Wirral golfer joins Riffa Views royal club

Sep 3 2008 by Carrie Catterall, Wirral News Series

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A FINE Wirral golf professional arrived in Bahrain this week ahead of the opening of the new Royal Golf Club at Riffa Views.

Martin Robinson, 23, who previously worked at the prestigious Caldy Golf Club travelled to the Middle East with Oliver Brown, 26, of Cambridge.

The pair will initially assist head teaching professional Chris Kelby in putting the finishing touches to the Club’s all new golf academy which is due to open in mid-November.

The trio will also be busy launching autumn tuition packages for juniors and ladies which will be held both at the Bahrain Golf Club’s driving range and at the Ritz Carlton Bahrain, Hotel & Spa.

In July this year Martin was responsible for conducting coaching sessions for junior golfers during The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club.

Chris Kelby said: “I am delighted to welcome Martin and Oliver to the team.

“We had a phenomenal number of applicants for the jobs on offer and I’m confident that they are the best choices, particularly in view of our overall brief to further develop the sport of golf within Bahrain.

“Martin is a fully qualified Neuro Linguistic Programming sports practitioner - a very practical form of sports psychology - and Oliver has excellent past experience in setting up and developing a junior golf academy.”