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Blog 37: Auld Reekie Roller Girls head Stateside

In this Blog we hear from Caroline Gibb (Mallory Powers) of Auld Reekie Roller Girls, as they head Stateside to face world’s top roller derby teams Auld Reekie Roller Girls (ARRG) are currently ranked 48th in the world and this month we’ll be the only UK team representing at the Big O Tournament in Oregon, playing four games in four days against teams ranked as many as twenty places above us. Good results could mean qualification for divisional play-offs and another US trip later in the year.   (more…)
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April 24, 2016
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Blog 36: Scottish Karate Governing Body’s ‘Women’s Coaching Week’

Scottish Karate Governing Body’s ‘Women’s Coaching Week’ From the 7th-13th of March 2016 the Scottish Karate Governing Body (SKGB) ran a ‘Women’s coaching week’ encouraging club coaches across Scotland to give some of their most experienced women a shot at coaching the class. Scottish Karate’s director of women and girl’s interests, Chloe Maclean, explains why the SKGB done this, and the success of the event. (more…)
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March 24, 2016
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Blog 35: Pushy parent, or pain in the ass?

Pushy Parent or Pain in the Ass - Can we recover what we have lost in youth football? We hear from Michael, who describes himself as 'a pushy parent and pain in the ass'.  MIchael has a plan that he believes will bring back the fun into youth sport, engage parents and children into sports and reap the proven benefits to communities. (more…)
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March 21, 2016
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Blog 34: Youth Link National Youth Worker of the Year 2016 nominee Rohanna Irvine

Nominee Rohanna Irvine is changing lives with her work in the east of Glasgow.  Her colleague tells us all about her work and the woman herself. It’s great when you can work alongside your friends and even more so when you see one of them deservedly up for an award.  I’ve worked with Rohanna for over three years at Active East and prior to that she was a sessional coach in a programme I managed for Badminton Scotland.  I want you to know a little bit more about Rohanna and why I and all of Scottish Sports Futures think she really…
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March 15, 2016
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Blog 31: Stay in touch with why you love your sport

In this blog, Lee Craigie shares why staying in touch with why she loves mountain biking has been important during her successful career. Lee is a mountain biker. She represented Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, was the British National Mountain Bike Champion in 2013 and a member of Team GB in 2011 and 2012. Lee established and coordinates Cycletherapy, a project that works with young people who are struggling to stay in school due to social, emotional or behavioural issues. She has a degree in Outdoor Education and a postgraduate training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. I didn't get…
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August 17, 2015
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Blog 30: #FUCANCER

This week Heather Duff shares her story about how sport and fitness has helped her battle and beat cancer. Heather is one inspirational girl and I encourage you to keep up with her blog at fucancer.co.uk   Completing the Loch Ness marathon a few months before diagnosis2014: A year I will never forget! Like many other sport fans living in Scotland 2014 is a year I will never forget. Born and raised in Glasgow I was elated that my city would play host to the Commonwealth Games. With a cast of sports elite and the most inclusive games yet -…
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July 24, 2015
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Blog 29: Follow your true love

Ever fancied a career change into sport? Read this inspiring story by Lee MacLean who tells exactly how she did just that aged 33.   I was a gangly kid. Tall and rangy, I kind of stood out in a crowd. I’m not talking obscenely tall, but coming from a neighbourhood scheme in East Kilbride I was known to my peers as ‘Big Lee’. As the tallest P6, even out reaching the boys, I was quickly snapped up by the teacher tarred with the netball brush and promptly found myself playing goal defence with the P7 team. This had nothing…
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June 30, 2015
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Blog 28: Glasgow Girls FC

Glasgow Girls kicked of their club in 2008 with 13s girls from the East End off Glasgow and reached the Scottish Cup final in first season. Now the club has over 200 girls and teams from 7s to seniors and our community coaching classes. Registered as a charity they are presently Glasgow Life's community club of the year and are also an SFA "Community Quality Mark Club". Two years ago the club opened its own facility within Budhill Park where they took over the running of an unused football pitch and installed changing units supplied by The Scottish Football Partnership.…
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June 23, 2015
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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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May 29, 2015