Banchory clubgolfers after receiving their certificates

Banchory children top of the class

Volunteer coaches from Banchory Golf Club awarded certificates to children from Banchory Primary and Hill of Banchory Primary Schools this week after they completed clubgolf’s Stage 1 course.

Banchory’s two primary schools signed up for clubgolf in 2005 and have since introduced three year groups of P5 children to golf through clubgolf’s introductory game, firstclubgolf. 

Taught in school, firstclubgolf uses multi-coloured clubs, rubberised balls, Velcro targets and carefully planned progressive lesson cards. 

Following the six-week firstclubgolf course, children have the opportunity to progress to the second phase of clubgolf's Player Pathway, Stage 1.  Banchory Golf Club, one of Scotland’s 212 clubs playing the vital role of delivering clubgolf, has hosted clubgolf Stage 1 for the past three summers.

This year its eight volunteer coaches gave 20 hours of coaching covering the fundamentals of putting, chipping, full swing, rules and etiquette.  Progression through Stage 1 and subsequent stages encourages all children to develop their potential while being welcomed into a golf club, and provides access to a structured Player Pathway.

Twenty seven children, 14 of them girls, completed Banchory GC’s Stage 1 course this summer. Eight of them are now so keen on the game they have taken up membership at the club.