Young golfers are expected to hit new heights at London City Airport on Saturday. Teenagers and under-12s will be driving golf balls down the runway at the airport in an attempt to set distance records – and as this is thought to be the first time such a feat has been attempted by British youngsters, records are certain to be set.

Copt Heath GC – Thursday 3rd February – Brian Fish, retiring Chairman of Junior Golf for the Warwickshire Union, chaired the 2005 Junior Delegates meeting after another highly successful season for the County’s best players and one which has seen several significant initiatives set in place to ensure that the development of players continues in the future. There were a number of guest speakers and this editorial is an overview of some of the presentations throughout what was a very successful evening.

This feature includes entry forms for the Warwickshire Schools as well as details of how to enter on-line, and if you have a GSA number, you can enter AND PAY via the web site. For full details click ‘MORE’. For details of the new format for the Schools Team Championships and the McPartlin Trophy, please see the additional feature below this one.

For 2005 there is a new format for the English Schools Championships and Warwickshire Schools would like to hold a County Competition for the McPartlin Trophy. Full details of both competitions are in this feature and it will be of special interest to Teachers and Club Junior Organisers for each competition respectively.

The review copy arrives at the offices. There is no fuss about the envelope. No glossy brochure, just a disc and a simple invitation to try the new Tiger Woods from EA Games. Its ready to play in about 30 seconds … and the disc doesn’t come out of the games player for about 9 hours. This game is AWESOMME!

By Bill Madonna – a specialist book from Human Kinetics. 20 000 coaches for 300 000 young golfers is the background to this book, a complete guide, actually the official training manual for the National Association of Golf Coaches and Educators (in the US), a book written by the man who started the organization, Bill Madonna.

The University of Stirling will played host to a wealth of golfing talent when it officially opened its new Golf Centre on Wednesday 1 December. Richard Cole-Hamilton, Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, was the Guest of Honour.