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Mark Day is new England girls’ coach
 Hertfordshire’s
Mark Day has been appointed as the national coach for the England Golf
girls’ squad and will take up his position immediately.
Day,
the head professional at Whipsnade Park Golf Club, describes the post
as his dream job. “This role will challenge all my coaching skills and
push me to be better tomorrow than I am today, which is the mindset I
want to instil in all my players,” he said.
“I
can’t wait to meet the team so that we can start planning and preparing
for next season and agree goals for 2016 worthy of the talents of the
girls in the squad.
“Personally,
I’m an ambitious person and have always aspired to perform at the
highest level and will relish this opportunity to support England Golf
in producing national and international amateur champions and team
winners.”
Day,
a PGA Fellow Professional, was one of five coaches who were recognised
by England Golf last year and who received new awards to mark their
outstanding contribution (Image © Leaderboard Photography).
For
the past two years he has been coach to the England Golf Thames Valley
U16 girls’ squad, which includes Hertfordshire’s Becca Earl who has just
won twice on the WPGA’s One Day Series.
He
has been the Hertfordshire county coaching co-ordinator since 2010,
helping to create a junior talent pathway for girls and boys. The county
academy programme hosts 35 coaching days with 16 coaches for over 160
students.
Day
has also been lead coach to the Hertfordshire boys for the past two
years and his individual pupils include Harry Bigham, who won the 2014
English U14 boys’ championship for the Reid Trophy.
Day
has worked specifically to encourage more girls to take up golf,
writing a development plan and, over a three-year period, introducing
more than 400 girls to the game. This led to a county-wide programme in
Hertfordshire.
Nigel
Edwards, England Golf’s Performance Director, said: “England Golf is
committed to providing excellent coaching to help our players develop
the skills they need to perform at the highest level. We are delighted
to welcome Mark to the national team and look forward to working with
him to achieve even greater successes for our players.”
Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193 |
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