Renfrewshire golfers chip in to honour local sporting legend Barclay Howard

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A group of kind-hearted Renfrewshire golfers have helped save lives in memory of a close friend who died from leukaemia.Members of Cochrane Castle Golf Club raised an outstanding total of £4,529 for Cancer Research UK.Jim Shaw helped organised a series of fundraising events during his year as club captain including a charity raffle and tournament.He was inspired by golfing champion Barclay Howard, a much-loved former Cochrane Castle Golf Club member who won more than 100 amateur tournaments but sadly lost his life to leukaemia.Barclay, who was just 55 when he died in May 2008, was regarded as one of the finest amateur golfers of his time, representing the club and both Scotland and Great Britain at international golfing events.Last year marked the 25th anniversary of Barclay winning the silver medal for the low amateur at the 1997 British Open that was held at Royal Troon Golf Club.Renfrewshire Live, the new free app dedicated to bringing you around the clock breaking news, is now available to download.Powered by the Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire Live is your go-to source for news, features and sport with live coverage provided direct to the app, seven days a week.The dedicated team of experienced journalists, responsible for the publication of the award-winning Express, will focus on breaking news, day and night, across Renfrewshire’s towns and villages.There is also a dedicated St Mirren section that will follow every kick of the ball with the Buddies. Available on both Android and Apple.

D ownload here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocial He also played on the GB and Ireland team in the Eisenhower trophy in 1996.