During a courteous meeting between William Beck, president of the Malta Golf Association (MGA), and Mike Round, CEO of the Golf Foundation, held at the Golf Foundation's headquarters in Hoddesdon, England earlier this month, information was exchanged on the Golf to Schools programme. This initiative was launched by the Golf Foundation in an effort to promote the game among school children in Great Britain.

The Golf Foundation's programme uses Tri-Golf equipment and resources for children between 5-11 years of age and Xtreme Golf resources for children between the ages of 12-19. The programmes are designed to introduce golf to young people in a fun and safe way.

Parallel to these programmes, the Golf Foundation runs a Junior Golf Passport designed to help young players learn about golf in a structured and mapped way.

In a statement, the MGA said it aspires to take the game of golf to schools in Malta on very similar lines as the Golf Foundation has been successfully doing in Great Britain.

The Tri-Golf and Xtreme Golf resources, apart from introducing the game in an environment well within the possibilities of school administration (indoor games), help children to identify with good Life Skills.

The Golf Foundation has agreed to assist the MGA with all the advice, resource materials and training workshops required to start a pilot scheme in Maltese schools. The groundwork has been laid to enable Development Officers to visit Malta and hold a training workshop as well as a junior golf festival for the identified schools in the pilot scheme.

The project is being coordinated with the Sport Promotion Unit within the Kunsill Malti għall-iSport.