EGU/ELGA Junior GolfMark Award... - 20th Jan 2004

In an attempt to identify and acknowledge junior friendly golf facilities in England, the Junior GolfMark launched in September 2003 by the English Golf Union and English Ladies' Golf Association has already received 300 applications.

Junior GolfMark evaluates golf clubs on the following three areas within their junior section:

Coaching & Playing
Club Environment
Child Protection & Duty of Care

The EGU and ELGA Development Officers are currently conducting assessment meetings, offering advice and guidance to golf clubs on how to further enhance their junior sections and develop best practices.

To date 42 golf clubs have met the required standard and have received a certificate to display within their facility along with promotion via EGU/ELGA websites and through press releases, informing local communities of their hard work and dedication to junior golf.

Bryan Moore, Junior Organiser at St Neots Golf Club comments: "We are now the proud recipients of a GolfMark certificate, helping the club members understand the work that the junior organisers are trying to perform. The assessment criteria and follow up from the EGU and ELGA has been most valuable both with our plans for the present and also the future development of junior golf".

The Junior GolfMark Award is one of many initiatives that aim to help the development of junior golf in England and forms part of the England Junior Golf Partnership.

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