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Blog 100: Powerful Women & the men backing them.

Breaking Barriers and Lifting Spirits: We spoke to some of the Scottish Women defying stereotypes and excelling in Power lifting. We also speak to previous SW/S award winner Mark Fulton about why it's important for men to encourage a safe space for women to train and compete in power lifting.
Hannah Scott
July 31, 2023
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Blog 99: Survivor for Change

In today's blog we share the story of Miss J, a survivor and campaigner for ending gender-based violence in Scottish sports. She writes about her mission to make sure all sports clubs in Scotland have the guidance and knowledge to protect women and girls from harm.
Hannah Scott
July 23, 2023
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Blog 98: Ladies open day at the Cricket

Emma Kennedy is a coach with Lifefit coaching but today is taking over the SW/S blog with her sister Cara to talk about their 6s Cricket day for women of all abilities to take part in on 23/07 - read on for all the info you'll need.
Hannah Scott
July 17, 2023
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Blog 96: Forging a brighter road ahead for the Caledonia Gladiators

It's been a season of immense highs for the Caledonia Gladiators, on both the women’s and men’s side. The club created history-making moments that shone a spotlight brightly on the vibrant and growing Scottish basketball scene. A spotlight very rarely received for the sport. We sat down with Lisa Palombo, head of operations at the club to get the inside story of their big plans for the future of the club
scottishwomeninsport
June 14, 2023
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Blog 95: The Ruth Watson Effect

It's Volunteers week and we want to celebrate all the hard work they do. We talked to Ruth Watson of Aberdeen Amateur Athletics club on her achievements over the past few years and her SW/S volunteers award.
Hannah Scott
June 3, 2023
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Blog 93: Yoga, the gateway to your Spiritual Journey.

Krystal began her daily yoga practice over five years ago, she's now a qualified instructor. We sat down to ask all about her journey into a spiritual lifestyle to get a better understanding of the joy and flexibility that practising yoga can bring you. So sit back and put your crystals out to charge up, it's a good one.
Hannah Scott
April 17, 2023
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91: ‘Girl Stuff’

Flashback to the 2022 Athletics European Championships, a visibly frustrated Dina Asher-Smith blamed “girl stuff” for her ‘poor’ performance. This comment made by one of the sport’s biggest names got people thinking - why if something that affects 50 per cent of elite athletes worldwide, is there not more research being done and why is menstruation still such a taboo topic? We caught up with one of the speakers from our 2022 conference, Dr Laura Forrest, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS), to discuss her work in the field. After…
Morven Bruce
February 8, 2023