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Gloucestershire Golf Union

E-Newsletter -  March 2021
 

This month's contents:

A message from GGU

We would like to wish our clubs a successful and safe future ahead as they re-open this week, and to all our members who I'm sure are ready to get back out to play on the wonderful courses we have here in Gloucestershire. Take a look at the England Golf ‘Play Safe, Stay Safe’ guidance that has been updated to reflect the new protocols.

Entries for County Championships are now open should anyone at your club be looking to enter. The details for our first four events can be seen below or for details of all our events please visit our website for entry requirements, rules and how to sign up to take part - please forward to anyone who may be interested. 

Equally, if anyone is interested in joining one of our County Golf Days please visit our County Competitions page for all the dates and locations. These competitions are for all male playing members of golf clubs affiliated to the Gloucestershire Golf Union and cost £35 per day, inclusive of 36 holes of golf (Greensomes in the morning and 4BBB in the afternoon) plus a light lunch and a two course dinner with prizes. 

This month we are starting a new 'from the archives' feature where we'll be looking back at events from our past. This month we're featuring Cleeve Hill Golf Club and T.K. Ashton the winner of the 1st County Championship in 1906.

The Gloucestershire Golf Union 2021 County Year book is now available to view online. Read the foreword from our President Tim Clink and get all the details of the GGU officers, officials, our affiliated clubs and their officials.

As always, we love to see and hear how you're all getting on, simply tag @GlosGolf in your posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Playing at County level
Are any of your members playing for Gloucestershire? If you've noticed a player that could play for the county or someone that wants to progress in the game of golf please let them know about us and our coaching programme.

It's a fact that if a good County Under 14 player improves by two shots a round for ten consecutive years then they'll be playing at the very top of the game. 

Playing golf at the highest level requires a lot more than great technical ability. Our coaching programme aims firstly to highlight that fact, and then provide players with access to coaches that can help them develop their skills in all of the areas required to improve their game.

In a normal year there are over 70 events that form part of our County Ranking system ranging from Junior Opens at each of our clubs, to International Open events at Men’s level where the very best amateurs in the world are competing.

The scores of all Gloucestershire Golf Union-qualified players at these events are used to support our selections. We then publish the data we are using to support our selections on the County Stroke Average pages. 

You can view all the events on our fixtures diary on the website. 

Joe Long set to compete at the 2021 US Masters Tournament
Good luck to Joe Long who set off to Georgia earlier this month to take part in the 2021 US Masters Tournament. Last year Joe became the R&A 2020 Amateur Champion and was invited to play at the prestigious event.

Joe sent us this kind message "I Just want to say a massive thanks for the support from all of GGU! It doesn’t go unnoticed".

We wish Joe all the best of luck and I'm sure you'll all be following his progress at this event and other events he'll be attending this year. 

Lansdown Golf Club have released a press release that you can read on its website.


105th County Amateur Championship
15th & 16th May 2021
The Players Club

 
17th County AM/AM
Friday 28th May 2021
Chipping Sodbury Golf Club


Junior Team Championship 
3rd June 2021
The Kendleshire

From the archives - Cleeve Hill Golf Club
With the news last month that golf is set to continue at Cleeve Cloud it seemed fitting that our first 'from the archives' feature came from Cleeve Hill with the two clubs now joining as one and renamed as Cleeve Hill Golf Club.

T. K. Ashton (shown in the photo above) was the winner of the Gloucestershire Golf Unions' 1st County Championship held in 1906 at Cleeve Hill links, then known as Cheltenham Golf Club. At that time it was the most prominent golf course in the county. T K Ashton was a prolific competitor of County Championships in nearby counties and also won the Worcestershire County Golf Championship.

T.K. Ashton was also one of the ten original Executive Committee members of the new County Union and became its Chairman in 1909. General G. A. Cunningham was elected as the first President of the new Union and a member of Cheltenham Golf Club (original name of the links at Cleeve Hill).

South West Schools Tournament
As many south west counties have decided not to run their county championships this year the Avon and Gloucestershire Schools Championships will no longer be taking place. This is mainly due to the issues regarding travel, the long closures, and the uncertainty of schools releasing students after being out of school for so long.

Discussions have been held regarding how we move forward with the South West Schools Championships this year, originally planned to be held at Carlyon Bay in Cornwall. With the issues of the travelling distance and possibly no accommodation the decision has been made to move the event to The Players Club on the same date, Tuesday 1st June, with no practice round, as it currently stands. It was agreed that this was more accessible for nearly all counties, and Cornwall are happy to travel.
 
To support this there will now be a selection process for the team of 9 to represent Avon and team of 9 to represent Gloucestershire, (6 boys and 3 girls for each) rather than the players ‘qualifying’ for the event. 

We will update you with more details on this as soon as we can.

SafeGolf Accreditation for Affiliated Golf Clubs and Facilities
24 of our affiliated clubs are now SafeGolf accredited with England Golf. 

Congratulations to all the clubs who have achieved SafeGolf accreditation this month - Cotswold Hills Golf Club, Cotswold Edge Golf Club, Lilley Brook Golf Club, Ross-on-Wye Golf Club, Lydney Golf Club, Rodway Hill Golf Club, Naunton Downs Golf Club and The Kendleshire.

All affiliated SafeGolf clubs are invited to register their 2021 Junior Open events as a Jeff Hall Trophy Order of Merit Competition.  If you've not yet registered your event please complete the registration form with your event details. 

England Golf - Independent Golfer Update
England Golf have been working on a new platform that will offer non-members of golf clubs an official handicap index and personal liability insurance. The aim is to inspire golfers to play more often and to increase the connection between an avid, independent golfer and their local club/facility. 

The new platform will be designed to educate and inspire on golf club membership. Through the provision of an official handicap, England Golf aim to create a greater desire among independent golfers to play more often at their local facility, measure their progress and develop a stronger connection.

For clubs that want to connect with these players England Golf will  be providing a simple connectivity pathway to help drive memberships and increased revenue. To find out more visit the England Golf website.

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