GLENBERVIE TEES OFF FALKIRK FESTIVAL OF JUNIOR GOLF

FROM KEN GOODWIN

Junior Convenor

Glenbervie Golf Club

juniors@kengoodwin.com

The Glenbervie Junior Open is being held on Monday, 16 July. There are scratch and handicap prizes for boys and girls with trophies being awarded for the best scratch score in each category.

I am particularly keen to encourage more girls to take part in the competition. Glenbervie is a former venue for the British boys, Scottish girls and Scottish professionals’ championships.

I am sure that everyone who plays in our Open will thoroughly enjoy the course. It  costs £5 to enter and anyone interested  can  e-mail me at juniors@kengoodwin.com .

The Glenbervie Open is the first event of the Falkirk Festival of Junior Golf which comprises the junior opens at four of the golf clubs in the Falkirk area. The Falkirk Golf Club Junior Open is on Tuesday, July 24; Grangemouth Golf Club Junior Open on Thursday, July 26 and finally the Falkirk Tryst Junior Open on Friday,  July 27.

Each junior open costs £5 to enter. The Festival is open to all juniors with CONGU handicaps – they don’t have to be residents of the Falkirk area. In addition to the individual Opens there are trophies and vouchers for overall performance by boys and girls over the four events.

The Festival has its own website http://ffojg.blogspot.com and anyone who wishes to enter will find details of dates, venues etc and an on-line entry form.

Starting times and results will also be shown there in the future. Players can also enter individual junior opens through the web site even if they don’t want to play in all the competitions in the Festival. Alternatively they can e-mail me their details with the opens they wish to play in.

The central location of the courses around Falkirk means they are easily reached from most points north, south, east and west.