Palacerigg Open Day success

Palacerigg Golf Club is on the verge of huge changes to its junior membership after 39 local children swamped its Come and Try day this month.

Earlier this year the Club signed up to the national junior golf development programme, clubgolf, to make the game accessible to local children and reverse the decline of its junior membership.  At the time it had just seven juniors.

Two of its members trained to become volunteer coached after attending the PGA Level 1 course and plan to run a junior coaching programme for local children this summer, starting in May.  To generate interest in the coaching, the club opened its doors to local children last weekend.

“We were delighted with the response, we had a lot of positive feedback from the parents and kids alike and two signed up on the day,” said the Club’s junior convenor and volunteer coach, Frank Anderson.

“We have also recruited a further three members who are keen to go on the PGA Level 1 course and become coaches. With the continued support of North Lanarkshire Golf Development Group, North Lanarkshire Leisure Golf and clubgolf the future of junior golf at Palacerigg is looking healthy.”

Local children who missed last weekend’s open day will have another opportunity when the Club hosts a sign up day this Sunday (20 April).

“We hope that many will return to join and receive the planned two year coaching programme which will be starting in May,” added Mr Anderson.

Emerging out of Scotland’s successful bid to host the Ryder Cup, clubgolf is a partnership between the Scottish Golf Union, the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association, the Professional Golfers' Association, the Golf Foundation and sportscotland.  The programme has been developed as a direct result of the Scottish Government’s commitment to introduce every nine-year-old child in Scotland to golf.

 For further information please contact:

Junior Convenor, Frank Anderson on:

T:  07939 280 852 or email Palaceriggjuniors@blueyonder.co.uk