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Bryn Meadows golf day raises £3,000 in memory of meningitis patient who lost both legs but carried on putting

News | | Published: 13:00, Thursday September 17th, 2015.
Last updated: 16:17, Tuesday September 29th, 2015

(Left to right)Owners Steve Mayo and Gary Mayo next to Sally Gillespie from Meningitis Now and Mrs Fay Mayo
(Left to right)Owners Steve Mayo and Gary Mayo next to Sally Gillespie from Meningitis Now and Mrs Fay Mayo

A golf day held at Bryn Meadows Golf Hotel and Spa raised £3,000 for charity Meningitis Now.

The Brian Mayo Golf Day is held annually at the Maesycwmmer venue and is named in honour of the original proprietor of the resort, Brian Mayo.

Mr Mayo lost both of his legs and an arm after contracting meningitis.

It is thought Mr Mayo contracted the virus by performing the unusual ritual of licking a golf ball while playing.

Mr Mayo’s widow Fay said: “He was in a coma for 11 days and then woke up. The only thing they could attribute it to was the weedkiller on the greens.”

He was back on the golf course though just six weeks after leaving hospital, using his Mercedes as a golf cart.

Mr Mayo died in 1999, but his family, the owners of Bryn Meadows, still carry on the tournament in his memory.

The £3,000 raised at year’s event, held on Thursday, September 10, means the total raised since the first event in 1989 has now hit almost £60,000.

Current owner of the resort, Gary Mayo, said his father was inspired to pick up his golf clubs again after reading a book in hospital.

He said: “The thing that got him into amputee golf was Douglas Bader, the World War II pilot who lost both of his legs. My dad read the book about him after he had his legs amputated and also got the opportunity to meet him. He really inspired my dad, and was his hero.”

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