Described by Harburn Golf Club's clubgolf organiser and volunteer coach, Margaret Ritchie as being 'as fit as a flee', the sprightly Mr Tollin is one of a band of some 1000 coaches who teach the national junior golf strategy to local primary children. He has been coaching at the West Lothian club for the past three years.

�Being active certainly keeps you young,� said Archie, also a keen hill walker who has summitted all of Scotland�s 284 Munros and climbed countless Corbetts.
�I wouldn�t boast about my own golf; it�s not as good as it used to be. I used to play off five but my handicap is gradually going up and it�s 16 now. I play twice a week and play on the Seniors team.�

Before the launch of the national junior golf strategy, clubgolf, Archie had never coached any sports. But at the time the club became involved with the strategy , Margaret Ritchie was seeking members to become trained as volunteer coaches and Archie, then 78, was one of the first to offer his help.
�We do the coaching on Fridays and Sundays and there�s a group of us so we are not on all the time,� said Archie who celebrated his 80th at the Club with his golfing prot�g�s. �A lot of the members think that coaching is too big a commitment but I really enjoy it and it�s very satisfying to see the kids coming on and improving. Age is not a barrier to being able to coach.�
The clubgolf volunteer coaching team at Harburn Golf Club currently teach 16 children from Parkhead, Woodmuir, East Calder and St Marys Primary Schools in Stage 1 of the clubgolf programme and Archie is a firm favourite with them.
Added Mrs Ritchie: �Archie has been with us coaching since the beginning of clubgolf. You certainly wouldn�t think he was 80. He�s an enthusiastic coach and gets on well with the kids.�