Former Edinburgh College student Allan Smith is heading to Chinese Taipei to compete in the Men’s High Jump at the World University Games 2017 this month. Continue reading Allan jumps into World University Games
Tag: Sport
Level playing field: Scottish football clubs support LGBT charter
In a Scottish first, professional football clubs in all four of the SPFL divisions have teamed up to better include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people by signing up to the Scottish LGBT Sports Charter. Continue reading Level playing field: Scottish football clubs support LGBT charter
Spartans show support by sporting new CHAS kit
Saturday (29 July) saw Spartans FC 1st Team unveil its new kit, which proudly shows the clubs support for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS), during the first game of the season against Hawick Royal Albert. Continue reading Spartans show support by sporting new CHAS kit
Scotland Women prepare for Euro 2017 with nutrition workshop at Edinburgh College
Scotland’s Women’s National Football Team swapped football boots for aprons when they attended a workshop on cooking and nutrition at the Edinburgh College campus on Granton Waterfront ahead of their appearance at UEFA Women’s Euro 2017. Continue reading Scotland Women prepare for Euro 2017 with nutrition workshop at Edinburgh College
Des Clarke rallies Tartan Army to make some noise this summer
Vauxhall Motors and comedian Des Clarke have teamed up to create football chants to encourage the nation to get behind the Scotland women’s football team Continue reading Des Clarke rallies Tartan Army to make some noise this summer
Spartans celebrate Women’s Sport Week with Girls Football Festival
Up to 300 local schoolgirls are set to take part in Spartans Community Football Academy’s Girls Football Festival tomorrow at Spartans’ Ainslie Park home.
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Have your say on health and sport spending
What areas of the health and sport budget should be prioritised?
Holyrood’s Health and Sport Committee is looking to provide an opportunity for people to have their say on spending priorities before the Scottish Government publishes its draft budget later this year. Continue reading Have your say on health and sport spending
Unbeaten Spartans U-17s in league title success
Super Spartans: Played 26 Won 25 Drawn 1 Lost 0
Congratulations to Spartans Under 17s, who won the Lothian Buses Division 2 title – and went through their league season unbeaten.
The only blemish – if it can be called that – over the entire 26 games was a 2-2 draw with Cramond, a game coach Jim Bryson reckons Spartans should have won!
“To go undefeated over the entire league season is a remarkable achievement and something the squad should be very proud of”, he said. “Their attitude has been first class throughout the season and I think our final game exemplifies that. We were 4-1 down to Musselburgh Windsor with just ten minutes to go, but the heads didn;t go down – quite the opposite. We came back with four goals in the last ten minutes to win 5-4. It was a tremendous fightback, a perfect finale to the league and it summed up the spirit the team has shown this season.”
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Good sports: medals all round at Spartans mini-Olympics
More than 200 local primary school children took part in a 14-sport ‘Mini-Olympics’ at Spartans Community Football Academy’s Ainslie Park home yesterday. The pupils aged 10-12 enjoyed rugby, cycling, athletics, football, and relay races as part of a programme to help introduce young people to sport and the psychological and physiological benefits it brings. Continue reading Good sports: medals all round at Spartans mini-Olympics
Spartans Summer of Sport kicks off today
500 Edinburgh primary school pupils are set to take part in a summer of sporting activity at the Spartans Community Football Academy at Ainslie Park. Continue reading Spartans Summer of Sport kicks off today