RENFREWSHIRE NAME YOUNGSTERS FOR COACHING

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Although the weather certainly does not encourage thoughts of returning to the golf course for the new season, Renfrewshire Golf Union has announced its coaching squads and has agreed its strategy for the months ahead. Fingers are now well and truly crossed for conditions to improve which will allow the programme to get underway on schedule.
The coaches will be Adam Hunter, George Boswell and Ian Kennedy of Mearns Castle Golf Academy. In addition to the technical sessions, which will commence in mid-February and short-game clinics at a links course prior to the Scottish boys' championship, the programme will include, for the first time, two sessions with renowned sports psychologist, Neil Buchanan.
It is hoped that these sessions will help the boys to prepare mentally for tournaments and to cope with pressure, especially when things are not going well.
In addition to the three squads for over-12-year-old boys, additional budget has been allocated to give coaching opportunities to a number of young golfers who are under 12 years old. It is hoped that giving early tuition to this “development squad” will produce players who will gravitate to the full squads over the next two seasons.
Invitations have already been extended to those selected to the three main squads, details of which are below. The “development squad” invitations will be finalised shortly.
Under-18s
Alasdair McDougall (Elderslie)
Ewan Waugh (Whitecraigs)
Fraser Lauder (Paisley)
Stuart Watt (Old Ranfurly)
Josh Bogle (Ranfurly Castle)
Andrew Cunningham (Ranfurly Castle)
Paul Reilly (Lochwinnoch)
Stuart Cameron (Renfrew)
Greg Paterson (Ranfurly Castle)
Lewis Kerr (Renfrew)
Tom Binning (Ranfurly Castle)
David Slack (Kilmacolm)
Under-16s
Colin Edgar (Cochrane Castle)
Scott Ewing (Elderslie)
Paul Dorrian (Greenock)
Chris McAuley (Greenock)
Steven Wilson (Whinhill)
Anthony McCauley (Whinhill)
Ross Clark (Erskine)
Andrew Guthrie (Erskine)
Greg Cumming (Kilmacolm)
Jack McAlpine (Kilmacolm)
Calum Aiken (Ranfurly Castle)
Lee Wingate (Ranfurly Castle)
Mark McGregor (Kilmacolm)
Jordan Ferguson (Kilmacolm)
Under-14s
Kyle Turner (Cochrane Castle)
Andrew McColl (Erskine)
Josh Beatt (Fereneze)
Lewis Breslin (Fereneze)
Craig Orr (Cochrane Castle)
Jack Currie (Greenock)
Andrew McLelland (Erskine)
Conor Toal (Old Ranfurly)