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Jim Gavin joins legendary golf line-up raising money for charity in Mauritius - Irish Mirror Online

Legendary fve-in-a-row winning Dublin manager Jim Gavin is heading to Mauritius next month to raise money for charity in a golf tournament. The former Blues boss, who led them to Six Sam Maguire wins in his time in charge between 2013 and 2019, is hoping to take home a grand prize of €29,860 to help DeterMND: Tackling Motor Neurone Disease. Ads by Stop seeing this ad Why this ad? Ads by Stop seeing this ad Why this ad? 80701031297 ADVERTISEMENT

Gavin will join a star-studded feld in the Indian Ocean on March 29 in the Celebrity Series Grand Final at the MCB Tour Championship, with each celebrity playing on behalf of an elected charity for a charity prize fund of £100,000.

Joining Gavin in the feld for the Celebrity Series Grand Final will be top TV presenter and broadcaster Dan Walker, former England footballers Teddy Sheringham and Robbie Fowler, Scottish sporting legends Gordon Strachan and Gavin Hastings, ex-Boyzone singer Keith Dufy 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.

And Gavin will have friend and former All-Ireland winner Anto Finnegan - who set up DeterMND after his diagnosis - on his mind next month as he looks to take home the big prize.

Gavin said: “Anto Finnegan is one of Belfast’s greatest sporting heroes having captained Co. Antrim to a famous All-Ireland Gaelic football title in 1999.

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“Anto was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2012 and, as on the sports feld, he didn’t back down. He was brave, selfess and determined – which is refected in the name he gave to his charitable trust ‘deterMND: tackling Motor Neurone Disease’.

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