FFK Golf Day 2024 - the results

FFK was delighted to host its annual charity golf tournament on 4 July at the prestigious Royal Blackheath Golf Club in Eltham.

We are enormously grateful to our lead tournament sponsor, CME Group; to gold sponsors ADMISI and ION; silver sponsor StoneX; and bronze sponsors Barclays, FIA and KRM22 for their generous support in helping us raise funds for the charities that Futures for Kids supports. Proceeds from the golf day help to ensure that these charities can continue their work to improve the lives of children and young people in the UK and overseas.

While US markets closed to celebrate Independence Day, a corner of southeast London played host to eleven teams competing for the coveted Bob Ray Memorial Trophy.

After breakfast, which was kindly sponsored by ION, forty-four golfers set off for a shotgun start at 8.30am. We were incredibly lucky with the weather which remained sunny and dry all day, with just enough of a breeze to keep our players on their toes!

In addition to the Team and Individual Competitions, players battled it out to pick up prizes for the Nearest the Pin and Longest Drive challenges.

Thanks to the generosity of ADMISI, the mobile refreshment cart provided players with drinks and snacks on the course throughout the morning.

Following a barbecue lunch for players and guests, generously sponsored by CME Group, attention turned to the all-important prize-giving.

In a close-run competition, only 2 points separated the top three teams.

With a winning score of 92 points, the ADM team triumphed with Ben Probert, Ryan Easterbrook, Steven Trigg, and Drew Beauchamp collecting the Bob Ray Memorial Trophy for 2024.

Coming a close second with 91 points was the CME team while third place went to the FIA team with a score of 90 points.

We had a tie in the individual player competition with both Clive Leicester (CME team) and Sarah Willis (FIA team) scoring 40 points.

The winner on countback, with a back 9 of 21 points, was Clive Leicester who picked up the Individual Winner’s trophy and a shiny new 2-ball putter.

Sarah took home a well-deserved bottle of champagne by way of a consolation prize.

Winners of the three competition holes were as follows:

• Nearest the Pin at Hole 8, sponsored by ADMISI: Geoff Shakespear (ION team)

• Longest Drive at Hole 13, sponsored by ION: Ben Bowler (ION team)

• Nearest the Pin at Hole 16, sponsored by StoneX: Dan Carter (KRM22 team)

Congratulations to all our prize winners and many thanks to our sponsors and everyone who took part.

We look forward to seeing you next year!

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FFK Fun Run 2024 - The results

Thank you to all the runners who joined the FFK 2024 Fun Run on 23 May. The weather was kind and it was a fun evening. We would like to thank our sponsors, especially - R J O’Brien, G H Financials and Trading Technologies - for helping to make the event happen. A number of other organisations also turned up in force.

The 10k men’s race was won by Kim Suter, from KRM22, in a time of 37:49. The women’s 10k was won by Megan Horsford from Cumulus9.

The men’s 5k race was won by ION’s Sean Pocknee, a last minute replacement for a colleague, and the women’s 5k was won by Deutsche Bank’s Lisa Brogan.

The full results and times are here.

Photos from the day are available here.

Good Karma with Rama

The FIA’s charity message will be sounding loud and clear across the world, led by the first Asian in this important industry fund-raising effort. Rama Pillai, Managing Director at SGX Group in Singapore, an industry veteran, is taking on the Kilt Challenge in 2024 as he flies the flag high for Futures for Kids. Join the community in donating today and find some Good Karma together with Rama!

Help Rama by making a donation to his JustGiving page here

FFK Golf Day 4th July 2022 - results

FFK was delighted to host its annual charity golf day yesterday at the magnificent Royal Blackheath Golf Club in Eltham.

Organised to raise funds for the charities that FFK supports in the UK and abroad, the event would not have been possible without our sponsors. We are enormously grateful to CME Group, our lead tournament sponsor; gold sponsors ION Markets and Trading Technologies; silver sponsor Global Commodities Holdings; and bronze sponsors ADMISI, Barclays, Eventus, FIA, KRM22 and Meritsoft.

Returning to its traditional 4th July date, 13 teams marked US Independence Day with a fiercely fought competition to win the coveted Bob Ray Memorial Trophy. Following breakfast, kindly sponsored by Trading Technologies, 52 golfers set off for a shotgun start.

In addition to the Team and Individual Competitions, players battled it out to win the Nearest the Pin and Longest Drive challenges. With the mercury rising players stayed hydrated with on-course refreshments provided by ION Markets.

The prize-giving followed a barbecue lunch for players and guests, generously sponsored by CME Group.

The Bob Ray Memorial Trophy was awarded to tournament winners Team Barclays (Sachin Mehta, Jimmy Smith, Brad Plowman and Per Haga) with a winning score of 97 points.

CME Teams 1 and 2 were placed second and third, with 93 and 92 points, respectively.

The winning individual player was Charles Branch, also a member of CME Team 1, with 45 points.

The competition hole winners were as follows:

• Longest Drive (sponsored by CME Group) – Andrew Fordyce

• Longest Drive (sponsored by ION Markets) – Stefan Lucas

• Nearest the Pin (sponsored by Trading Technologies) – Per Haga

• Nearest the Pin (sponsored by Global Commodities Holdings) – Andrew Fordyce

Congratulations to all!

The last-placed individual of the day was someone who had valiantly stepped in at the last minute to replace a Covid-hit colleague. We will leave it up to him whether he declares this accolade but hope that the bottle of champagne we presented him with went some way to consoling him.

Our heartfelt thanks for the generosity of our sponsors, and all those who took part, for your help in raising much-needed funds for FFK’s charities.

We look forward to seeing you next year!

FFK Golf Day 4th JULY 2022 Sponsors

With grateful thanks to all our sponsors for their support

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FFK Golf Day 2021 - the results

Team competition - winners of the Bob Ray Memorial Trophy

Global Commodities Holdings Limited

Martin Abbott, Simon Rostron, Alison Ellmann, John Flynn

Individual competition

1st place - Sachin Mehta

2nd place - Tom Turner

3rd place - Jamie Widdis

Best Woman Player

Sarah Willis

Longest drive- hole sponsored by LME

Nick Rustad

Longest drive - hole sponsored by ION Markets

Stefan Lucas

Nearest the pin - hole sponsored by CME Group

Richard Bevan

Nearest the pin - hole sponsored by Barclays

Simon Roston

Straightest drive - sponsored by Exegy

Andrew Fordyce

With thanks to our event sponsors

FFK Golf Day 2022

The FFK Annual Golf Day is back on 4th July at the prestigious Royal Blackheath Golf Course.

The FFK golf day was initiated in 2010 by the late Bob Ray, Chicago’s own ambassador to London. Bob was a great supporter of FFK and what we do, he loved his golf and was immediately keen to get behind running an annual tournament to raise funds for fantastic charities.  Now we all play to win the trophy, named in his memory.

We have a range of sponsorship and participation opportunities available, including, for the first time, a ‘guest’ ticket for those who do not play but would like to come along on the day to watch colleagues and friends and join in the lunch.

FFK GOLF DAY SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES - 2022

Platinum tournament sponsor (sole sponsorship)

Benefit from recognition and priority branding as sole platinum sponsor of the tournament. Benefits include: 2 fourballs; branding on site and in all pre- and post-event marketing as event sponsor; additional recognition as a competition hole sponsor (longest drive, nearest the pin, 3 putt, bunker and lost ball challenge), lunch signage, and additional benefits as negotiated.

£5,000

Gold sponsor (two available)

Choose from one of these options:

·      VPAR Scoring System Sponsor                                   

·      Refreshments Buggy Sponsor                                   

In addition to onsite as well as pre-and post-event recognition, benefits include: two fourballs; additional branding on scoring system information or refreshment buggy. Sponsor can also select a competition hole of their choice (longest drive, nearest the pin, 3 putt, bunker and lost ball challenge) and receive additional branding at the specific hole.

£3,900

Silver package (3 available)

Benefits include: one fourball, plus branding as a sponsor of one of the following (select as appropriate)

·      Longest drive (2 available)                                         

·      Nearest the pin (2 available)                                     

·      The 3-putt, bunker, lost ball challenge                   

£2,000   

Bronze package

Benefits: One fourball and pre- and post-event recognition

£1,500

Individual places

£200

Guest places

£50

All sponsors will be recognised in all event online and onsite material and publicity via social media, as well as onsite branding on ‘flying teardrop’ banner at one or two holes depending on package.

All players will receive tea, coffee and bacon rolls on arrival, 18 holes of golf, barbecue lunch. The winners of the competitions will be presented with prizes during the post-event lunch.

For further information, or to book your sponsorship package of choice, please email FFK

It's back ... the FFK Golf Day 2021

After a year’s absence, the FFK Golf Day is back. on Monday 6th September at the Royal Blackheath Golf Club, London SE9 5AF. Full details and a range of sponsorship and participation options are available here.

FFK Holiday Auction nets £7,000

Thank you to all who donated prizes and supported the online auction in December, which raised some £7,000 for Futures for Kids!

Prizes ranged from sports memorabilia and getaway breaks, to jewellery, hampers, wine and artwork.

The most hotly contested items included bottles of Chateau Palais Cardinal St-Emilion Grand Cru 2015, a week-long stay on the North Cornwall coast and, as has become tradition, the giant Toblerone chocolate bar.

The money raised will support the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK and around the world.

To find out more about what your contributions mean to the lives of children and young adults supported by FFK's amazing charities, click here.

FFK virtual fun run raises over £37,000 for children's charities

Futures for Kids is delighted to announce that over 150 people from across the globe joined in its virtual sporting event between 24 April and 24 May as competitors and donors. ‘Athletes’ took part across the UK, Europe, Singapore, Australia and several locations in the US.

By bringing together the sponsorship for this event and the postponed ‘real’ FFK Fun Run, now planned for later this year, as well as the donations our ‘athletes’ made to participate, we have raised just over £37,000 to date. None of this would be possible without the support and backing of our sponsors: RJO’Brien, GHF, CME Group, OSTC, ICE, LME, Trading Technologies, INTL FC Stone, LSE, SGX, Stellar Trading Systems, East Lodge Capital with support from FIA, John Lothian News and Cult Wines. On behalf of the FFK trustees a huge thank you to everyone.  

So to the results….

The full set of the results is available here are some highlights:

5k run winners: Men: Alex Pitkin (OSTC) Women: Lucy Eyers (Barclays)

10k run winners: Men: Ian Firla (OSTC) Women: Victoria Begley (Dulwich Hamlet Primary School)

5k walk winners.: Men: Stephen Smith (Kids in Kathmandu Nepal) Women: Sheena Griffiths (GHF)

10k walk winners: Men: Chris Bennett (Curve Global) Women: Fiona Jalil (CME Group)

10k cycle winner: Men: Patrick Thornton-Smith (Cult Wines) Women: No entrants

20k cycle winners: Men: Kazuaki Takabatake (Cult Wines) Women: Klaudia Stelmachowicz (OSTC)

All winners will be invited to a special award ceremony when we finally are allowed to hold the ‘real’ fun run later this year.

The full results are here

Other highlights:

• The ‘team participation’ award (based on number of participants) goes to OSTC. OSTC also wins the number of winners with three narrowly beating the two cyclist/fine wine team of Cult Wines.

• A ‘kilt’ race with three former participants in the IDX Gala Dinner Kilt Challenge donning the tartan in their own special ways: Jeremy Grant, John Lothian and Walt Lukken. 

• Best lockdown beard/headband combo went to Adam Solomon of RJO narrowly beating Mark Phelps of GHF.

We would also like to thank a number of the charities we support for getting involved, including Kids in Kathmandu, WeSeeHope and Leadership Through Sport and Business.

Thank you all again for your support in this event and hope you a) had fun and b) were able to keep maintaining your exercise routine in these strange times. The money raised from this event will go towards a number of our core charities, including: Kids in Kathmandu Nepal, WeSeeHope, EducAid, and Leadership Through Sport and Business.