Anyone for New Age Kurling?

GENTLE sports for the over-50s are being introduced to Rotherham in a bid to get older people more active.

They include New Age Kurling — similar to the ice-rink sport of curling, but adapted for any flat, smooth surface, and Boccia, which is similar to bowls but played over a smaller area.

Sessions will be taking place at Maltby Leisure Centre every Tuesday between 11am and noon at a cost of £2.85 per session and at Herringthorpe Stadium every Wednesday between 10am and 11am at a cost of £2.50.

There is also an Indoor Bowls session at Forty Martyrs Church Hall in Kimberworth Park every Monday from 10am - 12 noon at a cost of £2 per session.

For further information regarding the Herringthorpe Stadium and Kimberworth bowling sessions, please contact Rotherham Council's Sports Development team on 01709 822453. Call 01709 797100 for information about the Maltby sessions.

There are further gentle sports sessions at Rotherham Leisure Complex every Monday and Friday, 10am - 12 noon at a cost of £2.85 per session, and at Maltby Leisure Centre, every Monday and Thursday between 9am and 12 noon at a cost of £4.35 per session (£3.10 for Rothercard holders).

For more information about these sessions please contact Rotherham Leisure Complex on 01709 722555 or Maltby Leisure Centre on 01709 797100.

The sessions have been organised through the Rotherham Active Always programme, which has been running for more than four years and which is managed by Rotherham Council's Sports Development, in partnership with NHS Rotherham, various community groups and organisations, older adult services, DC Leisure, and Extend & Otago instructors.

The programme is aimed at providing a range of activity in local community settings to help improve the health and wellbeing of adults and older people.

There are over 40 community Active Always classes, based in churches, community halls, sheltered housing, day centres, leisure centres, care homes, parish council facilities in the borough as part of the programme, with over 700 registered participants and 8,000 visits year.

For more information on the Active Always Programme please contact Sports Development on 01709 822453 or see the website at www.rotherham.gov.uk/activealways.