Scottish Disability Sport
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Our vision is that all sport and physical activity in Scotland is welcoming and inclusive for participants with disabilities. #InspiringThroughInclusion
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๐ Congratulations to the 3โฃ3โฃ Scottish athletes who will be representing @ParalympicsGB in Tokyo. The games start 1โฃ week today!. Leave a good luck message below ๐. #ImpossibleToIgnore | #ScotsOnParalympicsGB
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SDS joined hundreds today to celebrate the life of Janice Eaglesham MBE. A difficult day for all. Janice was so much more than our excellent Chairperson: Coach, mentor, tutor, strategist, volunteer - & most importantly - friend. Farewell Janice, your legacy will live on.#legend
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The strength of the man! Even after a year ravaged by injury @derekrae_85 turns in a season's best performance to finish 9th in the marathon. ๐๐ช. An immense feat in very difficult conditions after a tough year. Everyone back home is very proud of you. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ. #ImpossibleToIgnore
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Abby Cook has been announced as the 42nd Blue Peter presenter! . Abby is a @SDS_sport and @ForthValleyDS Young Persons Sport Panel member. Catch her first show this Friday at 5pm on CBBC! . @sportscotland @SAMHtweets @TNLComFundScot .
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Janice touched so many lives across sport and tonight she recieved a well deserved award. Janiceโs colourful personality is very much missed by everyone who knew her. #COVawards @sportscotland.
#COVawards | The late Janice Eaglesham is recognised with a Lifetime Achievement in Coaching Award. Janice worked tirelessly to ensure that people with disabilities could take part in sport, whether at a grassroots level or competing on the world stage.
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A great residential with the Young Start Team & Young Persons Sport Panel at @InverclydeNSTC . #InspiringThroughInclusion #BeActiveBeWell2023. #Connection #Confidence #Education #Independence . @TNLComFundScot @sportscotland
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SDS Annual Awards Ceremony 2020 โ this year the Brian Dolan Memorial Trophy for Swimmer of the Year is awarded to Toni Shaw from @UOAPS! @ScottishSwim @britishswimming @SDSGrampian
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Many congratulations to Richard Brickley on his OBE for services to disability sport in the #Birthday2020 #UKHonours list. Richard has made significant contributions for decades to disability sport internationally, within the home nations, nationally and locally with DSF.
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Thank you to @FoundationCFC for their great support at today's SDS West Parasport festival. A special thanks to Celtic FC player Keiran Teirney for coming along and supporting the event #SDSinclusivesport #YOYP2018 #inspiringsport @sportscotland
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Congratulations to our Highland RDM Kirsty on winning. You are a truly inspirational. Well deserved award! #spoty #inspirationalrolemodel @KirstyyE.
For her incredible work inspiring young people. โญ KIRSTY EWEN IS THE 2018 UNSUNG HERO! โญ . Well done @KirstyyE! ๐. You're a true hero! ๐ฅ . ๐บ๐ป๐ฑ . #SPOTY @BBCSportScot #UnsungHero @britishswimming @ActiveScotGov
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Janice Eaglesham, MBE, wins the Lifetime Achievement - Coaching posthumous award. Janice impacted and changed so many lives in sport and her legacy will definitely live on. @scotathletics #COVawards @sportscotland
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The Scottish National Cerebral Palsy Football team made it safely to Sardinia last night to compete in the @ifcpf European Championships. The team will play their first game on Friday 2 June against Ireland. Good luck to everyone! @ScottishFA_dis @ScottishFA
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๐ฅMedal success| Huge congratulations to .@FinGparacyclist on winning silver in the Men's C3 3000m Individual Pursuit . What a great achievement!.#ScotsOnParalympicsGB | #ImpossibleToIgnore
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Joint meeting between the SDS and @sportscotland Young Peoples Sport Panels tonight to explore inclusion. Great to have @YoungScot at the session too #InspiringThroughInclusion #Collaboration
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Great to have some of the Young Persons Sport Panel together today to explore the year ahead. We canโt wait to see all this team will achieve #InspiringThroughInclusion
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The women's wheelchair basketball quartet of @Robyn_Love13 @jude__hamer @LynseySpeirs18 & Jessica Whyte confidently won their match against South Africa with a score of 16-2! Congratulations on the win! @basketballscot @Team_Scotland
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A privilege to be at the #ScottishSportsAwards22. Best of luck to all nominees and congratulations to all award winners! ๐
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Happy Day 1๏ธโฃ of #ScottishDisabilitySportWeek ๐. We're kicking things off by hearing from @laurapilkie, to learn where the idea originated from and how she benefits from getting active!. How do you benefit from staying active?.Tag us and let us know!. #InspiringThroughInclusion
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After a close finish, @stephenclegg95 wins @Team_Scotland a silver medal in the Men's S13 50m Freestyle! Congratulations Stephen, what a performance!๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฅ๐โโ๏ธ
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Great to have the support and encouragement of @MareeToddMSP today as we showcased #Boccia at @SSF_2000 Scottish women & girls in sport event ๐. Fantastic to see so many young girls trying boccia for the first time and loving it! #SheCanSheWill . @ActiveScotGov @sportscotland
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๐ซ Leading us into the games!. Scottish wheelchair curlers Meggan Dawson-Farrell (@SpiderMonkey165) & Gregor Ewan (@gregorcurling) have been selected as ParalympicsGB flagbearers for today's opening ceremony!. ๐ It's now officially time to get excited!. (๐ธ @ParalympicsGB )
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Findlay Calder Trophy for athlete of the year is awarded to @Sam_Kinghorn for her fantastic achievements over the last year @scotathletics
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First session of the day and lots of fun to be had playing basketball at the Grampian Parasport Festival! ๐๐. Great Shot! ๐๐@SDSGrampian @CorraFoundation @basketballscot @BritWheelBBall @NescolSport @sportinmoray @scotgov.@MareeToddMSP .@ASAberdeenshire .@AberdeenCC
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Medal Alert! ๐ฅ. She has only gone and done it again! A second ๐ฅof the games for Maria. ๐. What a race! Well fought 3rd place and a seasons best of 30.24 for Maria Lyle in the Womenโs T35 200m event. ๐ช๐. Congratulations Maria ๐๐. #ScotsonParalympicsGB. ๐ทimagecomms
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Congratulations to Taysideโs Jack Milne and Taylor MacKenzie who were awarded Best Male and Female at todayโs National Swimming Championships at Tollcross ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ. @ScottishSwim @sportscotland
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After an incredible breakthrough year on the senior para swimming scene with great results at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and the WPC European Championships the John de Courcy Trophy for the best newcomer goes to Toni Shaw @tonishaw_x from @UOAPS!. Congratulations Toni ๐.
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Are you. โ
Living in Scotland with a disability aged 16-24.โ
Committed&enthusiastic about disability sport .โ
Able to commit to 4 hours a month .โ
Want to make a difference in disability sport? .Applications go live in Jan for SDS Young Persons Sport Panel.@sportscotland.
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Thatโs a wrap on the Central Parasport Festival 2023 and a fond farewell to Central RDM Cherylโฆ. @ForthValleyDS @activestirling1 @ActiveClacks @FalkirkSport
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Medal ceremony and first medal of the @cpworldgames for #TeamScotland is Gold๐ฅin the T33 800m for @Shelbylouwatson @scotathletics
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Paralympic Silver medallist Scott Quin supporting young swimmer Murray at the SDS/SS Performance Champs @ScottishSwim #inspiringrolemodel
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Congratulations to Kayleigh Haggo on winning the inspiration in Sport award @ScotWomenSport truly an inspiration
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On #InternationalDayofPeoplewithDisabilities2022 weโre delighted to launch the #BeActiveBeWell campaign to support & encourage people with disabilities to be active. Here we have Fiona Rogers, from our YPSP highlighting ways you can get active.
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Good luck to the players travelling to the 2019 Czech International Open in Prague. @ReeganStevenson @Kieran_wss and @RossMunro23 will represent Scotland, led by Head Coach @jenliv86 .@BocciaUK @sportscotland . #ScottishBoccia
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We at SDS wanted to say a special thanks to @Loriure71 our West RDM at todays WoS Parasport Festival as she has moved onto pastures new to our fantastic partners @FoundationCFC. Thanks Lori for all your hard work. We also missed @lynn_allison today&hope she is feeling better soon
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After the success of the first YPSP, we're delighted to announce a new panel supported by @TNLComFundScot and made up of 14 young people with a huge amount of enthusiasm, knowledge and experience to help shape the future of disability sport in Scotland.
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What a result in the men's T38 100m. @PandaRoss_1998 places 5th in a new personal best of 11.95! @AlexanderT1724 comes in 7th in a time of 12.23@scotathletics @Team_Scotland.
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Fantastic day delivering UK Inclusion Training to 4th Year PE students at @EdinburghUni. Here they are exploring different methods of guided running. Some more successful than others ๐
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A3: There will be a nationwide celebration ofย getting active and involved in disability sport inย Scotland, through an online campaign called Scottish Disability Sport Weekย (27 Nov - 3 Dec).It'll highlight the opportunities & benefits of sport!.๐#SportHour
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Congratulations to the Scottish Wheelchair Curling Team on winning Silver Medal ๐ฅin the World Wheelchair Curling Championships 2019๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ@AileenNeilson @sheilaswan1978 #battletotheend #inspirationalrolemodels.
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SDS Annual Awards Ceremony 2020 โ this year the Findlay Calder Trophy of Athlete of the Year is awarded to Maria Lyle from Team East Lothian Athletics Club! @scotathletics @LDS_Sport
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The Coach of the Year award for 2018 for his work in developing an actively inclusive approach at @UOAPs goes to Gregor McMillan! . Congratulations Gregor ๐. #SDSConf2018 #Coach #Awards.@ScottishSwim.
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SDS is excited to support the development of the @_thedailymile Inclusion Model which provides a participant centered approach & guidance to include learners with disabilities in the Daily Mile. SDS Chairperson @cgoodfellow31 attended the launch.
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Cross Party Group focusing on Disability & Sport today @ScotParl.@RNIBScotland invited a range of partners to speak about disability Sport today @ScottishFA @CricketScotland @SMS_Scotland @SDS_boccia @sportscotland @JBalfourMSP
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And the winner of the Glasgow Coach of the Year is Ian Mirfin! Congratulations @JackCaleyJuno An amazing coach to an amazing athlete @Sam_Kinghorn.#SPOTY2017.
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And weโre off!!! ๐๐ป๐โฝ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐โต๏ธ.Successful morning session at West of Scotland Parasport Festival with 65 excited kids at the On-X Linwood Thanks to all partners, clubs, SGBs, schools and of course our participants for coming along today ๐ #inspiringthroughinclusion #westparasport
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The Findlay Calder Trophy is awarded to the Athlete of the Year. After an incredibly successful year as a wheelchair racer in half and full marathons & being selected for @Team_Scotland at @birminghamcg22. Congratulations to this years winner;. ๐Sean Frame๐
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This Women and Girls Week we put the spotlight onto 3 of the brilliant ladies we've worked with through the Young Persons Sport Panel: @HopeGordon_ , @gemmalumsdaine and @colettemartin03, founding members of the Young Persons Sport Panel. #SheCanSheWill .
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SDS Annual Awards Ceremony 2020 โ this year the Fife Trophy for Performance Coach of the Year is awarded to Jamie Bowie of Team East Lothian Athletics Club! @LDS_Sport.@scotathletics
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South Ayrshire swimmer Kayleigh Haggo breaks the Scottish record in 100m Breaststroke #sdsperformanceswim #superswim @ScottishSwim.
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@CelticFC @FoundationCFC @kierantierney1 Thank you to @FoundationCFC and Kieran Tierney for supporting the SDS West Parasport festival today, greatly appreciated the kids loved it! ๐ #SDSinclusivesport #YOYP2018 #inspiringsport #engage.
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SDS West Parasport Festival underway at On-x Linwood ๐๐ธ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ โฝ๏ธ๐พ๐ฃโโ๏ธ๐๐ โต๏ธ ๐ด ๐คผโโ๏ธ๐ฟ We are delighted to see 115 kids enjoying todays event ๐๐ปThanks to OneRen & City of Glasgow College for their support,as well our amazing SGBs, Clubs & vols #BeActiveBeWell #sdsparasportfestival
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We are delighted to receive the @_UKCoaching โCoaching for an Active Lifeโ Award. A huge thank you to our partners @SAMHtweets , our instructors and everyone who joined us every week. We smashed it!.
Coaching for an Active Life Award goes to. @SDS_sport Be Active, Be Well . The programme ensured participants of all ages became & stayed active throughout the UKโs coronavirus lockdown - all in all, it reached over 600 people. Congrats! . #GreatCoaching #UKCoachingAwards
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Congratulations ๐ to @FinGparacyclist on winning The Male Rider of the Year at the @ScottishCycling Awards. It has been an exceptional season for the Highland para- cyclist winning National, European and World Championships. #InspiringthroughInclusion
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Happy Rainbow Laces day everyone! SDS staff are wearing the laces with pride to show their support to make sport everyoneโs game! Who is with us? @sportscotland @stonewalluk @StonewallScot @LEAPsports #RainbowLacesDay ๐ #inclusion
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Medal ceremony as @condie_graham collects his well deserved๐ฅat the @cpworldgames and the as Flower of Scotland rings around the arena @scotathletics #PB #TeamScotland #CPWorldGames
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Gemma has inspired & empowered young people with disabilities throughout the year in her role as @DundeeDragons coordinator, coach and by leading peer to peer coach development workshops with the young start group. Amazing work @gemmalumsdaine #COVChampions @sportscotland
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#ScottishSportsAwards Congratulations to the Scottish Wheelchair Curling Team who have been awarded the Disability Sport Award! Skipped by Aileen Neilson, the team of Hugh Nibloe, Robert McPherson and Gary Logan took silver at the Wheelchair Curling World Championships in 2019.
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SDS delighted to announce that @Lyle_Maria has joined the SDS Events Team as Event Coordinator! Learn more about her appointment:
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3โฃ1โฃ Para-athletes.7โฃ Sports. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Your confirmed #TeamScotland selections for @birminghamcg22 ๐ซ. #TimeForHeroes #B2022.
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Happy birthday to our lovely SDS Chair @JcEaglesham who turns 60 tomorrow. Many happy returns ๐๐๐
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There was a record number of participants at the West of Scotland's sold out #ParasportFestival yesterday๐คฉ . 100+ attended, 74 of which were attending for the first time!. ๐Read the full review here: #InspiringThroughInclusion
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Partnership working at its best in Central Scotland with local/regional leads creating sustainable links with FE/HE institutions to develop Disability sport in FV @ForthValleyDS @FVCollege @SportatStirling @activestirling1 @ASC_Lisa @ActiveClacks @CMActiveSchools @ScotStuSport
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๐๐ป | Delighted to be announced as Governing Body of the Year at the @ActiveSchoolsED Awards . ๐ค | SDS and Active Schools have a strong partnership & excited to continue creating and developing opportunities for participants with disabilities . @sportscotland @LDS_Sport.
๐. And the winner isโฆ. โญ๏ธ SCOTTISH DISABILITY SPORT โญ๏ธ. See more of all the nominee stories here๐. . #ActiveSchoolsAwards #SeeThemBeThem.@sportscotland @coe_sport @Edinburgh_CC
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We will forever be indebted to Richard's brilliant work in making disability sport more visible and inclusive for many, many people. Enjoy your retirement, Richard ๐๐๐. #COVChampions | #InspiringThroughInclusion.
#COVChampions | After countless hours helping others over nearly 50 years, seven Paralympics and an OBE, Richard Brickley has retired. Richard's influence reached every aspect of disability sport in Scotland. Congrats on an incredible career ๐. More๐.
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๐๏ธ Introducing Paracast | In Episode๐ฅof our new Podcast we spoke with parasport athlete & SDS Young Persons Sports Panel member @Lyle_Maria. ๐
Winning medals & breaking records.โ๏ธTravelling abroad at an early age.๐Her mental health journey.
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OUTSTANDING!! @Sam_Kinghorn wins Scottish Sports Personality of the Year 2017! The first Para Athlete to win this award and such an inspiration to all! well done Sammi! #inspiration
#ScottishSportsAwards | ๐ย Scottish Sports Personality 2017 is Sammi Kinghorn! .Sammi earns the top honour after her inspirational performances at the World Para Athletics Championships, where she set a new world record & claimed double sprint gold. Huge congratulations to Sammi!
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You are superb! A brilliant ambassador for sport and everything it can bring. Congratulations.
Today, at 20 years old, I graduated UNIVERSITY ๐ I passed my degree in Sports Coaching and Development with Distinction AND received a Court Medal for being the top performing student in my programme across all campuses ๐คฉ
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Great debut for @bethjohnston101 in her first games. Lots to be proud of and to take into other performances ๐๐๐๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ#TeamScot2018 #SDSInclusivesport #lotsmoretocome#proud
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We want to give another big shout out to this group of wonderful people who recently came to the end of their term on the Young Persons Sport Panel. You all made huge contributions to Disability Sport. We canโt wait to see what you will continue to achieve. #SheCanSheWill
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Looking after your mental health is just as important in sport, as looking after your physical health ๐ค. Athlete @Lyle_Maria shares some insight into how sport has helped her overcome barriers by developing resilience & determination. #ScottishDisabilitySportWeek @scotathletics
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Tokyo 2020 heat update! . Two time Paralympian Samantha Kinghorn looked very relaxed as she cruised through to the Womenโs T53 800m Final. ๐ช. Watch Samantha with us at 11.04 am BST. Well done Samantha ๐๐๐ช. #ScotsonParalympicsGB.#ImpossibleToIgnore. ๐ท imagecomms
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Well done to everyone who attended the Cerebral Palsy Football Development session today. It was a great turn out and fantastic to have it run alongside the National Squad Training Session @ScottishFA_dis @FujifilmUK @CPfootball_SCO
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๐ฅBronze medal โ
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. All in a day's work for @tonishaw_x . #ImpossibleToIgnore | #ScotsOnParalympicsGB. ๐ธ: imagecomms
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The winner of the Lifetime achievement - volunteering posthumous award is Jack Calder, one of our longest serving and dedicated volunteers. @LDS_Sport @sportscotland @ScottishSwim. #COVawards #legacy
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What a great day weโve had at the East Parasport Festival 2023!! Thanks to all the participants who got stuck in and tried out lots of different sports!! Thanks to all our partners, coaches, young leaders and volunteers who made the day such a success!!. #EastParasport2023
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CongratulationsGregor McMillan disability coach of the year at the #COVawards. A truly committed and inclusive coach
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A fond farewell to our longest serving staff member Norma Buchanan who has worked her last SDS event after 20 years service. We will miss her greatly. Norma will go on to work for our member branch Disability Sport Fife. Gordon Quinton from @DCDSDundee made the presentation.
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Well done to Grampian Para Swimmer, Toni Shaw, who has taken home the Young Sportswoman of the Year at the @scotwomensport Awards!
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Pamela: coach, tutor, mentor, development officer. The young people are at the heart of Pamelaโs approach whether face to face or online via virtual parasport days. Thanks Pamela! #COVChampions @sportscotland @TNLComFundScot
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And the winner of the Disability Sport Award at the Scottish Sports Awards is. @Sam_Kinghorn! Another very well deserved award to add to the collection! #scottishsportsawards
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Introducing your new @BISFed 2021 European Champion on this chilly Monday morning! @bocciabhoy ๐ฅ. He defeated Radek Prochazka (๐จ๐ฟ) in the final 4-3 to win his 4th European title!. The Team & Pairs competition starts today. #ScottishBoccia #Proud
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Congratulations to a successful Team Scotland on a phenomenal games! We have enjoyed the biggest ever para sport programme. @Team_Scotland.
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๐คฉ WOWWW, we've struck gold!!. ๐ซ Neil Simpson was guided by his brother Andrew to gold medal success in the Para Alpine Skiing - Super G. ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ What a stunning, record breaking victory!. #ScotsOnParalympicsGB #WinterParalympics . (๐ธ@ParalympicsGB )
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A3 | #SportHour. We're proud to see so many Scottish women coaching at the highest level. One such person is the brilliant @ClaireMorrison6 who coached 5 Boccia athletes at Tokyo 2020.
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With @sportscotland Women and Girlsโ Fund, in partnership with @MDUK_News, Cerebral Palsy Scotland and @CapabilityScot, we have created Girls in Boccia, for women and girls with all disabilities. Would you or someone you know enjoy this? #ScottishBoccia
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โ๏ธ Blog | The Impact of Boccia in a Mainstream School Setting โ Active Schools Aberdeen. #InspiringThroughInclusion #EmpoweringCommunities. Read this excellent piece๐.
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A1 @sportscotland the physical, psychological and social.benefits of sport for everyone are well documented but for people with.disabilities the benefits can be greater, particularly around health and being.socially included and not socially isolated. #SportHour.
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