The CGF Conference elected an old-new arbitration commission

Petr Halaburda, Saturday, March 16, 2019

The conference of the Czech Golf Federation opened a home golf season during a five-hour meeting in Prague Hotel STEP today, approved the budget for this year and at the same time elected an old-new arbitration commission.

The year 2018: Sporty successful, started platform Bav with golf

CGF President Zdeněk Kodejš recalled the key tasks of last year, including the application of GDPR to the golf environment and the fulfillment of other tasks from last year’s conference.

Last year, traditionally sports results brought joy. “We have seen another shift in terms of the success of Czech golf. And it’s not just about Klára Spilková, whose progress on LPGA is a huge success. We can also hear a lot about other players and we are glad that we can help their growth by joining us in organizing professional tournaments of lower series, ”said Kodejš, recalling the achievements of young talent and increasing the youth base of Czech golf.

This is related to the support of youth, but unfortunately the support of sport from government bodies lags behind. “I have never experienced such a chaos as it is at present in the financing of sport by the state. Information from the Ministry of Education is missing. Perhaps a positive outlook for the future could be the establishment of the National Sport Agency, where we are trying to be active, which is the necessity for the fifth sport, according to the number of registered players, ”he added.

He commemorated this year’s premiere season under the new rules as well as the upcoming global handicap. “There was an agreement between the organizations, EGA will join the system at its June conference. It will come into effect on 1 January next year, ”said Kodejš.

Luboš Klikar, Sports Director, gave a detailed summary of last season in terms of sports results. Vice President Juraj Werner also gave a presentation on the activities of the Media and Marketing Commission, last year’s launch and future outlook for the Bav Bavarian Golf Platform. , project coordinator Josef Karas introduced the golf school to the project.

New composition of the arbitration commission, budget approved

The management report and the financing plan for the Federation’s activities were presented and commented on by economist Maria Stiler. CGF will work with a budget of almost 50 million crowns.

The amendment to the Articles of Association presented by Karel Čelikovský, chairman of the CGF Legal Commission, on the basis of which the draft budget for the year in question would have to include in the future a separate item “Expenditure on Golf Development and Advocacy of Members’ Interests”. , which will deal with the possibility to specify in more detail the proposal of individual budget chapters of the CGF.

The CGF Arbitration Commission has been elected and will now work in the same composition as before: Richard Myslil (GC Jested), Oldrich Res (GC Austerlitz), Prokop Sedlak (GK Lisnice), Martin Sebek (GC Michael Farm) and Pavel Vidura (GC Park) Ostrava).

The CGF currently includes 127 clubs (128 in 2018) and 57 affiliated clubs (57).