CONTINENTAL INTEREST BUT HOME UNIONS GIVE DUKE OF YORK'S SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME COLD SHOULDER
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By LEWINE MAIR
Although the golf scholarships on offer via the Duke of York Foundation are as good as they get, the national bodies in the United Kingdom have so far been disappointingly slow to recommend candidates.
In September, Sam Williams and Murray Rose, both 14, became the beneficiaries of the first of the annual scholarships on offer at Wellington College and, by 2010, there could be as many as 10 scholarship holders at the school in Berkshire.
John Simpson, the Duke of York's right-hand man in the golfing sense, is seeking nominations from golfing unions at home and in Europe but, so far, all the interest has come from the continent.
The situation has left Simpson wondering if some members of the UK hierarchy are out to keep their best players to themselves rather than risk others getting the praise for their development.
"Principally," Simpson says, "pupils will benefit from the kind of uninterrupted and well-rounded education which could pave the way for a golf scholarship to Stanford where Tiger Woods spent two years."
Any boy or girl wanting to learn more about the two scholarships on offer for 2008 should go to the Duke of York's tournament website: http://www.doy-champions.com/
In September, Sam Williams and Murray Rose, both 14, became the beneficiaries of the first of the annual scholarships on offer at Wellington College and, by 2010, there could be as many as 10 scholarship holders at the school in Berkshire.
John Simpson, the Duke of York's right-hand man in the golfing sense, is seeking nominations from golfing unions at home and in Europe but, so far, all the interest has come from the continent.
The situation has left Simpson wondering if some members of the UK hierarchy are out to keep their best players to themselves rather than risk others getting the praise for their development.
"Principally," Simpson says, "pupils will benefit from the kind of uninterrupted and well-rounded education which could pave the way for a golf scholarship to Stanford where Tiger Woods spent two years."
Any boy or girl wanting to learn more about the two scholarships on offer for 2008 should go to the Duke of York's tournament website: http://www.doy-champions.com/
+Prince Andrew is pictured above with the Italian boy winner of The Duke of York Young Champions' Trophy at Dundonald Links earlier this year.
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