Btec First Diploma In Sport        Kelsey Starkey 12GN

Unit 3: The Sports Industry

Assignment 1

I have being asked to help my new neighbours The Smiths, find suitable sporting facilities for each member of the family who all have very different interests. Also, I need to give them plenty of information on each facility, Locally and nationally.

Mr Smith

Mr. Smith is keen on Bowls. He wanted to know of the closest Bowling Greens available to him in and around Leicester. The ones I found were:

Barwell Bowls Club

Barwell bowls club is a six rink indoor bowling club, which is constantly making additions and improvements. “They are a 12 months of the year club” meaning they are open all year. They have luxurious lounge and restaurant facilities and they have excess of 850 playing members and a healthy social membership, so Mr. Smith will always find someone to meet up with.

Also their regular door staff will welcome him and point him in the right direction. The club remains open all year and the only day they close is Christmas day. Their hours in the winter program are from 9.30am – 10.35pm split into 2hour 10minute sessions, and in the summer they close the area in the afternoon hours of 2.00pm –5.45pm.

Hinckley Bowls Club (Hollycroft Bowls Club)

The club is an Outdoor Lawn Bowls Club, which plays throughout the summer months only. The club is small and friendly with around 50 members playing against other clubs in the West Leicestershire Area on Thursdays and Saturday afternoons. We are affiliated to the Leicestershire Bowling Association and the Hinckley and District Triples league where the clubs represented by two teams. The green is owned n looked after by Hinckley and Bosworth council and is open throughout the day for members to play when no matches are arranged.

Carlton Indoor Bowls Club

The Carlton Indoor Bowls Club was formed in 1988 when the bowls hall that had being added onto the Enderby Leisure Centre was ready for use. It is a six-rink green and is used by both the members of the Carlton Indoor Bowls Club and members of the public. The club consists of three sections Men’s, Ladies and Juniors. The club has also being provided with two wheelchairs for any disabled people who wish to take up the sport. Membership is available to anyone costing an annual subscription of £30 for adults and £10 for juniors. The membership gives you a complimentary annual membership to the Leisure Centre. Ordinary Rink Fees are £1.60 per person for 2-hour sessions and match fees are £3.50 per person.

Mr. Smith would also like to know about the English.

England

Altogether there are 32 players on the 2006 and English bowls team they are:

The English Bowling Association

The English Bowling Association has its own website, on it it has all the information somebody like Mr. Smith would like to know about. There is information on all of the competitions that the England teams will be taking part in, information on all of the sponsors of the English teams and all other information on the team.

The Scottish Bowling Association

The Scottish Bowling Associations is the governing body for men playing outdoor lawn bowls in Scotland. The association consists of 910 clubs 26 county associates and 50 affiliates. 32 voluntary regional directors run it and 3 paid staff, a secretary and two administration assistants. Also on the website there is information on the history of the association, calendar of events coming up for the teams, results of past games/tournaments, the rules and laws of the game of bowls, news, documents and forms, sponsors page and umpiring and coaching.

The Northern Ireland Association

On the website for the Northern Ireland association they provide information for coming events, league tables: for Senior, Intermediate and Junior, member clubs, bowling links for things such as coaching and Competition statistics for the following things:

  • Senior leagues 1 & 2
  • Senior leagues 3& 4
  • Junior leagues 1 & 2
  • Senior, Intermediate and Junior cups
  • Four, Triples and Pairs
  • Open Singles
  • Junior Singles
  • Youth Singles

There is also a forum for anyone who wants to use it.

Funding For Bowls Clubs

The Scottish Bowls teams are sponsored by:

  • Golden Charter
  • SportsScotland
  • South Ayrshire Council

These sponsors contribute to some of their funding they would provide the teams with things like kits, money, equipment and the council could probably provide with the location for the team. Another way for them to make money is by selling products either to do with the sport of the teams for example the Scottish association are selling:

  • “Law Of the Game”, “Bowls for Beginner’s” and “Improve Your Bowls Skills” books.
  • SBA lapel badges and SBA friendship badges
  • SBA Year books for 2006
  • SBA tie clips and SBA ladies brooches
  • Boxed cuff links
Join now!

Members also have to pay subs, which contribute to funding for Scottish bowls the subs are:

 

  • 2.30p for males over 16 years old

  • 25p for all males under 16 years old

Mrs. Smith

Mrs. Smith wants to join a local private health club. I found three that weren’t too far away, they were:

Life Unlimited – Earl Shilton

Life Unlimited Ladies First fitness club was founded in August 1999 by Janet and Laurie Thomson. With both having a lot of experience in the health and fitness industry and Janet being the best seller ...

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