Golf has won the government’s backing with the announcement today from Sport England that it is to receive an £8 million boost over the next four years for the development of the game. The 88 per cent increase of its annual grant to £2 million represents a major leap forward for the England Golf Partnership, which is planning to increase the number of individuals playing golf by 10% by 2009 and grow the active members of affiliated clubs by 50,000.

John has been nominated for the Chairmanship of Junior Golf, a nomination to be endorsed at the Warwickshire Union AGM on March 17th at Copt Heath Golf Club. John and his family have been very active in the Union for some years and he is looking forward to being part of a new set-up for managing an ever growing Junior section and its responsibilities.

For the Warwickshire Union, this is a very important year, certainly for the efforts being put into making 2006, the Centenary of the Union, a very special time. Warwickshire Ladies celebrated 100 years in 2000, very successfully. There have already been announcements from Jim Dean, President of the Union, as to the main events that will happen during 2006 and expect more details to follow shortly. The proposed President for that year has also just been announced – Mr John Stubbings.

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.

This is the draft of the County Fixtures for 2005 and of major events in both the Midlands and Nationally for Amateur golf. To view aprintable PDF, please go to 'More'

This is the completed draw sheet for the 2004-2005 Warwickshire Cup. It is in PDF form so it can printed for Club noticebaords - look out for the BIG surprise with the holders going out in R1