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Hampshire and Surrey record first Asian hornet finds
Bee-killing Asian hornets have been found for the first time in Hampshire and Surrey, the government has said.
The invasive predators, thought to have come from continental Europe, were found in September in Guildford, New Alresford and Brockenhurst.
The two Hampshire nests have been destroyed.
The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) said there was no evidence of the hornets spreading across the UK despite an increased number of sightings.
Asian hornets, which eat honeybees and other pollinators, were first recorded in the UK in 2016.
In September, there were seven confirmed Asian hornet finds, including three in Cornwall and one in Yorkshire.
Prof Helen Roy from CEH said there was no sign that new colonies had been started in the UK by overwintering queen hornets.
“I think we would have seen evidence of spread if it had happened. I feel optimistic at the moment,” she said.
“The spread through France has been rapid. What we're seeing in the UK is really effective eradication.”
Fields in Trust launch ‘Future Proof Parks’ to engage younger generation
Fields in Trust has partnered with green space charity Groundwork and The National Youth Agency to launch 'Future Proof Parks', a £900k National Lottery- funded programme that will support Friends of parks groups and local young people to work together in a series of innovative projects which will protect heritage parks and widen the understanding of their importance.
Future Proof Parks will engage 880 young people across the UK in the West Midlands, East of England, West of England, North West and North East, to learn more about their local historic park heritage, encourage young people to join their local friends of park groups and volunteer to preserve and celebrate the local spaces that matter to the communities they live in.
R&A Looks To The Future
The R&A is looking to the future as it sets out its vision as a global leader in golf, working collaboratively to ensure the long-term success of the sport
The playbook sets out The R&A’s purpose: to make golf more accessible, more appealing and more inclusive and to be responsible for upholding the traditions of golf while embracing change and breaking down barriers to progress. Its core values are: courage to act in the best interests of the sport; integrity in acting fairly and equally; and inclusivity in growing the sport through achieving greater diversity.
Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The R&A,
A new chapter begins in the long history of the St Andrews-based governing body with the unveiling of a new brand identity and a “playbook” outlining its vision, purpose and values.
The new brand is the culmination of The R&A’s work in the last three years to modernise golf and change perceptions of the sport.
The R&A’s vision is to lead by example as a global organisation, working collaboratively with its partners in the sport, that is renowned for its governance work and staging of world class professional and amateur championships. The organisation also aims to become financially stronger and will invest £200 million in developing golf over the next decade.
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Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The R&A, said, “Our new brand brings together everything we have done over the last three years on ways to modernise golf and take the sport forward. We listened to our partners and the organisations and individuals we serve to help us determine what we should seek to achieve as custodians of golf. The message came through very clearly that we have a global role to play in leading the sport, while working collaboratively with our partners and international affiliated organisations to grow and nurture golf to ensure that it continues to thrive in fifty years’ time.”
The R&A is involved in a range of initiatives to broaden golf’s appeal and address some of the challenges facing the sport. Working with the USGA, the Rules of Golf have been modernised and updated for 2019 and a new World Handicap System is being developed to create a consistent measure of playing ability for all golfers, regardless of nationality, ability, age or gender.
In June, The R&A introduced the first ever
The programme will work with 60 Friends of park groups to give them informal youth work skills to engage and work with young people, in order to share ideas and combine the talents of established friends of park groups, with the passion and skills of young volunteers.
The three-year programme has been awarded funding through the Heritage Lottery Fund's Kick the Dust programme, which aims to enable more young people to be involved in the UK’s heritage.
Women in Golf Charter as part of its drive to increase the number of women and girls participating in golf and to encourage more opportunities for women to work within the golf industry. Two new elite amateur events have been introduced: the Women’s Amateur Asia- Pacific and Girls Under-16 Championship.
Evolving from the previous R&A mark, the new brand identity retains the R&A blue but utilises a secondary colour palette to represent its strategic functions: governance, The Open, commercial, amateur golf, relationships, development and sustainability.
The R&A playbook can be downloaded at
www.randa.org. The new brand identity is being rolled out through a digital and social media campaign on The R&A’s platforms and to coincide with the release of the 2019 edition of the Rules of Golf.
For more
information and updates follow The R&A on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter or visit
www.randa.org
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