A GOLF club celebrated its 125th anniversary with a generous donation to support patients receiving cancer treatment.

Darwen Golf Club members held a celebratory dinner at Ewood Park during which £1,000 was raised to support the chemotherapy unit at Royal Blackburn Hospital.

Golf club secretary Ian Geogarty hailed the evening a tremendous success.

He said: “To be able to make this contribution to help an important department at the hospital has delighted us all.

"The chemotherapy unit does a fantastic job in caring for and supporting people in need of specialist treatment.”

“We’d like to thank the many local businesses and club members who donated raffle prizes for the special anniversary event.”