Congratulations to Michael Mellon from Cardenden, Disability Sport Fife and Dundee Dragons who received the East Kilbride Sports Council Award award as disabled athlete of the year at the Dunfermline and West Fife Sports Council Annual Awards held at the Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline earlier this evening.

Michael was the only Scot in Team UK at the Invictus Games in Sydney last year where he won three team medals in sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby. Michael also excelled at home as the leading physically disabled javelin thrower in the country.

Michael follows in the footsteps of great Scottish and GB internationals like Andrew Lindsay, Rebecca Lee, Craig Rodgie, Owen Miller, Maria Spencer, Kieran Steer and Alison Patrick who are all previous winners.
Runners up in this category were Callum Sloan, Billy Allan, Carter Taylor, Glen Livingston, Owen Miller and Connor Brown.

Michael is an outstanding role model for the disability sports movement in Scotland and beyond.

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

Congratulations to Cara Smyth from Dalgety Bay and Carnegie Swimming Club who received the award of youth coach of the year at the Dunfermline and West Fife Sports Council Annual Awards held at the Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline earlier this evening.

As well as being a successful Para swimmer Cara is a peer mentor volunteer and coach support volunteer with Disability Sport Fife. Cara is also a pool side teacher with Carnegie Swimming Club.

Cara is an outstanding role model for young women in sport as performer, peer mentor, coach assistant and teacher.

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

Alex Evans is the most recent ex pupil of Balwearie HS to join the Get Out Get Active (GOGA in Fife) team of peer mentor volunteers who support the ever expanding Fife programme supported by Spirit of 2012.

Alex is now a Fife College student and a committed Disability Sport Fife member, excelling in track and football in particular. Alex has recently registered for weekly badminton.

Alex received his volunteer shirt this week and is signed up to support adults with severe and complex needs who meet weekly at the Michael Woods Sports & Leisure Centre on Thursdays. The session he will be involved with is supported by GOGA investment in Fife.

The peer mentor volunteer programme is one of the major successes of GOGA in Fife. The GOGA movement plans to engage the least active disabled participants in Fife in active recreation inclusively.

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

Saturday 2nd March, 7.30pm – late

Elphinstone Hall, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen

£20 – all profits go to charity! Dress to party …

Buy tickets from Greg.Stewart2@uk.bp.com or Emma.Thomson@uk.bp.com, or online at Eventbrite:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/c2c11-ceilidh-tickets-54943704098

Connor Brown from Dunfermline and Woodmill HS is the leading all round junior sportsman with a physical impairment in Fife. Connor excels in cross country, track, field, karate, judo, rugby and swimming to name but a few sports.

Connor is an active member of JKS Scotland and is coached by Paul Giannandrea in Dunfermline. Connor won gold in the disability kata at the Jks Scotland Grand Prix at Ravenscraig in the west of Scotland earlier to day.

Congratulations to Connor and well done to the very inclusive JKS Club that promotes karate for players of all levels of ability. Connor is one of the many successful high performance karate players to come out of this excellent club.

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

Salary circa £26k plus 6% pension

Scottish Swimming is seeking a People Development Officer to manage and deliver a comprehensive education, learning and development programme.  We are looking for an enthusiastic, self- motivated individual who has experience in managing multiple projects or a diverse workload, possesses excellent communication skills and has the ability to enthuse and motivate others. Applicants should be self-motivated and focused and demonstrate an ability to be a good team player working in a fast-paced environment.  This is an excellent opportunity to work within an experienced team, where we will support you to grow and develop into the role.

Key Functions:

Support the delivery of the National Framework for Aquatics in Scotland through:

1. Managing the education, learning and development programme for Learn to Swim providers and the teaching workforce.
2. Managing the education, learning and development programme for club coaches and volunteers.

In return you will be offered an attractive salary, including contributory pension, as well as being part of a dynamic team that aims to ensure that everyone can swim.

Scottish Swimming has a set of values which are available HERE. We are committed to selecting staff solely on the basis of their ability to do the job for which they are being recruited. We encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

For an informal discussion please contact Sharon MacDonald, Director of Development on 07787 151051.

For further information about Scottish Swimming please go to the website at www.scottishswimming.com. The full recruitment pack can be found in the information on the right hand side, with the application process within the Supporting Information Document.

Closing Date for Applications: 12 noon, Friday 1^st March 2019

Interviews: Week of Monday 11^th March

 

Congratulations to Rio Paralympian Kieran Steer from Crossgates who finished third last weekend in his first major boccia competition since returning to the sport, following a short break.

Kieran was competing against the top players in the UK in the first of the Boccia UK Challenger Series at Lilleshall in England. The second in the series will be held at Inverclyde in Largs in April.

Kieran competes in the BC4 class and thoroughly enjoyed the competition. Kieran believes he was relaxed and confident and played to a standard that suggests he is on track to return to the form that identified him as one of the leading players in the UK leading up to the Rio Games. Kieran’s results were as follows:

vs Louie Saunders (GB) 4-3
vs Evie Edwards (GB) 5-3
vs Stephen McGuire (GB) 1-7
vs Alfie Yates (ENG) 6-0
vs Jayne Milligan (IRL) 15-0
vs Ross Munro (SCO) 3-8

The Challenger Series involves 24 of the leading players in the UK – 8 players from BC3 class; 8 players from BC4 class; 8 players from BC1 and BC2 class.

Last year he decided to return to the sport and he has made steady progress, culminating in his selection for the Scottish squad late on in 2018. Involvement in the Challenger Series is another step towards Kieran’s ambition of being invited to join the UK squad.

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