Golf Eire and ISPS Handa has shaped a brand new partnership to develop participation in Eire for golfers with a incapacity.
This revolutionary new settlement will see ISPS Handa turn into the title sponsor of the ISPS Handa Irish Open for Golfers with a Incapacity. The 2024 occasion will happen at Roganstown Golf Membership, County Dublin and can see golfers with a spread of disabilities competing towards gamers from Eire and abroad. As well as ISPS Handa will turn into the lead accomplice of Golf Eire’s Golf4All programmes. Golf4ALL encompasses a spread of initiatives and programmes to encourage individuals with disabilities to attempt golf and develop their expertise.
On the launch occasion Mark Kennelly, CEO of Golf Eire, commented: “We’re very excited to announce this partnership with ISPS Handa. ISPS Handa are dedicated supporters of golf globally particularly supporting golfers with a incapacity. In our strategic plan, Golf Eire dedicated to develop participation ranges for golfers with a incapacity and this help from ISPS Handa will assist us encourage extra individuals with disabilities to attempt golf.
Golf Eire’s Golf4All programmes showcase the advantages of golf for everybody and can broaden participation amongst golfers with disabilities. Golf Eire can be delighted to have ISPS Handa as principal sponsor of our Excessive Efficiency group for golfers with a incapacity. It will allow us to develop the Golf Eire group and the group will proudly put on the ISPS Handa emblem on their uniforms when representing Eire.”
The Golf Eire Golfers with a Incapacity group are reigning European Champions having secured the title at Koksijde Golf ter Hille final 12 months. The group of Brendan Lawlor, Aidan Grenham, Alan Gaynor and Conor Stone have been resounding winners in Belgium.
This 12 months, Lawlor, who can be an ISPS Handa ambassador, backed that up when he received the inaugural G4D Open at Woburn in England. The Louth man is at the moment second within the World Rankings for Golfers with Incapacity and was current at at the moment’s launch.
Fellow ISPS Handa ambassadors, together with former New Zealand All Black and two-time Rugby World Cup winner Dan Carter, and former Taoiseach Enda Kenny have been additionally current on the launch occasion in Dublin.
Former Taoiseach and ISPS Handa patron Enda Kenny commented: “ISPS Handa are excited to accomplice with Golf Eire to develop participation and occasions for golfers with incapacity in Eire. ISPS Handa works with golf organisations all around the world to encourage individuals with disabilities to take pleasure in golf. We sit up for working with Golf Eire’s group on revolutionary new programmes to develop curiosity amongst individuals with disabilities. As well as the ISPS Handa Irish Open for Golfers with a Incapacity represents an important alternative to showcase these proficient golfers and what they will obtain.
“This consequence is exclusive worldwide because it encompasses the whole sector of incapacity all through your entire island of Eire, north and south. It’s subsequently a mannequin that may be replicated elsewhere. I want the Enterprise each doable success and congratulate those that made it occur.”
