Index

Section Three

3.0 Regional Provision

3.1 EGU

There are 4 regional groups: North, Midlands, South East and South West.

MIDDLESEX is part of the South East Region comprising of 11 counties; Bedfordshire, Berks, Bucks & Oxon, Essex, Hampshire (inc Isle of Wight & Channel Islands), Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey & Sussex.

3.2 EWGA

There are 6 regions: North, Midlands North, Midlands South, East, South, South West.

MIDDLESEX is part of the South Region, which is made up of the following counties; Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey & Sussex.

3.3 PGA

There are 5 regional groups: North, Midlands, East, West and South. MIDDLESEX is part of the East Region.

3.4 Golf Foundation

There are 7 regions: North East, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands, East, South East, and South West. The Golf Foundation employ a Regional Development Officer to co-ordinate their programmes at a local level. MIDDLESEX is part of the East Region.

3.5 EGU & EWGA Joint Officer Network

In September 2005, the EGU and EWGA launched their joint development officer network combining 2 Regional Development Officers employed by both the EGU and EWGA and appointing a further 2 Officers. There are now 8 areas within the joint network and each officer is responsible for the development of golf within their specified area. The areas are: North East, Yorkshire, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands, East, South East and South West.

MIDDLESEX is part of the East region comprising also of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

The table below is based on the joint officer network region as shown above (November 2006 figures). The figures are averages over the 7 counties.

	East
Junior membership as % of total membership	8%
% of golf clubs raised membership allocation in last 2 years	21%
% of golf clubs with membership vacancies	92%
% of golf clubs actively seeking more members	80%
% of golf clubs with a waiting list in 1 or more categories	16%
% of golf clubs that charge adults an entrance fee	66%
% of golf clubs that charge juniors an entrance fee	15%

3.6 Regional Development Initiatives

The table below shows the number of clubs across the region that have applied for EGU/EWGA initiatives:

FGC = Free Golf Coaching

JCC = Junior Club Coaching

NSC = National Skills Challenge

D of E = Duke of Edinburgh

Junior GM = Junior GolfMark

GM = Working towards GolfMark

As of June 2008:-

County	FGC	JCC	NSC	Junior GM awarded	GM awarded (app only)
Bedfordshire	4	6	3	1	1 (3)
Cambridgeshire	7	8	6	0	0 (5)
Essex	11	18	10	0	3 (9)
Hertfordshire	6	16	7	2	2 (10)
Middlesex	3	9	4	0	0 (7)
Norfolk	10	14	6	2	2 (15)
Suffolk	12	12	6	1	3 (10)
TOTAL	53	83	42	6	11 (59)