TWO new categories have been included in the England Golf Awards 2022 to help reflect positive changes in the club and amateur game.

In addition to long-standing and popular categories such as Club of the Year, County of the Year and Volunteer of the Year, the public may now put forward candidates for a Women and Girls Trailblazer award and the title of Diversity and Inclusion Champion.

Nominations for the awards, sponsored by Adidas Golf, opened to the public at noon today and will close at midnight on December 19.

The much-anticipated online England Golf Awards will take place on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, and, similar to the 2021 edition, will be broadcast live on the England Golf YouTube channel.

The new categories have been introduced in response to the amount of work being done to attract more female golfers and players from under-represented sections of the community into the game.

The categories also align with England Golf’s 2021-2025 Course Planner and “18 Tee Shots to Success” strategy.

The England Golf Awards 2022 aim to reward those individuals, clubs or counties who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to make an outstanding contribution to the game of golf in the past year.

The 10 categories open now for public nomination are as follows:

• Women and Girls Trailblazer

• Diversity and Inclusion Champion

• Club of the Year

• County of the Year

• Sustainability Project of the Year

• Volunteer of the Year

• Young Ambassador of the Year

• Participation and Development Coach of the Year

• Tournament Venue of the Year

• Lifetime Achievement Award

To make a nomination or find out more details, please visit: www.englandgolfawards.org .

An esteemed panel of judges drawn from a wide range of backgrounds in the golf industry will study each nomination closely before drawing up a shortlist in each category and then selecting the 10 section winners.

England Golf will also present one elite amateur golfer with the Performance of the Year Award. This will be selected by staff from our performance department.