The R&A Training Panel has announced a list of 54 bursars who will receive awards ranging from £500 to £3,000 in the current academic year.
This figure represents an increase of over 30% in the number of individual bursars and breaks new ground with the inclusion of Helena Arnadottir, a student at the University of Iceland.
Walker Cup player Richie Ramsay is a bursar at Stirling, one of eleven universities in receipt of annual grant funding towards their golf programmes and the others are; Birmingham, Dublin, Exeter, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt, Loughborough, Northumbria, St Andrews, Strathclyde and Ulster.
The R&A Foundation’s total annual spend on student golf is currently over £250,000.
STUDENT
PLACE OF STUDY
Helena Arnadottir
University of Iceland
James Barton
University College Galway
Paul Betty
University of Stirling
Samantha Birks
University of Manchester
Scott Borrowman
University of Stirling
Clancy Bowe
Waterford Institute of Technology
Mark Campbell
University College Dublin
Colin Colraine
University of Strathclyde
Claudio Consul
Imperial College, London
Jon Devereux
University of Wales, Swansea
Maura Diamond
Napier University
Nobuhle Dlamini
St Mary’s, Swaziland
Gulia Garbaccio
University of Torino, Italy
Karl Gilbert
University of Durham
Iwan Griffiths
University of Wales, Swansea
Chris Harkins
University of Glasgow
Kerri Harper
University of Abertay
David Hayes
Oxford Institute of Legal Practice
Matthew Jones
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Mark Kerr
University of Edinburgh
Niamh Kitching
University of Limerick
Roberto Laino
University of Durham
Shane Lowry
Athlone Institute of Technology
Alexander MacGregor
University of Exeter
Robert MacGregor
University of Exeter
Alex Marshall
University of Stirling
Greg McBain
North Highland College
Alex McCloy
University of Ulster
Brian O’Connor
Senior College Dun Laoghaire
Paul O’Hanlon
National University of Ireland
Gillian O’Leary
University College Cork
Sinead O’Sullivan
University College Dublin
Jason Palmer
University of Birmingham
Blair Paterson
University of Stirling
Matteo del Podio
University of Torino, Italy
Euan Polson
University of Stirling
Richie Ramsay
University of Stirling
Andrea Romano
University of Bologna, Italy
Anna Roscio
University of Turin, Italy
Julie Ross
Northumbria University
Samantha Round
University of Gloucestershire
Faye Sanderson
Northumbria University
Nicholas Scholey
Northumbria University
Ben Shamash
University of Edinburgh
Elliot Shaw
University of Cardiff
William Shucksmith
University of Durham
Robert Taylor
University of Abertay
Ryan Thomas
University of Glamorgan
Emma Tipping
University of Stirling
Catherine Tucker
University of Limerick
Graham Turner
University of Stirling
Vittoria Valvassori
University of Teramo, Italy
Simon Ward
University of Ulster
Craig Wilkinson
Northumbria University
Contact:
Alison White
Golf Development Officer
The R&A
Tel: 01334 460000
