Month: March 2019

Scottish Disability Sport Boccia Development Officer

SDS has been successful in securing funding from the Scottish Government’s Women and Girl’s Fund to support the appointment of a Boccia Development Officer. The post holder will lead the development of boccia at grassroots level with a specific focus on women and girls and other identified talent recruitment classifications and will encourage potential participants to engage with the sport and progress along its pathway.

The successful candidate will work with key partners at a local, national and UK level to develop the sport of boccia at an engagement and participation level. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the existing SDS volunteer and staff structure to engage the boccia players of the future.

The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate proven experience of leading, developing, implementing and evaluating sports development initiatives and programmes as well as knowledge of sports development pathways. This post is initially offered on a two year fixed term basis with expectation of extension with an office base in Edinburgh.

For a full job description, candidate specification and application form, see below or apply online here.

OR, contact Caroline Lyon, Administrator, Scottish Disability Sport, Caledonia House South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ

Tel: 0131 317 1130

E-mail: admin@scottishdisabilitysport.com

Closing date: 12 noon on Tuesday 23rd April 2019.

Interviews: Tuesday 30th April 2019.

Boccia Development Officer Job Description

SDS Boccia Development Officer Application 2019

Equality Monitoring Form

Fresh Hope for Grampian Powerchair Football Club

After the sad demise of Granite Strikers Powerchair Football Club back in 2016, there’s hope that the sport can be offered regularly once again following a successful pilot session.

Five potential players from across the Grampian area joined staff from the Scottish Powerchair Football Association (SPFA) and coaches from Tayside Dynamos Powerchair Football Club for an action-packed afternoon where they were put through their paces in a series of drills and 1 v 1 games.

The taster session came about after an enquiry from a parent sparked a high level of local interest in relaunching the Club, as well as a very well-timed enquiry from Lewis McConnell from the SPFA who is keen to grow participation in the sport across the country.

With a handful of participants itching to get playing, a suitable venue identified, and local coach, Norman Innes, keen to step up to lead the team, the path is paved for the club to successfully relaunch in the summer term. A planning meeting will be held at the end of April to arrange suitable training days and times, and to help form the club committee.

If you (or someone you know) is a powerchair user or keen to volunteer, and would like to get involved in the relaunch of the club, please get in touch with Alison Shaw (Regional Manager for Scottish Disability Sport) on 07828 744 848 or alison.shaw@scottishdisabilitysport.com.

A huge thank you goes to Garry from Tayside Dynamos, Ryan and Lewis from the SPFA, Andrinne from Sport Aberdeen and coach Norman for running such a successful event.

Curling proves popular for Grampian pupils

An astounding 96 pupils rocked up to Curl Aberdeen for this year’s Grampian Schools ASN Curling Festival.

The popular event, which is continually booked to capacity, gives pupils with a range of additional support needs and disabilities (and their teachers) the opportunity to give the sport a go in a relaxed and adapted environment.

It is hoped that many of the pupils will go on to play curling regularly with both standing and wheelchair curling offered in both Aberdeen City and Moray. Aberdeen Wheelchair Curling Club has recently had a bit of a facelift under the management of ex-player, Craig Carter, and we look forward to seeing more players join the club and the formation of a junior programme.

A massive thank you goes to the staff at Curl Aberdeen for hosting and delivering the event, and to Active Schools Aberdeen for organising such a fantastic day!

If you, or someone you know, lives with a physical, sensory or intellectual impairment and would like to get more involved in curling or any other sport, please get in touch with Alison Shaw (Regional Manager for Scottish Disability Sport) on 07828 744 848 or alison.shaw@scottishdisabilitysport.com.

2019 Para Bowls Home Nations Championships

The Para Bowls Home Nations Championships took place at Glasgow Indoor Bowling Club, from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March. The event had teams from Scotland, England and Wales competing.

The format was a mixture of singles, pairs and triples matches, and the event was covered with Real Time Scoring throughout, provided by the Scottish Indoor Bowling Association.  This allowed the event to be followed live worldwide.

The Scottish Team – Physically Disabled
Billy Allan, Garry Brown, George Guthrie, Glen Livingston, Michael Simpson and John Wardrope

The Scottish Team – Visually Impaired
Robert Barr, Sandy McIntosh, Maria Spencer and Mary Stevenson

Directors
Sarah Jane Ewing, George Miller, Chris Morrow and David Thomas

Coaches and Support for the Scottish Team
Bob Christie, Chris McGready and Eric McMillan

Team Manager
Bob Dick

Janice Eaglesham MBE, Chair of Scottish Disability Sport, started off the proceedings by welcoming the Nations to Glasgow and the event. Les Shields, President of Glasgow Indoor Bowling Club, handed the facilities over to Scotland Team Manager Bob Dick. Gordon Woods, Indoor International Bowls Council President, gave a rousing and encouraging speech to all participants. The event was officially opened by World Indoor Bowls Singles Champion Stewart Anderson, who then spent time with all of the players with many photographs taken with the World Indoor Singles trophy.

6 SESSION RESULTS Points Shots
7 Session One SCOTLAND 10 99
8 Friday 3pm WALES 2 63
9
10 Session Two ENGLAND 10 107
11 Friday 6.30pm WALES 2 88
12
13 Session Three SCOTLAND 6 91
14 Saturday 9.15am ENGLAND 6 89
15
16 Session Four ENGLAND 12 106
17 Saturday 12.45pm WALES 0 37
18
19 Session Five SCOTLAND 8 97
20 Saturday 3.30pm WALES 4 70
21
22 Session Six SCOTLAND 6 90
23 Sunday 10.00am ENGLAND 6 88

Scotland came up just short in their bid to win the Championship. Needing to win on four of the six matches played on the last day, they managed three wins with England also winning three matches and Scotland edging ahead on shots by 90-88.

Mary Stevenson and Sandy McIntosh beat Sarah Marshall and Ron Homer 20-7 to win their Visually Impaired Pairs match. Maria Spencer and Robert Barr came back from 8-7 down to Alison Yearling and Darren Moon to win their match 17-10 in the other Visually Impaired Pairs match played this morning. Billy Allan and Glen Livingston moved through from 7 shots all to win their match against Mark Cooper and Mike Robertson by 20 shots to 8.

Bob Love maintained his dominant singles form for England against John Wardrope when he won 21-5. The other singles match saw Keiran Rollings convert his 11-1 early lead against Michael Simpson into a 21-15 win for England. Craig Bowler and Helen Wood won eight of the last nine ends of the match to end the unbeaten run of George Guthrie and Garry Brown.

The final standings were:

  • 1st England 34 points +84 shots
  • 2nd Scotland 30 points +67 shots
  • 3rd Wales 8 points -151 shots

Keiran Rollings was the only player for England to win all four matches played and this was a feat matched for Scotland by Robert Barr.

Caroline Brown, the number one ranking female bowler in Scotland, was the guest of honour at the Closing Ceremony and presented the trophy to England Team Manager Mo Monkton and Captain Bob Love.

Caroline continued by presenting certificates to the umpires. Alan Brown, Denise Connell, Janice Grant, Doreen Strachan, Colin Stuart, Mary Watt and Grace Whitton.

Team Manager Bob Dick returned the facilities to Glasgow IBC President Les Shields.

Scottish Disability Table Tennis Championships

First Scottish Disability Championships
Sunday 23rd June 2019, start time 10.00am

TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS

  1. The current laws of Table Tennis and the Rules & Regulations of the ITTF and TTS will apply.
  2. Qualification rounds for singles events will be by groups, except at the discretion of the Organising Committee.
  3. All ties shall be the best of 5 games and 11 points.
  4. Completed entry forms and fees to be sent to Kay Solaja C/O Dumfries Table Tennis Club Shakespeare St Dumfries DG1 2JE.
  5. If it is necessary to restrict entries, this will be done based on “last in first out”.
  6. The Tournament Committee will make the draw on a convenient date.
  7. The tournament organisers will supply umpires if possible but competitors may be asked to umpire.
  8. Play shall be on regulation sized tables with ITTF approved nets and posts. 40mm white plastic balls will be used.
  9. When called to the table, players will have 2 minutes to appear knock-up and start the match.
  10. Completion and submission of this entry form signifies agreement by the entrant to ALL conditions of the tournament.
  11. ITTF dress and racquet regulations will apply. Replica football kit is not permitted, all clothing should be dark in colour (no white shirts or shorts)
  12. Play will commence at 10.00 a.m.
  13. Changing rooms are available; car-parking facilities are available at the rear of centre.

Scottish Open Disability Championships

Scottish Rowing

Firhill Youth Project Lead Coach

The post will be focused around the delivery and co-ordination of water sports activities and other sporting and lifestyle activities in the Firhill Basin and the wider geographical area. The post will include working with children and young people from various communities in North Glasgow. In addition, this post will involve creating and developing partnerships to provide other opportunities and activities that will support the project. The post will be based at the Firhill Basin, Partick Thistle Football Club.

Firhill Youth Project Lead Coach Job Description.docx

 

Scottish Swimming Regional Swimming Development Manager (Central West)

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO DEVELOP AQUATICS IN SCOTLAND?

Salary circa £27k plus 6% pension

Scottish Swimming is seeking a Regional Swimming Development Manager to support and develop stronger, more sustainable clubs that will provide increased and quality opportunities for people to participate at all levels.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self- motivated individual to help our clubs to grow and retain their members by supporting them to provide quality coaching environments which enable athletes to progress to whatever level they choose. Excellent leadership, communication and negotiating skills are a must as well as the ability to enthuse and motivate others.

Key Functions:

  • To lead the development of swimming by implementing, monitoring and evaluating the Scottish Swimming Development Plan and Regional Swimming Development Plan.
  • Work in partnership to deliver a coherent athlete pathway.
  • Support and develop aquatic clubs.
  • Support and develop volunteers, coaches and technical officials.

This post covers Glasgow, Stirling, Falkirk, Clackmannanshire and North and South Lanarkshire.

In return you will be offered an attractive salary, including contributory pension, as well as being part of a dynamic team that aims to ensure that everyone can swim. Scottish Swimming is committed to selecting staff solely on the basis of their ability to do the job for which they are being recruited, and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

For an informal discussion please contact Sarah Pryde-Smith, on 07917 875447.

For further information and a recruitment pack please go to the recruitment section of the Scottish Swimming website, HERE.

Closing Date: 12 noon, Tuesday 23rd April
Interviews: Tuesday 7th May

SportsAid Scotland support for Scottish Para Athletes

Scottish Disability Sport is pleased to announce that 20 of Scotland’s leading para athletes have been financially supported by SportsAid Scotland.  The Robertson Trust, SportsAid London and Perth Kinnoull Rotary are the main sponsors and have allocated funds based on performance levels and sports specific commitments this year.

The following athletes will be supported in 2019;

Cameron Radigan (Archery)

Steven Bryce (Athletics)

Gavin Drysdale (Athletics)

Sam Fernando (Athletics)

Nathan Fleetwood (Athletics)

Alexander Thomson (Athletics)

Kieran Steer (Boccia)

Reegan Stevenson (Boccia)

Laura Cluxton (Cycling)

Hannah Dines (Cycling)

Michael Drever (Shooting)

Allan Ritchie (Shooting)

Callum Deboys (Nordic Skiing)

Michael Kear (Alpine Skiing)

Ryan Henry (Table Tennis)

David Beattie (Wheelchair Basketball)

David Hird (Wheelchair Basketball)

Ben Leitch (Wheelchair Basketball)

Josh Manson (Wheelchair Basketball)

Gemma Lumsdaine (Wheelchair Rugby)

The financial support offered to athletes at this level is invaluable and Scottish Disability Sport wishes to thank SportsAid Scotland.