GAMES PREVIEW ISSUE COMMONWEALTH GAMES SCOTLAND NEWSLETTER ISSUE 23 – SUMMER 2015 Paul Bush and Jon Doig with team representatives. Congratulating all the athletes, Commonwealth Games Chairman, Paul Youth Team Scotland Bush OBE said: “Congratulations to all 28 athletes on their selection for Youth Team set for Samoa Scotland at Samoa 2015. “It is a fantastic achievement to be Hot on the heels of the one year anniversary of Glasgow 2014, 28 talented young selected for this important event and a athletes from eight sports head to Samoa this month, to represent Youth Team great opportunity for them to gain a real Scotland at the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games. understanding of what the Commonwealth Games is all about from both a sporting The athletes, aged 14–18 years, will all Hutchison, while the Weightlifting team and cultural perspective. make their Commonwealth Games debuts includes Youth Team Scotland’s youngest in Athletics, Archery, Boxing, Lawn team member – 14 year old Rowan Morrogh “The Commonwealth Youth Games is Bowls, Squash, Swimming, Tennis and Bernard – who holds an incredible 16 increasingly playing a key role in the Weightlifting, with the competition taking Scottish records at youth and junior level. development of our young athletes and place from 5-11 September 2015. ensuring that when they progress to the Struan Caughey, a representative at this full Commonwealth Games they are able to Lawn Bowlers Carla Banks and Darren Weir, year’s World Youth Championships, and deliver their best possible performance at who won their respective events at the Evelina D’Arcy become the first archers their first Games, in many cases going on hotly contested Bowls Scotland selection to represent Scotland at a Youth Games to win medals for Scotland. series, have waited longest to meet their with Archery included for the first time. team mates since their selection on Squash is represented by 17 year olds “I would like to wish them all the very Commonwealth Day back in March. Carrie Hallam and Richard Hollins, the first best for the Games and I look forward to Scottish player to win the boys Scottish cheering them on in Samoa.” Athletics has named a strong line-up of Junior Open since multiple Commonwealth six athletes, all ranked within the top ten medallist Peter Nicol took the title in 1988. The team will fly from Glasgow with airline in the Commonwealth in this age group, partner Emirates, via whilst Tennis will be represented in Samoa Swimming have selected six athletes Dubai and Auckland by Ewen Lumsden and Louie McLelland including Tain Bruce who erased Hannah in a marathon 60 playing both singles and joining forces for Miley’s Age Group 200m Individual hour journey. the mixed doubles. Medley record at last summer’s Scottish Championships and Carnegie club mate Boxing are sending a talented squad Craig McLean who has a phenomenal 48 including British Champion Sean Lazzerini Scottish and seven British records to his and European Junior Champion William name. Chairman’s view NEW FACES The first three months in the role ON BOARD have been extremely busy and have given me a great flavour for what is to come over the next four years and the challenges that lie ahead. In July I participated in the European CGAs inspection visit to Durban and a chance to see first-hand the proposed venues and format for the 2022 Games Bid, which would be a first for Africa. The CGS Annual General Meeting was held at the end of May, when Paul Bush Durban is situated just below the OBE, was appointed as the organisation’s new Chairman. equator on the Indian Ocean. It is a beautiful city with a strong sporting heritage and experience of hosting Paul, who leads Scotland’s major Two new Board Directors were also voted in the Cricket, Rugby and Football events strategy with VisitScotland and by the 24 member sports in attendance. World Cups in recent years. EventScotland, takes over from Michael Cavanagh, who completed his tenure, Alasdair MacLennan, Similar to Glasgow, Durban presents following an eight-year stint leading the President of Scottish a compact Games model with good organisation in the build-up to Glasgow Cycling and cycling use of existing facilities and very 2014. team manager for Team little new-build required. Our hosts Scotland at the last four were very competent, enthusiastic Paul, who has been on the CGS Board for Commonwealth Games and confident they can deliver a the last four years, was Team Scotland has been appointed for great Games. However there are a Chef de Mission in 2006 when we had our a four year term. With number of issues still to be resolved most successful offshore Games to date more than 40 years in around the sports programme and will now lead the strategic direction of the sport as an athlete, coach and and athlete quotas, which will be the organisation for Gold Coast 2018. administrator he is looking forward to tackled at the General Assembly in sharing his experience with the CGS Board. Auckland. Delighted to have been appointed by the member sports, Paul Bush said: “It Susan Jackson, 2006 The other main challenge for is a huge honour and privilege to have Commonwealth organisers and visiting teams been appointed as Chairman of CGS. I am Games gold medallist alike is it will be the first ever passionate about Scotland and Scottish in shooting and Winter Games, based on the dates sport and I look forward to working closely former CGS Athletes’ proposed. During our visit we with the professional staff and Board to Representative, was witnessed cool, windy and very build on the momentum of Glasgow 2014, also appointed. In wet weather, coupled with a lack of further enhancing the strategic, financial her professional life, daylight hours. and commercial position of CGS. Susan is a Chartered Accountant and runs her family business. September 2nd will see one of the “I am committed to effective partnership Previously she worked in the corporate most important General Assemblies working with the member sports, to ensure finance team at Deloittes for 12 years for the Commonwealth Games they and their athletes are best placed before joining the Winning Scotland movement in many years, with to enjoy continued success at future Foundation as a senior director. several key issues to be discussed, Commonwealth Games. as well as important Board elections Outgoing Chairman, Michael Cavanagh was to be held. CGS is delighted to be “Scotland has a strong reputation in the thanked by the sports in attendance for supporting both Louise Martin Commonwealth Games movement and I the outstanding job done and in response CBE and Michael Cavanagh with look forward to representing CGS at he said: “It has been a privilege, not just to nominations for CGF President and international level, to ensure we retain and serve as CGS Chairman, but to have had Vice President respectively. extend our sphere of influence on the the good fortune to lead this great sporting world stage.” family at such an exciting and successful The final preparations for our time in our history. Youth Team heading out to Samoa Paul will be supported have gone well and I am sure that in his new role by “CGS has come a very long way over the with the committed support of the newly elected last eight years and it has been fantastic to our experienced team staff, led by Vice Chair, Maureen see the extensive interest and competition Elinor Middlemiss as General Team Campbell. Maureen has for the Board positions to support the Manager, they will do Scotland been Chair of Scottish organisation going forwards. proud. Swimming since 2006 and is Chief Executive “I would like to wish Paul, Maureen, Susan, I look forward to catching up with of Falkirk Community Alasdair and the other Board members all many of you again soon at our Trust. She is also a former swimmer and the very best for the future.” Annual Awards Dinner on 3 October. represented Scotland at the 1978 2 Commonwealth Games. Glasgow 2014 – one year on Crownpoint Sports Complex On 23rd July, people across the country took part in sports events and celebrations and shared their memories of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and the legacy it has left for Scottish sport. Commonwealth Games running track puts down new roots In Glasgow around 350 youngsters took part in the opening event of the city’s Anniversary Games – a completely free 11-day sporting festival organised to mark the one-year anniversary of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. As part of the celebrations, the new Commonwealth Games running track at Glasgow Club Crownpoint Sports Complex was officially opened - the same track that was used at Hampden Park during the Commonwealth Games. Memorably, it was the scene of Usain Bolt’s historic gold medal winning performance in the Charlie Flynn looks back 4x100metre relay with Jamaica not to mention Team Scotland’s first gold medal on the track since 1994 by Para-Sport sprinter It was brilliant! Knowing that all your friends and family, the whole Libby Clegg and guide runner Mikhail Huggins. country was watching. That was a huge boost for me. Councillor Gordon Matheson, Leader of Glasgow City Council was When I got gold it was just job done! It was three years building joined on a tour of the facility by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon up, non-stop training and it all just paid off and when you got it and chair of sportscotland Louise Martin, Michael Cavanagh, Past officially you just thought ‘I’ve arrived.’ I was proud of everybody Chairman of CGS and newly selected Youth Team Scotland long who’d helped me get there and it was as much their win as it was jumper, Rachel Alexander from Glasgow.