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Blog 27: My Journey from Elite Player to Head of Youth

Amy McDonald was an elite footballer, who captained Celtic ladies and played for Scotland. Three years ago an injury forced her to give up playing the sport she loved and caused her to question her identity. Amy’s blog shares her struggle and how, as Head of Youth at Glasgow City FC, she wants to raise awareness of the impact injury can have on an athletes mental health and why it is important that we are aware of our teammates and the players we coach. (more…)
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Blog 26: Female entries on the rise at the Marie Curie Cancer Care Etape Caledonia

Scottish Cycling Event Inspires Increasing Numbers of Women to take on 81-mile Sportive Insights from Olympic Gold Medallist Nicole Cooke MBE and Scottish Cycling’s Head of Development Vicky Strange Following trends of increased female participation in sport across the UK, the Marie Curie Cancer Care Etape Caledonia is pleased to confirm it is experiencing substantial female participation growth in 2015. With a six percent increase in the last three years alone, twenty percent of the riders taking part in the upcoming event are female.   (more…)
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Blog 25: Getting the kit right.

This week, Jane from Snapdragon, tells us why it is important to get the simple things right.. In the summer I was chatting to Sacha (far right in the photo) who is my youngest daughter's best friend. We were discussing school sports and she mentioned that the newly formed girls' rugby team at Balfron High School had no strips of their own and had to wear the boys football strips. My first thought was "Bleugggghhhh . . . I would NOT want to share a shirt with a teenage boy" Then my daughter said "The boys would never wear the…
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Blog 24: Cailtlin McClatchey, Scottish and GB Swimmer shares her highs, lows & successes

Cailtlin McClatchey represented Scotland and GB in three Commonwealth and Olympics Games. Here she provides an honest account of the highs and lows in her swimming career and the most important factors in her success.   Since I was two years old swimming has been a huge part of my life. My parents, who were both Commonwealth swimmers, encouraged me to have swim lessons from an early age, as they wanted me to be confident in the water for safety reasons, and because I enjoyed swimming. Twenty plus years later I have been fortunate enough to compete at three Olympic games,…
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Blog 23: Balancing Life as an Athlete and a Student

This week double Commonwealth finalist Kathryn Johnstone tells SWiS how she manages to balance life as a student and athlete. I started swimming competitively when I was seven years old. At this age I was about half way through my primary school education. Being an athlete and a student was easy at this age as I had school between 9am and 3pm and only trained about three or four times a week, with the odd competition taking up my weekends. Growing up with an increasing training schedule and both longer hours within school and extra time needed to complete academic obligations…