Having graduated from university last summer my life is as busy as ever! I am currently undertaking an internship with Scottish Disability Sport in which I am learning a whole new side of sport, through a sports development and events perspective, which I am really enjoying.
I have enjoyed helping out at various events over the past few months and getting to know different sports which I had little experience with. My time during the internship has definitely helped with my ambition to work in sport development and has hopefully given me knowledge that I can use in my future career.
Since October I have also been coaching in North Lanarkshire. This has given me an opportunity to gain experience in this area. It is a really great feeling when the young kids I am coaching enjoy the activities you are helping them with, and this is one of the reasons I wanted to have a career in sports development.
We are half way through the season in basketball and this has been another experience that I am glad that I have continued with. This season at my club, Lothian Phoenix, I was promoted to 1st team and have gained a lot more knowledge of the game and hope that this opportunity will further increase my ability to play and be part of this team. As part of the 1st team I had the opportunity to play for Lothian Phoenix in the Scottish Cup. Lothian Phoenix were lucky enough to reach the final. Unfortunately we lost the final to St. Mirren Warriors, however I thoroughly enjoyed my experience at such an amazing event at the Oriam in Edinburgh. My first experience of a Scottish Cup weekend in basketball was an exciting one.
At the end of last year the first round of Women’s League took place in Sheffield. Going into division 3 with a brand new team – Scottish Women Warriors. A lot of the team had never played together before and to come away with 2 out of 2 wins was a great result! The second round of Women’s League takes place in the first weekend of February and Scottish Women Warriors are going doing to Nottingham to play the same two teams as before.
Overall I think that 2018 is shaping up to be a very good year. I am hoping with my internship with SDS I will have more opportunity to help out with Young Persons Sport Panel and other events this year.