Geoff Ogilvy and golfers raise funds for police inspector's family
Christmas spirit has come early with this season’s Australian Open players Geoff Ogilvy and other golfers deciding to help raise funds for slain policeman Bryson Anderson’s family.
Anderson, a New South Wales police inspector, was on duty in Sydney’s north-west attempting to quell a dispute in a neighbourhood, on Thursday, when someone allegedly attacked him from the rear.
The attacker managed to stab him in the back of the neck. Anderson was rushed to the hospital but he was pronounced dead on arrival. He left behind him a wife and three children.
Mr. Ogilvy and fellow golfers took part in an initiative to help raise money for the family Mr. Anderson left behind. Spectators and players were seen donating at the fundraiser during the Australian Open. There was a separate event at The Lakes Golf Club
on Sunday as well.
Ogilvy and other players taking part in the tournament will also be autographing all kinds of memorabilia. These memorabilia were to go on auction by the close of the tournament.
All proceeds earned from individual donations and the auctioned memorabilia will be donated to Police Legacy, ear-marked for use by the Anderson family.
''The money raised at the Australian Open will help make life that bit easier for Bryson Anderson's family,'' said Scott Weber on Sunday. Weber is the president of the Police Association of New South Wales.
He thanked the players and the spectators for the generous donations and offered his condolences to the family of the bereaved.
''Losing a member of the police family is always incredibly difficult, but losing a husband and a father even more so”,
In a prepared statement he read to the gathered persons of the press, he gave homage to the character and sense of duty Mr. Anderson possessed in a long career marked with distinction.
"Bryson Anderson was a brave and accomplished police officer, but he was also a father and a husband,'' he said.
The Australian Open ended on Sunday with what has been described as the closest finals in its history. 53-year old Peter Senior became the oldest player at the Open to ever win the Stonehaven cup.
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