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After the final round of judging the top three clubs who will be contesting the GolfMark Club of the Year Award have been released.
Chapel-en-le-Frith Golf Club in Derbyshire, Paultons Golf Centre in Hampshire and Stoke by Nayland Golf Club in Essex will all be attendance when the final result is announced at the English Golf Union’s (EGU) and English Women’s Golf Association’s (EWGA) County Development Conference on 23rd February.
This year the Award is being sponsored by Cobra Golf who will be presenting the top accolade plus prizes to the winning club during the evening’s ceremony.
EGU and EWGA Golf Development Manager, Richard Flint said, “We have been extremely impressed with the quality of clubs nominated for this year’s award. It is clear that everyone who was nominated has shown both dedication and creativity in the work they do in welcoming both juniors and beginners to the game and they are all great ambassadors for golf.”
The three clubs came through a tough judging procedure which saw them initially compete against nominations from each County Golf Partnership to then reach a shortlist of eight clubs that were finally assessed by a panel from the EGU, EWGA, PGA and Golf Foundation.
Ian Barrett, European Marketing Manager for Cobra Golf, added, “We are delighted to be able to play a part in recognizing both the hard work and successes of those clubs who go the extra mile in their development efforts. It is not going to be an easy decision on who will win GolfMark Club of the Year and we wish all the clubs the best of luck - they have done so well already to get this far.”
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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