NEW PRESIDENT ELECTED

Barnsley magistrate Daran Johnson been elected president of the Sheffield Union of Golf Clubs for 2015.

The past captain and president of Silkstone Golf Club succeeds Martin Brewis who held the position last season.

Daran is no stranger to golf – and sport in general - having spent most of his golfing career in single figures and being actively involved in many sports as a coach and referee.

A former student of Broadway Grammar School, Barnsley, he won five awards swimming for the town and was a semi professional footballer in London, Yorkshire and Newcastle before obtaining his FA coaching full badge and winning an FA referee award.

He played cricket for Reading and Tynemouth, becoming coach of Northumberland County Schools as well as holding a MCC coaching Diploma.

Daran has also coached or refereed badminton, trampoline, table tennis, tennis, gymnastics and hockey, many at national level.

On top of his many sporting interests he managed to find time to be a teacher, examiner, expert in genealogy, and the master of Holgate Masonic Lodge and first principal of the Holgate Chapter.

The former head choirboy at St Mary’s Parish Church Barnsley also plays piano and guitar, writes novels and has taken part in quiz shows on Granada TV’s ‘Busman’s Holiday’ winning holidays to Oslo and Hawaii.

Daran said: “It is a very special privilege to be elected president of the Sheffield Union of Golf Clubs and I look forward to attending the matches throughout the season.”

The union’s joint junior manager, Dennis Clarke, of Bondhay, was elected president designate and new members of the executive are Don Baptie (Dore & Totley), John Reynard (Sitwell Park) and Gary Lund (Lees Hall.)

Daran is pictured below (centre) with president designate Dennis Clarke (left) and Martin Brewis

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