Sports Development Team
Angus Council Sports Development Team provide support and advice to individuals, clubs, sports associations or groups on a range of issues. They also establish and co-ordinate a number of opportunities linking local, regional and national programmes in a variety of sports.
The Sports Development Team endeavour to provide opportunities to further develop the sporting and physical activity levels of many different groups across the county. Our focus areas include Sports Development in a range of sports and physical activities, Club Development, National Athlete Support, Coach Support, Football Development, Disability Sport and Rugby Development.
Working with a number of local, regional and national sports partners we organise and establish several initiatives designed to encourage and increase sports and physical activity levels and also provide an effective 'player pathway' for potential elite performers.
View the Angus Council Sports Development Team booklet (250 KB PDF).
Midnight Leagues
Angus Council is working in partnership with the Scottish Football Association and Youth Initiative Fund to continue the very successful Midnight League programme.
Midnight Leagues will start on Friday 24 October at the following venues:
- Montrose Football Club, Links Park - 8:30-10:00pm
- Brechin Leisure Centre - 9:00-10:30pm
- Saltire Leisure Centre, Arbroath - 9:00-10:30pm
- Websters Sports Centre, Kirriemuir - 9:00-10:30pm
The sessions are FREE OF CHARGE and for boys and girls from S1-S6.
View the Midnight League poster (700 KB PDF).
For more information contact Scott Nicoll on 01307 474244 or NicollS@angus.gov.uk
Multi Sports Event At Lochside Leisure Centre
Sixty three children with additional support needs had a taste of different sports at an event on Wednesday 1 October at Lochside Leisure Centre, Forfar.
The Multi Sport Primary School Festival was delivered through a partnership involving Angus Council's sports development team and active schools co-ordinators.
The aim of the festival was to introduce primary school children to multi sports in a fun, team based environment. The children took part in New Age Kurling, adapted from the original game of curling so that it can be played indoors on any hard flat surface; Boccia, a game similar to bowling which is specifically for athletes with a disability; and athletics.
Stix Hockey Hits Brechin
Primary school pupils from Brechin enjoyed a fun-filled hockey event recently.
The STIX hockey festival for primary 6/7 pupils from took place at Brechin public park, with Andover, Maisondieu, Stracathro, Lethnot, Tarfside and Edzell schools taking part.
The event which was organised by Angus Council sports development team and Angus active schools gave around 75 pupils the chance to take part in an introduction to the game of hockey through small-sided games.
Further STIX hockey festivals will take place in the coming weeks with the aim of bringing all the Angus teams together for an Angus training event before the SportTayside and Fife hockey finals in May 2009.
Stix Hockey Hits Arbroath
Primary school pupils from Arbroath enjoyed a fun-filled hockey event recently.
The STIX hockey festival for primary 6/7 pupils from Warddykes, Inverkeillor and Muirfield took place on Monday 15 September, and was organised by Angus Council sports development team and Angus active schools.
The festival gave around 40 pupils the chance to take part in an introduction to the game of hockey through passing, dribbling and shooting practice followed by small-sided games for the final part of the event. The rain stayed away and the participants enjoyed their morning of hockey and the chance to put into games what they had learnt in their practice drills.
The children were coached by senior pupils from Arbroath High School who then umpired the small-sided games.
Further STIX hockey festivals will take place in Brechin and Forfar in the coming weeks with the aim of bringing all the Angus teams together for an Angus training event before the SportTayside and Fife hockey finals in May 2009.
Tri-Golf Fun In Arbroath
Budding golfers from Arbroath enjoyed teeing off at a taster event at the Saltire Leisure Centre recently.
The tri-golf festival involved primary 4/5 children from Friockheim and Warddykes, with around 70 boys and girls taking part in a series of golf based fun drills and games.
Representatives from Letham Grange Golf Club were also on hand to pass on their golfing knowledge to the children and Morrison's Supermarket in Arbroath provided fruit and water to all of the children who took part in the festival.
Tri-Golf demonstrates how golf can be delivered through fun-based activity sessions involving large groups of youngsters. Tri-Golf is a national programme that is being delivered locally through a partnership involving Angus Council sports development team, Education, active schools, SportTayside and Fife and local golf professionals.
The festival was all about participation and fun, with the groups moving around and trying all the different aspects of the game of golf such as chipping, putting, driving and teamwork. Helping the children were senior pupils from Arbroath Academy who are completing their Junior Sports Leader Award. The senior pupils explained the activity along with providing coaching and guidance.
A further festival, taking in the other primary schools in the Arbroath Academy cluster is taking place later this month. The morning of fun colourful golf proved successful which children leaving with beaming smiles after going from tee to green.
Child Protection Courses
Local people involved in running sports clubs or activities in Angus are being invited to attend child protection courses being held in October and November.
The events, which have been organised by Angus Council's sports development team, are:
- Safeguarding and Protecting Children (90 KB PDF) - (introduction to Child Protection)
Tuesday 21 October
6.30-9.30pm
Saltire Leisure Centre, Arbroath - In Safe Hands (130 KB PDF) - (Child Protection training for Club Child Protection Officers)
Wednesday 12 November
6.30-9.30pm
Saltire Leisure Centre, Arbroath
Both of these workshops are nationally recognised courses. Please follow the links above for application forms, full descriptions of courses and booking information.
View past items in the Sports Development News Archive.
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