Since its launch on 6th June the SportRenfrewshire Junior Bowls Initiative, has already demonstrated the quality of the project and our your sports persons at the SALSC National Junior Bowls Championships.

In the recent Scottish Association of Local Sports Councils (SALSC) National Junior Bowls Championships held at Blackland Bowling Club Kilwinning and hosted by North Ayrshire Sports Council, the two SportRenfrewshire teams competed with teams from all over Scotland.

The SportRenfrewshire Teams where selected from Bowling Clubs throughout the Renfrewshire Region by Jim McIntosh (Scottish Bowling Association Regional Supervisor), Eddie Hughes ( Scottish Bowling Association Area Coach) and Jimmy Redmond (Scottish Bowling Association Club Coach) .

The Teams and coaches did an excellent job being sporting, courteous and indeed competitive throughout the day bringing great credit to Renfrewshire. The bonus and indeed proof of the success of the SportRenfrewshire Junior Bowling Initiative was that one of our teams, consisting of Juniors from Johnstone, Kilbarchan and Hawkhead Bowling Clubs, went all the way to the final being narrowly pipped for first place by Dunfermline and West Lothian. An older more experienced team.

View photographs from the event by clicking HERE

SportRenfrewshire are delighted with the squad performance as is Regional Supervisor of SBA Jim McIntosh who said

"The initiative of SportRenfrewshire in developing the Junior Bowls/Curling programme must be congratulated. Their networking, vision, organisation and patronage has been second to none. We are already making plans to further develop the Sport Renfrewshire Junior Bowls initiative that will benefit all the young people who take part. We hope to go from strength to strength and try to involve more young people, male and female in partnership with SportRenfrewshire and their network of clubs".

The teams were supported by a contingent of supporters from Renfrewshire, including some from Johnstone Bowling Club, who hired a mini bus to take them to Kilwinning.

SportRenfrewshire wish to thank JW Goudie of Paisley who sponsored the initiative including the entry fees of the two teams who took part in the SALSC National Championships. Thanks also to SportRenfrewshire member bowling clubs, parents of our young sports persons and our friends from North Ayrshire Sports Council who organised such a well run event as well as a first class purvey and also providing excellent trophies.

Several other Local Sports Councils have expressed an interest in being involved in this initiative.
SportRenfrewshire Secretary Billy Hassan Jnr. Said

"SportRenfrewshire are delighted at how well our initiative has progressed. To finish runner up in a National competition so soon after beginning the Junior Bowls programme is a bonus and a credit to the players and coaches who participated. We look forward to what should be a bright future. We are fortunate to have first class partnerships and will continue to work with our partners to encourage more youth to take up Bowls and other sports or physical activities".

Should you be interested in finding out more about how you can benefit from this initiative :-.

Click hERE to email the Secretary of SportRenfrewshire Billy Hassan Jnr or

Click hERE to email the Chairman of SportRenfrewshire Ian Lynchahon or phone 077425 49580

Contact Scottish Bowling Association Regional Supervisor Jim McIntosh on 01505 322666