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The Drive Behind Disability Golf

Running an international event like The Cairns Cup

The thought of running an international event is very daunting and one that should not be taken lightly there are many things that need to be planned and a good team needs to be assembled from the outset for good coordination and for the event to run smoothly. This blog is written with personal experience…
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Grip Par Open Deferred

The Grip Par Open in 2020 will not go ahead, it was cancelled in June because of Covid-19 and again in October. This pandemic is playing havoc with golf events worldwide and there’s nothing we can do about it. The October event could have gone ahead if it was all local people playing, but we…
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Eddie Polland continues as Patron

We are happy to announce Eddie Polland as Patron of British Inclusive Golf. Having won 4 European Tour titles in the 70s and early 80s. He won the the 1975 Sun Alliance PGA Match Play Championship. In 1973 he played in the 20th Ryder Cup Match held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. USA won the event by 19 points…
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Devastating Loss of Charity Trustee

It is with deep regret and sorrow; I have to inform the membership of the sudden passing away of our trustee Mr Stuart Walsh. Stuart has been a great supporter of British inclusive Golf and a powerful advocate for all those with difficulties and he will be sadly missed. Stuart was of course the sponsor…
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The Billy on Tour

The Billy was on tour at the FARMFOODS BRITISH PAR 3 at Nailcott Hall, Warwickshire 6th – 9th August, there was a lot of networking done for the 2020 Cairns Cup to secure sponsorship. A team representing the Cairns Cup came 5th in the Celebrity – Am on Friday.

Open Day at Wychwood

On Sunday 4th August we held an open day at Wychwood Golf Club, the weather put paid to a good turnout, however we did make some great contacts and further activities are planned later in the year. We have donated some Tri – Golf equipment to be used by the professionals to encourage young people…
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Els for Autism

On Tuesday July 9th we held a course “Els for Autism” run by Cae Menia-Davis of the Golf trust. We invite volunteers from Blackburn & Wigan Youth Zones to Mytton Fold our North West headquarters. After the course there was a group of children who had a session in the practical part of the course.…
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2019 Grip Par Open

Another successful weekend of golf at Mytton Fold Golf Club where 106 players from the golf club and British Inclusive Golf played for 3 separate trophies the Saturday winners were:Powaglide cupWinner – M BryanR/up – S Koran Vanaman TrophyWinner – L EcclesR/up – M Jones Copeland ShieldWinner – I HalliwellR/up – T Stewart Nearest pins1st – S Cowan9th –…
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Booth Trophy 2019

The 2019 Booth Trophy was contested between British Inclusive Golf & The Social Golfer at The Windmill Hotel & Golf Club, Coventry. The event was an aggregate stableford team game the result was never in doubt the final match result was 662 to 601 pts with TSG winning 13 – 3 matches.However, despite sounding one-sided the main cumulative…
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