(l-r) Gordon MacDonald (Torvean GC), Christopher Black (DBS), Kay Elliott (DBS), Torquil McInroy (clubgolf) and Willie Rusk (Torvean GC) with clubgolfers from Culloden Academy
Torvean tops the Fairways Savers
Torvean Golf Club from Inverness became the first club in Scotland to have fifty of its members open a Dunfermline Building Society Fairway Saver account thus earning a £500 reward from the SGU’s sponsors.
Torvean Golf Club from Inverness became the first club in Scotland to have fifty of its members open a Dunfermline Building Society Fairway Saver account thus earning a £500 reward from the SGU’s sponsors.
The Dunfermline Building Society Fairway Savers account was launched last October, encouraging golf club members to save money with a competitive interest rate and in turn raise funds for junior golf in Scotland. A reward initiative was also offered to all SGU affiliated golf clubs in Scotland, giving £500 to each club who generated 50 new accounts from their members.
Having reached the milestone of fifty members, Torvean Golf Club’s Willie Rusk accepted a cheque for £500 from Dunfermline Building Society’s Christopher Black and Kay Elliot, and the SGU’s clubgolf project manager Torquil McInroy. Rusk said:
“We are delighted to become the first club in Scotland to receive £500 from Dunfermline Building Society for the Fairway Saver initiative. It’s a fantastic reward for us and the money will be invested into our club’s junior programme to enhance our coaching and practise facilities.”
“Dunfermline Building Society’s sponsorship of junior golf in Scotland has been great for grass roots golf with the various activities they have been involved with and it’s great that individual clubs can also benefit from their partnership with the SGU.”
More than 2,100 golfers across Scotland have opened a Fairway Saver account, totalling in excess of £4.1m worth of savings. For every pound saved in the accounts, a percentage will be put towards junior golf programmes in Scotland, including clubgolf – Scotland’s national junior golf strategy – and the SGU Academy.
Chief Executive of Dunfermline Building Society Graeme Dalziel added:
“We are proud to extend our support of golf in Scotland at club level and our congratulations go to Torvean Golf Club for their efforts in promoting the Fairway Saver account to its members. Our partnership is very much a two-way process with clubs benefiting from our sponsorship.”
“Dunfermline Building Society’s partnership with the SGU continues to go from strength to strength, following a hugely successful Junior Masters, the Junior Club of the Year Awards and the Scottish Golf Dinner, and we look forward to another great season in 2008.”
The Fairway Saver account offers a competitive rate of interest (currently at 3.40%) and a new account can be opened by investing as little as £1 up to a maximum of £1,000,000. Junior accounts and adult accounts are available.
For further information, please call Dunfermline Building Society on 0845 33 66 88
