Braehead Golf Club is the newest club in Clackmannanshire to offer coaching through the national junior programme ClubGolf.
Braehead Golf Club is the newest club in Clackmannanshire to
offer coaching through the national junior programme ClubGolf.
The sign up of the club in Cabus, near Alloa, represents a
significant landmark for the area's golf.
Alloa, Alva, Dollar, Muckhart and Tillicoultry Golf Clubs are
already signed up to ClubGolf and seeing the benefits. The addition
of Braehead means every local club is now on board with the
programme.
And having all six clubs delivering ClubGolf means P5 children
being introduced to golf in local schools will have better
opportunities to develop their skills through club coaching.
Braehead's junior section has been declining in recent years so
coming on board with ClubGolf will help reverse the trend.
"I have been coaching our own juniors for three years, but this
is the first time I've done ClubGolf coaching with the primary
school children," said Jamie Stevenson, Braehead's PGA Pro, who is
coaching a dozen pupils from St John's and Abercrombie Primary
School through the new venture.
"About half of the group are from non golfing families, and they
are all pretty keen and off and running. Hopefully we will
end up getting them into the club because they are the future of
the game."
Said ClubGolf's Central Scotland Regional Manager, Mandy
Martin: "Having Braehead on board delivering ClubGolf is
great news for the area.
"Having every golf club in Clackmannanshire offering ClubGolf
coaching means that every child in Clackmannanshire who has played
ClubGolf's school game will have a local club offering coaching
where they can develop their skills."
The aim of ClubGolf is to create a development pathway from entry level through to the highest levels of achievement, enabling increased access to golf, higher participation levels, improved standards of performance, and sustained growth in the future.
As our national junior golfing strategy, ClubGolf seeks to do what is right for Scotland and aims to widen opportunities, increase participation in golf, and build foundations for Scottish success on the world stage.