“Sustaining Momentum & Growing the Game” –
WSP II 2009/13
February 2009
THIS PRESENTATION
• 2005/09: Some Highlights.
• The Vision to 2020.
• Outcomes 2009/13.
• The 9 Point Plan.
• The Offer.
• Investment.
• Player and Coaching Pathway and Delivery.
• Conclusion.
WHOLE SPORT PLAN
2005/09 –
SOME HIGHLIGHTS &
THOUGHTS
WSP 2005/09: SOME HIGHLIGHTS (SEE IMPACT REPORT)
• Golf development delivery infrastructure enhanced through schools,
School Club Links, golf in the community, accredited clubs and
County Golf Partnerships.
• More development officers to drive programmes providing enhanced
professional support.
• Funding to clubs to provide participation opportunities, as well as
more support to help them.
• Investment for facilities to increase participation.
WSP 2005/09: SOME HIGHLIGHTS (SEE IMPACT REPORT)
• A clearer player pathway, a linked coaching programme and an
education framework which meets the requirements of the UKCC.
• More opportunities for talented players to reach their potential and
progress to the elite levels of the game (professional ranks).
• More support for, and recognition of volunteers, support for child
protection and equality.
THOUGHTS ON PROGRESS TO DATE
• The plan and the approach were designed to meet the needs of golf.
That remains the case.
• Golf has shown its commitment to move the sport forward in
collaboration across a wide range of areas.
• Significant effort and resources are being directed at increasing and
sustaining participation in golf.
• Opportunities outside the game are being maximised for the benefit
of golf.
• The early trends are encouraging, but we need to maintain
the momentum.
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THE VISION TO 2020
REVIEW OF THE
VISION TO 2020
THE VISION TO 2020
• 18 Challenges reduced to 9:
Places to
Play
Clubs
Volunteers
Starting &
Staying in
golf
Strategic
Delivery &
Partnership
Coaching
& Coach
Education
Player
Pathway
Governance
England to be the
Leading golf nation
in the world by 2020
through more
opportunities to
start, stay & succeed
in golf.
Comm’tion
&
Knowledge
MAIN OUTCOMES
2009/13
GROW
74,600 new
participants by 2013
SUSTAIN
5% increase in
satisfaction levels
by 2013 (subject
to further
discussions)
EXCEL
23% Englishmen,
13%
Englishwomen in
their respective
European Orders
of Merit (TBC)
SUSTAINING
MOMENTUM &
GROWING THE GAME –
THE 9 POINT PLAN
Player
Pathway
&
Coaching
Young
People
Adult
Growth
More support for
people to achieve
their potential
through a player
pathway, linked
to an
appropriately
skilled coaching
workforce.
Opportunities for
young people to
experience golf in
schools, the
community, clubs
and ranges.
Continue to
target adult
growth, sustained
participation and
an enhanced
playing
experience
through CGPs.
Player
Pathway
&
Coaching
Young
People
Adult
Growth
Capacity
Volunteers
Partnerships
More support for
people to achieve
their potential
through a player
pathway, linked
to an
appropriately
skilled coaching
workforce.
Increase capacity
in the officer
network to
support golf’s
ability to realise
its strategic goals.
Opportunities for
young people to
experience golf in
schools, the
community, clubs
and ranges.
Continue to
target adult
growth, sustained
participation and
an enhanced
playing
experience
through CGPs.
More support
and recognition
for volunteers,
particularly young
leaders.
Develop
partnerships
inside and
outside golf to
add value to
increasing and
sustaining
participation.
Player
Pathway
&
Coaching
Young
People
Adult
Growth
Capacity
Volunteers
Partnerships
Facilities
Target
Implementation
Widening
Access
More support for
people to achieve
their potential
through a player
pathway, linked
to an
appropriately
skilled coaching
workforce.
Increase capacity
in the officer
network to
support golf’s
ability to realise
its strategic goals.
Invest in short
game and
practice facilities,
which can
encourage and
sustain
participation and
help skill
development.
Opportunities for
young people to
experience golf in
schools, the
community, clubs
and ranges.
Continue to
target adult
growth, sustained
participation and
an enhanced
playing
experience
through CGPs.
More support
and recognition
for volunteers,
particularly young
leaders.
Develop
partnerships
inside and
outside golf to
add value to
increasing and
sustaining
participation.
Use research data
to target
implementation
as effectively as
possible.
More emphasis
on widening
access to golf for
people with
disabilities,
people from
black and ethnic
groups and
women and girls.
Player
Pathway
&
Coaching
Young
People
Adult
Growth
Capacity
Volunteers
Partnerships
Facilities
Target
Implementation
Widening
Access
SUSTAINING
MOMENTUM &
GROWING THE GAME –
THE OFFER
SUSTAINING
MOMENTUM &
GROWING THE GAME –
INVESTMENT
SUMMARY OF INVESTMENT 2009/13
• Over the period 2009/13, the plan will invest £35.45m from golfing
organisations and Sport England into the development of the game.
• Sport England funding represents 36% of the investment.
• Of this, 14% is directed towards the Grow Outcome; 63% towards
Sustain; and, 23% towards Excel.
DETERMINING INVESTMENT
• Some key factors influencing how we work in 2009/13:
– Fit with priorities in national and county plans;
– County has a CGP;
– Focus on an area where schools, clubs and school-club link activity is in place
and working effectively;
– Collaborative external partnerships can demonstrably add value to golf’s ability
to increase participation, enhance satisfaction or provide opportunities for
players to get better;
– Evidential data indicates that there is a substantive pool of potential golfers in
the locale;
– Opportunities to link the whole player pathway.
SUSTAINING
MOMENTUM &
GROWING THE GAME –
PLAYER & COACHING
PATHWAY & DELIVERY
England Pathway ‘Talent Pool’
Sustain
Grow
Excel
Learn
Improve
Develop
Perform
Excel
Elite
Pro Game
M
23%
EOM
National Coaching
M
47
Regional Coaching
M
80
County Coaching
(inc County Development)
M
5,000
School, Community
& Club Coaching
M
338,000
F
35,000
F
410
F
40
F
36
F
13%
LET
CONCLUSION
THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE!