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sportscotland is pleased to announce that Ian Beattie has accepted the role of Vice‑Chair of the organisation.
Louise Martin CBE, Chair of sportscotland, today announced a substantial investment of nearly £3.5 million to improve sports facilities across the country, as part of its drive to increase participation and deliver a legacy from the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Waterskiscotland were celebrating today as sportscotland announced a £40,121 funding package for the sport.
It was advantage tennis today with the announcement of a sportscotland investment of £303,000 in Tennis Scotland for 2007/08.
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).
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.
Udny Tennis Club in Pitmedden, near Ellon is set to receive a sportscotland Lottery investment of £20,000 to assist with the upgrading and resurfacing of two tennis courts, the upgrading of perimeter fencing and the installation of new nets.
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.
On the hallowed turf of Murrayfield, with only hours to go before the Scottish national team faces their first Autumn Test against the All Blacks, sportscotland announced an £835,074 investment in the sport of rugby to support the next generation of Bravehearts to play and develop within rugby.
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’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.
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.
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.
At sportscotland’s Annual Partners meeting in Edinburgh today, Chair, Louise Martin CBE confirmed that the decentralisation of the organisation is now taking shape and will be rolled out over the coming months, benefitting Scottish sport at all levels.
Sport and physical activity takes many forms and sportscotland celebrated that diversity today by announcing an investment package of over £100,000 in seven sporting organisations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
sportscotland today announced another investment of over half a million pounds into Scottish sport. Two sports with athletes competing in the Commonwealth Youth Games this week were the recipients, with BADMINTONScotland receiving £426,685 and Table Tennis Scotland awarded £114,255.
Sailors in Largs will soon be enjoying enhanced facilities at the Scottish Sailing Institute thanks to a £50,000 investment by sportscotland.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Scottish Government is investing £1.2 million in grassroots sports facilities in West Lothian, Communities and Sport Minister Stewart Maxwell announced today.
sportscotland, the national agency for sport, today announced another raft of senior appointments to the restructured team as it prepares for its imminent relocation to Glasgow.
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. Louise, who is an existing sportscotland Board Member said: “I have enjoyed a long association with sportscotland both as a Board Member and in my capacity as Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland and believe the organisation has a significant role to play in driving Scottish sport forwards.
Today, one of motor rallying’s greatest ever talents, the late Colin McRae MBE was honoured as one of four new inductees into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame at the National Museum of Scotland. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon presided over the occasion, that also saw rugby legend David Sole OBE, Olympic swimmer Catherine Brown (nee Gibson) and disability sportswoman Isabel Newstead MBE recognised for their outstanding sporting achievements.
Sports Minister Stewart Maxwell and sportscotland Chief Executive Stewart Harris were in Lockerbie today (Tuesday 18 November) to officially open the upgraded Lockerbie Ice Rink, which received sportscotland funding and to announce the sportscotland annual investment in the governing body for curling, the Royal Caledonian Curling Club (RCCC).
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.
sportscotland announced today that Bob Kinnaird has been appointed as the new principal of Scotland’s National Outdoor Training Centre, Glenmore Lodge. Bob, who has been chief executive of CairnGorm Mountain Ltd. for the last eight years will take up his new role in December 2008.
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.
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.
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.
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
sportscotland today announced an investment of over £300,000 in basketballscotland, the largest annual investment ever awarded to the sport in Scotland.
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.
The future of Scottish rugby was boosted today when Sport Minister, to increase participation and retain talented young players.
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.