LONGHORNS ROUND UP LOTTERY AWARD...

American Football in Glasgow and Lanarkshire has received a £9,850 cash injection thanks to Awards for All.

The Lanarkshire Longhorns Youth American Football Club are delighted to have received the grant allowing them to purchase new player safety equipment and official game shirts.

Longhorns’ Head Coach David Orr said “A great deal of hard work has gone in to establishing the team on the British American Football scene so to be recognised by Awards for All in this way is incredibly gratifying. More importantly it provides us with a real opportunity to grow youth football in the Glasgow and Lanarkshire areas and to bring the benefits of our sport to even more young people, regardless of personal circumstance”.

Vice-captain Ben Filmer, 17, added “All the players have been training hard to help get the team up and running. The Glasgow Tigers and Clyde Valley clubs have been great and lent us older equipment so we could get straight in to competitive action but this grant will mean we have a long term future and our own separate team identity.”

The club was established in late 2009 as a joint venture by Clyde Valley and Glasgow Tigers American Football Clubs to provide a pathway for players coming up through both clubs’ highly successful junior set-ups. Currently the only Scottish youth team participating in the British American Football Association’s Community League, the Longhorns (aged 16 – 19) compete against teams from the north of England.

The diversity of the different playing positions in American Football means that there are opportunities for everyone, providing an exciting, positive way for young people to channel their energies.

The Longhorns train every Sunday 10am – 12 alternating between Cambuslang Rugby Club and Beltane Playing Fields, Wishaw and are always on the lookout for new players, volunteers and supporters. A flood of recent enquiries regarding a potential cheerleading squad means the club is also on the lookout for an experienced coach / dance teacher interested in bringing some ‘glee’ onto the Longhorns sideline!

For more information on the club visit the Longhorns website www.lanarkshirelonghorns.com or email info@lanarkshirelonghorns.net.