West Region Newsletter, 59, October 2016 Inspiring Scotland to Choose Cricket Club News: Congratulations to Vale of Leven CC as the club won the ‘Club of the Year’ Award at the recent West Dunbartonshire Community Sports Awards 2016. The event, which was held in Clydebank Town Hall on Thursday 13th October, recognised the efforts of local people within the heart of the West Dunbartonshire sporting community. For more information about Vale of Leven CC, or their 2016 schools’ project which was a key factor in the club winning the award, please contact Hugh Hutchinson:
[email protected]. Coaching News: The 2016 – 2017 West Region Coach Education and Coach Development programme got off to a great start with seventeen candidates, from nine different clubs, attending modules 1-4 of the ECB Certificate in Coaching Children’s Cricket (UKCC 2) course. The course, which is taking place at Eastwood High School (in East Renfrewshire), will continue on Saturday 5th November. Cricket Scotland is once again delivering an exciting series of ‘Coaching Forums’, giving coaches from throughout the country the opportunity to learn from our elite performance coaches. The courses are open to both Cricket Scotland Coaches Association (CSCA) Members and non-members. More information is available here: http://www.cricketscotland.com/news/article/cricket-scotland-coaching-forums-2016/ and the ‘West Forum’ workshops are taking place as follows: Course: Developing Pace Bowlers and Athletic Cricketers & Developing Batters and Fielders Dates: Wednesday 2nd November 2016 & Wednesday 9th November 2016 Time: 6.30pm – 9.00pm Venue: Hutchesons’ Grammar School, Glasgow, G41 4NW Cost: Free for CSCA Members.