Welcome to the Worcestershire Union of Golf Clubs section of the Worcestershire Amateur Golf website.


The Union is the Administrative Organisation linking together the 37 Worcestershire Golf Clubs, and their 14,000 players. The Union connects the County to the Regional and National bodies responsible for the sport. The object of The Union is to promote and administer Amateur Golf in Worcestershire.



 

Team News


Combined 1st and 2nd Team to play Somerset

 

Inaugural Match

 

At Burnham & Berrow on Sunday 21st March

 

9 hole Singles on the Channel Course

18 Hole Foursomes on the Championship Course

 

Click here for 1st Team Selection

 

Click Here for 2nd Team Selection



Match Results against Leicestershire and Rutland

 

Sunday 7th March 2010

   

The First Team lost 9  1/2  to  5  1/2 at Charnwood Forest G.C.

Click Here for detail results.

 

The Second Team won 9 - 6 at Droitwich G.C.

Click Here for detail results

 

Thank you to all players for representing the County this weekend.

 

Thank you to Droitwich and Charnwood Forest Golf Clubs for hosting these matches.

 

Full match reports will be posted on this website shortly.



Junior Team Selection next Match

  

 

Midland Boys Four Counties

 

Saturday 27th March

Sunday 28th March 

 

at Gay Hill Golf Club

  

Click Here to see list



There was a very good turn out for the County Players' Meeting

Thursday 25th February

Bromsgrove Golf Centre

The Captains outlined their expectations for the season.

  

New Head Coach, Graham Farr, explained how the player pathway for Elite golfers is going to work this year and how it will devolop in future.

 

As result of this meeting could all players return  ( unless you have already done this)  to Graham Farr :

The player profile form

The County 1st and 2nd team availability list for 2010

 

The County Executive would like to thank everyone for their attendance and wish all of our teams, 1st, 2nd , Juniors and Seniors the best of luck for the 2010 season.



 

News


The 2010 County Card

   

This year again sees great improvements!

 

There are over 1000 English Golf Clubs you can visit at a reduced Green Fee, if you hold a Worcestershire County Card.

 

Worcester Golf and Country Club have now joined the list of 26 clubs from Worcestershire.

 

There are 26 of the 34 English Counties in the Scheme and 1001 clubs participating.

Cheshire, Durham, Devon and Hampshire have all joined this year.

 

Cards are valid from 1st April to 31st March 2011, so do not delay!

 

2010 Cards will be produced and delivered from next week.

 

County Card Renewal

 

To RENEW your County Card the on-line system is operational allowing you to trigger the production of your 2010 County Card by paying £14 on-line and using your previous County Card number as a reference. Secure payment through Paypal.

 

No more cheques - No more postage - No more photographs (unless you want to update in the light of a recent facelift!) - We have made Renewal very simple!!

 

CLICK HERE to RENEW now.

  

To get your first County Card

 

The 2010 Application Forms will be available shortly, together with a Fast-Track system to give you a short term card instantly.

 

Details very shortly.



Junior Conference

Tuesday 2nd March

   Kings Norton Golf Club

  

23 clubs were represented at the meeting.

 

The agenda tracked the various routes young players follow when finding their way into golf. This is now described as "The Player Pathway", a connected series of programmes that allow any beginner to come into golf and reach as high a level of skill they are capable of or desire.

  

The old routes were based on family connections, increasingly, as golf makes itself more open and welcoming, juniors are coming into clubs without that support.

 

Primary and Secondary schools are becoming the new hunting grounds and some clubs, backed by their active Professionals, are working hard to stimulate interest in schools, then with club backing, using creative membership schemes to promote club membership.

 

As juniors members it then becomes important for clubs to provide a wide programme of enjoyable activities and coaching to ensure they retain their interest.

 

Out of these members come the talented golfers who continue up the "Player Pathway" to the County Academies and the Elite County Squads, and hopefully into County Players and beyond. The age at which this talent is emerging is getting earlier and earlier and the County now has Under 14 teams and events. Identifying potential at this age and promoting it is the new challenge.

 

The County presented the current situation which showed there was a good understanding between clubs and the County as to the way forward to ensure Golf retains its popularity. This will ensure the success of our clubs into the future.



Entry to County events in 2010 will be restricted to players with ACTIVE handicaps

   

At the January Meeting of the Union Executive it was agreed to restrict entry to players with Active CONGU Handicaps.

 

The exception is entry to the County Membership Scheme events, which will not be restricted this year.



Distance Measuring Devices (DMD) to be allowed in 2010 County Events

   

At the January Meeting of the Union Executive it was agreed to permit the use of DMD in the 2010 County events.

  

The R&A and the other three Home Unions continue their ban on this equipment.



Worcestershire's 2009 Success Stories

 

Our aim is to keep improving in 2010 !

 

1. The County 1st and 2nd Teams led their Leagues for more than half the season.
1st Team finished 2nd  and the 2nd Team 3rd on countback.
Both teams are now effectively challenging every year for league honours.
 
2. County Boys Under 18 Team won the Midland Region Qualifying and represented the 10 Midland Counties in the National Finals at Whittington Heath in August.
Although the team finished 4th the County can be very proud of their achievement. The team was : Matt Tweddell, Chris Nugent, Tom Warbrick, Craig Richardson, Rumayne Stevens, Rob Aldred and Josh Carpenter.
 
3. Chris Nugent,  Boys U18 County Player and Welsh Junior International.
Performed superbly in the Home Internationals and had a great season with several powerful performances in strong fields.
 
4. Rob Aldred, County Under 18 Team member, won the UK Faldo series regional qualifier.
Finished 3rd in the Under 16 age group at the World Finals held in Rio De Janerio, Brazil.
 
5. GolfMark - The Quality Assurance assessment of golf clubs' management of children in their care.
Worcestershire, with 20 accredited clubs, has twice as many as any other county in England.
Ten more clubs are working towards the standard required.
This is an essential benchmark for all clubs and makes a very important statement about the quality of management in our clubs.
Away from playing the game, this was the most important commitment to raise the standards in our sport made by clubs this year.
 
6. The County Golf Partnership worked with all clubs to promote recruitment and member satisfaction.
Acquiring funds from outside the county, the CGP sponsored events, at over 20 clubs, at which over 2000 new would-be golfers were introduced to the game.
Pitcheroak Golf Club - When this club was threatened with closure, the CGP made a bid to Redditch Council to use its resources to raise golf's profile in the Borough, and stimulate increased usage of the golf course. The result?
Membership rose from 50 to over 200, golf was taught in every secondary school, the council saved money and the number of rounds of golf played increased. This was a great win-win result and is a powerful case study to take to other municipal courses under threat.
 
7. The "Club and Coach" Project
This was lottery funded and resulted in 10 squads of junior boys and girls forming to work with their Professionals at club level. A major aspect of the Project was the training provided to the Professionals to assist them to improve as coaches. Worcestershire were again one of the first counties to recognise the value of this programme and in the first year over 100 juniors have been involved and from these squads, 4 boys have gone on already to join the County Elite coaching 
 


GolfMark

 

The Abbey Hotel and Golf Club has been awarded GolfMark. This takes the number of clubs in the County to have achieved the award to twenty. 54% of clubs in the county are now accredited.

This is the best performance by any county in England and is a clear demonstration of the way in which Worcestershire Golf Clubs have responded to the need to raise the standard of the management of children at golf clubs to the highest level.

A benefit for Golf Mark accredited clubs is an annual award to promote junior recruitment and coaching. In 2010 the 20 GolfMark Clubs will be able to claim £12,000, a not insignificant sum to benefit Junior golf in our region.

 

golfmark 

They join Bewdley Pines, Bromsgrove, Cocks Moors Woods, Droitwich, Evesham, Fulford Heath, Gaudet Luce, Gay Hill, Hagley, Halesowen, Kings Norton, Little Lakes, Moseley, Redditch, Stourbridge, The Vale, The Worcestershire, Wharton Park Golf Clubs and Worcester Golf & County Club. 

   

GolfMark is a stringent test to ensure clubs have implemented a child care regime for their juniors, incorporating current best practice.



Pitcheroak Golf Club successes have been recognised by the Council, who are looking to renew our management contract

   

   

Since taking over the management of this municipal golf course in Redditch, on behalf of the Council, the County Golf Partnership has recruited the right personnel to carry out its policies of raising golf's profile in the community and increasing the membership of Redditch Kingfisher Golf Club.

 

Click Here for for full report

 

Let's get Future Worcestershire Golf on the move!





 

Events


County Golf Partnership

  

AGM

      

7.00 pm Thursday 11th March 2010

 

at Kings Norton Golf Club

 

Click Here for the 2009 - 2013 Development Plan



County Coaching 2010

New dates for Coaching - 21st March 2010 at Worcester G&C

 

Course management sessions at Worcs G&C on 12th April and 14th April at Blackwell G.C.

 

All boys will be invited by Graham Farr .

 

Click here to see lists.

 

Some 46 Boys are now working with newly appointed Head Coach, Graham Farr.

 

As part of Graham's brief for County Coaching, 42 older players, who make up the 1st and 2nd Team Squads, have also been invited to participate in the support the County is planning to provide for all the elite golfers in the County.



2010 Fixtures

 

Click Here for latest version



Droitwich Shield and Kidderminster Cup Draws

  

Now play has recomenced the new play-by-dates have been posted. 

  

Click here for the Droitwich Shield Draw and Conditions

  

Click here for DS Player Lists and Contact Information

 

Click here  for the Kidderminster Cup Draw

  

Click here for KC Player Lists and Contact Information



County Membership Scheme

  

Click here  to download the CMS application form.

  

Click here to become a Life Member on-line



   

 
 
 
 
 

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