Month: July 2011

Local football side Spartans will face one of their toughest challenges of the clubs history when they face a Man United team tomorrow afternoon at Ainslie Park. The game is being played to mark the clubs 60th Anniversary.

Looking ahead to tomorrows game Spartans co-manager Mike Lawson said

“We had a short session this morning, gave Chris Flockhart a feel of the ball after his holiday, worked out who was available for tomorrow and generally gave me a chance to say hello after three weeks in the Spanish sun. From our first team pool of 23 players only 4 are unavailable for tomorrow so Chris Smith, David Etale, Jonathan Seeley and Keith “The Hoff” McLeod are the only players to miss out for various reasons.  That leaves 19 players who will strip although there are doubts about Ali MacKinnon who has a slight strain and we’ll leave it up to him whether he wants to take to the park or not.

How do Sam and I approach the game? Do we set up our stall with our fittest 11 players and battle out as respectable a score as we can or do we have a go? Let’s face it tomorrow is more than likely the only time any Spartans player is ever going to get the chance to play Manchester United so we have to let the 19 available players time on the park. Do we start strong then bring the younger boys on? do we mix it up?  do we accept that this is not your normal pre-season friendly and just go out and enjoy it?

Actually as I write this I’m wearing a top which says Spartans v Manchester United XI on our 60th Anniversary in the “Ronnie Swan Challenge”. I think we should let them win and go down to Old Trafford and let them defend their trophy next summer.

Seriously tomorrow is a great day for our club. Tomorrow is a great game for our players. Tomorrow could also be an uncomfortable afternoon for Sam and myself. We will shape the team to go out and compete and we’ll change things around to accommodate all our players. We have to enjoy the occasion, enjoy the atmosphere but if we don’t compete to the best of our ability I won’t be a happy co-manager.

Let’s hope Sam and I have a smile on our faces after 90 minutes.”

Man Untied havehe squad which is coming north to face the Seniors this coming Sunday. The squad includes a couple of first team players in Republic of Ireland International Darron Gibson as well as Polish International keeper Tomasz Kuszczak. The squad also includes Oliver Norwood, who has been capped by Northern Ireland as well as a number of exciting young players including 18 year olds Paul Pogba from France and Rafael Leao from Brazil.

Tickets are available for the game and can be bought from the Academy up until 12pm on Sunday.

All the action kicks off at 3pm at the Academy

Edinburgh’s Telford College student Michael Kerr submitted the winning design in a challenge set by National Grid to create signage that will help more people discover its new public park at The Forthquarter. Despite playing host to the Granton Community Gala for two (soon to be three) years running and more recently an Active Schools Outdoor Adventure event, there are a great many people unaware of this urban oasis.

So when National Grid decided they wanted to erect signs to help residents and visitors to discover and enjoy the open space nestled behind Telford College and Morrisons supermarket they didn’t have far to look for fresh ideas.

Four first year HND Visual Communication students responded to the brief but is was 24 year old Michael Kerr from Galashiels, who wowed project manager Jim Moore.

“I was enormously impressed with all of the ideas put forward, but Michael’s designs really stood out. Not only had he understood what we were looking for on this occasion, he has created a new set of innovative and useable ideas to market wider aspects of the park” said Jim.Michael receives £500 in prize money and will see his ideas become reality when information points are installed at the three main gates to The Forthquarter Park: West Granton Road, Waterfront Broadway and West Shore Road.

 

“I am really thrilled to have my designs chosen. it was great to have an opportunity to work on a live project and I can’t wait to see how the information points turn out. As a student I will obviously find a good use for the prize money!” said Michael. National Grid also contributed £1000 to the college in recognition of costs and  resources required to ensure the students were fully supported and encouraged to participate in the initiative. The 20 acre Park officially opened to the public in April 2010 and is a firm favourite with the locals that know about it.

“National Grid wanted input from people who use the park and have come to know the area, Telford college students were an obvious choice” added Jim

Michael completed his National Certificate in 2010 and this year completed his first year of a two-year HND Visual Communication (Graphic Design) with his design for National Grid helping him achieve an A+. David Hiddleston, Curriculum Manager at the college said: “We are delighted with Michael’s success. Challenges like this are fantastic for developing learners’ skills and provide valuable experience of working to a creative brief with a real client.

National Grid will now request quotes from local sign makers to produce Michael’s designs and the information points should be installed at each of the three park gates later this year. With The Forthquarter Park featuring in Robin Howie’s new book 100 Scotsman Walks and National Grid sponsoring further signage to be installed along Granton Promenade as part of Scottish National Heritage’s bio-diversity trail, Granton’s secret garden’ won’t be a secret for very much longer.

Edinburgh’s Telford College student Michael Kerr submitted the winning design in a challenge set by National Grid to create signage that will help more people discover its new public park at The Forthquarter. Despite playing host to the Granton Community Gala for two (soon to be three) years running and more recently an Active Schools Outdoor Adventure event, there are a great many people unaware of this urban oasis.

So when National Grid decided they wanted to erect signs to help residents and visitors to discover and enjoy the open space nestled behind Telford College and Morrisons supermarket they didn’t have far to look for fresh ideas.

Four first year HND Visual Communication students responded to the brief but is was 24 year old Michael Kerr from Galashiels, who wowed project manager Jim Moore.

“I was enormously impressed with all of the ideas put forward, but Michael’s designs really stood out. Not only had he understood what we were looking for on this occasion, he has created a new set of innovative and useable ideas to market wider aspects of the park” said Jim.Michael receives £500 in prize money and will see his ideas become reality when information points are installed at the three main gates to The Forthquarter Park: West Granton Road, Waterfront Broadway and West Shore Road.

 

“I am really thrilled to have my designs chosen. it was great to have an opportunity to work on a live project and I can’t wait to see how the information points turn out. As a student I will obviously find a good use for the prize money!” said Michael. National Grid also contributed £1000 to the college in recognition of costs and  resources required to ensure the students were fully supported and encouraged to participate in the initiative. The 20 acre Park officially opened to the public in April 2010 and is a firm favourite with the locals that know about it.

“National Grid wanted input from people who use the park and have come to know the area, Telford college students were an obvious choice” added Jim

Michael completed his National Certificate in 2010 and this year completed his first year of a two-year HND Visual Communication (Graphic Design) with his design for National Grid helping him achieve an A+. David Hiddleston, Curriculum Manager at the college said: “We are delighted with Michael’s success. Challenges like this are fantastic for developing learners’ skills and provide valuable experience of working to a creative brief with a real client.

National Grid will now request quotes from local sign makers to produce Michael’s designs and the information points should be installed at each of the three park gates later this year. With The Forthquarter Park featuring in Robin Howie’s new book 100 Scotsman Walks and National Grid sponsoring further signage to be installed along Granton Promenade as part of Scottish National Heritage’s bio-diversity trail, Granton’s secret garden’ won’t be a secret for very much longer.

This is the SWOT analysis we carried out:

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