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Glasgow’s reputation as a major football event venue was further enhanced today with the announcement that the city will host the 2010 Cerebral Palsy (CP) European Football Championships.
ParalympicsGB has today (Wednesday January 13, 2010) announced the team that will compete in wheelchair curling at the Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada from March 12-21, 2010.
Team GB will be sending both a men’s and women’s curling team to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games in February.
Colin Montgomerie OBE, one of Scotland’s greatest golfers, today officially opened Ruchill Community Golf Facility this Thursday, 17 September. The course - which Colin Montgomerie helped to design - is reopening after a £2.5million refurbishment.
Nevis Red, The UK’s only red graded cross country mountain bike trail accessed by mountain gondola, was officially opened today (Tuesday 25 August) by BBC Sport presenter and avid mountain bike rider Dougie Vipond at Nevis Range, Fort William, in the heart of the Outdoor Capital of the UK.
A new £28 million sporting facility unrivalled in the north-east will open its doors to the public on Saturday (August 22).
First Minister Alex Salmond today formally honoured the Scottish team that won last year's men's World Amateur Team Championship on the day new figures showed a huge 30 per cent increase in the number of children playing the sport through clubgolf, Scotland’s junior golf programme.
The sustainable development of mountain biking in Scotland – a national strategic framework.
At Edinburgh Castle this evening (22 December), First Minister Jack McConnell and Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Patricia Ferguson hosted a reception to recognise the outstanding achievements of the Commonwealth Youth Games team who returned to Scotland earlier this month with a haul of 52 medals. One of 24 countries, taking part in nine sports over three days in Bendigo, Australia, Scotland finished in a very creditable fourth place, exceeding their own expectations.
Glasgow City Council will this week consider a report recommending the preferred construction works contractor - Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd - to deliver the National Indoor Sports Arena (NISA) and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, a facility that will host two events at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
Able2sail, a charity which offers young people affected by disability the chance to sail on a specially adapted yacht, and the Loch Leven Heritage Trail, an eight mile pathway in a National Nature Reserve in Kinross-shire, have battled their way through to the final stage of The National Lottery Awards 2009 as the only two Scottish projects left in the running.
The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) announces today that the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena at Ratho (EICA: Ratho) is recognised as Scotland’s National Indoor Climbing Centre.
A ‘Walk-Jog-Run’ partnership in Moray, that is thought to be the first of its kind in Scotland, has just launched its own user-friendly website.
SkillsActive’s annual conference, Reaching Higher – A Well Trained Workforce, provides Minister for Public Health and Sport, Shona Robison with the platform to launch a brand new sports industry initiative.
As of the 5th June 2009, sportscotland’s Youth Development Manager embedded within the Camanachd Association, Garry Reid, is to be promoted to partnership manager.
A new generation of Scotland’s talented young sports stars have been offered scholarships at university or college as part of the Winning Students network, an initiative which aims to put Scotland’s sporting talent on the world stage.
Scottish Rugby has received widespread support for the groundbreaking ‘Are you ready to play rugby?’ initiative which aims to make the game safer and more enjoyable for all.
There has been a lamentable failure to deliver the target set in 2004 for two hours’ quality physical education for every school pupil, according to a report published today by the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee.
Stirling’s largest single phase sport and leisure development for more than 30 years was officially opened earlier today (Friday, April 3rd), creating 90 new jobs in the process.
Keeping active is not just for sports stars. Getting millions moving will be the lasting legacy from the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow said Sports Minister Shona Robison today.
At the Scottish Association of Local Sports Councils (SALSC) Annual Conference at Airth Castle on Saturday 28 February, sportscotland Chair Louise Martin CBE announced annual funding to the organisation.
Great Britain's most promising young sailors will have the chance to show off their talents in front of a Royal audience after confirmation that HRH The Princess Royal will be attending the RYA Youth National Championships and Trials 2009 at Largs Sailing Club next month.
Mountaineers from around the world will team up with British climbers to tackle routes in the Scottish mountains, as part of the British Mountaineering Council (BMC)’s International Meet taking place this week (22 February to 1 March).
With only 596 days until the start of the next Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October 2010, Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) announced today the people appointed to form the general team management. This group of key individuals, supported by the CGS Board, will lead the planning and preparation of the team and will be joined by other staff over the next 20 months.
Coaching Highland was announced winner at the UK Coaching Awards 2008 hosted by Sports Coach UK on Wednesday 17th December in a glittering ceremony at the Dorchester in London’s Mayfair. They won the new category ‘Agency in Support of Coaching’ and were up against SkillsActive (the sector skills council for the active leisure and learning industry in the UK) and The Football Foundation (funded by the Premier League, The FA and the Government to fund grassroots football across England).
On one of the busiest days of the year at Glasgow Airport, most people were heading off on holiday for the October break. But for 44 young Scots it was the start of the trip of a lifetime, selected to represent their country at the III Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India (12-18 October 2008).
Scotland’s elite athletes will receive 7.5 million pounds to improve medal hopes at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Sports Minister Stewart Maxwell confirmed today.
Groundbreaking new research [1] begins this week in a bid to uncover why the nation’s women are universally failing to participate in enough sport and physical activity.
basketballscotland are pleased to launch their child protection programme, in conjunction with the launch of Scotland’s new 2006 Accord for the Protection of Children in Scottish Sport.
As Olympic medallists across the length and breadth of the UK arrived in Scotland for the British Olympic Association’s fundraising Gold Ball in Edinburgh last night (25 April), Steve Cram MBE, Allison Curbishley and Rhona Martin MBE took time out to meet with some of Scotland’s brightest young sporting talent.
The international governing body for cycling, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has confirmed today that it has awarded the exclusive management and marketing rights of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup to a partnership made up of two sports companies, GESTEV of Canada and 23 Degrees Sports Management of Spain.
Stewart Maxwell today gave the green light for construction of a £29 milllion sports facility at the former Ravenscraig steelworks in North Lanarkshire.
Congratulations to the 19 young Scots who have been selected for Team GB for the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Slask-Beskidy Poland this week (15-20 February).
The European Curling Federation has today announced that the 2009 European Curling Championships have been awarded to Aberdeen. The event, which will be the last major international curling event before the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010, will be run in the new Curl Aberdeen facility and the Linx Ice Arena.
Today, Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) announced the 44 athletes who have been selected to represent Scotland at the third Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India 11-18 October 2008.
Congratulations to all of the athletes on Team GB for their fantastic performance at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney where they won 68 medals, 26 of them gold.
For 3 days (27, 28, 29 October) the Ingliston House Stud, Renfrewshire, was home to the Scottish Equestrian Association (SEA) Equine Fair. Olympic Dressage Coach Ferdi Eilberg (despite nursing an injured shoulder) and John Ledingham, World Class Show Jumping Coach and Irish Team Trainer, put various SEA/sportscotland-funded young riders through their paces in dressage, show jumping and eventing, in front of an attentive audience.
A brand new state-of-the-art community fitness suite at St Columba’s High School, Clydebank, will officially open its doors on Tuesday 26 October.
The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Patricia Ferguson, today announced the appointment of John Fraser, Graeme Marchbank, David Sole and the reappointment of Steven Grimmond to the board of sportscotland
SkillsActive and the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR) are pleased to announce that the national occupational standards for sports administration and governance have been approved and are now available.
£23.5 million planned investment to ensure Scotland capitalises on the economic, social and cultural advantages of the 2014 Commonwealth Games was announced by the First Minister in Glasgow today.
A major new campaign aimed at improving Scotland's health record is officially launched today.
The Herald ran a story on Sunday 7th February celebrating the success of one of the dance clubs started through the Youth Sport Trust and sportscotland Fit for Girls programme. The Bollywood Dance Club at Woodfarm High School, East Renfrewshire, was brought to life in the Herald by journalist Rebecca McQuillan who came along to get a lesson herself in this fun and energetic sport.
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