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Issue 51
July 2014
Easy ways to boost golf
and safeguard the sport
The season has started, the golf
course is looking great, what
could be better? Well, if your
club wants to continue to thrive
in the future, linking up with the
Golf Foundation could be the
smartest move you could make
this summer.
By supporting this charity in two
straightforward ways, we can help you to
encourage the next generation of
players; your customers of the future.
Our new, PGA-endorsed Junior Golf
Passport actually offers a revenue raising
opportunity for the club. This learning
programme for youngsters is a great
resource for PGA Professionals and very
attractive for families who wish to
support their children at the club venue,
increasing footfall in the pro shop and
club restaurant, while encouraging more
adult/family memberships. We have some
exciting figures to share on this scheme –
more than 500 clubs have already
embraced the Junior Golf Passport.
expand our strategy to ensure more
children can try golf for the first time at
school and then enjoy the opportunity to
take their golf further at a golf facility.
Secondly, think national to think local. If
every golf club member gave just £2 to
the Golf Foundation, this charity could
Why not consider adding a voluntary £2
donation to member subscription rates
next time? If all clubs took this step, the
future of golf would receive a massive boost.
Feature story:
Inside this issue:
Foundation Pro-Am preview
Teeofftimes.co.uk helps out
Junior Golf Passport
Ready for The Open
Awards: Heroes of junior golf
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Explanar donations to clubs
The Golf Foundation is teaming up with Explanar
to present three free Explanar Junior Golf Training
Aids to deserving golf clubs during the next year.
SEE MORE ON PAGE 9
JUNIOR GOLF MATTERS
The official bulletin of the Golf Foundation
Welcome…
Welcome…
We are all, of course, looking
forward greatly to The Open
Championship, held at Royal
Liverpool.Thanks to one of our
greatest supporters as a charity,
The R&A, the Golf Foundation
team enjoys a unique opportunity
to occupy a special place in the
'R&A Swingzone' in the tented
village for the week of the event,
where we can showcase all of our
HSBC Golf Roots activity
involving schools, golf clubs and
the community.
Open Championships in the North
West are usually a great draw for
families. If your club members or PGA
pro’s attend, please come and say
hello to our team; while we hope you
all enjoy reading
about our recent
activity in this issue.
Mike Round
Chief Executive
Grant aid in
Scotland a
Ryder Cup hit
Nearly 50 golf clubs in Scotland have
taken advantage of a Golf Foundation
and ClubGolf Scotland combined grant
aid scheme to encourage young players
into clubs from schools during Ryder
Cup year.
The two development bodies put equal
funding into the £20,000 discretionary scheme
which has been rolled out by ClubGolf
regional officers this year. The money is being
used by the clubs to fund open days for
youngsters, club coaching sessions, delivering
golf in schools and for the training of
volunteers to help bring on the children.
Mike Round, Chief Executive of the Golf
Foundation, said: “ClubGolf is doing an
excellent job in reaching more and more
youngsters in community golf projects. It’s
great that we are able to offer our input in
development meetings using our experience
with encouraging youngsters, and very fitting in
Ryder Cup year to be able to contribute
funding and hopefully help encourage star
players of the future.”
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Junior Golf Matters | Issue 51 | July 2014
Road to The Open picking
up speed!
The Golf Foundation is supporting
‘The Road to the Open’, a unique
initiative that seeks to attract new
players of all ages to golf in the buildup to The Open itself in July.
Wirral Community Golf Coach Neil Price
(who competed in The Open in 1999) has
taken the branded Road to The Open
roadshow van around the region, spreading
the message that golf is fun and working
with schools to introduce them to Tri-Golf
and StreetGolf. Activity includes 16 school
assembly visits, golf coaching at big running
and cycling events in the area, Saturday fun
golf sessions for new players at ‘Club TG’ at
New Brighton, while three area golf clubs,
Bromborough, Wirral Ladies’ and Heswall,
have all agreed to stage exciting events for
new players, including youngsters.
With a special logo, a mascot in Leo the
Lion, and a great deal of passion and
enthusiasm, Neil is building nicely to the big
event itself in July. Supported by Golf
Foundation Regional Officer Andy Leigh,
with funding from the Foundation, the
PGA, Wirral Council, the England Golf
Partnership and Sport Cheshire, Neil is
organising a fantastic 34 planned school
groups to visit the Foundation team at the
R&A Swingzone in Royal Liverpool’s tented
village during Open week, playing Tri-Golf,
StreetGolf and including youngsters with
disabilities and special educational needs.
Neil said: “It is working really well, from the
assemblies so far, where the kids have been
really interested in discovering golf, to our
regular golf coaching at Club TG and our
one-off events – all showing that golf is a
great sport.”
The power of the PGA pro
Across all Golf Foundation HSBC Golf Roots initiatives, PGA Professionals
play a crucial and, in many cases, inspirational role.
A big growth area in recent times has been their provision of coaching in schools through
Golf Foundation funding, and as part of local projects these PGA pro’s help run after-school,
satellite golf clubs, and offer free taster sessions for groups back at the golf club before
follow-on coaching using the Junior Golf Passport. The PGA pro is often the first highly
skilled golfer a child meets and this can be a defining moment for them.
There will have been many of these such moments recently as our new Junior Golf Passport
has grown rapidly as the structured learning programme for youngsters in England and Wales.
Some 660 PGA pro’s have embraced the Junior Golf Passport since its launch in October,
offering a ‘win-win’ package which is encouraging more children into club coaching and regular
play at the club, and opening up revenue opportunities for both coach and the club itself.
Not surprising then, that these five pictured PGA pro’s and others featured so importantly
in our recent President’s Awards.
PGA pro’s from left: Dan Leins, Mike Davies,Wayne Osmand, Ben Knight and Alex Mollin
www.golf-foundation.org
Two tribes
go to score
in Blackpool
Tee-off for
the 28th
Foundation
Pro-Am
Team places are now available for the
28th Golf Foundation Pro-Am, which
will be held on Monday, 6th October,
at London Golf Club.
The Golf Foundation Pro-Am is supported
by The European Tour and is a highly
popular event among golf-lovers from the
golf industry and world of business who
wish to help make a genuine difference for
young people through sport.
This year, one of the country’s most popular
golfing venues – London Golf Club, in Ash,
Kent (near Brands Hatch) – stages the event
for the third time. Players will tee off on the
Heritage course, a classic Jack Nicklaus
layout which forces you to consider every
shot. The Heritage has been host to The
European Open and is maintained to the
very best standards.
Teams of three amateurs will be supported
by a Tour professional for a Stableford
better-ball competition which features a
range of prizes and on-course challenges.
The atmosphere on the day is always very
friendly as amateurs are joined by European
Tour, European Senior Tour and Ladies’
European Tour players.
Attractions include a champagne breakfast
before a shot-gun start, an excellent dinner
and a charity auction and raffle, with all
money raised on the day going to the HSBC
Golf Roots programme, the Golf
Foundation’s national strategy to make the
game more accessible to children from all
backgrounds and abilities (more than
£180,000 has been raised through the ProAm in the last nine years).
Sarah Tennyson, Marketing Manager of the
Golf Foundation, said: “There is no doubt
that the Foundation’s Pro-Am is a true
highlight of the season for many business
people. Being held at a great venue with the
support of The European Tour makes this a
unique opportunity to mix some great golf
with prized networking opportunities.”
The big day is on 6th October. Bookings are
for £1,200 per team. Shotgun start at
10.30am.
n To find out more about booking a team,
call 01992 449830 or see www.golffoundation.org.
StreetGolf finds new
communities
Golf Foundation RDO for the North
West Andy Leigh ran a StreetGolf
workshop for StreetGames staff and
volunteers at the StreetGames
national conference.Twenty delegates
chose to take part in the StreetGolf
training and take this innovative golf
format back to their regional areas.
An innovative partnership in
Blackpool is making golf a first choice
for many local youngsters.Tee Time
Golf Centre’s managing director Andy
Lee has formed a strong partnership
with local PGA Professional John
Greenwood at Poulton GC.This has
benefited each of the golf facilities and
the young golfers attending coaching
sessions.
Tee Time GC now has 35 juniors attending
weekly sessions and Poulton GC saw an
extra 60 young people join its club in 2013.
Coaching was supported across the
community by local schools, the Police and
youth groups who were keen to see golf
offered to all youngsters, including those
who would not usually have had the
opportunity to experience the sport.There
were sessions for children with behavioural
difficulties and teachers reported improved
conduct from the pupils involved.
HSBC Golf Roots funding has facilitated
outreach work in 14 schools, and the
Blackpool Education Department
complemented the tuition by producing
booklets with golf based maths and English
questions.
The Tee Time centre has hosted monthly
school festivals and Tri-Golf School Games
finals.Youngsters were invited to become a
member of the Tee Time Tigers Club where
they could pay and play for just £5 per week
and regular attendance was encouraged by
signing up players to the new Junior Golf
Passport. Foundation Development Manager
Brendon Pyle said: “This has been a great
local project, and imagination, enthusiasm
and perhaps most of all teamwork have
been key factors in its success.”
StreetGames is the sports charity that
brings sport to the doorstep of young
people in disadvantaged communities
across the UK.
The relationship between StreetGames and
the Golf Foundation can only benefit young
people who might otherwise never get to
try golf as a sport.
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Top golf groups join support for
Teeofftimes.co.uk fundraiser: £5,000
donated so far
Some of Britain’s best golf and hotel
groups have lent their support to an
intelligent fundraising project started by
leading online tee-time booking provider
Teeofftimes.co.uk to help the next
generation of golfers.
Supporting the national charity the Golf
Foundation and its work to make golf more
accessible to youngsters from all backgrounds,
the Teeofftimes.co.uk initiative has got off to a
flying start since its April launch.
Selected group and independent golf clubs are
being asked by the Golf Foundation to donate
funds raised from the sale of up to four golf
course green fees, collected by the
Teeofftimes.co.uk team.
Teeofftimes.co.uk will also be donating all of the
commission from the sale of these tee times
directly to the Foundation’s ‘HSBC Golf Roots’
programme, which reaches hundreds of
thousands of youngsters through golf each year.
So far, more than 50 golf clubs have donated
funds raised from over 100 tee times and
received donations have already topped £5,000.
If the good progress continues it is hoped that
£10,000 could be secured soon after The Open
Championship.
Leading golf resort and hotel brand De Vere
Hotels & Resorts will provide support by
donating the revenue obtained from multiple
tee times at eight of its famous golf resorts that
are booked via Teeofftimes.co.uk.
From left: Keith Pickard of De Vere welcomes the project with Duncan Rougvie of Teeofftimes.co.uk
Mytime Active operates and manages 19 golf
courses in England, and is a specialist in
encouraging new and lapsed golfers to enjoy the
game. Mytime Active is donating two tee times
from each of its 19 courses.
Macdonald Hotels, the highly respected leading
hotel and resort group, is the latest blue-chip
group to lend its support. Macdonald Hotels is
scheduled to donate two fourball tee times per
resort from its six UK resorts.
Richard Barker, General Manager of
Teeofftimes.co.uk, said: “This is a fantastic
gesture from these leading groups who all
clearly have an understanding about the need to
grow the game for the future of the industry.
We are delighted they are helping and this
activity is now creating real momentum to raise
an exciting figure for the Foundation team.
“For Teeofftimes.co.uk, a company that is
working with key partners in providing playing
opportunities for all golfers, we wanted to put
something back into the game by supporting the
Golf Foundation in this way.”
Teeofftimes.co.uk is the Golf Foundation’s
‘Official Tee-Time Booking Partner’ and is
helping the leading golf charity to raise
awareness and funds with the support of its
network of golf club customers.
The Golf Foundation is also pleased with the
numbers of individual clubs already joining the
project.This is aimed at existing
Teeofftimes.co.uk customers for ease of
administration in donating tee times.
Golf clubs who would like to find out more
about how they can become involved at a local
level with the Golf Foundation can contact one
of eight Regional Development Officers through
the ‘Contact Us’ button at www.golffoundation.org
Golf clubs wishing to find out more about the
services of Teeofftimes.co.uk can contact
General Manager Richard Barker on 07793
775207, or email [email protected].
Rob Saunders of Teeofftimes.co.uk (right)
shakes hands on the arrangement with
Mytime Active’s Brad Chard (left) at
Dibden Golf Centre
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Welcoming power of Gower
Gower Golf Club in Swansea is typical
of a number of Welsh clubs which are
doing great things to include and
encourage the local community.
For a number of years Gower GC has
worked with the local police as part of
their PACT group to give children from
Swansea’s most deprived areas the
opportunity to experience golf and the life
skills associated with the game.
Nicola Stroud, Head PGA Professional, has
trained the police to help them deliver TriGolf sessions, while StreetGolf and beach
golf could soon be on the agenda for these
children.
Each May/June, Seaview School, Gors
School and Townhill School (all primary
schools, and hopefully Dylan Thomas
Secondary School will be added to this list
too) bring up to around 16 children each
week for six-week coaching classes. These
are made up of a mixture of mainstream
and special educational needs children,
many with demanding emotional issues, in a
project that is well supported by Golf
Development Wales.
Stuart Finlay, Mid and West Wales
Development Officer, said: “The children
really engage, desperate to learn and do
well. Nicola and the members at Gower
should be congratulated for their warm
welcome, great effort and great coaching of
these youngsters.”
Young Leaders
deserve the
plaudits in
Redditch
A great School Games festival
was held at Pitcheroak Golf Club
in Redditch recently, supported
by the Golf Foundation.
This was a team effort. Pitcheroak’s Head
PGA Professional Chris Stanley proved
inspirational with the youngsters, helping
School Games Organiser Karen Pearson
run a 90-child team Tri-Golf competition in
the morning, and 22 youngsters in a Super
Sixes competition in the afternoon, with all
the children coming from local schools.
Foundation Regional Officer Jason Sorrell
had trained a group of Young Leaders who
proved to be excellent in the staging of
the event.
Karen Pearson said: “The leaders were
brilliant and Chris remarked how
competent and confident they were in
delivering the Tri-Golf. They basically ran
the event and we checked everyone was
OK. One of the leaders had told her
teacher that in the training it was the first
time she had ever been taught how to be a
leader, so well done all!”
Matthew Conner receives a President’s Award from Bernard Gallacher in 2010
North Yorkshire club on
the right track
Snainton Golf Centre in North
Yorkshire is the place to be, the
junior-friendly golf facility confirmed
that in 2013 it gained an extra 57
members after receiving support
from the Golf Foundation.
To create this momentum, PGA
Professional Matthew Conner coached TriGolf to 350 children in 12 local schools
with the help of a number of young
leaders. Leaflets and letters to parents
were then handed out inviting children
back to Snainton GC to attend weekly
one-hour coaching sessions.
Matthew, a former Foundation award winner,
said: “We recognised that to keep youngsters
playing regularly we needed to respond to
individual players’ needs, rather than follow a
one-size fits all approach. So those that
enjoyed competitions were given the
opportunity to compete, whereas children
who wished to play alongside parents were
able to do so during adult/junior days, and
others who simply wanted a like-minded
partner in golf were paired with someone of
similar age and ability.”
Delighted youngsters with their prizes
A high percentage of young people go on to
become members at Snainton Golf Centre.
Matthew added: “The support of the Golf
Foundation has helped and inspired me to
deliver coaching sessions so that I can
continue to encourage young people to
participate, enjoy and progress their golfing
skills.”
Young Leaders helped to run the
successful festival
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Bristol club’s
Tri-Golf magic
Jersey’s superb for young
golfers
Some 370 Year 3 pupils from 11
primary schools on Jersey relished a
golf festival on the island, including
watching golf legend Tommy Horton
and former European Tour player
Wayne Stephens show some of their
best shots.
Foundation RDO Mark Boscott was
impressed with the club's enthusiasm
Bristol & Clifton Golf Club is a clear
example of a traditional private
members’ club which really ‘gets it’
when it comes to encouraging the
next generation of players.
Teaming up with the Golf Foundation, PGA
Head Professional Paul Mitchell (who
encouraged and still coaches European Tour
star Chris Wood) and his staff have been
delivering Tri-Golf sessions in local schools,
showing that golf can be fun, with the
culmination being the staging of the area’s
School Games Level 2 Festival, held at
Bristol & Clifton GC.
Eight different schools put forward a total
of 11 teams of 10 youngsters for the big
event, including children from Bristol’s most
built-up inner city areas.
Mark Boscott, Regional Development
Officer for the Golf Foundation, said: “Full
marks to Paul and his team and all the
members at the club who gave us a great
welcome. This was a great gesture on their
part. I’d also like to thank Cherry Kraus,
Partnership Development Manager for
Ashton Park School Sport Partnership,
who does so much to help us reach more
youngsters in schools and the community
and help us to set a pathway for golf at
club level.”
All of the children have received Tri-Golf
coaching in the school curriculum, while
young leaders from Highlands College had
been trained by leading PGA pro Wayne
Osmand to help stage the festival on the day.
Golf Foundation Regional Development
Officer for the area, Andy Wright, said:
“This was another fantastic event for Jersey
youngsters and Wayne Osmand and all at
Jersey Golf Development deserve great
praise.”
Every child present will enjoy a free golf
lesson at Les Mielles Golf & Country Club.
After the event Wayne Osmand thanked
Tommy Horton, Wayne Stephens, ESC, the
Le Brun family, Appleby, the Vardon Trust,
the Golf Foundation and the Variety Club
for their help.
Rutland students make the
news at BMW PGA
A group of media students from
Catmose College in Rutland were
given an ‘access all areas’ experience
at the BMW PGA Championship,
Wentworth, including a tour of the
players’ interview room in the media
centre, not long before Rory McIlroy
and other top players gave press
conferences that were broadcasted
all over the world.
The students had won a trip to Wentworth
courtesy of the Youth Sport Trust and Golf
Foundation for their media coverage of a
local School Games event.They were also
given access to the prestigious Wentworth
clubhouse where they met some of the PGA
Professional coaches based at the club. As a
bonus they got to interview Jamie Redknapp,
former Liverpool and England footballer,
who had been playing in the Pro-Celebrity
event.
Their teacher, Beth Smith, said: “The students
certainly were able to use their interviewing
and media skills as well as having the
opportunity to watch some golf.They will
now be working hard to edit their video and
camera footage in order to produce a visual
record of their day at Wentworth.”
Young media hot-shot interviews Jamie Redknapp
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“There’s some children on the pitch, they
think it’s all over... It’s StreetGolf!”
The Golf Foundation is enjoying an
exciting strike rate with the Premier
League 4 Sport programme (PL4S),
which is bringing golf and football
together in an exciting way to help
youngsters enjoy more sport.
Nine Premiership and Championship football
clubs have agreed to deliver Golf Foundation
StreetGolf Satellite Clubs using their facilities,
maintaining a strong link to their local HSBC
Golf Roots Centre golf clubs.
The clubs currently involved are Sunderland,
Middlesbrough, Hull, Aston Villa, Everton,
Blackburn, Bolton, Southampton and Derby.
The PL4S project is considered to be a
brilliant way of utilising the resources of these
clubs and their stadia and practice facilities in
order to include other sports and attract
local youngsters, who in turn relish the
glamour of the big club atmosphere and the
chance to meet top footballers, while playing
golf in new and imaginative ways, creating
their own golf challenges.
Derby County’s iPro Stadium was the venue
in May for the first inter-club StreetGolf
tournament of its kind. Teams from Derby
County and Aston Villa battled it out in a
series of games which included shooting golf
shots into the grandstand, corridor putting
skills, chipping into the cafe kiosk and even
pitching into the players’ match-day baths
(with no players in them we add!).
INSPIRING YOUNGSTERS
Golf Foundation organiser Martin Crowder
said: “We’ve given the youngsters an
opportunity to play in a new environment,
using StreetGolf, and their reaction has
hopefully inspired them to play more golf and
has certainly inspired us too. A huge thanks to
both football clubs and PL4S for helping us
with this great day.”
StreetGolfers from both teams have now
won through to represent their club in a
special competition during The Open
Championship at Royal Liverpool.
The PL4S project is delivered by the Premier
League, Sport England and the Youth Sport
Trust.
Five of the nine PL4S satellite clubs have now
been involved in golf competitions for the
first time and these have been completely
different from each other – from stadium
StreetGolf to playing more traditional golf at
a golf club. Hull Tigers, Middlesbrough and
Sunderland satellite clubs took part in a 9-
hole adult junior stableford event at
Cleveland Golf Club, which was the first
competition on this golf course for all young
participants.
Brendon Pyle, National Development
Manager for the Golf Foundation, said: “We
are working with PL4S and Sport England to
test and develop new community
competitions as a way of attracting and
retaining young people in golf. The link to the
golf club is key, as is the support from the
PGA Coach, but we are also benefiting from
the expertise of the Premier and
Championship football clubs with their own
community development programmes, all of
which use the ‘power of football’ to
encourage more young people into sport.”
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If you build
it they will
come...
In the Sandwell area of Birmingham,
PGA Professional Greg Lynch has
developed strong links with local
primary and secondary schools and
community groups from his Warley
Woods GC base.
So infectious has been the enthusiasm
locally in fact, that Brandhall Primary
School asked Greg to help staff and
children create their own special 9-hole
Tri-Golf course in the school grounds.
Greg tells us that the boys and girls
designed the shape of the holes in the
classroom on paper and then helped build
the final layout.
Greg said: “The youngsters have done
fabulously well, the project has gripped
their imagination. There are still a few
hedges and trees to plant but we are
nearly there with a cracking little course
for Tri-Golf.”
Supported by the Golf Foundation, Greg
has delivered Tri-Golf and Golf Xtreme to
15 schools in the area and Warley Woods
GC has been welcoming many new faces
because of this excellent outreach work.
Suffolk school is StreetGolf gem
Claydon High School in Suffolk has
embraced the benefits of golf and
StreetGolf is the key driver.
Teachers have worked with the Golf
Foundation to create a StreetGolf Club at
the school supported by the PGA Coaches
from Bramford Golf Centre.
Taster sessions have been given to over
500 pupils and so far 20 students have
signed up for the regular club where they
will design and play their own challenges
on the school site using the adapted
StreetGolf equipment and golf balls.
Foundation RDO Katie Moggan said:
“Claydon High School has really embraced
the opportunities for their pupils to watch
and get involved in playing golf. The
purpose of StreetGolf is to bring golf to
the young people so I am sure that
Claydon’s StreetGolf Club will be a big
success.”
Claydon students with Tour players at
Stoke by Nayland
Students were also given the chance to
attend the ISPS Handa PGA Seniors
Championship held at Stoke by Nayland
Hotel, Golf & Spa, where they received a
coaching clinic from players competing in
the event.
PE teacher Andy Wilshaw said: “The
students absolutely loved this – a big thank
you to the Golf Foundation. The exciting
part of the project now begins with the
creation of our StreetGolf Club at the
school.”
Inspiring youngsters at
Wentworth thanks to
European Tour
Hundreds of children enjoyed their
first golf swings during the BMW
PGA Championship, thanks to the
support of The European Tour.
The Golf Foundation presented the ‘Junior
Golf Passport Zone’ in the tented village
of Wentworth Club, during the whole
week of the event.
PGA pro Greg Lynch and students on
the Tri-Golf course
Children as young as three-years-old up to
16 enjoyed their first golf sessions before
going off with their families to watch their
golfing heroes in action out on the course.
The Foundation team was also able to
create special golf challenges for boys and
girls from 14 schools in the region, which
are involved with Golf Foundation HSBC
Golf Roots activity.
Long-term supporters of the Foundation,
The European Tour provided this prime
location among world-leading brands in the
tented village, an area visited by thousands
of people throughout the week. This
excellent opportunity was seized by the
Golf Foundation team, presenting its Junior
Golf Passport to visiting families, club
representatives, PGA Professionals and
decision-makers from within the sport.
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Sarah Tennyson, Marketing Manager for
the Golf Foundation, said: “This was a
fantastic opportunity for our team as we
were able to engage with so many families
and see at first hand just how much young
people love that first experience of firing a
shot at a target with a ‘Tri-Golf’ club.
“We would like to offer a huge thank you
to the team at The European Tour, which
has the foresight and passion to recognise
that by making golf and its benefits more
accessible to youngsters and families, this
helps to protect the future of our game at
every level.”
n See www.europeantour.com
Grooving the juniors’
best swings with
Explanar
The Golf Foundation is
delighted to be teaming up
with Explanar in order to
present three free Explanar
Junior Golf Training Aids
to deserving golf clubs
during the next year.
Explanar is a company
which helps golfers of
all ages to improve
their games, including
youngsters who show
great promise with their
swings.
The Golf Foundation is
gearing up to give away
three Explanar Junior Golf
Training Aids to deserving
club junior sections from
golf clubs which are
registered for the Junior
Golf Passport (watch out for
more soon on our website,
Facebook and twitter).
The Explanar Golf Training
Aid was invented by PGA
Master Professional Luther
Blacklock, who used his own
experiences as a top golf
coach to create a training aid that helps
perfect your golf swing. It is a kinaesthetic golf
training aid which helps to develop your
muscle memory of the optimum golf swing,
helping you feel what it’s like to hit the
perfect shot. The makers say that Explanar
improves the distance and accuracy of your
shots by teaching a more consistent swing,
and is suitable for golfers of all abilities. Used
by some of the world’s top golf professionals
and coaches, Explanar has already helped
thousands of golfers to improve their swings.
The Explanar Junior Golf Training Aid (RRP
£349) is smaller in size to cater for junior
golfers or anyone under 5ft.
Sarah Tennyson, Marketing Manager of the
Golf Foundation, said: “Many readers will have
heard of, and experienced, Explanar and the
company enjoys a high profile in coaching
circles as does Explanar’s inventor, leading
coach Luther Blacklock.
“We are delighted to work with Explanar and
offer the Explanar Junior Golf Training Aid to
three deserving golf facilities during the next
12 months. Providing these for us to give
away, at no cost, was a very generous gesture
from the Explanar team, which clearly wants
to support us in encouraging the next
generation of boys and girls to enjoy the
game in our golf clubs.”
n See more on our website soon, at
www.golf-foundation.org.
n Find out more about the innovative
Explanar Golf Training Aid now on
www.explanar.co.uk
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550 golf clubs and 660 PGA
pro’s back Junior Golf
Passport – exceeding first
year target
The Golf Foundation has broken through its first year target of 500 golf clubs
using the new Junior Golf Passport.
Buoyed by this success, the Foundation team is eager to redouble its efforts to sign up
more golf clubs to the scheme, which is endorsed by the Professional Golfers’ Association.
The Junior Golf Passport is the official learning programme of the England Golf
Partnership and Golf Development Wales and is helping to transfer keen new players from
schools and community golf to golf club junior coaching and regular play.
It is both an attractive paper booklet to be completed by child and Coach and a userfriendly interactive website (www.juniorgolfpassport.org) which monitors progress in each
stage of learning the game and recognises player achievement.
Since its official launch last October, 548 golf clubs and 660 PGA Professionals have
registered for the Passport, welcoming 3,479 boys and girls into club coaching.
The Golf Foundation believes the Junior Golf Passport offers a ‘win-win’ for all golf clubs
taking part in the scheme, which is part of the Foundation’s HSBC Golf Roots programme.
Project leader Sarah Tennyson, Marketing Manager for the Golf Foundation, said: “The Junior
Golf Passport can enhance the coaching and business portfolio of club PGA Professionals,
opening up new access to junior golfers and their parents – potential members.”
SIGNIFICANT PGA PRO SUPPORT
Sarah added: “The rate that golf clubs and PGA Professionals are embracing the Junior Golf
Passport is surely significant. Any golf club considering signing up for this scheme should
recognise the definite plus factors regarding coaching revenue and junior academy growth,
added to other business benefits relating to the increase of family golf.
“Feedback is showing that youngsters are really enjoying the scheme and many are bringing
their families to the club to support them in their coaching and play. More family involvement
at club level can lead to greater spending at the club venue, and that is good news for the club.”
n The price to register for the Junior Golf Passport is £100 per year. PGA Pro’s
can register now at www.juniorgolfpassport.org, or for further enquiries can
call the Golf Foundation on 01992 449830.
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£2 for juniors
needs to be
a ‘gimme’
Disabled youngsters
on the tee
The Golf Foundation is making good
progress into its three-year SEN and
disability golf development plan which
seeks to identify how the charity can
offer more golf opportunities to
youngsters who have a disability.
Club members can make a significant
difference by talking to their club
managers.
Key to this, apart from creating greater
access to golf, is the goal of including more
of these youngsters in mainstream team
activity, with better playing opportunities in
school and club competition.
The Golf Foundation believes a small £2
donation from all golfers and club
members should be a ‘gimme’, and we want
this to become a financial tap-in from
secretaries and club managers at
subscription renewal time.
The Foundation is working with partners
locally and nationally to get more
youngsters playing this great game
regularly. This charity needs to raise funds
to do this.
Golfers everywhere can make a huge
difference by donating just £2 to the cause
– that’s half a premium golf ball or a postround cappuccino!
Foundation, said: “Golfers really can do
their bit for grass roots junior golf for the
year very easily. If more golf clubs discussed
with their membership the prospect of
adding a donation to the Golf Foundation
of just £2 per member onto annual
subscriptions, this could make a major
difference in terms of enabling us to
produce the next generation of golfers. We
think that for club members, who are lucky
to enjoy so much golf, this really should be
a ‘gimme’.
“Golf Foundation HSBC Golf Roots
projects can take many different forms,
from encouraging more girls to play golf in
school PE, working to provide better golf
formats for disabled youngsters that are
highly inclusive, or encouraging many more
children into the club environment using
our new Junior Golf Passport, which can be
a genuine boon in itself to clubs and their
PGA Professionals.”
£2
Per month
is a valuable
contribution
to the Golf
Foundation’s
important work
Golf Foundation Regional Development
Officer Andy Leigh is finding ways to give
youngsters more confidence to join in,
while providing teachers with the
confidence to run more inclusive team
events involving children of mixed abilities.
Golfers everywhere can make a huge
difference by donating just £2 to the
cause – that’s half a premium golf ball
or a post-round cappuccino!
Mike added: “As a charity, we want to
encourage everyone to play, whatever their
circumstances. Golf and the benefits it
offers should be available ideally to all
young people. All adult golfers and all golf
clubs can put something back into the
game and help the next generation.”
To achieve its objectives, the charity has a
fundraising target of £3 million per year.
HSBC Golf Roots is already supported by
The R&A, The European Tour, the
Professional Golfers’ Association, the Ryder
Cup Committee and Trust, the British Golf
Industry Association’s ‘Grow Golf’ Fund,
Sport England and headline sponsor HSBC,
who collectively contribute just over £1
million.
n See more on the Golf Foundation and
the charity’s work at www.golffoundation.org, or contact the team on
01992 449830. If you would like to find out
more about £2 per member subscriptions
following this article, email
[email protected]
£20
£100
£500
£2,000
Would pay for
a teacher to
be trained on
how to deliver
golf activity on
a school site
Would pay for
20 young
volunteers to
be trained on
how to run a
festival for
young children
Would pay
for a clubbased junior
development
project
Would pay for
a community
project
targeted at
‘hard to reach’
youngsters
£3M
Would enable
the Golf
Foundation
to reach the
target of
1,000,000
children
The Golf Foundation has tuned in to the
Youth Sport Trust’s TOP Sportsability
initiative (part of the Sainsbury’s School
Games programme) that helps schools
focus on a range of disability sports and
adapted games, all with inclusion in mind.
Andy has now set the team of eight
Foundation Regional Development
Officers the challenge of developing local
projects along these lines in their regions.
Discovery Golf
Project Suffolk
In one example, children with a
disability/Special Educational Needs
(SEN) from 10 schools in Suffolk have
benefited from a Golf Foundation,
CSP and CGP-funded project.
Some 100 young people attended a
celebration day of golf at the juniorfriendly Rushmere Golf Club, Ipswich.
All the participants completed a minimum
of four specially created holes using Tri-Golf
equipment, assisted by 10 leaders who had
been trained locally specifically for this task.
The aim was to give all involved a “fun, gamesbased and positive experience of golf”.
Following the day, Tri-Golf sessions were
delivered back in the schools by Tri-Golf
activators, and a series of free coaching
sessions was given to youngsters at seven
golf clubs in the county.
The project now seeks to ensure that
there are follow-on opportunities for the
children and not just one-off experiences.
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A prestigious
award
The Golf Foundation uses the
opportunity at The Open to present
its ‘Spirit of Golf Award’, handed to a
leading golfer who, in the charity’s
opinion, has been a great inspiration
and/or supporter of junior golfers.
The name of this year’s recipient is top
secret at present but we can tell you he is a
major winner and something of a legend!
He will follow an illustrious list of past
winners that
includes Gary Player
(2007), Tony Jacklin
(2008), Lee
Westwood (2009),
Ian Poulter (2010),
Ernie Els (2011),
Peter Alliss (2012)
Ian Poulter receives and Tom Watson
his award in 2010
(2013).
Visit the HSBC Golf Zone
Once again, families at The Open
Championship will find plenty to enjoy in the
‘HSBC Golf Zone’ in the tented village. For
the fourth time the highly popular HSBC
Golf Zone will stage numerous attractions,
offering youngsters the chance to enjoy golf
challenges and win a host of prizes. All are
welcome and this is free to all visitors.
‘Thanks to the
golf industry’
The Golf Foundation has thanked
members of the British Golf Industry
Association (BGIA) for a pledged
donation of £12,000, raised during the
BGIA’s recent annual golf day, held at
Woburn Golf Club.
The venue was particularly fitting – Woburn
has been a great friend to the Foundation
and has raised thousands of pounds for the
charity in recent years by asking club
members to make a £2 donation as part of
their individual annual subscriptions.
Chief Executive Mike Round said: “This was
an excellent event which enabled us to
spread the message to the golf industry of
the importance of HSBC Golf Roots. The
BGIA is showing its genuine support to
back a programme which plays a key role
in bringing on the next generation of
golfers and thus protects the golf industry
for the future.”
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Open Championship
‘great opportunity’ for
Golf Foundation team
The Open Championship at Royal
Liverpool will provide the perfect
showcase for the Golf Foundation’s
HSBC Golf Roots programme that is
reaching so many boys and girls every
year in schools, golf clubs and
communities.
Championship organisers The R&A will
create ‘The R&A Swingzone’ in the tented
village at Royal Liverpool for the whole of
Open week. Here, the Golf Foundation
team of eight regional officers will deliver
golf activity on behalf of the England Golf
Partnership, sharing the facility with
coaches from the Professional Golfers’
Association, and welcoming many school
groups from the region to enjoy this
unique event.
Young boys and girls will enjoy ‘Tri-Golf’
and ‘StreetGolf’ challenges, competitions
and a special putting challenge supported
by Titleist, all with the Foundation team. In
a typical Open week, more than 3,000 golf
challenges will be enjoyed by children of all
ages.
Professional stars who are competing in The
Open itself are also being invited to take
part in lively skills competitions with the
youngsters to find the best Tri-Golfer in the
world. Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott, Louis
Oosthuizen, Lee Westwood and Colin
Tom Watson was the star for the Golf
Foundation at Muirfield last year
Montgomerie are just some of the names
who have joined in with the children to
support the Golf Foundation in recent years.
Foundation, said: “Thanks to The R&A, The
Open week offers us a great opportunity
to demonstrate our work in developing the
game at the grass roots.
“The Foundation team looks forward to
working side-by-side with the PGA
Professionals to grow the game. Just as the
big names will inspire the youngsters on the
course, we hope to inspire many children
to pick up a club and have a go at golf.”
Mike added: “The many families who visit
The Open from the North West region are
some of the most committed and
knowledgeable of all golf fans, and they
always give us a great reception.”
Tri-Golf champions
In recent times at The Open
Championship, some of the game’s
top players have enjoyed Tri-Golf
games with boys and girls visiting the
event, creating some great
memories.
This year there will be a repeat of the
‘Open Championship Tri-Golf Challenge’
enjoyed in recent times by among others
Louis Oosthuizen, Colin Montgomerie, and
Ian Poulter, while HSBC sporting
ambassadors Tim Henman, Jonathan Davies
and Gavin Hastings have all joined in to
create a buzz for watching visiting families.
Many Tour players have been supporters
during Open week.
The likes of Lee Westwood, Rory McIlroy,
Ross Fisher, Adam Scott, Ben Curtis, Nick
Louis Oosthuizen enjoys a Tri-Golf
session with the children
Dougherty, Paul Casey, Sandy Lyle, Soren
Hansen, Paul Lawrie, Graeme Storm, Peter
Baker, Zach Johnson, Bill Haas, Robert
Karlsson, Jose-Filipe Lima, Niclas Fasth, Paul
Broadhurst, Simon Dyson, Gonzalo
Fernandez-Castano, and current US Open
Champ Martin Kaymer have all played
energetic Tri-Golf games with the
youngsters.
£15,000 ‘Plus’ funding
available
HSBC Golf Roots ‘Plus’ projects are
designed to offer golf activity with a
‘Skills for Life’ message to young
people who may benefit from this
learning.
Ten grants of £1,500 are available during
the rest of 2014 to deserving projects in
England and Wales. In the recent past
HSBC Golf Roots Plus projects have seen
young people combine with youth services,
local authorities and the police to reach a
diverse cross-section of youngsters. These
include those coming from challenging
family backgrounds or deprived
communities, to young offenders, and
including young people with Special
Educational Needs (SEN) and disabilities.
Manager for the Golf Foundation, said:
“This funding can have a huge effect on
young people taking part in local golf
projects, giving them greater confidence
Nick Faldo, Rory McIlroy and
Colin Montgomerie have all played
it – and thousands of children are
enjoying Tri-Golf, which is the
format of this charity’s dedicated
offer for golf in primary schools.
and a feeling of responsibility. Our team has
seen this great work at first hand, watching
project leaders really motivating young
people who need a lift. Mentors who help
youngsters like this are priceless and we
wish to support them through golf
funding.”
Please get in touch with our team on
01992 449830 and www.golffoundation.org to find out if your local
project qualifies for funding.
National Golf Month initiative
As of 31st May there had been 37,124
visits to the website, with 30,630 unique
Senior Tour
stars coach
the youngsters
Special clinics at European Senior
Tour events are encouraging
youngsters to try the game and learn
more about golf ’s benefits.
The players are scheduled to present
clinics for local school and community
groups at three European Senior Tour
events: the ISPS Handa PGA Seniors
Tri-Golf has recently been further
adapted to support the teaching of
numeracy and literacy, as well as wider
social, moral, spiritual and cultural
learning in schools. This makes golf a
highly desirable and workable sport for
PE and the curriculum, perfect for
teachers to work into their lesson
plans and achieve their teaching goals.
Manager of the Golf Foundation, said:
“Tri-Golf is great for children to enjoy
first shots with a good degree of
success, learning to score, to enjoy
competition and respect their
opponents in the excitement of fastmoving team games.
“For teachers it is ideal as Tri-Golf fits
so well with the current curriculum and
teaching policy in primary schools.”
Congratulations to the innovative
British golf industry initiative
‘National Golf Month’.
National Golf Month is a project driven by
the British Golf Industry Association
(BGIA) and Bauer Media that gives golf
clubs the opportunity to promote offers
through the National Golf Month website
that targeted both lapsed and new golfers.
Tri-Golf a crucial
first step to
regular club golf
visitors and it was hoped that these
numbers would continue to rise in June.
National Golf Month is supported by the
major Golf Unions and Associations, golf
clubs, driving ranges, golf manufacturers
and many PGA Professionals, who are
working together to get more players on
course to enjoy the game.
Championship at The Stoke by Nayland
Hotel, Golf & Spa, in June, the SSE Scottish
Senior Open at Fairmont St Andrews, and
the English Senior Open at Rockliffe Hall,
both in August.
The Golf Foundation was delighted to
attend the first event at Stoke by Nayland,
courtesy of The European Senior Tour and
the Professional Golfers’ Association.
Foundation RDO’s are seeking to increase
the number of Tri-Golf workshops to
both teachers and PGA pro’s.
RDO for the North West Andy Leigh
said: “Having just run a Tri-Golf
workshop where teachers have said
they can’t wait to get back to school to
deliver the format to youngsters, it
clearly shows there is a great demand.
Importantly, school Tri-Golf is often the
crucial first step in our role to deliver
young people to the golf club
environment, where we can work with
the club and its PGA pro to prepare
children for regular play.”
The ‘Primary School Offer’ is presented
in detail at www.golf-foundation.org
Foundation RDO Katie Moggan said: “We
are indebted to The European Tour, these
top players and the PGA for their support.
This regular run of clinics at Tour events
really helps our team to spread the
message that golf can be for everyone.”
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Golf Foundation Annual Awards:
‘Incredible’ supporters of grass roots golf
The Golf Foundation President’s Awards
in May celebrated some of the “heroes
of junior golf” who have given their time
and enthusiasm to provide young people
from all backgrounds and abilities with a
start in the game.
Held in the perfect setting of Wentworth
Club’s Ballroom, a packed audience from the
world of golf heard the stories of nine award
winners and their projects, featuring the
volunteers, PGA Professionals, junior
organisers, schoolteachers and local authority
officers who all help to develop the golfers and
leading players of the future.
Chairman of the Golf Foundation, Charles
Harrison, gave special mention to the
generosity of The European Tour and
Wentworth Club for providing the stage, and
also to one of the ceremony’s guests of
honour, Ryder Cup player Nicolas Colsaerts,
who kindly presented each of the awards on
the day (Nicolas features in all of our pictures).
Leading the ceremony, Golf Foundation Chief
Executive Mike Round said: “Every year we
organise this event so we can highlight the
incredible work of the people at the grass
roots who make it possible for children and
young people to experience golf and the
benefits it has to offer.
“There could not be a better time or place to
do this – here at one of the most impressive
golf venues in the country, which is also the
home of The European Tour, one of our
greatest supporters, and on the eve of the
BMW PGA Championship itself.”
A number of golf’s biggest names were present
to applaud the winners, many of whom are
volunteers, and who all support the
Foundation’s aim to make the game more
accessible to children in schools, communities
and golf clubs through its HSBC Golf Roots
programme.
The President’s Awards winners (the Sir Henry Cotton Award winner receives a generous grant of £1,000 from Golf Foundation supporter,
The Stanley Morrison Charitable Trust):
GUS PAYNE AWARD PRESENTED
TO TIVERTON GOLF CLUB
BONALLACK AWARD PRESENTED
TO CHARTHAM PARK GOLF AND
COUNTRY CLUB
LADDIE LUCAS AWARD
PRESENTED TO NORWOOD
PARK GOLF CENTRE
The Gus Payne Award is presented to the
club that raises the most money for the
Golf Foundation’s initiatives and was won
by Tiverton Golf Club. This Devonshire
club has been a great supporter of the
Foundation over many years, last year
donating just over £4,450. Members’
goodwill is demonstrated by a simple but
excellent method: a £2 voluntary
contribution added on to the annual
membership subscriptions.
Mike Round said: “Our award winner
really ‘gets it’. Tiverton’s members
recognise their responsibilities to the
sport go way beyond their own junior
section. I’d like to say a huge thank you to
the committee, the PGA Professional and
the membership at Tiverton Golf Club for
their generous support.”
The Bonallack Award acknowledges the
importance of the development of golf in
schools. At the heart of this project was
PGA Professional Ben Knight who
understands how critical it is for a golf club
to make connections with local schools.
During 2013, he gave 1,198 children under
14 a taste of golf at school using Tri-Golf
and Golf Xtreme. He promoted
fundamental movement skills and life skills
to complement the school work.To
promote regular, meaningful coaching Ben
was invited to run breakfast and afterschool clubs at schools as he built
relationships with sports co-ordinators and
head teachers. Leadership training was also
organised for some 84 Year 5 students at
seven schools so that they in turn could
run their own school competitions.
The Laddie Lucas Award is presented to the
best local project. Norwood Park boasts a
proactive PGA Professional in Richard
Strange and great relationships with local
schools and the community. Club initiatives
include a dedicated junior handbook with a
cover designed by the juniors; weekly ‘Girls
Into Golf’ coaching, junior coaching, regular
taster sessions for schools and an ‘Open
Week’ for new players.The Junior Golf
Passport is a feature, as are weekend junior
roll-ups, summer camps and a ‘Junior Buddies’
scheme. Junior membership in three years has
increased by over 70% and participation in
junior coaching sessions has increased by
95%.The club also works extensively with
disabled youngsters. Last year, coaching was
given to pupils with severe learning difficulties
many of whom were in wheelchairs.
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CRITCHLEY AWARD PRESENTED
TO THE JERSEY GOLF
DEVELOPMENT GROUP
MACKENZIE AWARD PRESENTED
TO THE IN COMMUNITIES
PROJECT
GALLACHER AWARD PRESENTED
TO ALISTAIR TAIT, FORTROSE
AND ROSEMARKIE GOLF CLUB
The Critchley Award, for a multiple-partner
project, goes to the Jersey Golf
Development Group. Over the past four
years, the Jersey group, led by PGA
Professional Wayne Osmand, has enabled
6,000 children to receive free Tri-Golf and
Golf Xtreme coaching in their schools, the
community, and at Les Mielles Golf &
Country Club. In 2012, teaching golf was
part of the curriculum for 11 schools and
this number increased in 2013.Workshops
for coaches and volunteers have been
organised to grow the project, which is also
inclusive, with two special schools receiving
coaching. Other clubs on the island are also
welcoming enthusiastic children from
schools and Jersey’s Ryder Cup hero
Tommy Horton supports the project.
The Mackenzie Award was introduced to
highlight how golf can be used to engage
with young people and promote the
concept of ‘Skills for Life’. A Yorkshire-based
initiative, ‘The In Communities Project’, is led
by golf and sports coach Andy Watmuff, who
has worked regularly with low academic
achieving teenagers and those with Special
Educational Needs. One of the teachers
said: “Over the ten-week period, I witnessed
an improvement in their attitudes, coping
skills, anger management, ability to focus.
This was down to Andy’s patience, empathy,
humour, coaching and personal skills... Andy
has made it possible for a lot of our
students to gain a qualification and an
experience they would have never
accessed if it wasn’t for his ability.”
The Gallacher Award is for an exceptional
volunteer. Supporting the coaching there
since 2005, Alistair Tait is now Coaching
Coordinator of the junior section, seeing
this rising from 94 to 131 in 2013. Alistair
secured funding to develop the practice
facilities and set out a three-hole minicourse on the practice ground for the
younger juniors. Coaching numbers in
2013 were exceptional with 80 children
signing up after Easter and a total of nine
trained coaches taking regular one-hour
sessions. The club’s reputation led to a
visit from the French Golf Federation to
experience its methods, and the club was
the first without a PGA Pro to be
awarded the status of a Scottish Golf
Development Centre.
SINCLAIR AWARD PRESENTED
TO MIKE DAVIES, GLYN ABBEY
GOLF CLUB
BURROUGHS AWARD PRESENTED
TO DAN LEINS, LEADER OF THE
KICK AND SWING PROJECT
SIR HENRY COTTON AWARD
PRESENTED TO PHILIP
WOODCOCK, SCARBOROUGH
NORTH CLIFF GOLF CLUB
The Sinclair Award for best PGA
Professional goes to Mike Davies of Glyn
Abbey GC in Carmarthenshire. Mike has
linked with all the local schools and set
up a project called ‘20x20’ that provides
free coaching to children of all abilities
and gives them the chance to join the
club through one of many membership
categories he has helped to develop.
Mike’s passion is for providing activity for
disabled children, working with 20 special
schools. He was trained as a Golf
Development Wales Inclusive Coach. The
club was one of the first to achieve the
Disability Sportwales Ribbon, and first to
be awarded HSBC Golf Roots Plus
funding that led to 100 children from 10
special schools being coached and then
welcomed with their families to the club.
This year’s Burroughs Award is presented
for efforts made to improve access for
those with special needs, and here PGA
pro Dan Leins of Churston Golf Club
won the honour for his outstanding effort
in leading Torbay’s ‘Kick and Swing’
project. Dan’s project creates fun
coaching with a golf and football mix. Kick
and Swing works with two local special
needs schools and focused departments
from other schools. Running for four
years, it continues to grow each year,
organised in partnership with Torquay
United Football Club.
Golf and football coaches work alongside
each other to deliver the two sports
closely together to maximise engagement
with classes of children who have varying
physical disabilities and learning difficulties.
This year’s winner of our most prestigious
prize is Philip Woodcock, Junior Organiser
at Scarborough North Cliff GC. A member
since 1968, Philip became Junior Organiser
in 1983.Thirty years on, his dedication is
still as strong as ever.The junior section
grew from small beginnings through his
Monday night two-hour coaching sessions.
The ethos promoted was not just about
playing golf, but one that also provided the
juniors with the opportunity to develop
social skills, a good grounding for the future
while forming long-lasting friendships.
Mike Round said: “I'd like to express my
appreciation to this gentleman for what
he’s done to have a positive impact on the
lives of all those who’ve been fortunate
enough to know him.”
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Contact…
If you need help or further information
from the Golf Foundation you can contact
us either directly at the Foundation’s
Headquarters or through our network of
Regional Development Officers. Contact
details for the various departments, the
Regional Development Officers and Junior
Golf Matters are given below.
Sponsors and Supporters
The Foundation receives substantial financial support from a number
of the major golfing organisations and sports bodies:
Golf Foundation Headquarters
The Spinning Wheel, High Street,
Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire EN11 8BP
Tel: +44 (0)1992 449830
Fax: +44 (0)1992 449840
Internet: www.golf-foundation.org
Twitter: @GolfRootsHQ
Registered Charity No. 285917
Development Department
Development Manager: Brendon Pyle
Tel: 07765 258330
Email: [email protected]
English Regions:
• North West (Contact: Andy Leigh)
Tel: 07765 258550 Twitter: @GolfRootsNW
• North East (Contact: Ian Harvey)
Tel 07818 575977 Twitter: @GolfRootsNE
• West Midlands (Contact: Martin Crowder)
Tel: 07766 208195 Twitter: @GolfRootsWM
• East Mids & Yorkshire (Contact: Stacey Mitchell)
Tel: 07818 575990 Twitter: @GolfRootsEM
• South Region (Contact: Jason Sorrell)
Tel 07765 258440 Twitter: @GolfRootsS
• South West (Contact: Mark Boscott)
Tel: 07765 258990 Twitter: @GolfRootsSW
• South East (Contact: Andy Wright)
Tel: 07765 258110 Twitter: @GolfRootsSE
• East Region (Contact: Katie Moggan)
Tel: 07917 334976 Twitter: @GolfRootsE
Welsh Regions:
• North Wales (Contact: Dilwyn Griffiths)
Tel: 07968 453870
• South Wales (Contact: Zoe Thacker)
Tel: 01633 436049
• Mid and West Wales (Contact: Stuart Finlay)
Tel: 07896 944555
Internet: www.golfdevelopmentwales.org
Scotland:
• ClubGolf
Tel: 01334 461 361
Internet: www.clubgolfscotland.com
Marketing Department
Marketing Manager: Sarah Tennyson
Tel: 01992 449830
Press Officer: Ben Evans
Tel: 01747 820384
Administration/Accounts
Finance and Administration Manager: Alan Bough
The Golf Foundation is committed to working with National Partnerships:
The Golf Foundation is grateful for support from the following suppliers:
If you would like to join the growing list of companies that share in our
vision and wish to support grass roots junior golf activity then please
contact us on 01992 449830.
Golf Foundation policy statements
The Golf Foundation has in place policies, procedures and practises
relating to child safety and equality that can be summarised as follows:
Child Protection
The Golf Foundation is fully committed to
ensuring that golf provides a safe
environment in which children can learn
about the sport without fear of abuse in its
various forms.
Equality
The Golf Foundation is fully
committed to supporting the
principle and practice of equality
of opportunity.
Copies of the full child protection policy for golf and the Golf Foundation’s
equality policy statement are available on the Golf Foundation’s website:
www.golf-foundation.org.
www.facebook.com/TheGolfFoundation
@GolfRootsHQ
www.youtube.com/GolfFoundationTV
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