Learn English and receive world-class golf instruction at 2010 Ryder Cup venue
(NEWPORT, Wales) — The Celtic Manor Resort — host of golf’s 2010 Ryder Cup and premier luxury retreat less than two hours outside London — announces the creation of the English and Golf High Performance Camp.
Open to boys and girls ages 12-18, the camp will hone both language and golf skills. Focused, three-hour English lessons will take place each morning, while afternoons will be spent with staff from Celtic Manor’s state-of-the-art golf academy. After dinner, students will enjoy further access to the academy and the resort’s championship golf courses.
To participate, juniors should already possess intermediate-to-advanced golf skills; however, any level of English-language proficiency is acceptable. Upon arrival, students will be grouped depending upon language ability.
The first two-week session begins July 17 and ends July 30. A second will begin July 31 and end August 13. The 3,450 GBP fee covers 25 hours of English-language classes, 40 hours of golf instruction, 36 holes of organized golf (including an 18-hole tournament), supervised access to training facilities, gym and swimming pool, unlimited range balls, accommodations, all meals and more.
“With only 24 spots available per session, campers are assured individualized attention both in the classroom and on the course,” says Matthew Lewis, Director of Golf and Leisure at Celtic Manor. “This is an exceptional opportunity for promising golf talents from Asia, continental Europe, South America and elsewhere to spend mornings sharpening their English and afternoons working on their games under the watchful eye of our top-flight teaching professionals.”
Parents who would like to holiday at Celtic Manor (www.celtic-manor.com) while their children are enrolled in the camp can arrange for preferential rates by contacting the resort.
Program partner CMT Learning specializes in combining high-quality English language tutoring with premium sports coaching. In 2010, more than 400 students from 35 countries attended its courses. CMT Learning is the exclusive provider of English language classes and coaching for both Manchester United FC and FC Juventus soccer schools.
For more information: www.englishandgolf.com; info@cmtlearning.com; +44 (0) 117 9596461.
About Celtic Manor Resort
Located less than two hours outside London, Celtic Manor Resort (www.celtic-manor.com) hosted golf’s 2010 Ryder Cup and is the UK’s foremost luxury retreat. Featuring 1,400-plus acres of panoramic parkland and wooded hills, it is recognized as the “Gateway to Wales.”
A popular destination among business and leisure travelers, golf-tour operators and corporate incentive agents, five-star Celtic Manor offers myriad amenities. These include three championship golf courses (the Twenty Ten, Roman Road and Montgomerie), two lavish hotels (the majestic, 330-room Resort Hotel and historic, 70-room Manor House), charming country inn (Newbridge on Usk), six savory restaurants, two tranquil spas and state-of-the-art health clubs, a golf academy and miles of hiking trails. A convention center, exhibition hall, array of well-appointed suites, meeting rooms and large ballrooms are also available to host groups up to 1,500 for conferences, weddings and other special events.
Celtic Manor is privately owned by founder Sir Terry Matthews, the Ottawa, Canada-based telecommunications entrepreneur who was born on the Celtic Manor site when the original Manor House was a maternity hospital.
Getting There: Celtic Manor is 45 minutes from Bristol International Airport (BRS) and Cardiff International Airport (CWL). London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is a two-hour drive, with rail service from Paddington Station (London) to Newport, Wales also available.
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