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A revised nationwide Sports Strategy will improve and develop Scottish sport improving health, self-confidence and quality of life, Patricia Ferguson announced today
sportscotland welcomes the new planning policy published recently by Scottish Government to protect and improve playing fields and open space in Scotland.
sportscotland demonstrated its commitment to addressing the challenge of improving Scotland’s sports facilities with a further investment of £1,120,000 from the Building for Sport Programme.
sportscotland continues its mission to enhance sports facilities across the length and breadth of the country with an investment of £114,045 in two communities in Dumfries and Orkney. The two Lottery awards from sportscotland’s Building for Sport programme focus on the creation of new quality changing facilities. sportscotland see this as a priority as it is essential for the development of sport at grass roots level.
As Scotland’s senior women’s volleyball team prepare for this weekend’s European finals, sportscotland is delighted to announce £190,000 in annual investment to the sport for 2007.
As Scottish Gymnastics prepares for this weekend’s Gymfest in Inverness, sportscotland is delighted to announce £350,000 investment in the sports governing body for 2007/08.
The Scottish Schoolsport Federation (SSF) will receive an investment of £50,000 that will go towards the administration of the ‘Teacher Release Scheme’. The Teacher Release Scheme supports teachers to enable them to accompany national squads and attend out of school hour’s competitions. This investment will also enable the SSF to continue its day to day work including its role to lobby on behalf of various Government agencies on core issues which surround school sport, and in particular sport in the “extended curriculum” in schools.
Today sportscotland published guidance on the planning and design of school playing fields. The writing of this guidance, entitled ‘School Playing Fields – Planning & Design Guidance’, was prompted due to the high level of current and planned investment in new and replacement school facilities, in particular with the increase in Public Private Partnerships (PPP) projects in Scotland.
Only one sport can claim to have won a medal for Scotland at every Commonwealth Games since 1930, and that’s boxing and today sportscotland is announcing it’s largest ever annual investment in Amateur Boxing Scotland Ltd (ABS) of £205,000 for 2007, to try and keep this amazing record going.
Scotland enjoys outstanding natural resources, which for a number of sports creates the perfect ‘green gymnasium’. sportscotland is delighted to announce annual investment for three sports that make good use of everything the great outdoors has to offer.
sportscotland supports Scottish governing bodies of sport in many different ways, helping them to achieve our shared goals of increasing participation and improving performance. sportscotland is therefore pleased to announce an investment of £99,694 from our National and Regional Facilities Small Equipment Programme to 20 governing bodies to assist with the purchase of essential equipment.
The events of Melbourne 2006 will live long in the memory, with the Scottish Team winning 11 gold, 7 silver and 11 bronze medals to become the most successful Scottish Team in Commonwealth Games history.
sportscotland today announced a £150,000 investment to support the work of CHILDREN 1st as they deliver a child protection support service to Scotland’s governing bodies of sport.
Scottish cyclists won a remarkable six Commonwealth Games and three World Track Championship medals in 2006 and with sportscotland’s announcement of annual investment for 2007, Scottish Cycling is aiming to build on that success.
sportscotland’s mission to enhance community sports facilities across the country continues with an investment of £267,521 from the Building for Sport programme. This investment, of which £119,276 is sportscotland Lottery funding, will benefit four communities in Acharacle and Spean Bridge in the Highlands, Birkhill in Angus, and Maybole in South Ayrshire.
Scotland’s hills and mountains attract thousands of people each year and when incidents do happen it is the teams of volunteer mountain rescue teams that are called on to help. In recognition of the essential service that mountain rescue teams provide, sportscotland is investing £85,000 towards the cost of a new £500,000 rescue centre for the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team.
Caberfeidh Shinty Club in Strathpeffer, one of the oldest shinty clubs in Scotland, is set to receive a sportscotland Lottery award of £100,000 to assist in the construction of a new pavilion.
As Scotland’s cricketing heroes get ready to head off to the World Cup in the West Indies, sportscotland is delighted to announce its annual investment in Cricket Scotland of £336,300, the fourth consecutive year of increased investment.
Supported by an award of £125,000 from sportscotland’s Building for Sport programme, the club will benefit from a new clubhouse including a new family room, changing rooms, storage, indoor bowls practice area, new club offices, greenkeepers’ accommodation as well as improved disabled access. The new facilities will enable the club to increase its junior membership, host competitions as well as providing access for disabled bowlers and spectators.
sportscotland is delighted to announce annual investment of £105,000 for 2007 in the sport of shinty through the Camanachd Association.
The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) has proved its dedication to sports equity by achieving the Foundation level of the Equity Standard: A Framework for Sport.
Patricia Ferguson MSP, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport was today joined at the Marriott Dalmahoy Golf and Country Club by Scotland’s number one amateur golfer, Richie Ramsay, as sportscotland acknowledged an extremely successful 2006 for the Scottish Golf Union and the Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association with the announcement of annual investment of £571,000.
Julia Bracewell OBE Chair, sportscotland was joined by some of Scotland’s best young hockey players to announce sportscotland’s annual investment of £637,000 in the Scottish Hockey Union (SHU) for 2007.
Hundreds of young golfers in Edinburgh and Carstairs will benefit from quality new practice and coaching facilities following an investment of £69,559 by sportscotland. The investment from sportscotland’s Building for Sport programme will see a new indoor golf coaching and development centre created at Mouse Valley Golf Club near Carstairs and a new pitching area and putting green built at Turnhouse Golf Club in Edinburgh.
Scotland's sailing community received a major boost from sportscotland today with the announcement of annual investment in the Royal Yachting Association Scotland, of £329,470 for 2007.
Stewart Maxwell MSP, Minister for Communities and Sport and Julia Bracewell OBE, Chair of sportscotland, today joined clubgolf youngsters at Turnhouse Golf Club in Edinburgh. They were there to celebrate sportscotland’s annual investment in Scottish golf through the Scottish Golf Union and the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association of £911,000 and at the same time, highlight 13 year old Ryan Gordon from Alford, Aberdeenshire as Scottish golf’s latest success story.
As the curtain draws on another RBS 6 Nations campaign, Scottish Rugby today received a major boost with sportscotland’s announcement of £802,000 in annual investment to the sport.
Physical activity and sport sessions in schools have jumped by 53 per cent at primary level, and 17 per cent overall, in the last two years since Active Schools was launched with £12 million per annum of backing from Ministers.
£6.5million will be invested in Scottish sport to increase participation, improve elite performances and deliver world-class facilities, announced today.
With the new school term now underway sportscotland’s Active Schools Network is continuing to have a positive impact on the number and range of physical activity and sport opportunities for school aged youngsters in the Highlands. Active Schools plays a key role in the Scottish Government’s drive to promote active, healthy lifestyles.
At just seventeen double Paralympic World Cup medal winner Elizabeth, ‘Libby’ Clegg may seem a bit young to be a role model but she already knows her achievements could go someway to getting disabled athletes the recognition they rightly deserve.
With the new school term now underway sportscotland’s Active Schools Network is continuing to have a positive impact on the number and range of physical activity and sport opportunities for school aged youngsters in Aberdeenshire. Active Schools plays a key role in the Scottish Government’s drive to promote active, healthy lifestyles.
Scotland’s equestrian community received a boost today with sportscotland’s announcement of annual investment of £82,000, in the Scottish Equestrian Association (SEA) for 2007.
Following a review of the management structure and operation of sportscotland’s National Centres at Inverclyde and Cumbrae, sportscotland Chief Executive, Stewart Harris, today confirmed plans that will see the centres work more closely together under the leadership of John Kent.
The 12th of March celebrates Commonwealth Day and is a fitting occasion to welcome a further eight inductees into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame at the National Museum of Scotland, including three Commonwealth Games greats.
Over 100 coaches from the East of Scotland will come together this weekend for a regional coaching conference. Entitled ‘Coaching Counts 2007’, the East of Scotland Coaching Conference is being held at Meadowbank Sports Centre and the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh and will offer a quality coach development programme to local and regional coaches from a range of sports.
With Scottish rugby fans willing their team to success at the Rugby World Cup in France next month, Livingston Rugby Club will be celebrating early with the official opening of their new changing rooms this Saturday (1 September).
Scotland’s men and women bowlers have received a huge boost ahead of this month’s European Championships in Cyprus with sportscotland’s announcement of £55,000 investment in the sport.
The community of Inverbervie will be celebrating this Saturday (25 August) with the official opening of Bervie Caley FC’s new pavilion.
Scotland was the epicentre for world badminton when Glasgow hosted the World Team Badminton Championships earlier this year and the sport is hitting the headlines once again with the announcement of £356,500 investment from sportscotland for 2007/08.
Behind every great sports person there usually lies an amazing coach. At its ‘Partners Meeting’ in Glasgow today, sportscotland is recognising the importance of coaching with the announcement of a £5 million investment over four years to strengthen and improve coaching provision for the future.
sportscotland is spreading some early Christmas cheer to communities across Scotland with the announcement of an investment of over £1.1 million in local sports facilities. The investment which totals £1,131,788 will see projects in Aberdeen, Paisley, Peebles, Torridon, Scone, Loch Tummel, Stirling, Stornoway and Hawick all benefiting. This brings sportscotland’s total investment in sports facilities to £18.2m for 2007.
Scotland boasts some of the world’s most beautiful landscape and figures show that increasing numbers of walkers and climbers are taking full advantage and heading for the hills. Indeed it is estimated that over 6.5 million participation days are spent on Scotland’s summits each year, with around five percent of Scots visiting the peaks every month.
basketballscotland are set for a "slam-dunking" New Year with the news that sportscotland are to invest £257,000 in the sport, an increase on last year's funding of over £19,000.
With the new school term now underway sportscotland’s Active Schools Network is continuing to have a positive impact on the number and range of physical activity and sport opportunities for school aged youngsters in Clackmannanshire. Active Schools plays a key role in the Scottish Government’s drive to promote active, healthy lifestyles.
With the new school term now underway, Communities and Sport Minister, Stewart Maxwell MSP, today visited Mearns Primary School in East Renfrewshire to see for the first time the positive impact that sportscotland’s Active Schools Network is having on the number and range of physical activity and sport opportunities for school aged youngsters. Active Schools plays a key role in the Scottish Government’s drive to promote active, healthy lifestyles.
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