Shropshire and Herefordshire Union of Golf Clubs
Shifnal Golf Club picked up the England Golf Tournament Venue of the Year award for 2024 at Tuesday’s England Golf Centenary Dinner & Awards at The Midland Manchester Hotel.
Frank Gardner, Match Director at Shifnal, said: “It’s a culmination of three years of hard work from the point of being awarded with the tournament to the time we hosted it. We’ve achieved a lot over the past 12 months with a good turnover of staff showing great improvement of the course and an enhanced reputation as a result of hosting this tournament and we’ve brought the club together.
“We’ll probably have a party! We had 60 volunteers who worked their socks off for this tournament. It was their efforts and without them it wouldn’t have been the success that it was, so it’s them that we need to thank.”
Steve Hawk, Volunteer Co-ordinator, added: “It means a great deal because it was a club effort. 60 volunteers spread across a range of activities and tasks, with people keen to be involved, do the right thing and show our club at its best. Volunteers by their nature just get on with it and don’t necessarily want a great deal of recognition or accolade, so to be able to recognise people’s efforts with an event like this is exceedingly worthwhile.”
“It ran seamlessly, the course was in great condition and our course manager has transformed our course, a new young pro has generated energy and enthusiasm into the golf club and we see ourselves as the premier venue within our county. We attract a lot of very good golfers and we want to build on that incrementally.
Steve Hawk & Frank Gardner being Presented with the Trophy
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