Bowls Centre Awarded £500 in Vantage Toyota Community Drive
An initiative to introduce the game of bowls to Scarborough's young school children resulted in Scarborough Bowls Centre being awarded £500 in the recent Vantage Toyota Community Drive.
Colin Rennard, the manager of the Centre said, "We are delighted to have been successful in our bid in this Community Drive offered by Vantage Toyota, which means that we have been able to purchase four sets of all-surface bowls. These can be used indoor or outdoors on wood, carpet or even tarmac surfaces and offer a great way of introducing youngsters to the skills associated with the game of bowls. Already Gladstone Road Junior School are trialling them and the aim is to offer them to all local junior schools on a regular short term loan basis."
The Sports Co-ordinator at Gladstone Road Junior
| Bowler Nathan Richards being watched by classmates Tom MacDonald, Emily Sykes and Alice Ashby. L-R Rear Colin Rennard (Mgr Bowls Centre), Peter Stableford (Sales Mgr, Vantage Toyota), Les Ramm (Sports Co-ordinator, Gladstone Road Junior School) |
School, Les Ramm said, "The kids have really enjoyed using these bowls and some of the staff who have also had a go with them now want to try out a real game of bowls at the Bowls Centre."A spokesman for Vantage Toyota in Scarborough, Sales Manager Peter Stableford said, "This initiative was run to celebrate the launch of the all new Yaris. The six Toyota centres in the group each gave away up to £2,000 to support local worthwhile causes and we are very pleased to be able to help Scarborough Bowls Centre with this exciting idea".