Balls for Schools
Friends of Scottish Rugby have formed a joint initiative with Scottish Rugby to donate rugby balls to Tier Four schools.
The project was formally launched at Murrayfied on June 20, 2019 and around 500 balls will be provided to the various schools, with each school leader
also receiving a Scottish Rugby branded t-shirt and hoodie to recognise the hard work they carry out to facilitate the game of rugby.
The initiative sprang into life when David Mackay was chatting with Craig Chalmers (former Scotland), who is also one of our ambassadors, on how we best
focus our donations. Craig said ‘schools need rugby balls’ and if you get them engaged at the entry level you will be doing the Scottish nation a great favour.”
Suitably motivated, David discussed the idea with the other committee members and as the saying goes “the rest is history”.
David was joined by former Scotland and Glasgow Warriors centre Graeme Morrison (FoSR Ambassador) at the national stadium, where the branded rugby balls were given out to school children. David said I’m very proud to see what we’re doing to promote grassroots rugby.
Graeme was similarly pleased to see youngsters benefit from the FoSR donation. He said: There is a desire for the sport in some of the more challenged areas around the country and there we believe kids will really benefit from this programme.