The Development Arm of the Golf Union of Wales

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The Development Arm of the Golf Union of Wales
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GDW initiatives include

• Participation based schemes
• Dragon Sport Tri-Golf (Primary Schools) 5 x 60
  Golf Xtreme (Secondary Schools), Mass Audience
  Events
• Participation Increases - 22 - Adults, 27 - 7
  11yrs, 74 - 11 16 yrs
• Club Based schemes
• Low cost or free coaching for families, mixed
  groups, women and girls etc.
• Start Women Golfing Scheme 800 females 40
  conversion rate to membership
• Improving beginner facilities -
• 20 facilities Total Grant of over 790,000

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• Coach and Volunteer Education and support
• Over 3000 trained
• Free Resources for Clubs
• Child Welfare Advice
• Junior Club Accreditation Scheme
• - Junior GolfCert.
• 30 Clubs to achieve
• Grant Advice for development projects
• Average 15,000 Community Chest grants each year
• 14,000 Sportsmatch grants
• 5,000 Minor grants
• 20,000 Community Grants
• Centres of Excellence
• Llangefni and Clays - 500,000
• new areas

www.juniorgolfguide.org
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New Initiatives 2010 include

• Securing the Future Resource
• - Launched in January
• - Combine with business planning
• advice for clubs
• Welcome Booklets
• Rules and Etiquette Books
• Generic Beginner Schemes Club Identifies Need
• National Skills Challenge Recruitment,
  Retention, Improve, Motivate and Talent ID.

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• Golf Awareness Week
• - GB and I - Mass Promotional Week - More
  Members
• FREE - most powerful word Attracting Mass
  Media, Non Traditional Press Streams
• Target Nomads Already Play Golf?
• Welsh Clubs Free Golf Opportunity (Nomads)
  play with members/and other nomads (during GA
  week)
• Clubs Promote Membership offer this week ONLY
• Data Capture Exercise via GDW poster
• Target Beginners New to Golf?
• Signpost to clubs running beginner schemes
• www.golfdevelopmentwales.org

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2010

• What are your Targets ?
• More Juniors
• More Men
• More Women
• More Green-fees

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Dilwyn Griffiths (North Wales Development
Officer) 07968 453 870 Dilwyn.griffiths_at_golfunio
nwales.org Sian.simmons_at_golfunionwales.org
www.golfdevelopmentwales.org www.juniorgolfguid
e.org