June 2004
25th June - EGU TO FOLLOW R&AS LINE ON NON-CONFORMING
CLUBS
The English Golf Union is to follow the edict of the Royal
and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews by banning all non-conforming
golf clubs from its competitions as from 1st January 2005.
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25th June - EGU & ELGA BREAK NEW GROUND
The English Golf Union (EGU) and English Ladies Golf Association
(ELGA) have initiated a joint ground breaking initiative to
train the coaching personnel delivering their National Training
Programmes.
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25th June - HIGHER STANDARDS BRING CHANGES IN JUNIOR HANDICAP
LIMITS
Improved standards among players plus a higher quality of
entries has persuaded the English Golf Union to lower the
handicap limits for its three junior competitions, the Reid,
McGregor and Carris Trophies.
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24th June - 10,000 Junior golfers coached through the EGU
& ELGA coaching grant aid scheme
The forms have now all been collated for Year 5 of the English
Golf Union & English Ladies’ Golf Association’s
Junior Club Coaching Grant Aid scheme (1st April 2003 –
31st March 2004).
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24th June - ENGLISH AMATEUR RETURNS TO ROYAL ST GEORGE’S
IN 2007
The English Amateur Championship, the blue riband event on
the English Golf Union’s annual calendar, makes a return
visit to Royal St George’s Golf Club at Sandwich in
July 2007.
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21st June - ENGLAND NAME STRONG SQUAD FOR EUROPEAN YOUTHS
CHAMPIONSHIPS
James Heath, impressive winner of the Lytham Trophy last
month, Brabazon Trophy champion Matthew Richardson, and Walker
Cup choice Michael Skelton have been selected in a strong
England squad for the European Youths Team Championships in
Ireland next month.
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17th June - YORKSHIRE DUO EARN DEBUTS AGAINST ITALY
England will give two Yorkshire youngsters their first taste
of international golf in the annual under-16 contest with
Italy at Dudsbury Golf Club, Dorset, on 29th June.
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15th June - FISHER SEEKS TO GO ONE BETTER AT DUDSBURY
Oliver Fisher, the talented 15 year old from Essex, will
arguably start as favourite when the English Boys’ Under-16
Stroke Play Championship for the McGregor Trophy is played
at Dudsbury Golf Club on 30th June - 2nd July.
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11th June - SCIENCE AIDS ELITE SQUAD DEVELOPMENT
Through a relationship with Marlbrook, a Worcestershire based
company, the EGU have been able to access state of the art
motion capture equipment and expert biomechanical services.
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10th June - CORFIELD LEADS PING/EGU ORDER OF MERIT
England Elite Squad member Lee Corfield (Burnham & Berrow)
moves to the top of the PING/EGU Order of Merit following
his runner’s up spot in the Amateur Championship last
weekend at St. Andrews.
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9th June - ENGLAND SIX SEEK DUTCH SUCCESS
Grant Slater, joint winner of the Carris Trophy last year,
has been selected in a six-strong squad of England’s
most promising young golfers to compete in the Westfriese
Junior Masters in Holland on 19th - 20th June.
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3rd June - EGU JOIN FORCES WITH DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S
AWARD
The English Golf Union has joined forces with the Duke of
Edinburgh’s Award to become a National Access Organisation
within the physical recreation section, encouraging participation
and improvement in golf.
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1st June - CHAMPION TRIO NAMED IN ENGLANDS EUROPEAN BOYS
SQUAD
Matthew Baldwin, Oliver Fisher and John Parry, all of whom
have completed significant victories in recent weeks, have
been selected in the England team for the European Boys Team
Championships in Finland on 6th - 10th July.
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