Juniors Welcome

We welcome Junior members, whether beginners to the game, or those looking to improve their game.

Junior Captain for 2023 is George Derbyshire

George is 13 years old and attends Denstone School where, as well as sport, he particularly enjoys Maths, Physics and Languages. He has played golf regularly since he was 6 years old and currently plays off a handicap index of 14.5 and hopes to reduce this to below 12 in the 2023 season.

He has had success in both the Derbyshire Futures Tour and the Robert Rock Tour and will continue on the Robert Rock Tour in 2023. 

He rates winning a  two day event on the Robert Rock tour playing Coxmoor on the first day and Mapperley on the second as his most successful performance. He has also won the Matlock Junior Open in 2021 and Ashbourne Junior Open in 2022.

Away from golf George enjoys playing cricket. He considers himself an all rounder and plays for Brailsford and Ednaston Cricket Clubs as well as school  teams.

Coaching

Sessions are run all year round on Saturdays.  Following the coaching sessions there are structured on-course activities. 

Contact

• steve.clancy@foremostgolf.com or 01335 347960 for more information on Junior Coaching or Junior Membership. 
• ashbournegolfclubjuniors@btinternet.com for more information about the Junior section.

Junior Team

The Junior Team who will help organise all coaching, on course training, social events, match fixtures and participation in all internal and external competitions are:

• Steve Clancy - Club Professional.   
• Paul Padden - Junior Overseer.
• Rob Redfern - Junior Organiser. 
  

• Helen Wallace - Junior Helper.   

      Steve Clancy                   Paul Padden       Rob Redfern       Helen Wallace        Phil Green (Welfare Officer)

Social

There will be a social golf event on the last Sunday of every month from March to September.

The Junior's actively support the Go Beyond charity https://www.gobeyond.org.uk/.        

 Safeguarding

Ashbourne Golf Club has achieved the SafeGolf standard.  This is the safeguarding standard England Golf promote to all their affiliated clubs to ensure all clubs provide a safe and positive experience to children and young people whilst playing golf. The PGA also apply the standards to all their PGA professional Coaches.

Please see our Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy.

Ashbourne Golf Club Welfare Officer is Phil Green
Email: gringo55@live.co.uk

In addition to the training required for SafeGolf all members of the Junior Team, involved in on course activities, will also have undertaken the following training:

• England Golf - "Junior Organisers Induction Programme" and "Understanding Young People". 
• UK Coaching - "Duty to Care". 

Development

We are a HSBC Golf Roots Centre.