Month: August 2019

Partnership in Action

Everyone should have the opportunity to get involved in sport and physical activity, and this is one of the principles that underpins the approach taken by sportscotland and its partners.

Collaboration is another essential principle, and the sporting connection established between the bodies responsible for student sport and disability sport in Scotland crystallises the impact that can be achieved by working together.

A cornerstone of the vibrant partnership between Scottish Student Sport (SSS) and Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) has been the roll-out of the UK-wide Disability Inclusion Training (DIT) programme across the university and college landscape.

In the past two years, DIT has been embedded in all PE courses in Scotland, introduced to universities to enhance the trainee primary teaching curriculum and delivered to coaches in training across colleges and universities.

The full article can read on Sport First here:

https://sportfirst.sportscotland.org.uk/articles/partnership-in-action/

 

Scottish Women’s Football Administrator

Scottish Women’s Football is looking for a driven, enthusiastic and organised Administrator. This is an exciting role for someone who loves a fast paced environment, is a skilled administrator and wants to make a real difference to girls’ and women’s football in Scotland. We would like you to have a minimum of one year’s experience in a similar role, but if you don’t, but feel that you are the right person for the job, then we’d still love to hear from you.

About SWF:
SWF owns and is responsible for the management of the following competitions:

  • Scottish Building Society Scottish Women’s Premier League 1 & 2 (SWPL)
  • Scottish Women’s Premier League Cup
  • Scottish Women’s Football League Division 1 & Division 2 (SWFL)
  • Scottish Women’s Football League Cups (Division 1 & Division 2)
  • SSE Scottish Women’s Cup
  • Youth National Performance Leagues at U15/U19
  • Youth National Performance League Cups at U15/U19
  • Youth Regional Leagues at U13/U15/U17
  • Youth Regional League Cups at U13/U15/U17
  • Scottish Youth Cups at U13/U15/U17

This is an exciting time for girls’ and women’s football in Scotland with over 8000 players registered to play in SWF competitions and over 14,000 girls’ and women playing football across all activity.

Our club competition structures have developed significantly over the past 3 years with the introduction of our 8 team SWPL 1 and SWPL 2 which are now sponsored by the Scottish Building Society. We are seeing increased interest and investment in the girls’ and women’s game and are entering into our fourth year of partnership with SSE for sponsorship of our Senior Scottish Cup Competition.

We work closely with our partners at the Scottish FA to ensure a strategic approach to developing the game at a  recreations, club and elite level.

Next Steps:
To apply, please send your CV to jobs@scotwomensfootball.com for the attention of Fiona McIntyre. Closing date is Sunday 1st September with interviews provisionally scheduled for Thursday 12th September.

Salary dependent on experience.

For more information see the website here:

We Are Recruiting: Administrator

Scottish Rowing Club Support Manager

Fixed term contract until 31st March 2021

Salary £25,000

Scottish Rowing is the Governing Body for rowing in Scotland.  Our vision is to support and empower people in Scotland to enjoy rowing and achieve their potential.  To achieve this vision, Scottish Rowing has put in place an ambitious four-year plan to build on the recognised Olympic success of rowing and widen access to the sport at all levels.

In this exciting role, the successful post holder will have operational responsibility for delivering the Scottish Rowing Club Support Framework to promote sustainable and well run clubs and to promote growth within clubs.

This role will also have responsibility for managing relationships with key clubs and partners in the North Region.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. It is an offence therefore to apply if you are barred from working with children. The successful applicant will be required to become a PVG scheme member or update their scheme record if already a scheme member

For a full job description, candidate specification, application, monitoring and self-disclosure forms contact Carol Ann Ellis, Scottish Rowing Administrator.

Telephone: 01698 250206

Email: office@scottish-rowing.org.uk

OR see our website.

http://www.scottish-rowing.org.uk/index.php/about-us/vacancies

Application Process:

Applicant to return completed application form, CV, monitoring and self-disclosure form by email to office@scottish-rowing.org.uk, or by post to Scottish Rowing, Scottish Rowing Centre, 366 Hamilton Road, Motherwell, ML1 3ED.

For more information or an informal discussion please contact Mark Senter on 01698 250206 or email mark.senter@scottish-rowing.org.uk

Applications for this position close at noon on Friday 6th September 2019.

Interviews will be held on Friday 20th September 2019 in Glasgow.

Scottish Rowing 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 sections of the community.

Leading female athlete at Fife Championships

Marie Wilson is a former pupil of Lochgelly HS and she became the 36th winner of the Lita Allen Memorial Trophy by being voted the leading female athlete at the 2019 Fife Track and Field Championships supported by Fife Sports and Leisure Trust at Pitreavie Athletics Centre.

Disability Sport Fife decided to replace the original trophy because it was damaged. Marie became the first recipient of the new trophy. She received her award after a GOGA in Fife multi sports session supported by Spirit of 2012. Pamela Robson, Trustee of the DSF (SCIO) Board of Charity Trustees presented the trophy to Marie.

Marie is a fine all round athlete and hopes to become a GOGA in Fife peer mentor volunteer like her brother Fraser. At the moment however her College studies take precedence. Marie is on the short list of candidates to captain the Fife team at the SDS National Track and Field Championships at Grangemouth Stadium.

Richard Brickley OBE MBE Chairman DSF (SCIO) Board of Charity Trustees

Fife Para athlete secures silver behind world champion

Well done to Owen Miller from Dunfermline and Fife AC who secured a fine second place in T20 1500 metres at the Manchester International on Wednesday evening. Owen’s time was 3.59.98 in an event that was won by the world champion Michael Brannigan from the USA. Owen was the first T20 British athlete to cross the line.

Coach Steve Doig from Fife AC was pleased with Owen’s run considering he has had to pull back on training recently because of injury. Two sub four minute runs within a matter of a few days is a good outcome for the former Woodmill HS pupil.

Well done Owen. Another fine performance and reward for all your hard work these past months.

Richard Brickley OBE MBE Chairman DSF (SCIO) Board of Charity Trustees

GOGA in Fife plays host to Volunteering Matters

GOGA in Fife was privileged to play host to Darren Wyn Jones from Volunteering Matters on Wednesday 14th August. Darren visited the Michael Woods Sports & Leisure Centre and met and interviewed Robert Anderson and Adam Faulds from the GOGA in Fife peer mentor volunteer team. “We had a most enjoyable day with Darren” was one of many positive comments at the end of the day.

Adam and Robert were selected to represent the team along with Colleen Melville who sadly had to call off because she was unwell. Darren asked the boys lots of questions about being a peer mentor volunteer and not surprisingly he received lots of very positive responses. In due course Darren’s findings will be written up and shared.

Adam and Robert are two very committed peer mentor volunteers as well as being very active sportsmen. Robert recently led part of the Thursday multi sport warm up with around 70 participants and Adam is a qualified community walk leader. Both boys are very committed to the volunteering cause.

Richard Brickley OBE MBE Chairman DSF (SCIO) Board of Charity Trustees

Fife Para athlete has fine run at Forth Bridge 10K

Well done to T20 athlete Carter Taylor from Dunfermline and Fife Athletic Club who had an outstanding run at the Forth Road Bridge 10K earlier to day. Carter finished 8th overall and 6th senior male in a time of 37.55.

Carter is coached by Steve Doig at Fife AC and to say he has made great progress as an athlete in the last year would be an understatement. Already a world class water skier and very competent swimmer, it is only in the last year or so that the young Disability Sport Fife member has fully committed to athletics. His progress has been significant on the track and in cross country and he is now a force to be reckoned with at the forthcoming SDS Scottish Championships.

Congratulations Carter is following in the footsteps of Owen Miller and Sam Fernando in distance running. Like Owen, Carter is a former pupil of Woodmill HS, a school that continues to produce outstanding athletes year after year.

Richard Brickley OBE MBE Chairman DSF (SCIO) Board of Charity Trustees

Fife Para athlete throws PB in poor weather conditions

Jonny Brown headed off to the Scottish Athletics Throws Grand Prix series two with high hopes and in pleasant weather with Disability Sport Fife coach and father, David Brown by his side. When it came time for the seated throwers to compete at the end of the competition, the heavens opened and once again they had to throw in challenging conditions.

Despite the meteorological inconveniences Jonny threw a personal best in discus of 11.35 metres and narrowly missed out on a javelin PB when he threw 11.35 metres. Two fine performances by the F33 thrower from Fife who still remains our only local seated thrower.

Disability Sport Fife was assisted by REMAP and Scottish Athletics when Jonny’s throwing frame was being designed and manufactured. DSF now has two throwing frames located at Pitreavie Athletics Centre and Michael Woods Sports & Leisure Centre courtesy of Fife Sports and Leisure Trust. David Brown has become a skilled volunteer within the DSF track and field coaching team and Jonny continues to progress with every competition.

Richard Brickley OBE MBE Chairman DSF (SCIO) Board of Charity Trustees

Strong Performances from Fernando at Scottish Championships

Much to the relief of his support team and coach Ron Morrison, Sam Fernando from Gateside and Fife Athletic Club successfully negotiated two events in successive days at the Scottish Athletics National Senior Championships.

The programme was planned to replicate the back to back races Sam will contest in Brisbane in seven weeks time at the 2019 INAS Global Gameses as part of Team GB.

On Saturday Sam competed in 3000m steeplechase and finished in a time of 10:06.95. On Sunday he completed 5000m in a time of 15.46.11. Neither race was completed in a personal best time but Sam was close and consistency in performance is what the coach is after. Sam is recovering from injury and to negotiate such an intense schedule free of any problems is particularly pleasing.

In the period ahead Sam has another steeplechase in the Scottish Athletics Men’s League, the Scottish Trail Championship and the Scottish 10k at Stirling. A busy schedule but ideal preparation for taking on the leading T20 athletes in Australia in October. Well done Sam we are all behind you.

Richard Brickley OBE MBE Chairman DSF (SCIO) Board of Charity Trustees

Rae Experiences Altitude Training in Arizona

Derek Rae from Kirkcaldy and Fife AC continues to reap the benefits of his silver medal performance at the IPC World Marathon Championships that were held in London earlier this year as part of the Virgin Money London Marathon.

Derek was offered the opportunity to attend a training camp in Flagstaff Arizona with fellow Scots, Derek and Callum Hawkins, two of the leading mainstream marathon runners in the world.  This was Derek’s first attendance at this particular training camp but he had heard so many positive stories about it and not surprisingly he prepared well under the guidance of coach Ron Morrison.

Derek and his colleagues hit the ground running as soon as they touched base. The first run offered an insight on how the camp would unfold and what lay ahead. The location is amazing and every day the runs were challenging but the scenery spectacular.  As the days passed Derek began to feel that training at 7,000 ft was normal.  At the end of week one the hard work really started.

Derek grew in confidence and he believed his fitness was on a different level. Having previously only experienced altitude in Kenya it was very difficult to compare and contrast. Some running surfaces were similar but occasionally altitude likes to remind you who is boss and really in charge and Flagstaff was no different.

Experiencing and being in the position to soak up the sights of Route 66, Buffalo Park and the infamous Lake Mary Road added so much to the occasion and helped to make the sessions a little easier.  When he arrived back in Fife Derek was able to reflect on a hugely successful four week training camp and he loved every minute. It was a wonderful experience as a Paralympian training with two great Olympians.   Of course it filled him with enormous pride on how far he has come as a Para athlete and an ambassador for Para sport.

Derek is now in the best shape he has ever been and is looking forward to the next two months of racing ahead.  Not surprisingly he his is first to acknowledge the team that is behind him throughout the year at the sportscotland Institute of Sport plus of course Scottish Athletics and UK Athletics who continue to offer exceptional levels of support.  In addition Derek is immensely to coach and fellow athletes back at Fife AC who are behind him every day throughout the year.

Richard Brickley OBE MBE Chairman DSF (SCIO) Board of Charity Trustees