The final time Alistair Bonham had hit a golf ball was in January 2025.
Having been paralysed after a snowboarding accident, Bonham was unable to return to the game he performed recreationally.
That’s till Lytham Inexperienced Drive Golf Membership, the membership at which he’s a member, instructed him there could possibly be an opportunity to rekindle his love of the sport.
The membership gained entry to a Paragolfer – an all-terrain mobility automobile which permits customers with decrease limb disabilities to undertake a standing place in an effort to freely swing a golf membership.
“The primary time I stood, on the Southport Spinal Unit, that was a wood body – I cried in there so I’ve accomplished my crying,” Bonham instructed BBC Radio Lancashire.
“I assumed I’ll properly burst into tears as I stood [in the Paragolfer] however no, I’ve accomplished my bit. It was very unusual however I would damaged the ice so far as my tears had been involved.”
The affect the help can have on customers is probably life-changing.
But it isn’t an affordable little bit of package, retailing at round £28,000.
Different comparable choices – together with the Vertacat and Paramotion Golf Wheelchair – are in the marketplace for costs in the identical ballpark.
Bonham’s use of the tools got here as Lytham Inexperienced Drive held an illustration day, as a part of a fundraising marketing campaign by the membership in an effort to finance it.
With assist from Sport England and the Bobby Ball Basis, the membership has surpassed greater than half of its goal, and may they finally increase the required funds, it can convey the utilization of a Paragolfer to Lancashire.
No imply feat given the membership say the closest one at the moment is in Derby.
