Glasgow City Basketball Club, in partnership with Glasgow Life are hosting an ‘ASN’ Basketball Festival for participants with a learning disability (ages 12+). The event will take place at the Kelvinhall on Sunday 28^th May from 11:00-2:30pm

For further information please contact: Toni.glasgowcity@gmail.com

ECOS Basketball Festival

The West Regional Manager Gary McDonald visited the Glasgow Goalball session on Monday 24^th April and was given a nice surprise of taking part in one of the sessions.

Gary thought he was only there to observe and report but was thrown straight into the deep end to take part and absolutely loved it.

Gary said: “This was my first experience of goalball. I had to get used to the area, sounds and position to block a medicine ball and I even scored two goals.”

For anyone looking to try goalball in the West, the club runs on a Monday every two weeks in Rosshall Academy. Or for further information please email Gary on gary.mcdonald@scottishdisabilitysport.com.

The Scottish Cerebral Palsy Football team will travel to Sardinia to compete in the International Federation of Cerebral Palsy European Championships between the 29 May and the 11 June 2023. The following players will represent Scotland at the tournament:

Name	Home town	Local Authority
Christopher Moore	Cowie	Stirling
Jamie Kelly	Hamilton	South Lanarkshire
Kerr Mackenzie	Paisley	Renfrewshire
Blair Glynn	Tranent	East Lothian
Martin Hickman	Glasgow	City of Glasgow
Barry Hunter	Uddingston	South Lanarkshire
Mark Robertson
Keiran Martin	Falkirk	Falkirk
Barry Halloran
Dean Thornton	Glasgow	City of Glasgow
Sean Millership	Epsom	Surrey
Matthew Wynne	Eaglesham	East Renfrewshire
James McAlpine	Glasgow	City of Glasgow

Team Manager Greig Taylor and Coaches James Docherty, Craig Young and Billy McAdam as well as Physiotherapists Katie Scott, Erin-Louise Robertson and Kirsty Pitts will support the team throughout the competition.

n the group stages Scotland will play Ireland, Ukraine and Germany and you can see the full tournament schedule here: Tournaments – CP Football (ifcpf.com). Scotland will start their campaign playing against Ireland on Friday 2 June at 3.30pm

If you would like more information about CP Football in Scotland and how you can get involved and support the squad please watch this video:

 

SDS are excited to let you know that there is a specific Goalball group within Glasgow that run at Rosshall Academy on a Monday from 6.30-8.30pm. Please see the flyer above for more information. For anyone unaware of the sport goalball please see the video here:

 

`For further information about the other sports such as Tandem cycling and VI tennis please listen to the podcast from Graeme and Andrea here (RNIB – See Sport Differently / Goalball, VI Tennis and Tandem Cycling in Glasgow (audioboom.com).

Contact glasgowgoalball@outlook.com or SDS Regional Manager Gary McDonald on gary.mcdonald@scottishdisabilitysport.com.

Glasgow Goalball flyer

The  annual Central Parasport Festival was a huge success with 47 children and young people with hearing loss, vision impairments and physical disabilities participating and enjoying the fun filled multi-sport event.  

Pupils from 30 mainstream schools travelled from across Central Scotland to Grangemouth Sports Complex to take part in this unique, fun opportunity.  

Participants were delighted that the day was kicked off by a question and answer session with two exceptional young ladies, Grace Stirling (Young Start member and SDS Tutor) and Abby Cook (42nd presenter of Blue Peter) who both shared how attending the parasport festival has made a significant and positive contribution to their lives as athletes but also to their personal development as member of the SDS Young Start Programme.  

Throughout the day participants were introduced to more fun through a variety of taster sessions in archery, athletics, basketball, boccia, badminton, canoeing, cycling and swimming. All sports were delivered by local sports clubs and governing bodies.  

Thanks must go to the following partners, Forth Valley Disability Sport, Falkirk Council, Active Stirling, Clackmannanshire Council, clubs and governing bodies for making the event possible. A special thank you to Falkirk Council for supporting this event. 

This was a farewell event for Cheryl Lappin, SDS Regional Development Manager for Central Scotland as she is moving on to work with British Curling. 

She said: “The event was a fantastic success and a worthwhile experience for many pupils engaging in sports they may never have tried before, but also for their parents and teachers alike.” 

Follow up support will be provided by the new SDS Regional Manager to support participants into an activity or sport of their choice in the local area. 

If you would like to find out more about this event or disability sport opportunities in Central Scotland, please contact admin@scottishdisabilitysport.com or telephone 0131 317 1130. 

West of Scotland Disability Sports, Disability Sport Glasgow, Glasgow Disability Badminton Club, Glasgow & North Strathclyde Badminton Group, Badminton Scotland and Scottish Disability Sport are delighted to invite entries from across Scotland to the second West Open Disability Badminton Tournament. This is a singles only competition and cost per player is Badminton Scotland Members FREE and Non-Members £5.  

If time allows doubles games will be organised.  

The tournament organisers have the right to amalgamate any sections depending on number of entries.

SCHEDULE:

Registration will open at 9.00am and the championships will begin at 09.30am sharp. The schedule and draw will depend on the number of entries and will be completed one week before the event. We aim to do a round robin format to ensure everyone gets multiple games before a knockout stage or final.

SECTIONS:

There will be four sections of the competition which are mixed gender and minimum age is 12:

A – Open Class for Players who use a Wheelchair (WC)

B – Open Class for Players with an ambulant Physical Disability (PD)

C – Open Class for Players with a Learning and/or Sensory Disability (LD)

D – Open Class for Short Stature Players (SS)

CATERING:

We recommend bringing your lunch.  There is a cafe on site.

RULES:

All round robin matches will be played first to 21 with extended scoring. Semi Final and Final will be 3 sets to 21.

Please familiarise yourself with find attached the Code of Conduct for the event.  To view this click the link here

GDPR: 

In regard to GDPR, you can view our Privacy Notice by clicking here

Please register to attend here.

Saturday 29 April 2023, 2.00-5.00pm

MDUK, Scottish Disability Sport, the Scottish Powerchair Football Association, Scottish Swimming and Scottish Curling are holding an in-person multi-sports partnership event.

Come along to find out more about Scottish Disability Sport and local opportunities for participation across Scotland, for children and young people living with a muscle wasting condition.

There will be a chance to try powerchair football, boccia, floor curling and swimming. This is also a great opportunity to meet other families who know what it’s like to live with a muscle-wasting condition.

If you would like to attend this event, please contact Jackie Munro for further information and to confirm your place: j.munro@musculardystrophyuk.org / 07712 523 778

On Saturday 25 March, Jonathan Paterson was invited to Hampden Park and was presented with his 100th international Cap.

JP has had a fantastic career in football with an impressive 106 international caps playing for Scotland. As well as 106 caps, JP has scored 68 goals, attended three Paralympic Games and multiple major European and World events.

SDS were delighted that Jonathon’s achievements were recognised at the Scotland V Cyprus European 2024 Qualifiers and we wish him all the best in his retirement.

Scottish Para Swimmers made the familiar trip to Ponds Forge in Sheffield to compete in the Para Swimming World Series which incorporated the British Para-Swimming between Thursday 16 and Sunday 19 March.  

The meet provided Scots, and their GB counterparts, with their only opportunity to qualify for the World Para Swimming Championships, taking place in Manchester this summer. 

Paul Wilson, Scottish Swimming’s Disability Performance Development Manager, said of the event, 

“This has been an excellent meet where the quality of racing has been very high. There have been a lot of positives to take from the event, including a number of Scottish Records, and perhaps more importantly, personal bests set across the classifications. The key now is for the athletes to move their performances on, and I look forward to them developing their race plans and executing them in the season ahead.” 

Congratulations to all swimmers on their fantastic performances. A  breakdown of the highlights for each day of the event can be found below.  

Day 1  

• University of Edinburgh swimmer Stephen Clegg wasted no time in posting that qualification time for the home World Championships, with an excellent heat swim in the 100m Freestyle. Stephen, who competes in the S12 category, was less than half a second outside of his own British Record, coming home in a time of 53.92 in the first session of the weekend. 
• Toni Shaw, back competing with University of Aberdeen Performance, was the second Scot to dip under that all important qualification time, also in the 100m Freestyle. The S9 swimmer is only competing in the 100m Freestyle this weekend, so will be happy to have left with a chance of being able to compete at the World Championships. 
• City of Glasgow S14 swimmer Louis Lawlor set a new Scottish record in the 100m Freestyle, in a time of 53.97, before later lowering it to 53.93. Louis was just outside the world qualification time with both swims. 
• University of Aberdeen Performance swimmer Faye Rogers made her debut in international competition with a pair of impressive swims in the multi-classification 100m Freestyle (S10) and 200m Individual Medley (SM10) – earning a place in final in both 

Day 2  

• Sam Downie, of East Lothian Swim Team and Musselburgh Marlins, secured a World Championships Qualification Time in the 100m Backstroke heats in the morning, with the S8 swimmer coming home in a PB of 1:08.52 to all but secure his place on the Great Britain World’s Team for a second year in a row. Commonwealth swimmer Sam qualified for the World Series Final 2, and swam another time under his old PB, touching home in 1:09.11. 
• Stephen Clegg added another Worlds Qualification Time to his armoury on Friday – this time in the 100m Backstroke, in what was an S12 Scottish Record time of 1:00.94. The Edinburgh University athlete then lowered his record to 1:00.23 to take Gold – agonisingly close to the sub-60 second mark.
• University of Edinburgh swimmer Scott Quin became the highest scoring British Swimmer in the Multi Classification 100m Breaststroke final in a time of 1:07.48, but was disappointed not to achieve the World Championship qualifying time. 
• University of Stirling swimmer Abby Kane continued her programme with an appearance in the 100m Backstroke World Series Final 2.   
• SB5 Breaststroker Laura Pilkington lowered her 50 and 100m Breaststroke records to 58.42 and 2:05.79 respectively. 
• Swim – IT member Merryn Binnie also set two Scottish Records, in the SB 6 50 and 100m Breaststroke. Her times of 1:03.85 and 2:24.76 were considerable personal bests. Merryn then lowered her 50m time to 1:01.58 in the British final. 

Day 3  

• University of Stirling Swimmer Oliver Carter took over 2.5 seconds off his own S10 Scottish Record for 400m freestyle on the penultimate day of action from the Para Swimming World Series inc. the British Para Swimming Meet, taking place in Sheffield. Carter, who made his international debut at last year’s Para Swimming World Championships in Madeira, first broke the record during the morning heats, but further lowered the time to 4:16.65 with a blistering final swim, where he finished 12th overall in the World Series Final. 
• In other events Tegan Davidson (University of Aberdeen) and Amy MacFarlane (Motherwell & Wishaw) finished the GBR final of the 200m freestyle in sixth and eighth respectively. In the Men’s 200m freestyle, Matthew Scott (University of Aberdeen) and Bjorn Aaen (Hamilton) finished the GBR final in fifth and eighth place respectively, while in the World Series 200m freestyle final, City of Glasgow Swim Team’s Louis Lawlor finished seventh overall in 2:01.67 (788 points) while Jack Milne (University of Aberdeen) finished 24th overall in 2:11.15 (629 points). 

Day 4  

• University of Aberdeen swimmer Faye Rogers stormed to World Series gold on the closing day of the Citi Para Swimming World Series Inc. British Para-Swimming Meet in Sheffield. 
• Stephen Clegg finished as the highest Brit, touching home in sixth place in 58.35, which scored  919 points. Clegg’s time was another swim under the consideration time for the World Championships, and was a special moment as he went in the final after his brother James, who finished as the third best Brit in seventeenth. 
• Louis Lawlor again bettered the Scottish Record for S14 for the 100m butterfly, finishing in 1:00.15. In the GBR final Matthew Scott (University of Aberdeen) finished in a time of 1:12.86. 
• Oliver Carter broke his S10 Scottish Record for the event, finishing in 1:03.85. 

If you or anyone you know is living with a disability and would like to get involved in swimming please contact admin@scottishdisabilitysport.com or telephone 0131 3171130. Support is available to find the right opportunity.