Bartica Schools, the latest additions to Golf Programme

Jun 26, 2022 Sports

The Ministry of Education Allied Arts Unit and Nexgen Golf Academy continues its push to bring Golf to every region in Guyana by end of 2022 and on Wednesday, Bartica’s Mayor, Gifford Marshall, was on hand to see the excitement on the learners faces as equipment was donated to the Bartica Secondary and Three Miles Secondary Schools by the MOE Allied Arts Unit in partnership with the Guyana Golf Association and Nexgen Golf Academy.

Students of the Three-Mile Secondary School display their equipment

Students of the Bartica Secondary School display the equipment.

The joint effort has brought about an incredible awareness for a sport, once considered to be just for the elite, making it open to every Guyanese. In just over a year, the development of the sport has seen many ‘firsts’ in the nation) expansion to over 100 schools; over 100 CSEC students taking golf as Physical Education elective; recognition in International magazines in Suriname and Japan; and over 10,000 persons now have access to the sport.
“With many expats and remigrants entering the country, it is important that our residents have an opportunity to network with them and there is no better place than on a golf course. We applaud the government’s initiative to create more facilities to accommodate this fantastic growth,” says Hussain, president of the Association.
Ms. Barker-King and Mr. Braithwaite of the MOE Allied Arts Unit have expressed their full support for the sport’s introduction into the school curriculum at all levels and are hopeful that Guyana will become a dominant force in the region in golf, up to and including a potential Olympic team.
A seemingly impossible promise two years ago by Hussain to make golf a top rival for established sports such as cricket and football can no longer be ignored as wishful thinking – the results are in, Golf is here to stay, just look at the smiles on the participant’s faces.
The Nexgen Golf Academy on Woolford Avenue offers a unique training programme that boasts the ability to teach anyone how to hit a golf ball properly in less than five minutes. Stop by anytime and take up the challenge.

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