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The Newsletter of Leading the Development of Sport in Scotland for People of All Ages and Abilities with a Physical, Sensory Or Learning Disability The Changing TIMES The newsletter of Leading the development of sport in Scotland for people of all ages and abilities with a physical, sensory or learning disability A World of Opportunity for Scottish Teams September 2007 Scottish Disability Sport best teams in the world at the CP- (SDS) teams and athletes have ISRA Football World Championships. In this Issue… always enjoyed success on the Led by the Scottish FA’s National international stage and the year Development Officer for Disability, ahead will once again see Scottish Stuart Sharp, the Scottish squad will be BRANCH NEWS involvement at the very highest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 3rd – 18th level. 2007 / 2008 will see SDS November where they will be hosted Lots happening in teams travel across the globe to by the Brazilian National Association of participate in sport specific World Disabled Sports with matches played Aberdeenshire 2 Championships and hopefully at the Deodoro Sports Complex. Successful year for return home Scotland are with a hat full participating in Disability Sport Fife 3 of medals. Brazil courtesy of their seventh Glasgow – no branch but Sydney, place finish lots of support 4 Australia will at last year’s be the venue European Highland coaches and for the 2007 Championships athletes get financial help 5 World Bowls which were Championships held in Dublin. Loads of News from from 15th – 27th Sixteen teams the Lothians 6 October. These will participate Championships at the World New opportunities for are being Championships Forth Valley 7 co-ordinated by International Bowls including the current Paralympic for the Disabled (IBD) as the new champions, Ukraine. EVENTS AND organising body for world bowls. REPORTS The Championships are for teams of The Scottish Wheelchair Curling Squad bowlers with physical disabilities and will also be looking to be in the medals Wheelchair Curlers take visual impairments and will be hosted once again when they travel to Sursee, the World Bronze 8 by the Harbord and North Manly Switzerland to participate in the World Bowling and Recreation Club. The Wheelchair Curling Championships. Phoenix Basketball Club selection process has been completed In the 2007 Championships, Scotland Soars! 10 and the Scottish squad is involved in a finished in bronze medal position rigorous training programme prior to beating Paralympic Champions, Canada, New developments for traveling to Australia. SDS is fortunate in their final match. Having been double junior athletes 12 to have once again recruited the gold medalists in the past the Scots will expertise of Bob Dick as the Coach of be looking to regain their world title in Count Down to China the Scottish squad and he will be ably Sursee. The World Wheelchair Curling Special Olympics 14 supported at the World Championships Championships will take place from by Team Manager, Michael McCreadie 2nd – 9th February 2008. Profiles of some of our and a team of experienced support Coaches 15 staff. Following Scotland’s success at This will be a particularly exciting year last year’s Nottingham International at international level for SDS which SDS Updates on Packs Bowls Test, the squad will travel to will culminate in the selection of the Australia confident that they can Great Britain team to participate in and Guides 18 compete with the very best bowls the Summer Paralympic Games. Beijing, Calendar of Forthcoming nations in the world. China will be the venue for the 2008 Games from 6th – 17th September and Events 19 The SDS Cerebral Palsy Football Squad we look forward to a healthy Scottish will also be on the road this year when representation within Team GB. Names and telephone they take their place alongside the numbers for contacts 20 Branch News Aberdeenshire Disability Sport Aberdeenshire Disability Sport popular. Effective marketing has led to (ADS) are into the second year increasing numbers of referrals coming of their Active Futures funded on board and being encouraged to adopt programme Access-ability in healthy lifestyles through gym or fitness Aberdeenshire. There are three class sessions. separate strands within the programme all of which are now underway. The Aberdeenshire branch is now in a transition from very well established multi The ADAPT walks projects is a full sport sessions across Aberdeenshire into calendar of walks planned until late a more sports specific approach. Football, October. Some of these walks are being swimming, boccia and archery are all up partnered with Woods for All and the and running as stand alone sessions. The Forestry Commission, working together focus is now moving to the sports of to look at all access issues and to upgrade table tennis, athletics and bowls which sites to make them as accessible as correspond with the key sports identified possible. by SDS. Finally, following the success of Run Balmoral 2007, the race director has The second project Bounce-aboot-a-bit ADS has also been supporting swimmers enlisted the help of wheelchair athlete trampolining has been a great success. who are now looking at venturing into Kenny Herriot to look at a potential The purchase of hoist equipment has the sport of triathlon. An Aberdeenshire route for a wheelchair race to become opened up our existing trampolining team recently competed in Scotland’s first part of this event in the future. programme to people with disabilities disability triathlon which was who regularly face the barrier of being co-ordinated by Highland Council. For more information on any of the unable to access programmes due to Aberdeenshire also hosted a disability above, please contact Aberdeenshire lack of hoist facilities. triathlon event in Aberdeenshire during Council’s Disability Sports Development 2 2007 as an inclusive event within the Officer, Claire Bonner on 01467 The third project called Disability Aberdeenshire mainstream series. 628812. Referral has also proven to be very Annandale & Eskdale continue to grow The development of the variety of coaching sessions Annandale & Eskdale throughout the year. Disability Sport Group has led to a significant increase in The group continues to grow, provision in this area with establishing a database of over 100 special events, sports taster local people with a disability who days and regular programmes receive regular updates on new of after school activities and activities, events and clubs that numerous coaching sessions. they can access. Such is the success of these For further information initiatives, Annandale & Eskdale please contact Laura Dodd have now established five new on 01461 207045 or email weekly clubs: After School Sports laurad@annansportstrust. Club, Multi Sports Club, co.uk Wheelchair Curling, Football Coaching and Swim for Fun & teams from Annandale & Eskdale have Fitness. been represented at any SDS National Championships. …achieved the Teams from Annandale & Eskdale have attended four SDS National Annandale & Eskdale Disability Sport has distinction of Championships in Football, Athletics hosted a number of events including Multi and Swimming and achieved the Sport Days, 5-a-side Football Festivals, distinction of winning medals in Athletics a Christmas Party for all sporting winning medals… and Swimming. This was the first time participants and has also organised a Branch News Disability Sport Fife Disability Sport Fife (DSF) has for the DSF IMAGE DSF is well established enjoyed another very successful project has resulted DSF athletes and will continue to year and the achievements in many children and move forward because of many members were well young people becoming and teams of its commitment to documented in the Annual Report involved in sport partnership working presented to members at the 30th within their own local with a wide range of key Annual General Meeting of the communities. The DSF have once agencies and individuals. Association held at the Fife Sports junior database has Institute. The AGM doubles up with over 150 members and again excelled Disability sport in Fife the Awards Evening and this year the in excess of 30 activity has never been stronger Association presented 27 different sessions are held weekly at home and and recent investments awards to athletes, coaches and across Fife. Sports by the Association volunteers who have made a significant festivals, holiday sports in marketing and contribution in the past year. The Fife programmes and the overseas. communication have Sports Institute remains the hub of the DSF Fife wide aerobics brought Association Association and the location for the programme have been activities to the very extensive DSF events programme, particularly successful. In keeping attention of a much wider audience. multi-sports groups, training sessions, with the Big Lottery Policy many of festivals and administration. the sessions are now sustainable as Thirty years have now passed and the DSF management team, coaches, athletes, volunteers, parents and partners look forward to many more years of supporting and encouraging disabled people in Fife to be physically active through 3 sport. Anyone interested in getting involved in disability sport in Fife should contact Norma Buchanan on 01592 415721. DSF athletes and teams have once the project draws to an end. The new again excelled at home and overseas. Big Lottery three year funded scheme Individual swimmers and bowlers have is the Active Futures DSF VORTEX … to develop been particularly successful on the initiative for 17-24 year olds. DSF international stage and representative will now move forward with its key specific sports teams have made their mark in SDS VORTEX partners, the three Fife national events. DSF is proud of its Colleges of Further Education and Fife hugely talented and well respected Council. and improve volunteer force with many coaches and volunteers making a significant Particularly exciting this year has been performance. contribution to the development of the conclusion of negotiations with sport in Fife and beyond. Particularly Fife Council Community Services to pleasing to DSF is the role played appoint the first DSF Development by Fife athletes in the governance of Officer within the Sports Development the sports association and in sports Team.
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