Festival launchpad for young players

GOLF: It is hoped hundreds of Edinburgh primary school children will take up golf at local clubs following school festivals for more than 1000 this month.

Organised by the Active Schools network and the national junior programme clubgolf, the festivals are both a grand finale to the national junior programme, clubgolf's introductory game, taught in schools across the country this term, and an opportunity for children to become involved in coaching programmes in Edinburgh's golf clubs.

"Giving these children the opportunity to play golf in curriculum time is a fantastic starting point," said Jude Salmon, Active Schools Co-ordinator for the Broughton cluster, who, along with colleagues and students from Telford College, organised the recent clubgolf festival for children from Ferryhill, Flora Stevenson, Granton and Stockbridge primary schools.