Schools from all over the Grangemouth area have just recently got involved in the new National Tesco Bank Football challenge programme. Bowhouse, Moray, Sacred Heart and Beancross Primary Schools have just completed a 6 week coaching programme that has been delivered by staff from the Falkirk Football Community Foundation.

The coaches delivered a structured football coaching programme to all P2/P3 pupils during curricular time with the aim being that the sessions will start to stimulate the boys and girls love and interest for the National game.

 

The children from Bowhouse Primary School also had the chance to meet Falkirk captain Burton O’Brian, Carl Finnegan, Ryan Flynn and Jamie Barclay when taking part in a coaching session at there school.

The Tesco Bank Football Challenge is a four year community programme run in partnership with the Scottish FA with the aim of coaching over 82,500 primary school children. The programme introduces football to Primary 2 and Primary 3 children (6-8 years old) across Scotland and gets them engaged in a healthy and active lifestyle.

Senior Community Coach Richard Fox said ‘’The Tesco Bank Football Challenge is integral to the development of the game in Scotland. It is not only about learning basic football skills but also about getting children involved in physical activity. I think that is fantastic that so many children from the Grangemouth area have been given the chance to take part in an initiative that is beneficial for both the local community and Scottish football’’.

Well done to all the children who have taken part in the Programme.