Top Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox has locked in another year of his golfing and fishing tournament in Waihī Beach, after a vastly successful 2024 edition again raised more than $40,000 for local charities.
The fifth year of The Fox — presented by Shimano Fishing New Zealand — drew a record 25 teams, alongside sporting celebrities like Black Caps pace bowler Trent Boult, All Black wing Caleb Clarke, rower Eric Murray, former All Black Christian Cullen, local-raised trampoline star Dylan Schmidt, professional golfer Mark Brown and Bay of Plenty rugby stars Kurt Eklund and Naitoa Ah Kuoi.
After two days of fishing and golf, Saturday night’s charity auction alone raised more than $25,000 for the Waihī Beach Surf Lifesaving Club and the Waihī Beach Volunteer Coastguard, taking the total over the five years of the event well past the $200,000 mark.
“I just can’t speak highly enough of what those two charities do and I’m incredibly proud of how we’ve been able to help them over the past five years,” Fox says. “It costs a lot to save lives, to have the equipment and resources and training to be able to rescue and prevent drowning, and it’s a privilege to confirm that we’ll be back again next year to help put more money into their coffers.”
Fox attended the tournament with his family, wife Anneke and daughters Isabel and Margot, along with his father, former All Black great Grant. With his 38th birthday on the horizon next month and having just completed his first fulltime year on the PGA Tour, the world No 80’s focus for the next year is on supporting his growing clan as best as he can, on the way to getting back to The Fox next December.
