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Wheelchair basketball has proved to be so popular that Scottish Disability Sport are extending an invitation to young people with a physical disability from throughout Scotland to attend the third in a series of come and try sessions in the sport.
Following the handing over of the Development Audit Report from the independent consultants to both the Camanachd Association and sportscotland, Donnie Grant, President of the Camanachd Association, and Ian Robson, Chief Executive of sportscotland met to discuss both organisation's initial views on the report's findings.
sportscotland today announced significant changes to its Lottery funded Sports Facilities Programme, to help facility providers and operators address the growing funding challenge around provision, refurbishment and replacement of Scotland's sports facilities.
With increasing awareness of the need to encourage Scottish youngsters to get active, BAA Scottish Airports announced £200,000 of sponsorship at Glasgow Airport today, to support the Scottish Youth Games initiative over the next three years.
Members of Guildtown Hall Paying Fields Association are celebrating the end of construction work on a Lottery Funded project to build a synthetic grass multi-court.
With four months to go until the Olympics in Salt Lake City, curling medal hopes Team McMillan, are currently in Bern taking part in the WCT Bund Trophy Tournament in preparation for the ultimate showdown in February. The GB curling squad, made up entirely of Scots, will no doubt be a source of inspiration for the young talented winter sport athletes who are celebrating awards from the sportscotland Lottery Fund.
In an attempt to prevent the spread of the highly contagious foot and mouth disease, sportscotland has, with the agreement of the Scottish Executive, taken the decision to officially suspend the programme of outdoor activities at its National Centre Glenmore Lodge in Aviemore
The tranquil village of Connel, boasting spectacular views of Loch Etive, the mountain scenery beyond from Beinn Lora to Ben Cruachan and the only salt waterfall in Scotland known as the Falls of Lora, is the picturesque setting today for the Connel Millennium Sports Field Association’s official opening of its new grass pitch and car park.
Scotland's most promising young athletes are for the first time to benefit from structured access to essential support services throughout Scotland, with the announcement of a second phase of Lottery funding for Scotland’s six Area Institutes of Sport.
Some of Scotland’s top swimmers, badminton players and wrestlers were on the receiving end of nearly a quarter of million pounds today, thanks to the sportscotland Lottery Fund.
Nearly 800 Ayrshire students will benefit from National Lottery funds announced by sportscotland today. A total of £18,800 (over three years) has been awarded for the appointment of two School Sports Co-ordinators.
With recent studies showing that obese and overweight children now account for over 15 per cent of the Scottish youth population, sportscotland has committed £2.8m of Lottery funds over four years to introduce a programme that will increase physical activity levels among Scotland's primary school children.
As the new school year gets well underway, sportscotland's Lottery Fund have today announced the allocation of nearly £1m of awards to eight local authorities for the continuing introduction of the TOP programmes into Scotland's primary schools and local communities. This brings the total number of local authorities now delivering the scheme to 13.
The Balfron Campus is a new multi-purpose community sports facility located at Balfron High School. The facility, which has a brand new four court games hall, floodlit artificial grass pitch, swimming pool and changing rooms, will open its doors to the local community this weekend.
The Scottish Association of Blind Bowlers are the proud host of the 2001 World Blind Bowling Championships from 6 - 17 August at Girvan Bowling Club, the first time this prestigious event has been held in Scotland.
With just less than 300 days to go until the start of the Commonwealth Games in Manchester next year, the Scottish Bowling Association have today announced their nominations for the Bank of Scotland Scottish Team.
Commonwealth Games boxing hopefuls Colin McNeil and Kevin Anderson will be adding muscle to the grand opening of a new Community Sports and Recreation Centre in Fauldhouse when they go head to head in a sparring session as part of the ceremony. Following the appointment of new Polish coach, Adam Kuzior, Colin and Kevin will be busy training in preparation for selection to compete in the Games next year.
Dumfries and Galloway cyclists are celebrating today the opening of the cycle path between Tinwald Downs Road and Dumfries Railway Station, which is the second phase and last major link in the Caledonian Cycle Way from Locharbriggs to Dumfries.
Communities throughout Scotland are celebrating Easter in style this week with the news that sportscotland’s latest round of Lottery funding has helped create a £100m nest egg for Scottish Sport.
The Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland (CGCS) today announced that Jon Doig is to become the Council’s first full-time Chief Executive, with the remit of bringing a new professional approach to the way the Council operates and prepares Scottish teams for Commonwealth competition.
The Commonwealth Games Federation has now considered appeals relating to eligibility cases of a number of potential Games athletes including four from Scotland. Scottish eligibility appeals on behalf of Ruth Irving (Athletics) and Jamie Barlow (Gymnastics) were upheld leaving them clear for selection (subject to meeting selection criteria) for the Bank of Scotland Scottish Team, which will be competing in next year's Commonwealth Games in Manchester. However, appeals on behalf of John White (Squash) and Monique McCarroll (Diving) were declined.
The Scottish Institute of Sport today announced that Sarah Floate has joined them as their first full-time Communications Manager, with the remit of bringing a dedicated approach to the way the Institute promotes itself and the top Scottish athletes it supports.
The community of Cowal are today celebrating the start of a £150,000 project to build an all-weather multipurpose synthetic grass playing field. With the help of an award of £99,238 from the sportscotland Lottery Fund, the multipurpose playing field will increase the existing sports field provision at Dunoon Stadium.
Today the golfing community of Balfron are celebrating the completion of a project to extend the Shian Golf Course from nine holes to eighteen. "Sport has the capacity to provide endless hours of enjoyment and fun as well as the obvious health benefits."
The first official Sprint meeting at Kames Motorsport Complex this year will be celebrated with the reopening of the new track by Jimmy McRae, three times British Rally Champion in the 1980's and father of works rally drivers Colin and Alister.
Sports enthusiasts in Argyll and Bute are celebrating the start of work today to create Helensburgh and Lomond’s first multi-purpose synthetic grass playing field.
Getting lost in the hills in deteriorating weather conditions is a frightening prospect for most of us. Yet hundreds of people every year go out into the hills ill equipped and with little or no training in the art of navigation. An exciting new hi-tech solution has gone on release this week, funded by sportscotland with support from Ordnance Survey, aimed at improving navigation and map-reading skills through the medium of computers and ultimately improving individual safety.
At the Royal Museum in Edinburgh today, Olympic and Commonwealth gold medallist sprinter, Allan Wells MBE, joined the new Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Mike Watson, MSP, to launch the search for Scotland's first 50 inductees into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame (SSHOF) which is being developed through a unique partnership between sportscotland and the National Museums of Scotland.
More than 250 men and women, representing Scottish Disability Sport branches throughout the country, are set to compete in the Royal Mail National 5-A-Side Football Championships at Fleshershaugh football facility, Glasgow Green on Wednesday 12 September.
sportscotland and the Camanachd Association today announced that Genesis Strategic Management Consultants had been awarded the contract to carry out an independent review of the Association, which will be led by Brian Porteous (former Deputy Director of Cultural and Leisure Services with Glasgow City Council).
The Scottish Institute of Sport today announced the resignation of Meg Stone from her position as National High Performance Coach leading the innovative Institute track and field programme. The Institute has reluctantly accepted her resignation as Meg is returning to the United States of America to accompany her husband Mike Stone who has accepted a role with the US Olympic Committee starting in January 2002.
The Islands Forum, in partnership with sportscotland, today announced progress in its aim to further integrate the island communities of Scotland with mainstream Scottish Sport.
Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice, Jim Wallace MSP, joined representatives of COSLA and Ian Robson, Chief Executive of sportscotland, at the Pickaquoy Leisure Centre on Orkney today to launch the Islands Forum. This new sporting development brings together Scotland's three unitary island authorities, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Orkney Islands Council and Shetland Islands Council, plus the three other Councils with islands - Argyll & Bute Council, North Ayrshire Council and The Highland Council, in collaboration with sportscotland, the national agency for sport.
Motivation will be the key input and output for Scotland's leading coaches who will be gathering at Coach 2001 in Glasgow 20-21 October to hear from some of the world's top coaching experts, keen to share their knowledge and experience of the world coaching scene.
As the Scotland rugby team prepares to do battle with the All Blacks in November at Murrayfield, the young rugby talent of the future are celebrating the sportscotland Lottery Fund announcement of more funding to help nurture sporting stars of the future.
Young talented athletes all over Scotland are celebrating today the announcement of more financial support from the sportscotland Lottery Fund to help create sporting successes of the future.
Members of the Kilmacolm Tennis Club are celebrating the official opening of their re-development today, including the reconstruction of their courts and clubhouse. The sportscotland Lottery Fund made an award of over £75,000 towards the project.
With only two weeks to go until the first stage of ticket sales for next year's Commonwealth Games in Manchester closes, Louise Martin, Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland is urging the Scottish public to order their tickets and get behind the Bank of Scotland Scottish Team.
Coupar Angus Recreation Association (CARA) today welcomes local hero Alan Main from St Johnstone Football Club, as guest of honour at the official opening of the all weather multi-court facility in Larghan Park, Coupar Angus.
Sir Jimmy Saville OBE will perform the opening ceremony today at the Lochnell Sports Development Partnership’s (LSDP) new floodlit, all weather, multi court located within the grounds of Lochnell School, Benderloch.
Lossiemouth High School and Community Centre are celebrating the opening of its new teaching and recreation facilities today, performed by Councillor Sandy Keith, Chair of the Educational Resources Committee.
Scotland's senior women's lacrosse team were given a boost today with the announcement of 20 individual Talented Athletes Programme (TAP) athlete awards totalling £15,000.00 from the sportscotland Lottery Fund.
Continuing its programme of investing in the potential stars of tomorrow, sportscotland announced the latest round of Junior Groups Awards today, totalling over £180,000.
Scottish Hockey received a boost prior to the Scottish National Cup Finals at Peffermill today with news that they are to receive £85,627.00 from sportscotland's Lottery Fund towards the staging of the prestigious Men's World Cup Hockey Qualifying Event.
Another three secondary schools in Aberdeenshire are set to benefit from a School Sport Co-ordinator thanks to an award of £18,900 over two years from the sportscotland Lottery Fund. The schools, Aboyne Academy, Alford Academy and The Gordon Schools, bring the total to seven Aberdeenshire secondary schools working within the initiative.
For over three quarters of a century the membership of Craighelen have enjoyed participating in the game of tennis and squash. Today, Craighelen Lawn Tennis and Squash Club are celebrating the completion of a four-year project to redevelop and upgrade tennis courts 4 & 5.
Dunfermline Sub Aqua Club is today celebrating a return to permanent premises following seven rootless years. Although the 40 year old club is one of Scotland's most established, since 1994 they have been without a proper base. Now, with help from £15,000 from the sportscotland Lottery Fund, the club not only have permanent headquarters but also facilities which are the envy of clubs throughout the South East of the country.
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