Gloucestershire Golf Partnership Awarded Funding for Development
The English Golf Union (EGU) and English Ladies’ Golf Association (ELGA)
are delighted to announce that they have awarded the Gloucestershire
County Golf Partnership £22,000 over the next three
years to support the development of golf within the county.
The Gloucestershire County Golf Partnership (GCGP) was formed
in June 2006 and is an alliance between the Gloucestershire
Golf Union, Gloucestershire Ladies Golf Association and the
Professional Golfers Association, with the main aim to promote
the development of golf within the county and to encourage
more people from all backgrounds to take up the game.
Over the next year the Partnership will receive the first
£10,000 towards the implementation of its countywide
development plan, which has ambitious objectives including
increasing the overall number of people playing golf in Gloucestershire
by 3% and more specifically women and girls participation
by 10%.
Richard Flint, EGU/ELGA Golf Development Manager, commented,
“The Gloucestershire Partnership has been extremely
proactive and now has a strong foundation from which to really
drive development forward across the county. The EGU and ELGA
are delighted to support the work of the Partnership and we
have no doubt that many other counties will look at putting
a similar structure in place.”
Other aims for the Partnership are increasing the number
of active members at affiliated clubs, 20% of clubs achieving
the nationally recognised GolfMark accreditation and to implement
an annual training programme to support and recognise volunteers
and teaching professionals.
Ros Ewer, Gloucestershire Golf Partnership Development Officer,
added, “The Partnership has worked very hard to put
such a comprehensive development plan in place and we are
grateful to all of the clubs, and in particular the volunteers,
that have supported the process. We very much look forward
to putting the plan into action.”
The GCGP is one of 24 county partnerships that are developing
throughout England. Their aim is to bring together the three
main golfing organisations, the EGU, ELGA and the PGA, and
utilise their combined knowledge, experience and resources
to support and expand golf within a county. County Golf Partnerships
are an initiative jointly provided by the EGU and ELGA via
England Golf’s ‘Whole Sport Plan’ for golf
and are an integral part of England Golf’s vision to
‘Grow the Game’.
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