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Mildura Rural City Council Youth Engagement Strategy

Mildura Rural City Council is calling on our youth to help develop our next four-year Youth Engagement Strategy.

The Youth Engagement Strategy will provide Council with direction, focus and key actions when it comes to improving outcomes for our local young people.

We want local youth to tell us what they’re passionate about, their interests and their ideas.

We would love if you could share this with your students, clients, or close contacts.

You can find out more, and share your thoughts by visiting; yoursay.mildura.vic.gov.au/YouthStrategy

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Merbein Golf Club Junior Program

The Merbein Golf Club has two exciting programs for juniors that your children may be interested in.  Our My Golf program is attached and is commencing next weekend.

The other exciting news was that the Merbein Golf Club will be conducting the Australian Golf Foundation Junior Girls Scholarship program and this program commences next week.

  The Australian Golf Foundation, in association with Golf Australia is delighted to present the Australian Golf Foundation Junior Girls Scholarship program in 2024. Because of the foresight and generosity of Bonnie Boezeman AO, a director of The Australian Golf Foundation, the program, which has seen a forty-two percent increase in participation from 2022 to 2023, has provided girls aged 9 to 16 with the opportunity to fall in love with the game. 2024 will again see further growth for the program. We are thrilled to announce NEXTGEN Group as the principal partner of the AGF Scholarship Program once again for their third year in 2024. Important financial support also continues to be provided by a number of generous private benefactors, in addition to golfing bodies. The Scholarship program has grown considerably over the past three years, from thirty-seven funded clubs and 226 girls in the inaugural pilot year (2021) to 142 clubs and 974 girls in 2023. In 2024, we are aiming to have over 1,000 scholarship holders spread across the country. 

AIM OF THE PROGRAM Aligning to Golf Australia’s strategic plan for women and girls through our Women and Girls Engagement Strategy, this program is designed to foster a deep love of golf by creating a strong bond between girls (aged 9-16) and their golf club/facility.

 Encouraging and supporting junior program participants to continue their golfing journey beyond their initial introductory steps and to obtain a handicap, this program will in turn help to reduce drop-out rates of teenage girls in golf. While the program’s primary aim is to retain girls, those new to golf may also be engaged in this program, should they demonstrate a commitment to learning the sport. However, it is a strong preference and based on our prior learning, that girls have some previous experience within the sport. Under the tutelage of a club PGA professional and/or community instructor, along with the support of your club membership, scholarship holders will have the opportunity to:

 • Advance their skills through ongoing coaching.

 • Obtain a handicap.

 • Play in club competitions. 

• Form lifelong golfing friendships with other girls and members.

The successful scholarship participants will receive

• Twenty-four sessions with a club professional and/or community instructor 

• A shirt and cap with AGF Scholarship identification.

* a one-year junior club membership at the Merbein Golf CLub that carries playing rights, to ensure girls can participate in club competitions and obtain a handicap .

For more information or if a student is interested please contact   secretary@merbeingolfclub.com.au

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