An apprenticeship programme designed to empower young people who have a disability to have a voice in shaping sporting activity in Scotland receives £49,985 of Young Start funding being awarded today. Disability Sport (SDS) is one of five groups sharing in £206,196 of funding from the Big Lottery Fund’s Young Start programme, thanks to dormant bank and buildings account money. Continue reading Young Start empowers sporting Scots to have their say
A £300,000 fund to encourage more women and girls to get involved in sport has been awarded to 14 projects on Active Girls Day by Sports Minister Aileen Campbell. From wheelchair basketball in Glasgow, judo in Fife and bikepacking adventures in the Highlands, the projects will tackle the barriers that lead to historically lower levels of physical activity among girls than boys. Continue reading Edinburgh projects net Sporting Equality cash
The Port Edgar Yacht Club in South Queensferry has proudly supported the only GB team to compete in the final of the European Sailing Champions’ League held over 22nd-24th September at Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. Continue reading Local yachtsmen ‘blown over’ by Champions League support
Karate is fastest growing sport for girls
The five fastest growing sports for girls in Scotland have been revealed in new statistics to mark the start of Women and Girls in Sport Week. Continue reading Minister encourages girls: get into sport
Six darting legends are set to showcase their skills in the name of charity when they descend upon the Kennoway branch of The Royal British Legion Scotland to raise money for Poppyscotland. Continue reading Game On: darts legends to hit bullseye for Poppyscotland
Scotland’s first national quidditch team, the Scottish Thistles, has been launched to compete in the 2018 season of the Quidditch Premier League (QPL). This comes after the QPL’s highly successful inaugural season where the West Midlands Revolution won the 2017 Championship – and were congratulated by JK Rowling! Continue reading Scottish Thistles to join Quidditch Premier League
Organisers are reprting a huge demand for tickets for The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup and Paraclimbing Cup event which takes place on 23 & 24 September at Edinburgh’s International Climbing Arena at Ratho. Continue reading Phenomenal demand for Climbing World Cup tickets
A team of young sailors from South Queensferry’s Port Edgar Yacht Club has qualified for the final of the European Sailing Champions League later this month – the only British team to do so. Continue reading Port Edgar to fly the flag for Great Britain
World of Football are delighted to announce the opening of their new state of the art flagship football venue at Marine Drive today. It’s a welcome return to the North Edinburgh area where the Demarco family first set up the Jubilee Ice cream and Fish & Chip shop in 1935. Continue reading A home game: World of Football kicks off at Marine Drive
Cycling fans will be able to watch every moment of the OVO Energy Tour of Britain live this September as ITV4 screen all eight stages – from start to finish – in their entirety for the first time. The event gets underway from Edinburgh on 3rd September. Continue reading ITV4 to screen every minute of OVO Energy Tour of Britain
