COBRA GOLF SUPPORT EGU AND EWGA GOLFMARK PROGRAMME

The English Golf Union (EGU) and English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) are delighted to announce that Cobra Golf will be supporting their GolfMark Award Programme throughout 2010.

GolfMark is a national scheme that identifies and recognises junior and beginner friendly golf facilities. Any golf club awarded GolfMark will also be recognised by Sport England as a Clubmark facility which is a national standard identifying quality sports clubs across the country.

Cobra Golf will be supporting GolfMark by providing prizes for the club that takes the accolade of GolfMark Club of the Year as well as Cobra Golf clubs and accessories for the quarterly and annual prize draws made available to all accredited clubs.

Ian Barrett, European Marketing Manager for Cobra Golf, added, “We are delighted to be able to support GolfMark. It is a great initiative that recognises those clubs who really work closely with their local communities and provide both welcoming and accessible facilities. Cobra Golf is fully committed to supporting Junior Golf and grass roots development and GolfMark provides us an ideal opportunity to provide that support.”

There are currently 278 clubs who have been awarded GolfMark and 576 clubs working towards accreditation. The three key areas assessed when applying for accreditation are, Coaching & Playing, Club Environment (including sports equity & ethics) and Child Protection & Duty of Care.

EGU and EWGA Golf Development Manager, Richard Flint said, “Clubs who are awarded GolfMark have to put in a great deal of work and it is excellent news that Cobra Golf are enabling the EGU and EWGA to reward those clubs with some fantastic prizes which we know will be put to good use. Their support is very much appreciated.”

Any affiliated golf club can apply to gain GolfMark accreditation. The initiative provides golf clubs with a focused and structured plan for future development as well as a comprehensive set of information that ensures continuity and effective monitoring and evaluation of their activities. Details of the initiative, the clubs awarded and the benefits of receiving the GolfMark Award can all be found at www.golfmark.org.

GolfMark is an initiative jointly provided by the EGU and EWGA via England Golf’s ‘Whole Sport Plan’ for golf and is an integral part of England Golf’s vision to ‘Grow the Game’.
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For further information please contact:
Lynne Fraser, EGU Marketing and PR Manager
Email: lfraser@englishgolfunion.org
Tel: 01526 354500

Lyndsey Hewison, English Women’s Golf Association Press Officer
Email: lyndsey.hewison@ntlworld.com
Tel: 01603 507416

EDITORS NOTES
The English Golf Union Limited (EGU) has served as the governing body of male amateur golf in England since it was founded in 1924. Responsible for the training of England’s top amateur golfers the EGU organises all the major English amateur championships. Based at the National Golf Centre in Woodhall Spa, the EGU is one of the largest sports governing bodies in England looking after the interests of over 1,900 golf clubs and 740,000 club members. The EGU also works to increase the continued interest and participation in golf through their golf development initiative ‘Get into Golf’ and their Associate Membership Programme.

For a comprehensive list of English Golf Clubs and Golf Courses in England visit EGU GolfCentral.

On the 31 December 2007 the English Ladies' Golf Association, an unincorporated body, was dissolved and the property, contracts, assets (including intellectual property rights and goodwill) and liabilities of the Association were transferred to a Company Limited by Guarantee, registration number 6431498, known as the English Women's Golf Association.
The English Women's Golf Association is the governing body for female amateur golf in England. EWGA represents over 127,000 members in more than 1780 golf clubs, trains the country's elite golfers, runs a full rota of national championships as well as events for handicap golfers, and actively encourages new golfers. The association also has a charity, The EWGA Trust, which supports schemes to introduce girls to golf and helps promising players.

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