holdings), while there was a raffle in support of Guide Dogs, raising just over £1,000, a great start ahead of fundraising at the Annual Dinner in November.

The prizes for the golf were also given, with the team from ELG winning the team competition and Lewis Robertson from Atlas Commodities winning the individual competition.

Thank you to our generous members who both sponsored and donated to the raffle, for making the event the success that it is.

You can still donate to Guide Dogs via BMRA’s JustGiving page: https://tinyurl.com/bmra-justgiving-2024

Thanks to our BMRA Golf Day and Summer Dinner sponsors:

Four bottles of champagne for runner up team (2nd) - ATLAS Commodities

Cans of water - Automet

Bucket of tees - Avon Metals

Longest Drive competition - Blue Central

Nearest the Pin competition - CF Booth

Red Wine on tables - Danieli UK Holdings

Trophies for the winning team - EMR

Drinks reception - Enicor

Photographer - John Brocklesby Metal Management

Trophy for highest score (individual player) - Mellor Metals

Bucket of golf balls - Northern Metal Recycling

Four x booby prizes for last placed team - Rogers Metal Management

Sponsor of hole 1 - Sims Metal

Sponsor of hole 18 - S. Norton

Four bottles of Champagne for the winning team - Tandom Metallurgical

Chocolate bars - Total Construction Training

White Wine on tables - Total Waste Management

Four bottles of champagne for runner up team (3rd) - Ward

A bottle of champagne for highest score (individual player) competition winner - Wye Valley Metals

Thanks to our raffle prize donators in support of Guide Dogs:

MGI Zip X1 Lithium Electric Golf Trolley - donated by CF Booth

Armand de Brignac - Ace of Spades Gold Champagne - donated by Automet

Six case of Cambridge Distillery Curators Gin - donated by HL Thorne & Co. Ltd

M&S The Collections Chocolate & Champagne Hamper - donated by International Metals and Cable Recycling Ltd

Glenmorangie 18-year-old - donated by Automet

Six case of Ke Bonta Sangiovese 2022 - donated by HL Thorne & Co. Ltd

Six case of Vondeling Petit Blanc Chenin Blanc 2022 - donated by HL Thorne & Co. Ltd

Magnum of Château Larrivaux, Haut-Médoc 2018 - donated by Rogers Metal Management