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

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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?

Initiatives included:-Taster SessionsMostly rolled-into Open Days at clubsBowls4FreeCoaches sessions based on 4 x 2hr sessions leading to a ‘signed-up’ club memberHave Mat Will TravelPromoting the game of bowls in ‘very’ public locations.

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 recruited151 (55-64 years)107 (65+) 46 (younger age)Total: 304 new bowlers

Budget £10,758

Clubs received (total) payments of £5,534

April 2011 @ the Howard Centre W.G.C.16 clubs supported the Event 150 ‘shoppers’ tried Short Mat Bowling100 gave their contact details~50% were young or very youngDisappointing ‘follow-up’ by the clubs

What could have been done differently?(participating clubs)

HBDA budget 2012Bowls Development Officer in your Clubs?Plan for recruiting & retaining

Do 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?

Funding 2012 c.£5,000 available to each CountyOpen 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.

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

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

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.

The standards are:Appropriate coaching qualificationsCRB registrationAppropriate liability insuranceAttendance at Safeguarding & Protecting Children trainingSuitable referencesCommitment to a code of conduct

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