www.cornwallgolfpartnership.co.uk CORNWALL GOLF PARTNERSHIP NEWSLETTER APRIL 2012 Welcome to the April Newsletter from the Cornwall Golf Partnership. CORNWALL DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS NEWS England Golf has launched a new One Message campaign to get more people trying golf. Get into Golf is a national campaign to inspire people of all ages, background and abilities to take up the game. All of Cornwall s upcoming activities and events in the coming year will be put onto the new website - www.getintogolf.org. If any golf clubs have got any upcoming taster sessions, events or Open Days please let me know and it will be advertised on the Get into Golf website. Cornwall Golf Week is progressing well with lots of new people booking onto the taster session so far. We hope that over 500 people will try golf during the week. There is a total of 70 hours of free coaching available so if you know anyone who would like to attend the taster sessions please contact the relevant Professionals. Simon Wood Cornwall Golf Development Officer Get Active Cornwall There is an exciting and popular website that is helping advertise Cornwall Golf Week. Get Active Cornwall is a website specifically developed to inspire and motivate Cornish residents to be more active. The website is run by the Cornwall Sport Partnership and offers sports clubs in Cornwall a free way to advertise events and activities. Every golf club, driving range and short course in Cornwall has been uploaded onto the system and each club can log onto the website and input any upcoming events and activities. You can get more information by visiting and registering with the Get Active Cornwall website - www.getactivecornwall.co.uk
CORNWALL GOLF WEEK Cornwall Golf Week is going to be a fantastic week for introducing new people into the game and the Cornwall Golf Partnership is hopeful the week will be more successful than last year s event. The week takes place between Monday 9 th April and Sunday 15 th April, the week directly after the Masters at Augusta. Each participating golf club and range has received promotional packs and has distributed posters and leaflets at local schools, leisure centres and shops to increase awareness of the week. PGA professionals will also offer followon coaching opportunities and there will be information about club memberships and other aspects of the game. There is a list of all the golf clubs and ranges taking part in the project, as well as the times and dates of all the coaching activity on the right hand side of this page. If you know anyone who would like to try golf during Cornwall Golf Week please contact Simon Wood. Dates and Times of Cornwall Golf Week The dates and times for all the coaching sessions for Cornwall Golf Week are listed below. There is a total of 70 sessions of free golf coaching on offer all over the county. BOWOOD GOLF CLUB - Chris Kaminski Mon 9 th April 4pm 5pm, Tue 10 th April 4pm 5pm Wed 11 th April 4pm 5pm, Thu 12 th April 4pm 5pm Fri 13 th April 4pm 5pm, Sat 14 th April 10am 11am BUDE GOLF CLUB - Mark Yeo Mon 9 th April 1pm 3pm, Wed 11 th April 1pm 3pm Fri 13 th April 1pm 3pm CHINA FLEET GOLF CLUB - Dominic Rehaag Mon 9 th April 10am 11am and 4pm 5pm Tue 10 th April 2pm 3pm Wed 11 th April 6pm 7pm Thu 12 th April 6pm 7pm Fri 13 th April 10am 11am FALMOUTH GOLF CLUB - Nick Rogers Wed 11 th April 10.30am 11.30am and 1pm 2pm Sat 14 th April 9.30am 10.30am, 11.30am 12.30pm and 1.30pm 2.30pm HAYLE GOLF - Wayne Graham Tue 10 th April 11am 12pm, Fri 13 th April 1.15pm 2.15pm, Sat 14 th April 11am 12pm HELSTON GOLF SHORT COURSE - Nick Martin Fri 13 th April 10am 11am and 11am 12pm HELSTON SPORTS CENTRE - Nick Martin Mon 9 th April 10am 11am and 11am 12pm KILLIOW GOLF CLUB - Richard Sadler Tue 10 th April 12pm 2pm, Wed 11 th April 12pm 2pm, Thur 12 th April 12pm 2pm LAKEVIEW GOLF CLUB - Phil Brooks Wed 11th April - 2pm - 3pm,Sat 14 th April 2pm 3pm LAUNCESTON GOLF CLUB - John Tozer Sat 16th April - 2pm - 3pm, Sun 17th April 2pm - 3pm LOOE GOLF CLUB - Barrie Evans Wed 11 th April 10am 11am and 2pm 3pm Sun 15 th April 10am 11am and 2pm 3pm MULLION GOLF CLUB - Nick Martin Thu 12 h April 2pm 3pm and 3pm 4pm PERRANPORTH GOLF CLUB - Derek Mitchell Sat 16th April - 9am - 10am, 10.15am - 11.15am and 11.30am - 12.30pm ST AUSTELL GOLF CLUB - Russell Binney Wed 11 th April - 6pm 7pm, Thu 12 th April 6pm 7pm Fri 13 th April 6pm 7pm ST KEW GOLF CLUB - Phil Brooks Tue 10 th April 2pm 3pm, Fri 13 th April 3pm 4pm Sat 14 th April 11.30am 12.30pm ST MELLION GOLF CLUB - Jack Stevenson Tue 10 th April 2pm 3pm, Sat 14 th April 1pm 2pm and 2pm 3pm Sun 15 th April 1pm 2pm and 2pm 3pm TEHIDY PARK GOLF CLUB - Jonathon Lamb Fri 13 th April 10am 11am and 3.30pm 4.30pm Sat 14 th April 9am 10am Wed 18 th April 10am 11am and 3.30pm 4.30pm TRETHORNE GOLF CLUB - Wayne Basford Wed 11 th April 6pm 7pm Sat 14 th April 10am 11am and 11am 12pm TREVOSE GOLF CLUB - Gary Lenaghan Sat 14 th April 10am 11.30am Sun 15 th April 10am 11.30am WEST CORNWALL GOLF CLUB - Nicola Stroud Mon 9 th April 11am 12pm and 2pm 3pm Sun 15 th April - 10.30am 11.30am
For more information about Sport England's Market Segmentation you can visit Sport England's website on http://www.sportengland.org/research/mar ket_segmentation.aspx OPEN DAY SUCCESSES St Austell Golf Club had fantastic success with the Market Segmentation Open Day on Sunday 25th March, with 20 new members joining the club on the day! Market Segmentation is a new development tool from Sport England and is designed to identify the most likely people to participate in sport. New Sponsor for Cornwall Golf Partnership The Cornwall Golf Partnership is delighted to announced Sport and Corporate Awards as one of our sponsors for 2012! Sport and Corporate Awards is a family run business that started in 1995 and supplies trophies, cups, medals and accessories in over 20 different sports including golf. The Cornwall Golf Partnership is purchasing cups and trophies through Sport and Corporate Awards for all the Partnership competitions for this coming year. St Austell identified the postcodes of its most likely potential customers and delivered 10,000 leaflets to households all over the St Austell area For more information about Sport and Corporate Awards you can visit their website on www.sportandcorporateawards.com Over 100 people attended the Open Day and everyone who attended were given free golf lessons from PGA Professionals Russell Binney and Tony Pitts. The Sweet Spot Golf simulator was also on hand, as well as putting and chipping competitions. 18 adults and 2 juniors joined as members on the day and 10 people signed up to follow up beginner sessions during Cornwall Golf Week.
KEITH WILLIAMS SEMINAR The Keith Williams coaching workshop was a great success and was very well received by the 16 PGA Professionals who attended the seminar. Keith Williams is the former England Golf Union Head Coach and was in charge of the England Men's and Boy's Squads. Keith has also taught many other elite players and many European Tour Professionals. AimPoint Coming to St Mellion A fantastic and innovative workshop is coming to Cornwall on Thursday 28 th and Friday 29 th June at St Mellion Golf Club. Jamie Donaldson is an AimPoint Senior Instructor and is hosting an AimPoint Green Reading fundamentals clinic at St Mellion. Keith gave a brief history of his career and then explained his coaching methods and theories he has learnt over the last twenty years. This was the last CPD workshop for the winter and the seminars have been very popular with Professionals and Level 1 coaches from both Devon and Cornwall. We are planning on having two CPD seminars in the summer starting with The Coaching Player Pathway Putting it all together by Nigel Furniss, former Performance Director for the England Golf Union on Monday 25 th June at China Fleet Golf Club. AimPoint Technologies is a company focused on the science of predictive putt technology, green reading instruction and player performance analysis, with the goal of improving golf performance and educating golfers in a quick and efficient manner. AimPoint is used on every tour across the world and the technique has already won events this season on both the PGA and LPGA tours. The workshop is three hours and there are sessions in both the morning and afternoon on both days. For more information about the seminar please contact James Martin on 07813 606477 or by e mail jamesmar1@hotmail.co.uk.
CORNWALL UNDER 16 s BEAT UNDER 14 s The Cornwall Boys Under 16 s Development team had an excellent win against the Cornwall Under 14 boys at Launceston Golf Club. The Under 16 s won the match 8 ½ matches to 3 ½ matches. It was 2 matches all after the morning foursomes and the Under 16 s showed their experience in the singles and went on to win the singles by 6 ½ matches to 1 ½ matches. Cornwall Professionals Beat Cornwall Amateurs for Third Time The Cornwall Professionals beat the Cornwall Amateurs for the third successive year in the annual pre-season match at Trevose Golf Club on Sunday 4th March. The Cornwall Professional won the encounter 8 matches to 7 matches in another extremely close contest. This fixture is always close and the previous two matches have resulted in wins for the Cornwall Professionals by 8 matches to 7 matches in 2010 and 8 ½ matches to 6 ½ matches last year. The course was in great condition and the format of the match was fourball betterball and singles played off the white tees. Thirteen of the sixteen juniors involved in the match are part of the Cornwall County Academy and this shows that the County Academy is a fantastic development tool for the juniors to progress to the full county Under 14 s and Under 16 s junior teams. CONTACT THE PARTNERSHIP You can contact the Cornwall Golf Partnership s County Development Officer Simon Wood Phone 07971 624313 E Mail cornwallcdo@hotmail.co.uk www.cornwallgolfpartnership.co.uk The Amateurs and Professionals teams consisted of the top 8 in the respective Winter Order of Merit events, plus two wild card picks. The amateurs will be desperate to finally win the match against the Professionals next year.