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The Team Matchplay event has been built to provide your participating JGA juniors with a competitive, but fun experience of the Matchplay format in addition to various other benefits. The Team Matchplay is similar to Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup events, juniors should be split into two teams for the e...

The Team Matchplay event has been built to provide your participating JGA juniors with a competitive, but fun experience of the Matchplay format in addition to various other benefits. The Team Matchplay is similar to Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup events, juniors should be split into two teams for the event. Juniors earn points for their team with the highest overall points being declared the winners! You should aim for 18 players on each team. The event uses a traditional Betterball Matchplay format. Juniors play in pairs against another pair with the lowest winning score from each contributing to win the hole. The events should be run over a maximum of 9 holes on your adapted course. This set-up allows everyone to play from the appropriate to their development, improves pace of play, and creates a fun and inclusive atmosphere for all skill levels. The Event is specifically targeted at those who are enrolled on your Junior Academy Weekly program, and also those who have attended other JGA program events such as Junior Camps. The scoring format of the events slightly differs to traditional matchplay in that all teams compete until the final hole. This allows juniors to have an opportunity to claw back holes or increase the points attributed to the overall team score. Finally, this event should be chargeable to families which will depend on a number of factors and specific to your target demographic. The Team Matchplay is designed as an alternative Social Play event specifically for engaging participating juniors and it has a number of benefits. The event will expose juniors to the Matchplay scoring format. This will provide juniors with further knowledge of the game and a fun competitive experience working in teams. It will provide children engaged in your program with a chance to play the golf course using adapted rules and a fun format. This will drive their love for playing the game and their development. The Team Matchplay is all about fun, harnessing current social connections and creating new ones. This will also drive social connections across supporting parents. You will help to provide a welcoming environment to all who attend within your club so they can develop confidence and knowledge of the club. Lastly, the event will help to engage the wider family at the club and the program. Families should be encouraged to support the event from the cart path. While we are prescribing a recommended structure for the Team Matchplay event, we understand that the exact implementation of your event will vary from club to club. You will also have your own ideas for how you deliver a successful and fun event to suit your program. There are some additional guidelines you need to follow and areas where you have flexibility in delivery at your club. The event has been built to target juniors within the age ranges of 6-16, but younger juniors can join the event. It is targeted towards juniors currently enrolled on the program, as well as those who have limited or no experience of playing. A fun addition to the event will be to use Team Colours. Allocate participants to their teams prior to the event and ask each juniors to wear a specific colour for their team. As the event is delivered in a Fourball Betterball format, juniors are encouraged to play from the teeing position on your adapted course which is most appropriate for them. You are the best judge to make a decision on how to deliver the event to suit the needs of your club and program. You have the flexibility to decide if you want to tailor who the event is targeted towards, but you should maintain a focus on engaging participating juniors and their families. Your event will best be delivered over a shotgun start. This will maximise event attendance and also help with speed of play while families are on the course. Lastly, we recommend that your encourage parents or guardians play a supporting role during the event. Parents shouldn't be caddies for their child, but watch from the cart path and attend the social time after the event conclusion.