UK winners of Norwich Union/Daily Telegraph "Ambassador for School Sport"
We have a dual strategy of trying to build effective partnerships with clubs not only in Highland Perthshire but also in Perth and Dundee. We believe this is the key to sustained success. At a local level this allows young children to play soccer sevens, mini rugby and kwik cricket in a fun environment as well as providing a pathway for the most talented players to play competitive sport at a higher level by joining the likes of Perthshire Rugby Club or Forfarshire Cricket Club.
2010 heralds a new era of community facilities at Breadalbane Academy, including the completion of new modern sports facilities. A key driver in the thinking behind setting up the Sports Trust was the breaking news that new sports facilities in Aberfeldy were finally coming into view albeit on a future horizon. Breadalbane Academy had for too many years suffered from having appalling sports facilities in terms of having no Games Hall, no floodlit astro facilities and poorly draining games pitches that turned into a bog during the autumn and winter months. Initially it was hoped that the new facilities would be ready for 2007 but the revised completion date is now November 2010.
Volunteer coaches provide vital support to our Head Coaches/ Development Officers and are actively involved in the organisation of practice sessions and club matches. The Highland Perthshire Sports Trust has over the past year provided funding to enable over 30 volunteer coaches gain recognised coaching qualifications.
The policy of the Sports Trust has been to work in partnership with local clubs to improve the delivery of junior sports coaching. In 2004-05 the club ran one youth side at Under 17 level. In season 2008-09 the Club now runs 5 Boys sides and 2 Girls sides as well as two further teams at Adult level. This dramatic progress led to the club being awarded the SFA ‘Community Club’ Award – only the second club in Scotland to achieve this prestigious status. The Club also won the McDonald’s ‘Grassroots Club of the Year’ Award for 2007-08 awarded at a Gala reception at Hampden Park.
The appointment of a part time Football Development Officer by the Highland Perthshire Sports Trust has been a major catalyst in this success and we highly value our partnership with Breadalbane Strathtay Youth Football Club and all the local schools that have actively participated in our football coaching programmes
Mark Mc Kenzie, SRU Performance Development Manager, will be presenting a specialist coaching update on KICKING : TECHNICAL and TACTICAL at Perthshire RUFC on Monday 6th April starting at 6.45pm and finishing some 80-90 minutes later. Academy player attendance is expected on the night but there is an invitation to all local coaches and senior players to attend. For further details contact Andy Cummins … [Read More...]
We have come to the end of another exciting year of school football tournaments. First up were the girls and Dunkeld proved too strong for everyone as they won the shield for the first time. In the P6/P7 boys section we needed sudden death penalty kicks to separate Breadalbane and Kenmore. Kenmore's nerve held firm for them to retain their trophy. In the P4/P5 final Breadalbane edged out Pitlochry … [Read More...]
Level 1 coaching course will be run on 15th,28th & 29th March from 10am - 4pm at Craigclowan school in Perth, so if any one at your clubs are interested, they can find all details on Cricket Scotland website and who they need to contact to get on the course. Level 2 coaching course will be running on 17th, 18th,31st October & 1st November from 10am - 4pm at Craigclowan School in Perth, and again … [Read More...]
We would like to continue our recognition of sponsors despite the fact that some of the funding streams have come to an end. Our initial milestone was the year 2010. We are now taking stock of our achievements and are reviewing how best we can involve future sponsors in supporting our selected sports and developing our key ideas and aims.
To date Ptarmigan have been the major sponsors of the Sports Trust. Without their assistance it is doubtful if our story could have ever started.
We have received funding from the Gannochy Trust for the period up to 2010. To date this has been one of the bedrocks of our success. .
Barhaul are current sponsors of our new Girls Football Coaching programme. If you are carrying out home improvements or building works check them out. They deserve your trade!
The school has been an active partner throughout the life of the Sports Trust. Their financial support has also allowed for all their feeder Primary Schools to benefit from our coaching programmes.