Wonderful prize won by Mullingar Golf Club after 'GolfCycle' draw

The ‘GolfCycle’ undertaken by NUI Galway MA in Digital Media student and former Irish International golfer, Joe Lyons and John McGuire of the Technology Transfer Office at the University, launched the defibme.ie campaign this summer.

And as part of a draw associated with the special event, members of Mullingar Golf Club won a first prize of a weekend trip for four to Oceanico's Amendeoira Golf Resort in the Algarve, sponsored by Revive Active.

Lyons and Maguire cycled from Galway Golf Club to the Irish Open in Mullingar, playing 18 holes across 9 golf courses along the way. The event raised awareness of the University-backed initiative to build smartphone applications to locate your nearest defibrillator while also raising funds for the Irish Heart Foundation.

Golf club members across the country also had the opportunity to win some great prizes by taking part in their own club’s weekly medal. The draw for the prizes took place recently at a ceremony in NUI Galway.

Joe Lyons said: “Revive Active and the Carlton Shearwater sponsorship have had a very positive effect on the defibme.ie campaign. Smartphone applications are almost complete and will be available in September. We are continuing to build a list of defibrillator locations to assist the public in times of crises. Without the support of sponsors it would be extremely difficult to do this.”

‘GolfCycle’ was the first in a series of initiatives aimed at encouraging organisations to register defibrillators and highlighting the resource to the general public. Upcoming events will continue to encourage the crowdsourcing of information. The defibme.ie campaign is dependant on crowdsourcing information to build a comprehensive registry.

For more information on defibme.ie visit www.defibme.ie.