By Phil Lewis
TWENTY students at Jamberoo Primary School are learning to play golf during their Friday morning sport sessions.
Justine Doorn-McCormack, a teacher at the school, participated in a Jack Newton Junior Golf Coaching Clinic and requested help from our Club.
Jim Butt, Linda McGlinchey and Phil Lewis assist Justine in running the clinics each Friday. (Club Captain, Dave Ransom and Director Sue Paul are also assisting).
The budding golfers have progressed from the school oval to the grounds bordering the 3rd, 4th hole and it is planned to graduate to the course, in a modified format, over the coming weeks. On Friday Nov 22nd the school is planning to give us more time so that we may introduce the students to a modified ‘ambrose event’ followed by a sausage sizzle at the Clubhouse. The Jack Newton Junior Golf Association through the ‘My Golf’ programme will fund the sausage sizzle and the Regional ‘My Golf’ coordinator, Tanya Kirby will be on hand to assist with the coaching and organisation. Student parents will also be encouraged to attend if possible.
Hopefully, some of the students will find success and take the game to the next stage at Jim Butt’s Friday afternoon clinics and perhaps memberships of the Club.
