Angus Fun in Athletics programme
Angus Council Sports Development Team has hosted 6 Fun in Athletics festivals across Angus during November 2011, as part of a National programme. The six winning teams from the North & South Angus Heats will now come together at Lochside Leisure Centre, Forfar on Wednesday 7th December 2011 to contest the Fun in Athletics - Angus Final 2011.
Teams of up to 15 boys and 15 girls in P6/7 from 25 Angus Primary Schools have participated in the festivals which include the children competing as a team in various relay races, javelin, speed bounce, standing long jump, standing triple jump and vertical jump events.
The following primary schools have qualified for the Angus Final:
- Seaview PS (South Angus Heat 1)
- Whitehills PS (South Angus Heat 2)
- Burnside PS (South Angus Heat 3)
- Lochside PS (North Angus Heat 1)
- Timmergreens PS (North Angus Heat 2)
- Warddykes PS (North Angus Heat 3)
Fun in Athletics is designed to give children an introduction to athletics through lots of fun track and field events in a team-based environment and around 750 Angus youngsters have taken part across the 6 heats.
The Fun in Athletics programme has been organised as a partnership between Angus Council Sports Development Team, Active Schools and Angus College who provided students to assist with the festivals. The students from Angus College are currently attending the Intro to Sport course and completed a training course to deliver the events within the festival with the Angus Sports Development Team and have gained valuable experience from the events.
Angus secondary schools including Brechin High School & Monifieth High School were also involved in delivering the respective events. Senior pupils who are going through the Sports Leader qualification took part in some basic training to give them the ability to be involved in leading the events.