Golf Club Managers' Association
{{Infobox organisation
| name = Golf Club Managers' Association
| image = Golf Club Managers' Association (logo).png
| established = 1933
| type = Professional association
| services = Professional Development, Education
| headquarters = Bristol and Clifton Golf Club, Bristol, England
| region_served = United Kingdom
| membership = 2,000
| website =
}}
The Golf Club Managers' Association, or GCMA (formerly the Association of Golf Club Secretaries) is a UK professional association for secretaries, managers, or owners of golf courses. The organisation was headquartered in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, from 1999 until 2014, when it moved to Bristol and Clifton Golf Club.{{cite web |title=History |publisher=Golf Club Managers' Association |url=http://www.gcma.org.uk/history.htm |accessdate=2008-06-10 }}{{dead link|date=March 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes }}
The association was formed in 1933. Its core activities include networking and professional development.{{cite web|title=About Us |publisher=Golf Club Managers' Association |url=http://www.gcma.org.uk/gcma.htm |accessdate=2008-06-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703213252/http://www.gcma.org.uk/gcma.htm |archivedate=2008-07-03 }} The association participates in joint educational ventures with other organizations, including an online training course in association with Buckinghamshire New University{{cite web|title=Sporting course goes online|author=Lucy Clapham|url=http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1872519.0.sporting_course_goes_online.php|date=2007-12-01|accessdate=2008-06-10}} and a joint Safety Management System in association with the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association, or BIGGA.{{Cite web |title=Innovative Features of Powakaddy Electric Golf Trolleys |url=https://www.clickgolf.co.uk/blog/powakaddy-electric-golf-trolley-review-2023.html |access-date=2024-02-21 |language=en}} The Safety Management System is designed to standardize health and safety programmes throughout the member golf courses of both organizations.{{cite web|url=http://www.xactconsulting.co.uk/biggagcmasms.htm |title=GCMA/BIGGA Safety Management System - Features & Benefits |publisher=Xact Group Limited |accessdate=2008-06-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070730004626/http://www.xactconsulting.co.uk/biggagcmasms.htm |archivedate=July 30, 2007 }}
Magazine
The association produces a magazine and website published by Union Press for the benefit of its membership. Originally called Course and Club House, the magazine - after Golf Monthly and PGA Magazine, the world's third oldest golf magazine still in circulation - began quarterly publication in 1935. The first issue contained an article by then-AGCS President Bernard Darwin, grandson of naturalist Charles Darwin.{{cite book|title=Golf Club Management|date=August 2008|editor=Alistair Dunsmuir|publisher=Golf Club Managers' Association|volume= 16|issue= 2|pages= 1}} In 1967, the magazine's name was changed to Golf Management, which later became Golf Club Management in 1975. The magazine moved from a quarterly format to the current monthly publication schedule in January 1988. Golf Club Management supplements coverage of the industry with regular articles from experts in the field.
References
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External links
- [http://www.gcma.org.uk/ Official Website of the GCMA]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090213135411/http://www.golfclubmanagement.net/ Golf Club Management - Official Journal of the GCMA]}}
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Category:Sports professional associations
Category:Sports organizations established in 1933
Category:Professional associations based in the United Kingdom