This week Jane Scott tells us how a career in sports administration can be just as rewarding as on the running track. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comNovember 27, 2014
This week, 28 year old Kylie Walker tells us what it is like to be a girl in the world of golf. Kylie is currently the leading Scottish female golfer on the Ladies European Tour and has won three titles this year including; The Deloitte Ladies Open, in Amsterdam; and the German Open, in Munich. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comNovember 9, 2014
This week Gael Logan, a Scottish Waterpolo player, tells Scottish Women in Sport about the national women's teams recent success at the inaugural North Sea Cup. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comOctober 28, 2014
This week Samera Ashraf, a 31 year old Martial Arts competitor who lives in Edinburgh tells us about her life in the world of martial arts and the work she does within the Asian community to encourage others to participate in sport and physical activity. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comOctober 6, 2014
This week's blog is superbly written by Sarah Jones who competting in wrestling at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comSeptember 22, 2014
This week Lesley MacDonald tells us about her career in netball and how honoured she was to captain the Scotland Netball Team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comSeptember 9, 2014
Rebecca Romero, Neil Fachie, Lizzy Yarnold. Just a handful of examples with one thing in common - they all started out in another sport previous to their success in cycling and skeleton, respectively. Neil Fachie, a former track & field athlete, recently became double commonwealth champion in para-cycling, here in Glasgow. Lizzy Yarnold made the transformation from a heptathlete into an Olympic Gold medallist in Skeleton and Rebecca Romero enjoyed Olympic success as a Team GB rower before making the switch to track cycling, in which again, she excelled and became Olympic and World Champion. (more…)
abi.k.johnston@googlemail.comAugust 24, 2014
Hi, my name is Ellie Richardson, I am track sprint cyclist with the Scotland Team and I had the honour of riding at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome last month! Female participation in sport is something I am passionate about from both a sporting and professional perspective so I was delighted to be approached by Scottish Women In Sport and asked to share my sporting story. (more…)
scottishwomeninsportAugust 11, 2014
This week's guest blogger is Tracy Donachie, a qualified performance psychologist. She tells us about her passion to help athletes in the field of sport psychology and how she believes sports psychologists can support young female athletes in their performance. (more…)
scottishwomeninsportAugust 4, 2014
