Over 80 visitors gathered at The Bramshaw and Bell Inn in Hampshire on December 7 to rejoice the affect of ladies within the golf trade on the inaugural Girls in Golf Awards.
The night time of celebration shone a highlight on each nook of the trade, with six award winners coming from a variety {of professional} backgrounds, together with a greenkeeper, WPGA members and trade legends.
The largest award of the night time, for Inspirational Achievement, went to IMG’s Vicky Cuming, Head of Golf Shopper at IMG, in celebration of her outstanding profession.
Nicole Wheatley, co-founder of the Girls in Golf Awards, stated: “During the last 30 years, Vicky has managed Ryder Cup captains and gamers, Main winners, a Solheim Cup profitable captain, a dame and some sirs alongside the way in which. As well as, Vicky is a tireless champion of the ladies’s recreation and provides up her time as mentor to assist future generations realise their very own potential. For thus many ladies within the room on the night time and all through the trade, Vicky represents what will be achieved. She has proven that there aren’t any glass ceilings. Simply alternatives.”
On receiving her award, Vicky stated: “I’ve by no means actually been conscious of obstacles, however I’d say that after I began I couldn’t have sat in a room full of ladies working within the trade – so we have now made some progress. It’s a good time for ladies’s golf and for ladies’s sport and I really feel that each one of us have a duty that golf retains up with these different sports activities. Let’s be certain that this turns into an annual occasion. It’s so essential for us to maintain supporting one another. What a superb group of ladies all of us are, so let’s maintain doing what we’re doing!”
“This has been an outstanding night,” added Wheatley. “I really feel fairly overwhelmed by the response from the room and completely impressed by the folks I’ve met tonight. Our winners are all excelling of their respective areas of the trade, however most importantly each award winner we have now heard from tonight is dedicated to creating golf higher for the ladies who play the game, or the ladies who’ve chosen golf as a profession.”
Ben Blackburn, co-founder of the Girls in Golf Awards, added: “I’ve little question that this occasion will turn into a big date within the calendar for women and men alike. I’ve been privileged to be right here tonight and it’s clear that The Girls in Golf Awards can play an essential position in attracting one of the best feminine expertise to golf and in nurturing our future leaders, a lot of whom had been within the room tonight.”
2022 WOMEN IN GOLF AWARD WINNERS
Venue of the 12 months: Highwoods Golf Membership, East Sussex
Girls’s Initiative: The R&A Girls’s Management Growth Programme and Mission Ukraine
Trailblazer: Lucy Sellick, Head Greenkeeper, Wenvoe Fortress Golf Membership, Wales
Model of the 12 months: Surprizeshop
Unsung Hero: Emma Sales space, Winchester Golf Academy
Inspirational Achievement: Vicky Cuming, VP Golf at The IMG Group
