1 / 12

Hertfordshire Bowls Development Alliance

Hertfordshire Bowls Development Alliance. The Team Lawn Bowls Diana Tribe & Graham Marriner Indoor Bowls John Hay Short Mat Bowls Roy Duke Jeanette Gayler & Pauline Taylor Coaching Stuart Stamp. www.bowls4all.com. AGENDA.

hammer
Download Presentation

Hertfordshire Bowls Development Alliance

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Hertfordshire Bowls Development Alliance The Team Lawn Bowls Diana Tribe & Graham Marriner Indoor Bowls John Hay Short Mat Bowls Roy Duke Jeanette Gayler & Pauline Taylor Coaching Stuart Stamp www.bowls4all.com

  2. AGENDA • Review the 2011 performance -using the accumulated knowledge in the room • How did you succeed in gaining new membersWhat approaches did you used? • Why did you not gaining new membersWhat stopped you? • What factors stopped your members re-joining?

  3. Hertfordshire Bowls Development AllianceReview of 2011 Initiatives included:- • Taster SessionsMostly rolled-into Open Days at clubs • Bowls4FreeCoaches sessions based on 4 x 2hr sessions leading to a ‘signed-up’ club member • Have Mat Will TravelPromoting the game of bowls in ‘very’ public locations.

  4. Bowls4Free • Baldock Town • Berkhamsted • Bishop Stortford • Buntingford • Harpenden (Indoor) • Harpenden (Lawn) • Hatfield IBC • Hemel Hempstead • Hertford Castle • Herts IBC • Hitchin Town • Hoddesdon (Rosehill) • Kitcheners • Potters Bar • Radlett • St Albans • Stevenage Town • Tring • W&D • New members recruited • (55-64 years) • 107 (65+) • 46 (younger age)Total: 304 new bowlers • Budget £10,758 • Clubs received (total) payments of £5,534

  5. Have Mat Will Travel • April 2011 @ the Howard Centre W.G.C. • 16 clubs supported the Event • 150 ‘shoppers’ tried Short Mat Bowling • 100 gave their contact details • ~50% were young or very young • Disappointing ‘follow-up’ by the clubsWhat could have been done differently?(participating clubs)

  6. Grow & Sustain Campaign 2012 • HBDA budget 2012 • Bowls Development Officer in your Clubs? • Plan for recruiting & retainingDo you have defined targets to effectively focus your resources?- 10 new bowlers? - Losses only due to health or relocation. • Identify ways to present bowls to have greater public awareness and appeal.E.g. through youth initiatives?

  7. BDA/HBDA Funding 2012 c.£5,000 available to each County • Open Days up to £40.Also {‘Bring a Friend ‘ nationally - 28th April-7th May} • Taster Sessions up to £40 target. {10 new bowlers with (min) 7 to ‘join-up’} • Bowls4Free sessions to £150{4 x 2hr “Bowls for Free” sessions}. • Club Mark £150 {up to 2 clubs} • Main purpose (and funding) -new bowlers 65+ years old • Have Mat Will Travel: Encouraged to host at least 2 visits per year. Reasonable venue costs will be covered.

  8. Other considerations • Constituted Groups are more likely to attract additional funding. • Herts. County Sports Partnership and Local Authorities guide us on ‘funding pots’ • Impact & support of clubs working as a “bowls community” to help to recruit new members cannot be overestimated. • We need to consider clubs in the greatest need of support and those that have the most potential for recruiting new members

  9. Hertfordshire BowlsExample of Development Role • Working with Primary & Secondary School children • Latest project; managing the Youth Games 201210 teams (new bowlers) each representing their ‘local’Community Sports Network – Sports Development Officers. • Age group 14-19 years • Coaching in schools and at 10 lawn bowls clubs across the County for 6-8 weeks in preparation for the Games. More than 160 new young bowlers • Establishes bowls firmly in the schools sector and in the Herts. Sports Partnership. • Do not underestimate the ‘information channel’ children have with the parents

  10. Allows coaches to operate in schools across the county with just one CRB clearance from Hertfordshire County Council • Ensures that coaches working in schools have attained a minimum operating standard - known nationally as Minimum Standards for Deployment • Overcomes potential problems caused by differences in interpretation of procedure between schools • Safeguards young people who take part in sport • Sportivate Funding dependant on coaches being coachmarked.

  11. The standards are: • Appropriate coaching qualifications • CRB registration • Appropriate liability insurance • Attendance at Safeguarding & Protecting Children training • Suitable references • Commitment to a code of conduct

  12. www.bowls4all.com

More Related