Please find details below of a charitable silent auction of Perth & Kinross Council’s Ryder Cup street dressing items.
Briefing for Community Councils: Charitable silent auction of Perth & Kinross Council’s Ryder Cup street dressing items
The Provost and Council Leaders have agreed that Perth & Kinross Council will operate a silent auction of Ryder Cup street dressing items. This will take place from 20 April until 31 May. Ryder Cup Europe is supportive of this initiative.
All proceeds from the silent auction will go to the two official local Ryder Cup charities: Perth & Kinross Disability Sports and Friends of St Margaret’s Hospital. The charities are also supportive of this initiative.
Up for auction will be a varied collection of street dressing items, such as flags, posters, banners that were hung from lamp posts and road-side signs. These were used to decorate the local area and present a smart and warm welcome to Ryder Cup visitors when the prestigious golf tournament took place in September last year. This is a chance for members of the public to gain a small piece of historic occasion, which was credited by many as the ‘best ever Ryder Cup’. The Junior Ryder Cup at Blairgowrie Golf Club was also credited as being the most successful event.
The items feature the Ryder Cup logo and include wording such as ‘Perthshire Welcomes The Ryder Cup’ and ‘Blairgowrie Welcomes The Junior Ryder Cup’, and winning bidders will also receive a certificate of authenticity with their item.
The full list of items up for auction, a bidding form and a silent auction brochure are available to view online at www.pkc.gov.uk/rydercupauction. Hard copies of the silent auction brochure which contains the list of items will also be available to read in local libraries and mobile libraries across Perth and Kinross, as well as in Perth Museum & Art Gallery, the Fergusson Gallery and at reception in the Council's offices in Pullar House in Perth city centre.
Bids can be submitted via emailing a bidding form to ku.vog.ckp|4102puCredyR#ku.vog.ckp|4102puCredyR or by posting the form to Ryder Cup Auction, Community Greenspace, Pullar House, 35 Kinnoull Street, Perth PH1 5GD. Bids can also be made by completing an online bidding form at www.pkc.gov.uk/rydercupauction. The auction opens to bids at 8.45am on Monday 20 April and will close at 11.59pm on Sunday 31 May.
The silent auction will be promoted to the public via the press, the Council’s corporate website and social media, and a poster will be distributed to local places of interest. Please find the poster attached, for your use if you wish.
We wanted to share this information with you, should you receive enquiries from your local community, as there has been some interest in obtaining these items.
For further information, please contact Keith McNamara, Head of Environmental and Consumer Services at Perth & Kinross Council. Tel: 01738 476404. E: ku.vog.ckp|aramaNcMDK#ku.vog.ckp|aramaNcMDK
