Bondhay Golf Club - Bondhay Awarded GolfMark and ClubMark

BONDHAY AWARDED GOLFMARK AND CLUBMARK

Bondhay Golf Club has been awarded the prestigious GolfMark Award accreditation demonstrating their hard work and dedication to both junior and beginner golf. There are just over 200 golf clubs in England with the award, just 2 to date in Nottinghamshire and Bondhay being the ONLY club in Worksop to achieve accreditation.

The English Golf Union (EGU) and English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) developed the GolfMark Award to identify and acknowledge golf clubs in England that are junior and beginner friendly and are proactive in their attitude to golf development through the recruitment and retention of golfers.

The GolfMark accreditation also integrates Sport England’s ClubMark award, a generic national standard for quality sports clubs recognised across the country.

More than 20 other sports, including tennis and rugby are also using the alliance to add value to their accreditation schemes and over 5,000 sports clubs have been awarded ClubMark or are working towards it.

There are a number of benefits that golf clubs can gain by achieving GolfMark, including increasing membership, raising the club’s profile in the local community, further development of coaches and volunteers and greater access to funding.

Richard Brown, Regional Development Officer for the English Golf Union commented "Bondhay Golf Club are a shining example of a club that gives juniors a fantastic opportunity to play golf. They offer a well structured coaching & competitive programme, the children are made welcome by the membership and the management of the club are fully supportive of the junior section. I will be watching with interest to see how the club builds on this award in the future.

10.11.2009