THE 10th Alliss Family Celebrity Golf Day in aid of Guildford Undetected Tumour Screening (GUTS) again attracted a host of celebrities to Old Thorns country club, raising more than £7,000.

Despite a rainy start, 23 teams, including former golf pro and BBC commentator Peter Alliss and two of his sons, joined celebrities taking part in raising money for the charity.

These included former European Tour winner and two-time Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallagher, actor Sion Tudor-Owen, Vic Armstrong, a stunt co-ordinator and director, former BBC Radio2 and Crackerjack presenter Ed Stewart, Darts players John Lowe and Bob Anderson, English actor, screenwriter and producer Chris Villiers, and former Ryder Cup player Michael King.

Peter’s wife, Jackie, who organises the annual event, said: “We would like to thank the Shaw family for their generosity in donating the Old Thorns course for the event as well as the many people who kindly donated our raffle prizes.”

Statistics show one-in-18 people will contract bowel cancer at some point in their lives. GUTS is working hard to improve bowel cancer screening, detection and survival rates.

Money raised each year supports the GUTS unit at Guildford’s Royal Surrey Hospital, founded by Professor Marks in 1983, which aims to raise early awareness of bowel cancer in the South East of England.

Regular bowel cancer screening has been shown to reduce the risk of dying from bowel cancer by 16 per cent and if detected at the earliest stage, there is over a 90 per cent chance of survival. For more details, call 01483 408316 or visit gutsfbc.co.uk.