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A child leaps in the air over the long jump pit

Grampian Schools’ Sportshall Event Success

Grampian School pupils descended upon Aberdeen Sports Village to take part in the annual Sportshall Athletics Festival after a year’s break

Despite concerns that schools would be unable to support the event due to rising Omicron cases, over 40 pupils from schools all over Grampian were in attendance.

Additional COVID measures were in place including moving the event to ASV’s well-ventilated, large Indoor Athletics area, restricting the number of entrants, and a strict regime of hand gelling/sanitising equipment. However, this didn’t detract from the pupils’ enjoyment of the activities – a series of 6 athletics-based stations that tested pupils’ agility, speed, throwing and jumping skills.  The day culminated in relays on the Village’s 400m outdoor track.

Participant, Lucy, said of the event “I totally loved it. I’m so glad I came”.

It is hoped that a team of pupils will be selected from the event to attend the National Adapted Sportshall Athletics Festival in March.

Thanks goes to to Jamie from Live Life Aberdeenshire for organising the event, Ruth from Aberdeen Amateur Athletic Club for training the students and overseeing activities on the day, the students from North East Scotland College for leading the groups and activity stations, and placement student, Iain Boyd, for his assistance across the whole event.

If you, or anyone you know, lives with a physical, sensory or learning disability in Grampian or Shetland & is interested in getting involved in sport, please get in touch with Alison on alison.shaw@scottishdisabilitysport.com or 07828 744 848.

Two people smile as they pedal a tandem bike along a running track.

Adapted Cycling in Grampian Given Major Funding Boost

Grampian Disability Sport is excited to be moving forward with plans to grow and develop adapted cycling across the region thanks to a generous grant.

The Branch will receive £90,000 from the Big Lottery Fund’s Community Fund over the next 3 years, which will enable them to employ a part-time Cycling Coordinator to carry out the Branch’s plan of developing Adapted Cycling Bothies in local communities across Grampian. It is hoped that by developing these Bothies, appropriate bikes can be placed close by to those who need them, removing a barrier for becoming more active and encouraging people with disabilities to get out and about in their communities.

The funding will also allow the purchase of additional equipment and enable volunteer mechanics and ride leaders to be trained up to ensure the sustainability of the programme.

If you, or anyone you know, lives with a physical, sensory or learning disability in Grampian or Shetland & is interested in getting involved in sport, please get in touch with Alison on alison.shaw@scottishdisabilitysport.com or 07828 744 848.