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Jim Gavin and Keith Duffy to play for charities in Mauritius - News - Irish Golf Desk

of Mauritius at the end of next month to take part in an international golf event for charity. They will join Breakfast TV host Dan Walker, one of the stars of the 2021 series of Strictly Come Dancing, in a group of eight leading personalities from the worlds of sport, entertainment and media who will travel to the Indian Ocean to compete for a prize fund of £100,000 for their chosen charities, with the winner receiving £25,000. Duffy will be playing for AsIAm Autism Innovation while Gavin will be representing deterMND, which was established on behalf of former Antrim Gaelic football captain Anto Finnegan after he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in August 2012. Joining them in the field for the Celebrity Series Grand Final at the MCB Tour Championship – part of The Legends Tour – will be former England footballers Teddy Sheringham and Robbie Fowler, Scottish sporting legends Gordon Strachan and Gavin Hastings and television sports presenter Georgie Bingham, who is the current host for the Legends Tour and notably known for her time with ESPN and Sky. Ex-Boyzone star Duffy said: “I am delighted to be playing in such a prestigious event, especially with it being in Mauritius. My ‘Old School Tour’ with Boyzlife starts in September, so it was perfect timing for me to play alongside other celebrities and watch the legends in action.” The inaugural Celebrity Series Grand Final will take place on March 29 at Constance Belle Mare Plage, Mauritius, teeing off an exhilarating week of golf, followed by the MCB & Constance Pro Am from March 30-31 and the MCB Tour Championship, which will be staged from April 1-3. Ex-Scotland and British Lions captain Hastings, who booked his place in the line-up after winning the Scottish Senior Open Celebrity Series at Royal Aberdeen last September, said: “I

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