County Card Scheme - General Information
The Bedfordshire County Card Scheme enables Members of Affiliated Clubs to play at other courses, both within Bedfordshire and 28 other English Counties, at reduced green fee rates.
The scheme has been adopted in most County Unions and provides benefits to Club Members, Clubs and the County Union. Unlike Commercial 2 for 1 schemes ALL the income collected by the County Union goes straight back into the game at grass roots level.
The Counties in the scheme now comprises Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Leicestershire & Rutland, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire. Currently, those County Unions have 1025 clubs who host County Card Members. All of these courses will be available to Bedfordshire County Card Members.
Cards are sold through Club Secretaries or Managers. Numbers are limited initially, but if you have any difficulty contact your Clubs BCGU representative or the County Secretary.
County Card Members
Members aged 18 and over of Affiliated Clubs may join the scheme only if their own Club has agreed to act as a host.
Annual membership is £10.00
County Card Members may play at least once at any of the Host Clubs on the list (some Host Clubs may allow more than one visit).
Bookings must be made in advance with the Host Club. Restrictions on time and day of the week may apply. In general, bookings will not be accepted for weekends or Bank Holidays.
County Card Members must have current handicaps and must agree to be bound by the rules of the Club being visited.
The County Card may only be used for groups of up to 4 players and may not be used in connection with larger groups or societies.
The County Card year runs from 1st April to 31st March annually. The card booklet contains details of all Clubs within the scheme at the time of printing. This list will be updated, from time to time, via the Bedfordshire website - www.bedsgolfunion.org.
Host Clubs
The minimum commitment required is to accept a booking of one four-ball group per week on a day or time determined by the Club.
The green fee to be charged is entirely at the discretion of the host Club. Typically, the green fee will be 50% of the visitor rate, or the same as the 'guest' green fee.
Clubs may sign-up to this scheme for a minimum period of one year, which will be renewed automatically unless the Club decides to opt out of the scheme. |
