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Help Us To Help You
The Executive Committee of sportMoray would like to give Clubs the opportunity to suggest ways that sportMoray could assist them in developing their club. The following questionnaire may help you to identify areas that you would like to make comment on, find out more about or would like to consider to opt into in the near future. We would appreciate any feedback to allow us to plan for this coming year so that support is given to the clubs in areas that have been highlighted.
sportMoray Junior Golf Competition
On Saturday, 9th August 2008 sportMoray hosted their first Junior Golf Competition at Kinloss Country Golf Club. For a report on the Day's events click here.
SALSC Golf Tournament
The Scottish Association of Local Sports Councils’ Annual National Inter District Boys Golf Tournament supported by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrew’s was held at Torrance House Golf Club, East Kilbride. To see how the team from Moray performed click here.
Children 1st In Safe Hands Workshop
This workshop has been developed to support those identified in clubs as the child protection officer. The aim of this workshop is to ensure that participants acquire core knowledge and develop their skills in order to fulfil the role of child protection officer for their club. The workshop will help clubs implement practices and procedures to keep children and young people safe.
Great Moray Bike Ride
The Moray Great
Bike Ride takes place on Sunday 14th September this year with all
proceeds going to Grampian Society for the Blind.
Great family day out with a choice of 2 routes - 21 miles and 5
miles.
Grant Finder
GRANTfinder – by far the UK’s largest and most comprehensively supported database of its type – is a user friendly database carrying in excess of 4,000 UK and EU funding programmes – a reservoir of information that is constantly growing and continuously updated.
sportMoray AGM
This years sportMoray Annual General Meeting took place at Moray College, Moray Street, Elgin on Monday 16th of June 2008 at 7:00PM.
Moray Secondary Schools Golf Championships
The Moray Secondary Schools Golf Championships were scheduled to take place at the Kinloss Country Golf Club on Sunday 22nd June 2008 has now been re-arranged for Sunday the 28th of September.
Rope Skipping
An opportunity for School Teachers to learn the skills of Rope Skipping to assist individuals in developing agility, co-ordination, balance and not to mention improvements in Cardiovascular and muscular endurance.
For further information or to register please contact Millar Stoddart at South Lanarkshire Leisure on 01698 476131 or email millar.stoddart@southlanarkshireleisure.co.uk
Coaching Matters
If you are working (or interested) in the performance sport environment an interesting opportunity has arisen with a series of seminars at Stirling University.
The 9th Great Moray Bike Ride
A fun day out for all the family on Sunday the 14th of September 2008, starting from Elgin Library, Cooper Park at 12 O'clock. There are two distances to choose from; 22 and 6 Miles come along and join the fun.
Sports Leaders UK Level2 Award In Community Sports Leadership
This Award is a Nationally Recognised Qualification and is open to anyone aged 16yrs and upwards. Tutored hours will then be followed by 10hrs voluntary experience.
The Scottish Disability Golf Partnership
1st Pan-Disability Open Golf Championship
St Michaels Golf Club – Monday 8th to Wednesday 10th September 2008
Elgin Figure Skating Club
sportMoray have recently awarded Elgin Figure Skating Club a Grant to compete at the Magnum Open Competition at Irvine in March. Councillor Douglas Ross handed over a cheque for £200 to the club members recently
Sport Mastermind
Television’s Toughest Quiz turns its attention to the Nation’s Favourite Obsession…Sport
The same black chair, the same foreboding theme tune and the same 2 minute rounds but with a distinctly sporting flavour.
Presiding over events will be the most iconic sports broadcaster in the history of television. Des Lynam will make his long awaited return to the BBC to host this series of 10 sporting contests.
We will put 4 Sporting Boffins through their paces to see who can stand the pressure of the clock. Contestants will answer two minutes on a sporting specialist subject and two minutes on sporting general knowledge. Up for grabs is the the coveted title of Sport Mastermind 2008.
To become a contestant applicants must be aged 18 or over.
OCS And Sportsaid Partnership To Support Young Athletes
OCS is delighted to announce a new partnership with SportsAid which will further enhance the OCS Young Sports Person Awards, a scheme which recognises and rewards outstanding young athletes. OCS currently makes 11 individual sporting awards to youngsters across the UK, but plans to increase this number threefold to support 33 athletes with the help of SportsAid.
The OCS Young Sports Person Awards is an established social event with a celebratory luncheon held in November each year. In November 2007 the Awards were hosted by Clare Balding and attended by a wealth of sports personalities including Sir Trevor Brooking CBE, Alec Stewart OBE, Robbie Earl OBE, Steve Parry, Mark Butcher, Lee Pearson OBE, Giles Long MBE, Iwan Thomas MBE and the Rt. Hon. Richard Caborn MP. The 2008 Awards will be held at the Brit Oval on 27th November.
SportMoray Quiz Night
A big thank you to all of you who supported last Saturday’s Quiz Night at Elgin Golf Club. 63 people took part split into about 14 teams.
Elgin Golf Club was a perfect venue for this event and the staff looked after us so well. A big thank you to James MacPherson, Secretary and Manager of the Club who helped put everything in place and to Eddie and the bar staff and the ladies who did the catering. Everyone was very friendly and very helpful.
In first place came Forres Harriers (Dennis Cameron, Hamish Cameron, Alan Hunter, Doug Cowie, Caroline Cowie and Mike Milmoe). In second place came a team called ‘Prince Harry Relocation Committee’ made up of Ian, Gray, Maureen Gray, Anne Wood and Tim wood and third place went to a team made up of Carol Flett, Celia Armitage, Geoff Armitage, Neil Smith and Kevin Bruce who called themselves ‘One Short from Speyside’.
Once again Sandy and Jan Duncan, the questionmasters provided an entertaining quiz and made sure all went smoothly. A huge thanks to them.
Raffle prizes were donated by the sportMoray committee as well as a bottle of Chivas Regal donated by Chivas Brothers.
After paying out the 3 cash prizes plus catering costs we were still left with £210 which will be put into sportMoray funds.
Because the event was so successful, we hope to hold it again maybe in September or October.
Disability Inclusion Training
Aberdeenshire Council and Aberdeen City Council in partnership with NHS Grampian are delighted to offer this excellent training opportunity.
The questionnaire should take no
more than 10 minutes to complete and is aimed at club members,
parents of junior members and volunteers.
Grampian Coaching
Are you an experienced coach who would like to improve your coaching qualifications? Are you an interested volunteer who would like to work with the youth section of your sports club? Perhaps you are simply helping out in your organisation but would like to go further and feel more confident in your efforts? Please help us to help you. By completing the questionnaire you will provide the information that we need to:
· Quantify the number of active coaches across the region
· Identify volunteers willing to give their time
· Prioritise their needs
· Clarify methods of communication in the future
Scottish Association of Local Sports Councils
A vacancy has arisen for an Administration & Policy Director for the Scottish Association Of Local Sports Councils. Further Information Here.
OCS Young Sportsperson
Another successful year of the OCS Young Sports Person Awards has now passed and we'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support. 2007 saw our tenth year of giving awards to young, talented sports people, and the winners this year were no exception.
Club Funding
Does your Club require assistance with funding? Then can we remind you that sportMoray have the services of Gill Dolphin, through HIE Moray, who is an expert on advising groups and clubs on how to obtain funding. If your group or club are in need of her services, please let me know and I will ask her to contact you to arrange a meeting. This will cost you nothing.
Wheelchair Curling
Norman
Anderson from Buckie and Jackie Cayton of Lossiemouth were part of a
four-strong team which finished third in the British Open wheelchair
curling competition at Kinross against Scottish & Welsh teams.
Jackie has also been competing on the International Stage over in
Canada playing for Scotland against World class teams.
Volunteer Development Scotland
VDS are pleased to announce the imminent launch of a new range of SQA awards* which will be accredited by the Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) and sit within the Scottish Credit Qualification and Framework (SCQF). The new awards are:
|
Title |
SCQF Level |
Type |
Available from |
Cost |
| Coordinating Volunteers |
Level 6 |
Customised Awards | January 2008 |
VDS Members: £400 Non Members: £500 |
| Managing Volunteers |
Level 7 |
Customised Awards | August 2008 |
VDS Members: £248 Non Members: £310 |
|
Management of Volunteering |
Level 8 |
Professional Development Award | April 2008 |
VDS Members:£1080 Non Members:£1200 |
The new awards will provide individuals with new nationally recognised accredited qualifications* and opportunities to learn about and develop skills in volunteering management. They will also build on learners experience in working in the field. All the awards are work based, unitised programmes that will impact on the effective management of volunteers. The awards will be delivered through a blended learning format with face to face delivery, work based evidence gathering and self directed study elements.
Accreditation of Prior Study
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ommencing in January 2008, VDS will launch the Customised Award in the Coordination of Volunteers at SCQF level 6. If you are a learner who has previously attended and participated in some or all five of the VDS Intermediate Learning opportunities, which were delivered by VDS or through the Volunteer Centre Network you can use these towards this award.To achieve the award Coordination of Volunteers at SCQF level 6, you would also be required to register with VDS to attend a one day introductory workshop and a one day follow-up workshop. If you have not completed all of the five of the units you would need to also attend the units you have outstanding. In addition you would also have to complete the assessment and register with SQA. The assessment will consist of a portfolio of evidence of your practice in working with and coordinating volunteers. Your learning and portfolio building would be further supported on line or by telephone by the Learning & Practice Development team at VDS. It is anticipated that learners may require up to five months for the development of a portfolio of evidence that would then be submitted to VDS for assessment and SQA certification.
Another award Management of Volunteers at SCQF level 7 will be launched in late August, with the National Professional Development Award at SCQF level 8 becoming available from April 08.
If you are interested in the above awards and require support to consider which level may be appropriate to your learning and development needs please telephone the Learning and Practice Team on 01786 479593 or e-mail Pamela Allan at pamela.allan @vds.org.uk who will arrange for someone to contact you to discuss your options.
If you would like to register for the Awards please download the application form available at www.vds.org.uk
Child Protection In Sport
The link below will take you to the latest Child Protection in Sport newsletter which is aimed at everyone who works with children and young people in sport. To make it as relevant as possible, contributions are welcomed for future editions. The producers of the Newsletter wish to make sure that the content reflects the interests of readers!
National Sports Centre - Largs
The latest availability and costing for the National Sports Centre at Largs is now available. More detailed information can be found Here.
Clubcap Scheme
The three local authorities and local sports councils within Grampian have joined forces through Grampian Coaching to develop a Sports Club Complete Accreditation Programme (CLUBCAP) as a means of acknowledging clubs, which operate in a structured way and in accordance with certain criteria.
If you would like to find out more about the scheme, you can download the initial information form Here.