THE SportExcel will be going through a soul searching exercise to address the lack of participation in the girls’ sections of their ongoing series of golf competitions including the junior open and Premier-Elite circuits for the new season.
SportExcel executive director C. Sivanandan (pic) admitted they needed to address the issue in their bid to create a bigger and healthier pool of potential golfers among girls in the combined Under-Nine section.
“In recent years, the girls’ participation rate has not been very encouraging. It is an area that we need to work on and attract more girls to pick up golf. The club-based training programmes and initiatives are also crucial in generating the girls’ interest to compete in the SportExcel circuits. We will be examining other ways to implement our development programme,” said Sivanan-dan.
However, SportExcel will be maintaining their proven record of hosting their junior competitions with five tournaments in the Premier-Elite series and 10 legs of junior open competitions as they lead up to the grand finals of both circuits in their competition calendar for the year.
For the new year, the youngsters will be swinging into action in the season’s opener of the Premier-Elite scheduled on Feb 25 before travelling down south for the back-to-back junior open tournaments.
The first leg of the junior open will be held at the Johor Golf and Country Club on March 12 and 13 followed by the another two-day outing at the A’Famosa Golf Resort on March 15 and 16.
“We were concerned about the hectic pace with a total of eight tournaments at the end of the year starting from mid-November.
“Besides the northern tour (at Bukit Jawi Golf Resort) in Penang and (at Clearwater Santuary) in Perak, the juniors will also be visiting Sabah for the final two legs (ninth and 10th) of the junior open.
“It is interesting to discover the young talents outside the Klang Valley by offering them an opportunity to fulfil their true potential,” Sivanandan said.
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