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Caldy women golfers champion the ELGA Trust
06 December 2007
The ladies of Caldy Golf Club in Cheshire are the champion fund raisers for the ELGA Trust, the charity for girls’ golf.
Golf clubs throughout England were asked to help the Trust celebrate its 25th birthday by fundraising at a summer stableford competition.
Caldy ladies’ section donated over £400 and have won the new ELGA Trust Club Stableford Trophy and a laptop computer from sponsors Advance Computer Systems (Midlands) Ltd.
Caldy are longstanding supporters of the trust, inspired by one of their members. Pauline Frazer, who is an ELGA vice-president, was one of the founders of the Trust and each year the ladies’ section nominates a competition to raise funds for the charity.
The trophy and laptop were presented at the ELGA annual meeting where Pauline was represented by Caldy member Karen Schneider.
“We are delighted to receive this award because Pauline helped to found the Trust,” said Karen, “It’s doubly delightful because Caldy is celebrating its centenary this year.”
Altogether 303 clubs entered the Trust Stableford Competition and together they raised £4000.
During the last year the total raised for the Trust came to just over £31,000.
But a renewed plea is being made to clubs to increase their support for the charity, which gives financial support to girl golfers.
Income is dwindling and, once again, the donations have fallen below the level of grants. In the last year about £38,000 has been awarded for equipment, tuition, tournament expenses and coaching schemes.
But the Trust’s management committee has decided that in 2008 only money received in donations will be awarded in grants.
ELGA’s 2007 chairman Sarah Miller has written to lady captains appealing for increased support. She told them: “Individual applications continue to increase, especially from the under-13s. We are saddened that a decline in income has resulted in a reduction in the number of grants we are able to award to girls who we are trying to encourage to play golf and who are the future of women’s golf.”
