RENFREWSHIRE FOCUS ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY RENFREWSHIRE GOLF UNION Don Bremner: e-mail- donbremner@ranfurly9.freeserve.co.uk
In an exciting and progressive move, Renfrewshire Golf Union has decided to start its coaching programme with boys as young as nine years old who meet the handicap criterion.
The group of 17  youngsters will start their programme with a Strength and Conditioning presentation early this month. This will be delivered by Steve Paulding, Scottish Golf Union’s Performance Manager, and will cover both exercise and diet.
The group will then attend a series of technical sessions at Mearns Castle Golf Academy, starting in April and running through to September. At the end of the programme, it is anticipated that some of the boys will have made sufficient progress to elevate to the under-14 squad and eventually, perhaps, to the SGU training programme.
The youngest squad members are nine-year-old Alistair Taylor from Gourock Golf Club and 10-year-old Tom MacKenzie from Whitecraigs Golf Club.
The full squad is:
Ibrahim Hussain, Eastwood
Matthew McAuley, Greenock
Jack Cowan, Kilmacolm
Jack Jamieson, Paisley
Jack Poynts, Caldwell
Robbie Fulton, Paisley
Tom MacKenzie, Whitecraigs
Jamie Sinnamon, Whinhill
Andrew Thomson, Kilmacolm
Dylan Ferguson, Kilmacolm
Euan English, Erskine
Innes Martin, Ranfurly Castle
Cameron Lyle, Paisley
Campbell Gibson, Kilmacolm
Alistair Taylor, Gourock
Kieran Maule, Old Ranfurly
Josh Coyle, Elderslie