PAUL AND SUE JOINT PRESIDENTS OF eNGLAND GOLF FOR 2012

NEWS RELEASE
Following the recent merger of the English Golf Union with the English Women’s Golf Association to form England Golf, joint presidents for 2012 were voted into office at Wednesday's Annual Meeting at Woodhall Spa.
Paul Baxter (Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire), the past Chief Executive of the English Golf Union, and Sue Johnson (Huddersfield, Yorkshire), a past Chairman of the England Ladies’ Golf Association and the Ladies Golf Union, will operate in tandem for the new organisation for the coming year.
Paul Baxter says: “The merger will undoubtedly bring with it a number of challenges however it will also create opportunities. I have known Sue Johnson for a number of years and we have worked together in the past.
"Our role is to support the Board bring together a smooth transition of the two organisations into a single body for the promotion and development of English golf.
“Creating one organisation provides the opportunity to grow the game at a time when membership of clubs is declining and one of my ambitions during my year as President is to promote the benefits of golf club membership.
“I am also looking forward to supporting England teams and visiting the clubs hosting our championships, but most of all I look forward meeting the people who make the game tick – the club volunteers who give so willingly of their time so that we can play and enjoy this wonderful game.”
Sue Johnson says: “This is history in the making and we are privileged to be part of it. Through our roles we can help to bring men and women golfers together as members of one, united and successful organisation. So, I shall attend some men’s events and Paul will be at a number of women’s events. “The merger which created England Golf was for the good of all amateur golfers, and it is now up to us to make it work."