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Sir Ian Botham
Sir Ian Botham

Release Date: 7 November 2008

The Desert Springs resort in Almeria, south-east Spain was hosted the Sir Ian Botham Charity Golf Series Grand Final on Thursday 30 October to Saturday 1 November 2008.

A host of sporting celebrities & legends attended and helped raise funds for Leukaemia Research including; Ian Woosnam OBE, Matt Dawson, Darren Campbell, Sir Clive Woodward OBE, Jimmy Case, Vinny Samways, Paul Way, D.J. Russell, Peter Baker, Steve Cram MBE, Dennis Taylor and Mick Fitzgerald. The Java Trading Company and talkSPORT radio were joint presenting sponsors for the event. talkSPORT breakfast radio show presenter Alan Brazil broadcast live from the resort on the Friday and Monday. talkSPORT golf correspondent Rupert Bell also completed regular inserts and interviews across the weekend.



Sir Ian remarked:“The support demonstrated by talkSPORT and Java Trading Company as the Presenting Sponsors of the grand final of my Charity Golf Series is wonderful. The commitment of my sporting celebrity friends to give up their time and the players that have entered the event will guarantee, great golf, great fun, great friendship and most of all, the raising of those much needed funds for the Charity of which I am President, Leukaemia Research.”

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