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PRESS RELEASE Issued 31/3/2021 Cornwall Ladies County Golf Association hits the mark with national golf accreditation for safeguarding Cornwall Ladies County Golf Association, which is backing the drive to grow the game, has achieved the SafeGolf accreditation from England Golf demonstrating its commitment to safeguarding children and young people, as well as adults in risk in the sport of golf. The CLCGA runs numerous single and team events throughout the year catering to all levels of golfing ability for the members of 27 clubs in Cornwall.  We have a well-established and strong junior coaching partnership with the Cornwall Golf Union. As CLCGA Secretary I would like to thank Bridget Moody our welfare officer and the England Golf support team, Brad Bodinnar and Ben Martin for their hard work in achieving our SafeGolf accreditation. The award was presented to Cornwall Ladies County Golf Association by Jeremy Tomlinson, England Golf’s Chief Executive. 

The CLCGA Committee have decided that all competitions up the 21st June will be cancelled for 2021. This will include the Silver and Bronze Spring meetings, the Baron Bowl and the Inter Club Handicap Shield. The decision was made because of government restrictions in force until at least the 21st June 2021. We hope to play the Gammon Trophy this year but with the restriction of no caddies, food or speeches. This will enable keeping to below the maximum of 30 outside as outlined in the Play safe timeline. At present our first competition is set to be Flag Day at St Austell on Monday 2nd August so get your entries in. Obviously if circumstances change ( and we really hope they don’t) we will have to review the decision.

The CLCGA Committee have made a decision to cancel the League competition for the 2021 season. I’ m sure you are all experiencing a sense of deja vu with this. The reasons behind this decision being made were, with the Covid 19 pandemic and lockdown the chances of fitting all the matches in would be adversely affected. Most of the clubs start playing matches in March and April and we all know rearranging a match cancelled for bad weather is always a tricky but this year will be doubly so. In the 2019 season we had a number of matches not being played as they ran out of time. The golf clubs have all taken a hit in green fees and us cancelling early allows them the chance of taking bookings. We all need our Clubs to survive this difficult time financially. Catering is also problematic with some clubs having

With regret the CLCGA Committee have taken the decision to cancel this year’s County Championship which was due to take place at Newquay GC on 15th – 18th April 2021. Once again the decision has not been taken lightly but in view of the current crisis over Coronavirus facing us all, and the government advice on social distancing and unnecessary travelling we felt that cancellation was our only course of action. We apologise for any disappointment this may cause. Refunds will be processed as soon as possible. A decision regarding the viability of running the League this year will be made as soon as possible.

The CLCGA Committee have made the decision to cancel the county Mixed competition that was due to be held at Perranporth on 28th March. The decision was made due to the covid19 pandemic and the uncertainty surrounding what restrictions will be in place in March. It is hoped that with the vaccination programme under way that at some point we will be able to hold county competitions again as soon as it is safe to do so. The Committee will be reviewing the upcoming competitions and informing you as soon as possible. The County Past Captains society and County Veterans have both cancelled their Spring meetings. Any players that gave already entered any of these competitions will be refunded.

Circumstances dictate that we have a different type of AGM this year. Below you will find reports from officers and AGM minutes from 2019 and Agenda for 2020 AGM. These will also be sent to your delegates for distribution to the members. A google form will be sent to the delegates for distribution so that you are able to vote for election of officers, changes to conditions of play and honorarium for the President. The Gammon draw will be made by a zoom meeting and the draw will be sent to the clubs and posted on the website. AGM Agenda AGM Minutes, December 2019 President’s Report Final Captain’s Report 2nd Team Secretaries Report County Competition Secretary Report Treasurers Report

Following a committee meeting on Monday we are pleased to announce the arrangements for our forthcoming AGM. It was decided that the most inclusive way of conducting the meeting would be by email.  During the week starting 9th November, CLCGA Secretary Jenny Potter will email the meeting agenda and details of how to vote, to all delegates. Delegates will then be asked to forward this information to all the lady members of their club. All the officers’ reports and any other information will be emailed out subsequently. All paperwork will also be posted on the CLCGA website. We realise that this is not a perfect solution but felt that it was the best option available to us at this difficult time. We hope it will enable as many of our members as possible to participate. Any items to be included on the agenda should be sent to Jenny Potter by