The annual Three Bunkers Challenge has raised £60,000 cumulatively in aid of local charity Big C Little c which supports CRUK, NSPCC and other charities that support children at risk.
Another major beneficiary this year will be the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre (CBTRC) at Nottingham University.
Now in its 5th year, the Three Bunkers Challenge took place on Friday 22 May and is styled like the infamous three peaks mountain climbs. It involves 24 golfers playing 27 holes at three separate golf courses across the East Midlands within 10 hours, covering just over 70 miles.
The winning team this year was Fiscal Engineers and, on the day, a cheque for £11,250 was presented to Big C Little c founders Colin Shaw and Andrew Springhall. Further donations have been pledged meaning the 2025 event will raise in excess of £13,500, bringing the cumulative total raised since 2020 to £60,000.
An auction was also held for a signed Nottingham Forest Shirt, tickets for the T20 at the Upton Steel County Ground, and golf fourball vouchers for Beeston Fields, Brierley Forest, Chorley, Coxmoor, Charnwood Forest, Chevin, Mapperley, Radcliffe on Trent and Serlby Park golf clubs.
Event co-organiser Elliot Cook from Simple Marketing Consultancy said: “Three Bunkers was started by my business partner Bev Cook and continues to be a huge success. We’d both like to thank everyone who took part or donated as we now only have another £40,000 to raise to reach our £100,000 overall target.
“We’d particularly like to thank Morley Hayes, Charnwood Forest and The Nottinghamshire golf clubs as without their support we would not be able to hold the event and raise so much.”
Colin Shaw from Big C Little c added: “The Three Bunkers Challenge is an important fundraiser for us as it helps us to deliver tailored support to local people. The NSPCC receives many calls from children who have been affected by a cancer and similarly local research centres like CBTRC need financial assistance to continue the search for pioneering new cancer treatments.”
The teams that participated in the 2025 event included Actons Solicitors, Fiscal Engineers, Finance for Enterprise, MAF Finance Group, Michael Reed Wealth Management, Shakespeare Martineau, and Simple Marketing Consultancy.
