DOZENS of golfers competed in memory of a colleague and friend yesterday.

Eighteen teams played for the Mark Donnelly Memorial Golf Trophy, at Wynyard Golf Club, near Stockton.

The aim was to honour the memory of the 32-year-old quantity surveyor, from Ingleby Barwick, who died a year ago of leukaemia, and raise money for his charity.

Mr Donnelly died despite a bone marrow transplant organised by the Anthony Nolan Trust.

Gary Marshall, associate director of Faithful and Gould Commercial Services, in Stockton, where Mr Donnelly worked before his illness, said: "We are very pleased at how things have gone.

"We had no problem about filling up the places."

For more information about the work of the Anthony Nolan Trust, call 0901 882 2234.