Search For a Star
Search For a Star
A few weeks back Royal North Devon Golf Club held their search for a star campaign designed to encourage young golfers from the area (not attached to any other golf club) to go down to the club and experience golf. Royal North Devon has one of the strongest junior sections in the county, and the search for a star programme is designed to encou
rage any youngsters from the local community to take part, try golf and keep the clubs junior section as healthy as it has been over the last 5 years.
The club was offering free scholarship memberships to the 3 most promising youngsters who came along on the day. This included free use of all of the clubs facilities, free weekly coaching from the clubs professional, and the opportunity to develop their skills at one of the countries most pro-active golfing establishments.
On the day 20 juniors turned up to receive an introduction to golf, some free golf coaching from Head professional Iain Parker,· and to look around the golf club. It was a really enjoyable morning’s golf with the professionals from the club assessing the skills of all of those who took part. This assessment looked at all parts of the game from driving to putting as well as attitude and a willingness to learn.
3 youngsters were lucky enough to win the free scholarship memberships. These were Luke Carter, Tyler Yarde and Jamie Lathwell. Pictured here with Royal North Devon Head professional Iain Parker.
All 3 have become active junior members of the golf club attending Junior coaching sessions on Saturdays and learning how to play the game on the clubs much coveted short course and short game areas. Come the summer season all three will be ready to challenge the rest of the clubs strong junior section in competitions out on the main golf course. The junior section at Royal North Devon have had a lot of success over the past few years at county and national level. Juniors from the club won the North Devon Junior League in 2008, had the largest representation of any club in the National Skills Challenge held at Wodhall Spa 3 years running, winning national honours at 2 age categories, and this year, both girls and boys from RND have fought their way into the Devon junior county sides representing Devon in matches against other counties as well as individual competitions.
Let’s hope that the 3 latest additions to the Royal North Devon junior section can follow in these footsteps.