sportscotland’s mission to enhance community sports facilities across the country continues with an investment of £208,876 in an upgraded pavilion and pitch project at Seedhill Pitches in Paisley and a new clubhouse for Isle of Skye Clay Target Club in Portree.

As Scotland’s athletes jet off to India for the Commonwealth Youth Games, sportscotland has raised the bar by announcing an investment of over £600,000 in the sport of athletics.

Golfers in Orkney and Argyll and Bute are set to benefit from a sportscotland investment of £109,791 for improved local golf facilities. The investment from sportscotland’s Building for Sport programme will see the creation of an indoor practice area at Orkney Golf Club in Kirkwall and a new clubhouse built at Carradale Golf Club in Argyll and Bute.

Many congratulations to all our athletes on their selection for the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games Team. It is fantastic to see the length and breadth of Scotland represented from Troon to Aberdeen to The Isle of Islay.

As sportscotland starts to implement plans for its relocation to Glasgow later this year, Chief Executive Stewart Harris announced today two new members of staff who will take up key senior roles within the organisation.

sportscotland is pleased to announce an investment of £294,606 in the sport of squash in Scotland.

Louise Martin CBE, Chair of sportscotland and Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today welcomed home Scotland’s Olympic medallists on Team GB on behalf of the nation at a reception at Edinburgh Castle.

Scottish canoeing was still celebrating the success of Olympic silver medallist David Florence when sportscotland added to the feel good factor by announcing a significant funding package to develop the sport in Scotland.

With 16 Scots selected for the Paralympic Games in Beijing, disability sport is firmly in the spotlight and sportscotland has today added to the feel good factor by announcing an investment package of over a quarter of a million pounds for Scottish Disability Sport (SDS).

With the selection process now complete for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing this summer, Scotland can be proud that it is being well represented.

Today, sportscotland Chief Executive, Stewart Harris, announced that plans were well on track for the organisation’s move to Glasgow’s East End. This will see the implementation of the decision made by the Minister for Communities and Sport, Stewart Maxwell MSP in his announcement last January, following the sportscotland review.

The Scottish Gymnastics Association has a great deal to celebrate with news of their first ever Olympian, Daniel Keatings and a record investment from sportscotland.

Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh will visit sportscotland’s National Centre at Inverclyde today (Thursday 3 July), to mark its 50th anniversary and visit the newly upgraded fitness training facilities at the centre. The Queen officially opened the Centre in 1958 following its purchase with funds raised in the memory of King George VI, The Queen's father.

sportscotland Chair, Louise Martin CBE and Minister for Communities and Sport, Stewart Maxwell took to the high seas today to announce a £337,080 investment in Royal Yachting Association Scotland (RYAS), the governing body for the sport of sailing in Scotland.

In her first official engagement as the new sportscotland Chair, Louise Martin CBE teamed up with Sports Minister Stewart Maxwell to announce an investment of £781,904 for sports facilities that will benefit communities across Scotland, including the world-renowned mountain bike facilities at Fort William.

Netball Scotland was celebrating today as Sports Minister, Stewart Maxwell, announced a sportscotland investment of £227,700, the largest sum ever awarded to netball, to develop the sport in the build up to the Commonwealth Games in 2014.

Louise Martin CBE was announced today by the Scottish Government as the new Chair of sportscotland.

Skaters and bikers in Glenrothes are set to have a bespoke skatepark thanks to a sportscotland investment of £74,000.  The funding will assist with the construction of a concrete skatepark in Riverside Park in Glenrothes, which will meet the growing needs of local skateboarders and wheeled sports enthusiasts of all ages.

The world’s most famous basketball team, the Harlem Globetrotters may be in town but it was Scottish basketball that proved the winner when Sports Minister, Stewart Maxwell, announced a £275,000 sportscotland investment in the sport to increase participation and retain talented young players.

Scottish Hockey received welcome news today when Minister for Communities and Sport, Stewart Maxwell, announced sportscotland will invest £645,384 in 2008 to develop the sport across Scotland.

sportscotland recognises the cultural importance of the indigenous sport of shinty in Scotland and we are pleased to announce today a two-part investment in the sport totalling £247,145.  The funding will go to the Camanachd Association, the governing body of shinty, to support its continued development as well as an investment in Strachur Shinty Club in Argyll to assist with the construction of a new shinty pitch.

Records were shattered and Olympic qualification secured by Scotland’s swimmers at the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield last week and there was more good news for the sport today as Sports Minister, Stewart Maxwell announced an investment of £818,000 to the national governing body, Scottish Swimming.

Riddrie Bowling Club in the north-east of Glasgow is set to get a makeover thanks to an investment from sportscotland. The investment of £32,687 from the sportscotland Lottery fund will assist with the construction of a new changing facility to accommodate the growing number of women members joining the club. The new changing facilities will also allow the club to extend its community development programme including coaching and taster sessions to local schools.

Kippen Tennis Club near Stirling is set to receive a sportscotland investment of £18,000 to assist with the extension and upgrade of the two existing tennis courts. The upgrade will extend the total court area at the club to meet the Lawn Tennis Association's (LTA) recommended sizes and also allow up to eight mini-tennis courts to be provided within the new extended courts.

sportscotland today announced a £18,450 investment across the three bodies responsible for angling in Scotland, the Scottish Anglers National Association, Scottish Federation of Sea Anglers and the Scottish Federation of Coarse Anglers.

Against the breathtaking backdrop of Scotland's mountains, Sport Minister, Stewart Maxwell, today announced that sportscotland will invest £155,300 in the sport of mountaineering through the Mountaineering Council of Scotland and £217,500 in Snowsport Scotland, the national governing body for snowsports.

sportscotland welcomed the news from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) that twenty-eight sports facilities throughout Scotland will appear in the London 2012 Organising Committee’s Pre‑Games Training Camp Guide.

Waterskiscotland were celebrating today as sportscotland announced a £40,121 funding package for the sport.

The Scottish Government is to roll out a programme to tackle high levels of physical inactivity among girls across all of Scotland’s 381 secondary schools

It’s all about coaching this weekend as over 100 coaches from the East of Scotland come together for a regional coaching conference at the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena.

sportscotland’s mission to enhance community sports facilities across the country continues with an investment of £595,451 from the Building for Sport programme.  This investment will benefit four communities in Lockerbie, Buckie, Forfar and Cumnock.

sportscotland is pleased to announce that Ian Beattie has accepted the role of Vice‑Chair of the organisation.

The Scottish Government is investing £1.2 million in grassroots sports facilities in West Lothian, Communities and Sport Minister Stewart Maxwell announced today.

The future of Scottish rugby was boosted today when Sport Minister, Stewart Maxwell, announced sportscotland will invest £752,500 in grassroots rugby to increase participation and retain talented young players.

It was advantage tennis today with the announcement of a sportscotland investment of £303,000 in Tennis Scotland for 2007/08.