The Highland Perthshire Sports Trust — The Highland Perthshire Sports Trust

Volunteers

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:15:38 +0000

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.

Effective Partnerships

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:13:47 +0000

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.

HPST Policy

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:42:04 +0000

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

2010 A New Era

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:42:57 +0000

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.

Welcome…

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:42:25 +0000

The Highland Perthshire Sports Trust was formed in February 2004 to try and improve the opportunities for children and young people to play sport. We made a conscious decision to concentrate on developing the major team sports of football, rugby and cricket because we observed the opportunities to play these sports locally were very limited and we felt given a fresh impetus there was considerable room for improvement here in Highland Perthshire.

2010 heralds a new era of community facilities at Breadalbane Academy, including the completion of new modern sports facilities.

Breadalbane Strathtay Youth Football Club wins National Award.

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.

A primary aim of the Sports Trust is to ensure that we have progressive coaching programmes and vibrant junior clubs in place by 2010 so that as many of our young people as possible can make maximum use of the new facilities AND that we have created a coaching structure that can increase participation among our young children and develop potential with the most talented players.

Rugby: Coaching Update

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:41:54 +0000

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 on 07717798698.

Football: School Tournaments

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:41:30 +0000

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 in a tense final to record Breadalbane’s first win in any competition.

Importantly a few new players were identified fromt the competitions and they will hopefully be playing in some of the Breadalbane/Strathtay teams next season.

Cricket: Level 1 & Level 2 coaching courses

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:41:16 +0000

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 if any one at your clubs are interested in going on it, the details can be found on the Cricket Scotland website and who to contact to get on the course.

Welcome…

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:22:05 +0000

2010 heralds a new era of community facilities at Breadalbane Academy, including the completion of new modern sports facilities.