The Scottish National Cerebral Palsy Football Team are due to return to the international stage this month when they travel to Barcelona from 7th – 10th June to compete in the International Trophy CP Football Ciutat de Barcelona organised by the Catalan Sports Federation of Cerebral Palsy (FECPC).

Scotland will face experienced international teams in Barcelona with Argentina, Denmark and the USA competing along with teams from Catalonia and CP United. The Scots first group match will be against CP United on the 7^th June followed by Argentina on the 8^th and Denmark on the 9^th. The final ranking matches will take place on the 10^th June followed by the presentation of medals.

Scotland have selected an exciting blend of experience and youth for Barcelona with the following players being named in the squad;

Barry Halloran, Motherwell

Martin Hickman, Glasgow

Scott Martin, London

Lewis McIntyre, Kilbarchan

Jamie Mitchell, Livingston

Mark Robertson, Roslin

Robert Millar, Dunoon

Blair Glynn, Tranent

Stephen Young, Dunfermline

Ross Russell, Bishopbriggs

Blair McGregor, Glasgow

Dean Thornton, Glasgow

Ian Paton, Kilmarnock

Matthew Wynne, Eaglesham

The players will be supported at the competition by Head Coach Greig Taylor, along with Assistant Coaches Graeme Robertson and Scott Christie and Physiotherapist, Dr Elaine Coulter.

Our sincere thanks go to the Scottish FA, NorDan UK Ltd, The Blue Eyes Sports Foundation and Fresh Interior Solutions for their generous support of the Scottish National Cerebral Palsy Football Team.

 

Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) is the recognised governing body for boccia in Scotland and is responsible for leading and developing the sport at all levels.  The UK Boccia Championships is the key singles event on the calendar for our players.  Following the Scottish Championships, a team of nine players have been selected to represent Scotland at the event which will be held on the 9 and 10 June at the sportscotland National Sports Centre, Inverclyde.

The following players and coaches will represent Scotland:

BC1
Reegan Stevenson

BC2
Callum Glasgow

BC3
Scott McCowan (2017 Champion)
Jamie McCowan
Patrick Wilson
Sean McCann

BC4
Stephen McGuire (2017 Champion)
Peter McGuire
Ross Munro

Coaching Staff
Andrinne Craig
Jennifer Livingstone
Lewis McConnell

Gordon Reid made it back-to-back Japan Open Super Series men’s singles wheelchair tennis titles on Saturday when the Rio Paralympic champion defeated world No.3 Shingo Kunieda of Japan 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in Iizuka.

Reid ends the tournament as singles and doubles champion in the same year in Iizuka for the first time after partnering fellow Brit Alfie Hewett to win Friday’s men’s doubles final, when Kunieda was again on the opposite side of the net. Reid also leaves Asia with three titles in three events in two weeks after winning the men’s singles at last week’s Korea Open ITF 1 Series.

As well as marking another successful tournament for players on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis World Class Programme, Saturday’s victory means Reid has now won three career singles titles at Super Series level, the highest tier of standalone wheelchair tennis tournaments outside of the four Grand Slams.

“It means a lot to me to win the Japan Open for a second year running. Shingo is always a tough opponent and somebody I enjoy sharing the court with, so it was a great moment for me today in front of a fantastic crowd. Taking the title is the perfect end to this tour for me and I’m looking forward to taking this confidence into the rest of the tournaments over the summer.,” said Reid, who reached Saturday’s final after four straight sets wins, including a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Hewett in the second all-Brit Super Series singles semi-final between the two players this season.

Reid and Hewett claimed their third Super Series men’s doubles title together on Friday without having dropped a set in Iizuka. The top seeds beat the second seeds, Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez and Kunieda, 7-6(5), 6-4 in the final. Reid is now a two-time Japan Open men’s doubles champion after winning the 2015 title partnering Kunieda.

Former Australian Open and Wimbledon men’s singles champion Reid and reigning Roland Garros singles champion Hewett will now look forward to returning to Paris for the second Grand Slam of 2018 in early June. However, before then they will lead the Great Britain men’s challenge at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup, which takes place in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, from 28 May – 3 June.

Photo courtesy of Gordon Reid

Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) is the recognised governing body for para lawn bowls in Scotland and is tasked with selecting players that are capable of delivering medals at the highest levels of international competition, including the Home Nations Championships, IBD World Championships and the Commonwealth Games.

From the 8 to the 10 June Scotland will compete in singles, pairs, triples and four bowl formats against England and Wales at Clarence Park Bowls Club in Weston-super-Mare.  This is the first international since the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and all players now have the opportunity to impress.

Commenting on the team selection, SDS Performance Manager, Gary Fraser said:

“Following the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games we have re-selected our national squad and we have included several new players.  The coaches are looking forward to this test series and we are delighted to announce a strong field of players, some of whom will be making their first appearance.  This presents the ideal opportunity for all players to stake their claim as we look ahead to the IBD World Championships in 2020.”

Scottish Para Lawn Bowls Squad

Player	Classification	Town	Local Authority
Ian Graham	B2	Dunfermline	Fife
Mary Stevenson	B2	Barrhead	Renfrewshire
Melanie Inness (R)	B3	Balerno	Edinburgh
Maria Spencer	B3	Dunfermline	Fife
Robert Barr	B3	Glasgow	Glasgow
Sandy McIntosh	B3	Inverness	Highland
Billy Allan	B6	Cowdenbeath	Fife
Fraser Mathieson	B6	St Ninians	Stirling
George Guthrie	B6	Glasgow	Glasgow
Ian Donaldson (R)	B6	Dumfries	Dumfries & Galloway
Barbara McMillan	B7	Cowdenbeath	Fife
Derek Hartley	B7	Tullibody	Clackmannanshire
John Hughes	B7	Stewarton	East Ayrshire
John Wardrope	B7	Ayr	South Ayrshire
Garry Brown	B7	Kirkmuirhill	South Lanarkshire
Rosemary Lenton	B7	Dumfries	Dumfries & Galloway
Brendon Handling	B8	Stranraer	Dumfries & Galloway

Coach	Town	Local Authority
Bob Dick (Head Coach)	Cupar	Fife
Christine Morrow	Dalmuir	Clydebank
Sarah-Jane Ewing	Dunfermline	Fife
Bob Christie	Brechin	Angus
Chris McGready	Grangemouth	Falkirk
Eric McMillan	Cowdenbeath	Fife

(R) Reserve

Will play a minimum of three matches

Gordon Reid and Lucy Shuker earned the perfect preparation for next week’s Japan Open wheelchair tennis Super Series tournament when they won Saturday’s Korea Open men’s and women’s singles finals at Seoul’s Olympic Park Tennis Centre.

Saturday’s double success meant a clean sweep of all three titles contested by the two Brits at the ITF 1 Series event after Shuker also won her third Korea Open women’s doubles title on Friday’s penultimate day of competition.

With top seed Reid concentrating his efforts on the men’s singles this week the world No.5 claimed straight sets wins over Myung-Ho Bae of Korea, eighth seed Satoshi Saida of Japan and fourth seed Ben Weekes of Australia to earn his place in Saturday’s final against Japanese second seed Takashi Sanada. Rio Paralympic champion Reid saved his best performance until last, racing to a 6-0, 6-0 victory over world No.8 Sanada.

“I’m very pleased with the performance today against a top level opponent. I played positively and was clinical throughout the match. It’s great preparation for the start of a busy summer season,” said Reid, who will now bid to defend his Japan Open men’s singles title in Iizuka from Monday.

Reid and Shuker will be joined at the Japan Open in Iizuka by fellow Tennis Foundation Wheelchair Tennis World Class Programne members Alfie Hewett and Antony Cotterill.

Mary Wilson made another quick tournament turn around this time heading to Konya for the Turkish Enescup Para-Badminton International.

In the Sl4 singles the Scottish number 2 seed was pushed in three very tough group games being beaten only once by Thailands Nipada Seangsupa in a tight two sets, 21-23, 18-21. Having beaten both Turkey’s Halime Yildiz, 21-18, 21-14 and Frances Veronique Braud, 21-19, 16-21, 22-20, Mary secured a place in the semi-finals versus French rival Faustine Noel. This was where the Scots journey was to end being beaten in two sets 17-21, 16-21. This defeat finished Mary’s singles contest with a bronze medal to bring home.

In the SL3-SU5 mixed doubles, playing with Russian Pavel Kulikov, Mary’s journey was to end at the Quarter final stages. Having finished second in their group the pair were defeated in the quarter finals by Thailand’s Siripong Teamarrom and Nipada Seangsupa 12-21, 13-21.

The SL3-SU5 women’s doubles was a tough contest and playing with new partner Halime Yildiz, from Turkey, it wasn’t to be as the pair lost both group matches in a very strong group.

Having had 3 very successful tournaments very close together Mary will now get a well-deserved tournament break where she will be preparing for the Irish International in June, where she will be joined by 8 of her Scottish Team Mates.

The UK Sports Association for People with Learning Disability have published the GB Selection Policy for the 2018 INAS European Summer Games from  14^th – 22^nd July 2018, Paris, France.

This will be of interest to high performance athletes with an intellectual impairment.

Swimming Selection Policy – Inas European Summer Games 2018

Form 1a – Athlete Selection to GB Team (Part 1 Performance Training) S.._