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Online entry launched for 2008 English tournaments
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| The English Women's Golf Association has
today launched its popular online entry service for its
2008 tournament schedule. |
| Competitors who visit the EWGA website,
www.englishwomensgolf.org can make online entries to
all eight English championships and to another four
seniors' events. |
| Players can use a secure Paypal account
to pay their entry fees online, including the charge for
the competitors' dinner held at seniors' championships. |
| Emma Lowe, EWGA's tournament secretary,
said: "This is the third year that we have offered
online entry and it has proved very popular with our
competitors, who find it an efficient and convenient
service. We expect even more players to use the service
this year." |
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Online entry is available for the following
events: |
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Senior English Close Amateur
Championship at Stoneham Golf Club, Hampshire, April
15-18. |
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English Close Amateur Championship
at Ganton Golf Club, Yorkshire, May 13-17. |
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Senior English Close Amateur Strokeplay
Championship at Beau Desert Golf Club, Staffordshire,
June 17-19. For the first time in 2008 this championship
will be extended to 54 holes. There will be a cut after
36 holes with the top 16 players and ties from each of
two divisions going forward to play the final round.
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Seniors' midlands regional
tournament at Worksop Golf Club, Nottinghamshire, July
10-11. |
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Seniors' southern regional
tournament at Saltford Golf Club, Somerset, August 14-15 |
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English Close Amateur Strokeplay
Championship at The Berkshire Golf Club, July 22-24 |
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English Girls' U15 & U13
Championships at Ramside GC, Durham, July 29-31.
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English Girls' Close Amateur
Championship at Durham City Golf Club, July 29 – August
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English Open Mid-Amateur
Championship at Wallasey Golf Club, Cheshire, August
12-15 |
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Seniors' northern regional
tournament at Sand Moor Golf Club, Yorkshire, September
3-4. |
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Seniors' Brenda King Foursomes at
Enville Golf Club, Staffordshire, September 30 - October
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| EWGA members
vote for change at EGM |
| 29 September
2007 - latest updates
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Members of the English Ladies’ Golf
Association have voted to modernise their organisation to
drive forward women’s golf. |
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They backed changes to create a more modern,
capable and efficient governing body at an extraordinary
general meeting at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull
on Saturday, September 29. |
Over half of the 1780 golf clubs affiliated
to EWGA
voted on four resolutions, which were put to the
meeting at the end of a two-year period of consultation with
members and after a wide-ranging debate on the issues. All
four were passed with majorities of at least 70 per cent. |
Altogether, over 1100 votes were cast on
each resolution and EWGA
chief executive Pauline Perla told
the meeting: “This is the largest number of votes we have
received in the history of the association. Whatever the
outcome, the decision will have been made by a majority of
members.” |
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“Our mission is Driving Women’s Golf and I
assure you that’s what we will all be working towards. I
hope those who have had mixed feelings about certain aspects
will give it time and give their support to ensure a
successful future for the association.” |
The vote means that EWGA
will now be
incorporated as a company limited by guarantee and known as
the English Women’s Golf Association. |
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It will be run by a management board with
the business skills needed to drive forward women’s golf,
for example in communications, marketing, sponsorship and
information technology. |
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An operational board, whose members will
come from the counties, will look after the core golfing
activities of the association, such as championships and
tournaments, handicapping, course rating, selection of
squads for training and England teams. |
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Counties will be organised into six regions,
each of which will be represented on the operational board.
There will be more direct communication between clubs,
counties and the association. |
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Voting procedures within the association
have been simplified. The changes will come into effect from
1 January 2008. |
The changes are designed to support EWGA
’s
mission of Driving Women’s Golf by:
- improving communications within the organisation
- improving the image of women’s golf
- helping women achieve equality in golf
- improving services to members and clubs
- putting more focus on volunteers
- giving women and girl golfers more opportunities to
improve. |
EWGA
’s modernisation review began in
September 2005 and has included an extensive survey,
workshops and consultation days involving divisions,
counties and clubs. |
EWGA
chief executive Pauline Perla told the
meeting: “It has taken us two years of workshops and
consultation to be here today. We know that change is not
easy, but it is necessary if we want to progress as an
organisation.” |
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She added: “Women’s golf has a rich past, a
healthy present and it could have an exciting future if you
support change today.” |
Tribute was paid at the meeting to the
modernisation working group which had advised the EWGA
executive during the consultation period: EWGA
chairman
Sarah Miller from the South-East, vice-chairman Ruth
Whitehead and Hilary Green from the North, Ros Weston from
the Midlands and Carolyn Maynard from the South West. |
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