Pictured: (l-r) Claire Murray, Dawn Sinclair-Marson, Viv
Hudson (with cheque), Louise Brooks, James Leaver, Kate Fellows and
Carla Griffin
A group of Worcester golfing ladies have raised £425 for
the Prince's Trust through a seven-month charity golf academy.
In spring this year, 20 women from across the county teed off in
the weekly golf event at Worcester's Ravenmeadow Golf Club. The
ladies were given PGA-certified coaching sessions at the club's
PureGolf Academy. The programme catered for golfing beginners and
gave practical tips and advice.
The initiative aimed to raise money for Prince's Trust projects
which help develop and educate thousands of young people across the
county every year.
Viv Hudson, Managing Director at Droitwich-based hotelshopUK and
Area Chairman of The Prince's Trust in the West Midlands said: "The
golf academy was a tremendous success and it was terrific to see so
much support for the charity and its projects.
"The team at Ravenmeadow were superb and very patient. Through
their encouragement and coaching some of the ladies now play golf
regularly at the club and have taken up the sport quite seriously.
Our golf is improving slowly and although we won't be in a position
to challenge guys like Rory Mclroy any time soon, we've learned a
lot and had some fun along the way."
"The golf academy really has helped promote the sport to a wider
audience and importantly, increased awareness of the Prince's Trust
and what the charity is trying to achieve."
James Lever, club professional and coach at Ravenmeadow Golf
Club added: "The golf academy really caught the imagination and it
was great to see so many women interested in taking up the sport.
Raising money and awareness for the charity was the most important
thing and I am sure the donation will be put to great use by the
Prince's Trust to support young people in our area. They do so much
to help change lives across Worcestershire so we were delighted to
be involved."
As part of the club's support for the ladies golf challenge,
Ravenmeadow also donated 50% of their fees to run the academy to
the Prince's Trust.