Continuing its promotion of golf as one of the ultimate all-ability sports, Duntryleague hosted 20 deaf juniors from all over the region at a clinic last week.
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Duntryleague professional John Furze, Deaf Golf NSW president Luke Ellis and a handful of other instructors took the juniors – of differing abilities – through a range of golf’s basics, mainly putting and chipping.
They did move onto the full swing as well, before having a small competition to close the clinic out.
“It was great, the main thing is that they all had plenty of fun while they were learning,” Furze enthused.
“We saw a lot of development in the kids’ golfing ability too.
“We had several different groups running through chipping, putting, the full swing and a few games with the SNAG (starting new at golf) gear.
“We finished up with a competition. We split the kids into two teams which Luke and I captained and we competed, hitting balls at the big velcro SNAG targets.”
It wasn’t just a learning experience for the kids either, Furze explained, it provided a different dynamic for him and his fellow coaches.
“So much of teaching golf is communication, so that was a bit different for us,” Furze said.
“But we could see all the kids improving and listening, we had a great time and we hope all the kids did too.”
Matt Findlay
Formerly a sports specialist, I'm based at Orange and shift between wide-spread range of subjects here and, often, across the entire Central West region of NSW as well. I have almost a decade of experience in the media and marketing industries both here in Australia and internationally, along with journalism I have experience in content strategy, brand development, and digital and social media. Along the way, I've been fortunate to win a handful of media awards and be nominated for several others too.
Formerly a sports specialist, I'm based at Orange and shift between wide-spread range of subjects here and, often, across the entire Central West region of NSW as well. I have almost a decade of experience in the media and marketing industries both here in Australia and internationally, along with journalism I have experience in content strategy, brand development, and digital and social media. Along the way, I've been fortunate to win a handful of media awards and be nominated for several others too.
