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Golf Champion backs Charity close to heart

27/07/2010

Welsh golf champion Becky Brewerton has pledged her support to the Multiple Sclerosis Society, after her mother was diagnosed with the condition some 26 years ago.

Becky’s mother, Paula, was diagnosed with MS when Becky was still very young and Becky has witnessed the effects of the condition up-close.

Speaking ahead of the Ricoh Women’s British Open at Royal Birkdale from 29th July to 1st August, Becky commented: “The charity is very close to my heart and it’s great to be able to do something to help raise awareness and funds for the MS Society.”

Becky will use her website to fundraise for the charity and will has the MS Society logo firmly emblazoned on her golf bag to show her support. She will now work with the charity to find other ways to fundraise and raise awareness of the condition.

“The MS Society does a fantastic job and I’d like to be able to show my appreciation for the work they do for those in a similar position to my mum” added Brewerton.

Paula has been hugely influential and supportive in Becky’s career as a professional golfer and hopes to be in Southport this weekend to see Becky play.

Becky is currently 21st on the 2010 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit and has had a relatively slow start to the season by her own high standards. After finishing the 2009 season 3rd on the Henderson money list, claiming the second victory of her career at the Spanish Open and playing in her second Solheim Cup, Becky is widely tipped for greater success in the years to come.


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Notes to Editors:

• The MS Society (www.mssociety.org.uk) is the UK’s largest charity dedicated to supporting everyone whose life is touched by multiple sclerosis (MS), providing respite care, an award-winning freephone helpline (0808 800 8000), specialist MS nurses and funding more than 80 vital MS research projects in the UK.
• MS is the most common disabling neurological condition affecting young adults and an estimated 100,000 people in the UK have MS. There is no cure and few effective treatments.
• MS is the result of damage to myelin – the protective sheath surrounding nerve fibres of the central nervous system – which interferes with messages between the brain and the body.



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