ScottishRound-up All the latest from the Scottish Bowls scene, by Michael McEwan Gourlay appointed head coach of Bowls Scotland
Bowls Scotland has appointed former world champion David Gourlay as its new head coach.
Gourlay, the current WBT No.8, will be charged with leading the national squad to a successful Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 and beyond. Inspired to take up the game by his Commonwealth Games gold medallist parents at the age of 11, the Glasgow-based player has since accumulated ten World Bowls Tour titles including the World Indoor Singles title in 2006.
Following a lengthy spell in Australia, where Gourlay was involved in both playing and coaching in the outdoor and indoor game, he returned to Scotland where he has enjoyed success both on and off the greens, using his extensive knowledge of the sport to set-up a thriving bowls retail outlet, now the largest in Scotland.
Bowls Scotland chairman John Anderson commented: “Bowls Scotland is absolutely delighted to have appointed David Gourlay to the post of head coach. David brings a wealth of experience to the role having
Charity benefits from Arbroath’s birthday
Arbroath Bowling Club, one of nine bowls clubs in Scotland to celebrate its 150th anniversary this year, has donated a cheque for £2,000 to CHAS, the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland.
Club vice-president Eric Scott commented:
“We opted for the visiting clubs on our fixture list to give us a cash gift rather than a token, for example, and with our own club contribution, we were delighted to present this cheque to the charity of our choice, CHAS.” Members of Arbroath BC are pictured, right.
Three in a row for Scottish youngsters
Scotland’s young bowlers proved that the future of the sport is looking bright north of the Border by racking up a third successive win in their annual match with England’s Northern Counties.
The team, representing the Scottish
Young Bowlers Association, defeated their English counterparts by 17 shots over the green at Gosforth Bowls Club. Each team managed three rink wins apiece in what were atrocious conditions for all competitors.
played at the very highest level of the game, competing successfully against the very best players in the world.
“During a competitive and coaching career which has taken him around the globe, David has witnessed first-hand world class performance models and he will now have the opportunity to develop our elite plan and enable his fellow Scots to continue the success that Scotland and he himself has enjoyed for many years. Gourlay, 45, added: “I am very excited about my role with the new organisation and the opportunity to create a blueprint for future training initiatives and an elite strategy to further develop the game.
“Scotland has a wealth of talent in lawn bowls and, with my experience of playing at the top of the game and understanding what it requires for players to achieve world champion titles, I am looking forward to developing and delivering coaching and competition programmes to build upon the many successes that both myself and my fellow players have achieved to take the sport to a new level.”
Scotland’s new head coach, David Gourlay
BIBC event set for Uddingston
Uddingston Bowling Club is to host the 2012 men’s BIBC U25 International Series. The club, located just outside Glasgow, will welcome Great Britain and Ireland’s finest young bowlers from September 8-9, the first time in the club’s history that it has staged the championship. It has previously played host to the men’s senior event on one occasion, way back in 1978 when Wales took the title.
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op honour for leading coach
Former Scotland team coach Bobby Dick has been named Scottish Disability Sport ‘Coach of the Year’. The Duffus Park man led the Scottish disability bowls team to a second place finish in this year’s IBD World Bowls Championships in South Africa and was presented with his prize at the AGM of SDS, held in Kinross.
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