| Club Forum Mar 08/09 |
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The first club forum was held since the formation of the • How the money stacks up • Initiatives • The plan – Over view • How do you tap in? • Questions So let’s deal with the Money first: • To date = £12,500 we have been awarded a total of £22k over 3 years and we have received the First £10k of this along with the £2.5k received for the setting up costs. • Guaranteed £6,000 year 2 / 3 • £16,000 over 3 years – Club & Coach Fund this is a new initiative that Jamie and the Partnership wish to explore with the clubs but will allow for coaching the juniors who are not at or receiving County Coaching. • £10,000 for 2 years – Awards For all again the partnership will be looking at this in conjunction with our RDO. Initiatives The
GolfMark Awarded:
Working Towards:
Ashley Wood Golf Club
For more information please contact the Partnership These are the clubs who have applied so far: If you’re not one why not???? Free Golf Coaching (£200) – March 2008 • Bridport • Canford • Dudsbury • Sturminster • Junior Coaching Grant (£150) – March 2008 • Bridport Highcliffe • Canford Sturminster • Dudsbury
Coaching Grant - March 2009 Broadstone Golf Club £400
National Skills Challenge Canford Magna
Development Plan Overview Start / Recruitment • E.g. increasing awareness of grant aid, Junior Development Template, Taster sessions, women & girls, 18-40 initiatives. Stay / Retention • E.g.18-40 retention initiatives, new members buddy schemes, best practise database. Succeed / Player Development • E.g. High performance programme, club & coach funding, player pathway Coaching • E.g. coaches database, level 1 training, awareness of coaching initiatives Resources • E.g. seek additional funding sources (partnership & clubs), review the need for a CDO, national volunteer strategy, provide training opportunities (SPC, tri golf etc). Communication • E.g. website, newsletter, club forum.
To look at the whole plan click here. There followed much discussion from within the audience as to what clubs need from the partnership and how we can help.
Notes from
Partnership Actions: - Help in strengthening Club / school links (involvement of Golf Foundation) - Golf Road-show / Festival - Sharing of facilities - Data collection - Link with driving ranges - Communication with club pro’s - Advice / examples of best practise Specific club needs: - Women & Girls recruitment - Raising the golfing profile (media) - Partnership working with different organisations - Golf to be offered to GCSE students - 18-40 age group (retention) 
There was also a small presentation on strengthen links with Real-life case studies and projects are vital to the success of our programme. We are always looking for projects for our students to undertake.
• Year 1: ‘Golf Practicum’ • Simple research projects, membership surveys, resource audits, accounting exercises • Year 2: ‘Event Management’ • Local or regional competitions, charitable events and activities • Year 4: ‘Dissertation’ and/or ‘Applied Leisure Research’ • Advanced research projects, involving large scale data collection, questionnaires, interviews, etc. |
