About the Series
Glacier Junior Series – A forward look, a backward glance
The Sanlam group has a proud history of amateur golf sponsorship, including the SA Women’s Amateur Golf Championships and the Sanlam Cancer Challenge. In keeping with this tradition, Glacier by Sanlam chose to become involved with uplifting the game of amateur golfers.
The Sanlam group has a proud history of amateur golf sponsorship, including the SA Women’s Amateur Golf Championships and the Sanlam Cancer Challenge. In keeping with this tradition, Glacier by Sanlam chose to become involved with uplifting the game of amateur golfers.
After three successful years of sponsoring premier amateur golf, Glacier refocused its golf support to junior golf in 2010. During that year the Glacier Junior Series comprised a series of 20 one-day regional events, and from 2011 the number of events increased to 30 around the country. The event has attracted enormous interest and become a success story for Glacier, assisting the company to reach junior golfers and their parents. It was because of this success and sustained interest in the Junior Series that the number of events around the country increased. The aim behind this is to ensure that every junior golfer in the country has the opportunity to complete. The Junior Series is presented by Dale Hayes Golf Events and the South African Junior Foundation, together with Glacier.
“We believe that junior golf needs support. All of our great champions were given opportunities as youngsters and if we can provide more of these opportunities for the champions of tomorrow, we will have made a meaningful impact on the game in this country,” says Anton Raath, chief executive of Glacier by Sanlam.
“Becoming involved with golf dovetails perfectly with what we are aiming to achieve in our business, which is also focused at the top end of the market,” he added.
25 Events will be held nationally during 2012, hosted once again by some of our golfing greats, including Ernie Els, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Swartzel and Sally Little. What these hosts have in common is a passion for junior golf and that is why they have chosen to support our regional events.
Another exciting aspect of the Junior Series is the involvement of renowned sports psychologist Theo Bezuidenhout who has spent time with the parents of the participants. Bezuidenhout believes that parents have a huge impact of the success of the junior golfers, and have an important role to play in building their self-belief and confidence. His input has been extremely valuable and he will also be involved with the 2012 Junior Series.
Glacier is the Sanlam business focused on the affluent market and has a track record of over 10 years in the industry. The solutions Glacier offers include local and international investments, shares and fixed interest instruments, estate planning: wills, estates, trusts and offshore fiduciary services, as well as comprehensive asset protection and a personal cover offering. “We’re small and nimble enough to move quickly – but we also have the backing of the larger Sanlam group and the resources it provides. I believe the strength of the Sanlam brand and the security it provides has been a key factor in our success,” says Raath.
Glacier is looking forward to another successful series in 2012.
“We believe that junior golf needs support. All of our great champions were given opportunities as youngsters and if we can provide more of these opportunities for the champions of tomorrow, we will have made a meaningful impact on the game in this country,” says Anton Raath, chief executive of Glacier by Sanlam.
“Becoming involved with golf dovetails perfectly with what we are aiming to achieve in our business, which is also focused at the top end of the market,” he added.
25 Events will be held nationally during 2012, hosted once again by some of our golfing greats, including Ernie Els, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Swartzel and Sally Little. What these hosts have in common is a passion for junior golf and that is why they have chosen to support our regional events.
Another exciting aspect of the Junior Series is the involvement of renowned sports psychologist Theo Bezuidenhout who has spent time with the parents of the participants. Bezuidenhout believes that parents have a huge impact of the success of the junior golfers, and have an important role to play in building their self-belief and confidence. His input has been extremely valuable and he will also be involved with the 2012 Junior Series.
About Glacier
Glacier is the Sanlam business focused on the affluent market and has a track record of over 10 years in the industry. The solutions Glacier offers include local and international investments, shares and fixed interest instruments, estate planning: wills, estates, trusts and offshore fiduciary services, as well as comprehensive asset protection and a personal cover offering. “We’re small and nimble enough to move quickly – but we also have the backing of the larger Sanlam group and the resources it provides. I believe the strength of the Sanlam brand and the security it provides has been a key factor in our success,” says Raath.
Glacier is looking forward to another successful series in 2012.
