“We needed new members. We needed to find a hook that would bring in fresh faces to our club.” It is an all too familiar refrain for many sporting clubs, let alone golf clubs, around the country as the luxuries of home life and other modern-day allures have made it increasingly more difficult to prise […]
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Rockingham Golf Club has enjoyed “overwhelming” success after launching its ‘Give Golf A Go’ programme to grow the game among women in the region. The six-clinic programme, which was run on Monday mornings, was oversubscribed after funding from the WA Golf Foundation helped to kick-start the drive. A total of 45 women signed up for […]
It was a quirk of fate that led Mark Tibbles to become a driving force behind an award-winning golfing programme for disabled children and adults in Western Australia. In 2010, Tibbles attended a fundraising breakfast that prompted him to consider, during his drive home, just how he could provide a pathway into golf – and the social benefits […]
MTI Golf Academy ‘Come & Try Golf’ Classes were held at The Vines Golf Resort during last week’s Disability Awareness Week. Proudly supported by the WA Golf Foundation the classes were a great success with forty eight people with disabilities attending (14 of which were wheelchair bound). Disabilities included – Acquired brain injury, Epilepsy, Asthma, Down Syndrome, Autism, […]
Kingsway Christian School had over 40 students keenly participating in their after school golf clinics at various stages of Semester Two. Farmer Golf provided the professional golf tuition at the Kingsway golf practice facility, enabling the students of all ages and levels to advance their skills in the game of golf. Some students progressed to very high […]
