Police World Edition 4 2015

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National Golf Tournament 2015 Steve Winnard receives his prizes: Overall event winner - Day 1

Section UK’s National Tournament was held at Hanbury Manor Golf and Country Club in Ware, Hertfordshire on 24 and 25 June 2015. Teams representing all parts of the United Kingdom took part with IPA colleagues flying from Scotland and Ireland to compete. T he facilities were magnificent and demanding. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, it has held both Men’s and Women’s European Tour events including The European Open in 1998. The event was a team one with linked individual prizes over the two days.

IPA National Golf Tournament 2016 Players are already looking forward to next year’s event – date and venue to be confirmed. An event not to be missed. Contact your Region for details of regional qualifying events. www.ipa-uk.org/Regions IPA International Youth Gathering 2016 Details of the IYG 2016 have been released and members of Section UK are invited to apply. It is being held in Los Angeles between 16 - 30 July 2016. The IYG has been designed for children or grandchildren of IPA members, who are between 16 and 17 years of age. Each IPA Section is allowed to send two participants. The attendance of the participants must be authorised by the IPA Section in their home country. The theme of IYG 2016 is ‘Land of the free, home of the brave’ and there is a webpage dedicated to the event: http://www.ipa-usa. org/?page=2016IYG Section UK will contribute £200 towards the participation costs. If selected, a deposit of $250.00 USD should be paid to a bank account or on-line prior to 1 February, 2016. The balance of $550.00 USD is due 24 March, 2016. IMPORTANT: Families must send their application via Section UK at: mail@ipa-uk.org Deadline for Section UK applications is 15 January, 2016. grandchildren of IPA members, from Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, The 2015 IYG took place in Section Spain and involved young people - children and

The Day One individual winner was Region 5’s Steve Winnard who amassed an incredible 44 points! After the day’s play members enjoyed a sumptuous dinner in private rooms which ensured plenty of ‘encouragement’ and banter in a true ‘servo per amikeco’ atmosphere ensuring that everyone had a great time! On Day 2 Region 5 featured again in the winner’s group when Andy Picken, with 35 points also won the individual prize for the day. The combined effort of Steve and Andy resulted in Region 5 taking the team prize for the event as a whole with Region 10 as the Runners Up. The prizes were presented by 10 Region Chair and event organiser Steve Jennings. IPA golf members play at fantastic discounted venues. They meet amazing people from all over the UK to share a love of golf and the competition is healthy, real - and friendly. Steve Hunt - 10 Region Secretary 2015 Prize Winners Day One ‘Nearest the Pin’ = Andy Wilkins; ‘Nearest the Pin’ ‘in 2’ = Steve Jennings; Overall winner = Steve Winnard Day Two ‘Nearest the Pin’ = Martin Roach; ‘Nearest the Pin’ ‘in 2’ = Duncan Sheppard; Overall winner – Andy Picken;

Andy Picken receives his prize: Event overall winner - Day 2

Andy Wilkins receives his prize: Nearest the pin - Day 1

Duncan Sheppard receives his prize: for nearest the pin in 2 - day 2

Norway, Peru, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK and the USA.

Golf Tournament winning team from 5 Region

UK representatives Lucy, Grace and Fay represented Section UK in 2015. Read their story on pages 26-27

Team winners = Region 5; Runners Up = Region 10

Martin Roach receives his prize for nearest the pin - day 2

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POLICE WORLD Vol 60 No. 4, 2015