Back in the Autumn we made arrangements with the Sports Co-ordinator at Oak View School for 60 school children from Year 3 to come and have a try at bowls. We had to wait for the indoor season to finish so that we could run 5 weeks of sessions on a Friday afternoon for an hour and a half with 12 children per session.
So, on Friday April 25th, the school minibus parked up in the car park and in walked 12 beaming faces all eager to find out what they were doing. The children were so receptive to the game and the challenge of their bowl bending like a banana – in their words! (new coaching term adopted). It was a great learning curve for the Coaches – Alison and Pam. On asking the children to take two bowls from the boxes on the table, several had one coloured bowl in one hand and a different coloured bowl in the other! Discussing how to play backhand was also very amusing.
For the following four Friday’s we had a different group of children all with the same enthusiasm to learn and try something new. They were a pleasure to teach.
Thanks to Pam and Alison for the Coaching and to Grant and Mark who helped to support the sessions. Below are some more photos from the five weeks.
Some of the children have since come along to our Junior Bowls sessions on Saturday mornings which is fabulous! We hope to arrange the sessions again next year with the School.