It may not be the place you first think of when imagining where the Tiger Woods of tomorrow will come from, but Stanground College helped prepare future fairway favourites with a junior golf tournament on Tuesday.

The college, which specialises in sport, hosted a Year 4 Tri Golf Festival, which attracted 450 young players from 13 Peterborough primary schools.

Grouped into more than 90 teams, with colourful names such as the Putting Pirates and Crazy Clubbers, the youngsters learned about golf etiquette and safety principles before tackling one of three nine-hole pitch-and-putt courses.

They also took part in challenges, including hitting the longest drive and getting nearest to the pin.

More than 40 Year 10 pupils studying sport and junior sports leadership courses at the school helped run the festival, with each team guided around the course by one of the volunteers, who also passed on tips on technique.

Swingers Golf Centre, based at the East of England Showground in Alwalton, Peterborough, supported the event, and offered each child the chance to attend for a free lesson on putting, the short game, and driving.

The Orton Meadows and Thorpe Wood courses, plus American Golf Stores and Tesco at Serpentine Green, in Hampton, donated prizes.

Primary PE manager at Stanground College James Aldous oversaw the event.

He said: "Golf is a perfect sport that anyone can participate in, and has great role models that, unfortunately, aren't always in the spotlight of media attention.

"You can play at any level against players of differing abilities in an equal competition using the handicap system of play.

"You can be as young as three to start playing golf, so it is a great sport for children to get involved with.

"Many schools are now putting tri golf on their PE curriculum as an enrichment activity. It is great fun and a sport for life."