COACHING

COACHING & TASTER SESSIONS

History

Laurieston Bowling Club has a long and proud tradition of encouraging children and young adults to take up what Bowls Scotland calls "one of the great Scottish sporting success stories" of the past 150 years. A tradition which has led to great success both off and on the green.

Two of our recent gents champions - Ross Hunter and Peter Alexander - were former junior members.

As was one of our recent ladies champions Kelly Dickinson, who was not only the first bowler to win the Scottish Ladies Under-25 Championship twice, but also the first Scot to win the British Ladies Under-25 Championship.

In recent years, several junior members have won competitions at the district youth finals and played at the national championships in Ayr.

Funding

In order to encourage the next generation of bowlers, we have prioritised the development of our outreach work.

Firstly, by investing in several members to attend Bowls Scotland accredited coaching courses. And, secondly, by securing funds to purchase a range of extensive range of bowls and coaching equipment.

None of which would have been possible without the financial support of a number of organisations, including:

• New Park Educational Trust
• Falkirk Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
• Greene King's Proud To Pitch In Campaign
• People's Postcode Trust
• Falkirk Council's 2008 Community Schools Charity
• Falkirk Council's Community Choices Fund
• The Agnes Watt Trust Fund
• CFSLA's Staff Lottery
• Baillie Gifford's Community Awards Programme
• Arnold Clark Community Fund

Recent acquisitions include: bowling wheelchairs, a variety of bowling aids, indoor bowling carpets and over thirty sets of bowls from sponge and junior for children to 0000 to 2 for teenagers; as well as accessories such as bags, shoes, measuring tapes, spray chalk and cloths.

Coaching

Working closely with Active Schools Falkirk, we are keen to develop a closer relationship with schools, youth and community groups.

We run a free weekly coaching class for children and young adults on Sunday mornings from 11am to Noon. And host regular taster sessions throughout the year - both indoors and outdoors at our club; and indoors at community venues.

Recent participants include pupils from Laurieston, Hallglen, St Andrews, Westquarter and Whitecross primary schools; LGBT Youth Scotland's "Fk1nclude" support group for 13 to 25 year olds; Westquarter & Redding Community Project's out-of-school group for families; and Alzheimer Scotland's "Try Something New" activity group for people with dementia and family carers.

For more information, Contact our secretary

Child Protection Officer

Our child wellbeing and protection officer is Peter Alexander.

To report a concern, please contact him at:

• 07966 305 324
• coaching@lauriestonbowlingclub.com

For more information on how we are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children, please read our Child Protection Policy.