I had the pleasure today of visiting Auchmuty High School in Glenrothes along with Boccia UK Performance Coach and Scottish Disability Sport Board member Claire Morrison. Our mission was to lay out a boccia court for Auchmuty HS pupils and I am delighted to report that we achieved our objective within 35 minutes.
Principal teacher of PE Ally Jack and his staff team are fully behind the project. Auchmuty HS pupil Tyler McLelland is a member of the Scottish Boccia squad of fourteen and is keen to train and develop his considerable playing skills and where better than within school hours or after school. The Physical Education team and support assistant clearly articulated today that they are behind Tyler and the court is clear evidence. Tyler is already coordinating a lunch time boccia session for his peers and we were informed today that it is thriving. Tyler is coached by his mum Emma.
Well done Auchmuty HS staff for responding so positively to a request from DSF for a boccia court in one of the school’s magnificent gym spaces. Congratulations to Tyler on securing a place in the Scottish Disability Sport national squad. Having this perfect training space will hopefully inspire other pupils to enjoy the game of boccia and help Tyler achieve his dream of climbing the BC4 ranking list. Boccia is a Paralympic sport for participants who use power or manual wheelchairs.
Richard Brickley OBE MBE Chairman DSF (SCIO) Board of Charity Trustees