Parents say the team has been successful, is now considered a varsity sport.
Two parents representing the girl’s golf team at Chatham High School gave a presentation in front of the board of education Monday, requesting district funding for the first time. Representatives Mark Howard-Johnson and Larry McCann explained that the program’s chief funding sources during the previous two years had been the Chatham Athletic Foundation (CAF), Chatham Athletic Boosters and the parents. The boosters gave $5,000 both years; CAF donated $2,500 the first year and $3,500 the second year; and the parents paid the rest of the annual $12,000 program costs. McCann said the funding has been very helpful, but it’s “tough to keep going back to the well time after time. ... “What we asked them before was outside the scope of their …
Local fathers make a their case to the Recreation Committee.
Chatham High School has a new sport for the second time in this academic year. Three fathers—Larry McCann, Mark Howard-Johnson and Andrew Gyves—presented their case for a girls golf team at the high school. After gaining approval from the Recreation Committee, Board Vice President Tom Belding put forth the motion for the board to approve the team. The board approved unanimously. McCann, who has three daughters of his own, said that though a co-ed golf team exists at the high school already, the team made the girls play at a significant disadvantage. “The girls don’t really have a chance at the co-ed team because they have to play with the men’s rules,” McCann said. “That means men’s lengths, men’s scores, etcetera.” Because girls typically…
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