 Stonham Barns Footgolf has announced its new range of footgolf packages for groups, parties, stag & hen dos, footballs teams and corporate events. Footgolf is the latest sports craze that is taking the UK by storm. Everyone wants to try footgolf which is a combination of the popular sports of golf and football. To accommodate the demand for groups to play Stonham Barns has put together some great packages utilising the facilities available to link a game of footgolf with other activities such as Mini-Golf, Golf Driving Range and the new Bouncy Pillow (mainly for the juniors). In addition they offer to organise the whole day, run a competition with prizes and trophies and offer a number of packages with food.
Footgolf combines the distinction, elegance and precision of golf with the passion, energy and fun of football in a marvellous new sport that's full of life. Footgolf is a great game that can be played by all ages and is ideal when played as a group. Here are some of the benefits of playing footgolf:
Footgolf is available everyday at Stonham Barns so come along and get your group booked in by clicking the enquiry button below. To view more information of the different packages we have please follow these links: Adults Footgolf Packages or Junior Parties Footgolf Packages.  Stonham Barns Junior Tournament Dates 2016 - Ages 4-15
Stonham Barns have now been running junior tournaments for the last 15 years and we are going to have a real push to get more juniors having a golf at golf this year. All our events are run on a casual, friendly basis with their aim to give the juniors the chance to play some competitive golf in a relaxed environment with the focus on having a go and enjoying the game. I have listed the dates for the events for this year and please could you encourage any budding juniors golfers to come along and have a go. Apart from as marked here is the format and details of the events:
We are on Twitter and Facebook and it would be great if you could share our posts regarding promoting more juniors into golf. For any more information please visit our website www.stonhambarnsgolf.co.uk. See our full list of junior golf events for 2016 ... Junior Golf Tournaments  Stonham Barns Golf have announced their Footgolf Tournament schedule for 2016. Following on from the success of their eight UK Footgolf Ranking Tournaments last year, which included the Suffolk Open FootGolf Championship, they have announced another eight event for this year.
The first event of the year will be held on Sunday 20th March. Play will be over 18 holes and everyone is welcome to come along and play, mens, ladies, families and juniors. Entry for all events will be £10. In addition these footgolf competitions will form part of the Stonham Suffolk Ranking Table and all scores from players will be listed through the year. At the end of the season the leaders from each category will receive prizes and a trophy. Here are the dates of this year's tournaments: Sunday 20th March 2016 Sunday 17th April 2016 Sunday 15th May 2016 Sunday 19th June 2016 - Suffolk Open FootGolf Championship Sunday 10th July 2016 Sunday 21st August 2016 Sunday 18th September 2016 Sunday 23rd October 2016 - Stonham Players FootGolf Championship To see more details or enter one of the events please follow this link : Stonham Barns Footgolf Tournaments 2016 Footgolf has really taken off at Stonham Barns and the course is now open every day. Last year over 5,000 players have played this new exiting sport at Stonham Barns and they are now taking bookings for individuals, groups, staff outing and parties. For more information call Stonham Barns Golf on 01449 711545 or visit www.stonhambarnsgolf.co.uk.  All players in 2015 Players Champ - Click to Enlarge Well done to 9 year old Charlie Goodridge on winning the 15th playing of the Stonham Barns Junior Golf Players Championship with a great score of 35 (6 over par) on a cold wet day over the 9 hole course at Stonham in the heart op Suffolk. Charlie, from Bury St Edmunds Golf Club, won by four shots over his playing partner 9 year old Henry Meadows from Fynn Valley Golf Club.
This junior golf event has four age categories and well done to the winners who were, Under 15, Layla Farthing (Fynn Valley Golf Club), Under 12 Solomon Westmancott (Stonham Barns Golf Club), Under 10 Charlie Goodridge (Bury St Edmunds Golf Club) and Under 8 Ryan Daley (Stonham Barns Golf Club), The Stonham Junior Players Championship has been played every year since 2001 and has provided some notable winners, some of whom have gone on to represent England. With eight tournaments each year for ages 4-15 Stonham Barns Golf offers juniors in Suffolk the opportunity to play some competitive golf from a young age in a relaxed friendly environment. More details of all their junior events for 2016 can be found on their website www.stonhambarnsgolf.co.uk.  The aim of the junior events at Stonham Barns in Suffolk is to give the youngsters a chance to experience competing in friendly junior golf tournaments. Stonham Barns has been running eight junior events every year for the last 15 years and have given thousands of young golfers the chance to develop their golf game.
The October event was won by a regular winner at Stonham, Ryan Turnbull, a 13 yr old member of Cretingham Golf Club, with a very good score of 31 (2 over par). Ryan has won many junior events here and will be defending his Stonham Players Championship title next month. In second place was Adam Scott, a 14 year member of the Stonham Junior Academy, who only started playing golf this year. Adam scored a 38, his best score to date which included his first ever birdie on the 8th hole. The Under 10 Age Category was won by 9 year old Charlie Goodridge from Bury St Edmunds Golf Club. Left hander Charlie is an excellent player and he stayed calm after a poor start to score a 39. The Under 8 Age Category was won by 6 year old Imogen Potter with a score of 66. Imogen is a member of the Stonham Barns Junior Academy really loves her golf and has a great attitude. The Stonham Junior events are open to any juniors from ages 4-15. The last event of the year will be the Stonham Junior Players Championship on Sunday 29th November. More details of all their junior events can be found on their website www.stonhambarnsgolf.co.uk Full results & Scores  Well done to Mark Channell on winning the first Stonham Footgolf Players Championship with a great score of 51 (7 under par). Mark, who is the Diss Town Youth FC Secretary, brought down a group of boys from the club and showed them how it was done. There were four players on 54 (4 under par), Chris Tranter, Darren Wheat, Dan Ferretti (UK Footgolf) and Ian Heydon. Darren and Ian are ranked in the UK’s top 50 players.
The junior event was dominated by the Diss Town Youth FC boys who took eight out of the top ten places. Well done to Daniel Whyman who scored a 65 and won on count back from Jamie Channell who also scored a 65. It was great to see so many juniors playing in this event (15 played) and well done to the youngsters from Ipswich Exiles who were all under 13. We had two holes in one on the day. Both were on the 10th hole with one from Craig Bolger and the other from junior, Chris Disney. Footgolf has really taken off at Stonham Barns and the course is now open every day. This year over 5,000 players have played this new exiting sport at Stonham Barns and they are now taking bookings for individuals, groups and even Christmas parties. For more information call Stonham Barns Golf on 01449 711545 or visit www.stonhambarnsgolf.co.uk. Full Results & Scores  A 2015 European Tour report has shown golf participation is flourishing in the UK, especially among the younger generation. The Tour's "Golf Active Study" revealed 11m people in the UK are actively engaged in the sport, 1.7m of which are junior golfers.
According to the European Tour, recent golf participation numbers portraying the sport in decline have not reflected the changing face of the game itself. The oft-quoted figure of 3.5m adult "golfers" only takes into account those playing on full-length courses, says the Tour. Golf - a game in decline or changing for the better? The body believes the emergence of several shorter formats of the sport are still actively engaging people to take part in golf, many of them juniors. These formats include the driving range (3.1m active users), pitch and putt (2.3m), nine-hole courses (2.2m), putting greens (1.7m), and par-three or short courses (1.2m). In addition, non-traditional formats have attracted engagement, including adventure or mini-golf (2.7m active users), golf computer games (1.9m), and golf simulators (0.4m). “Our ‘Golf Actives Survey’ suggests our sport is very healthy, participation in it is changing and the younger generation have more options to experience our wonderful game," said Keith Pelley, chief executive of the European Tour. “That doesn’t mean playing 18 holes should not remain the pinnacle of golf: indeed, doing so successfully is the goal to which most will continue to aspire. It simply means that playing 18 holes shouldn’t be the sole yardstick we use to measure participation.” As many as one in five under-18s is considered to be a "Golf Active" by the European Tour, with adventure golf, pitch and putt and the driving range all more popular forms of the game than a full-length course in that age group. And while golf computer games are played more frequently than any other format, in real terms as many young people are now found at a par-three course, a putting green or a nine-hole course trying to emulate what they have seen on their screens. This is very interesting reading and shows golf in a different light and maybe the markers by which we calculate the figures need to be reviewed. Let us know your thoughts? Is it Ok to include these other forms of golf in the figures?  Prizes Winners - Stonham UK Ranking Footgolf Tournament Kevin Ward from Colchester achieved three UK Ranking Footgolf wins in a row at the Stonham Barns Footgolf Course. With the help of a hole in one on the 105 yard 18th hole Kevin achieved his best score , a 9 under par 49. His three wins at Stonham Barns included the Suffolk Footgolf Open which he won in June and the July FootGolf Event.
Regulars at Stonham, Chris Tranter and Darren Wheat, finished 2nd and 3rd with excellent scores of 54 and 55 respectively. The winner of the junior event was Charlie Tranter, Chris's son, with a score of 65. Click for Full Results Stonham Barns FootGolf hosts eight UK Ranking events each year and the last event of 2015, The Stonham FootGolf Players Championship will be held on Sunday 11th October. Come and have a go at footgolf, the fastest growing sport in the UK. Open to men, ladies and juniors this final Stonham FootGolf event will offer some great prizes with the winner receiving the Stonham Footgolf Trophy. For more information call Stonham Barns Golf on 01449 711545 or visit www.stonhambarnsgolf.co.uk |
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