2. Scottish Disability Sport Annual General Meeting
25th September 2013

3. Scottish Disability Sport Vice Chair
Catherine Goodfellow
Scottish Disability Sport
Vice Chair

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5. Attendees Governing Bodies Management Board Sport Development Officers
Janice Eaglesham
Catherine Goodfellow
Sandra Proudfoot
Gerry Milne
Dave Rhoney
Anna Tizzard
Honorary President
Philip Harris FRCS
sportscotland
Stuart Ogg
Governing Bodies
Jane Campbell Morrison
Terry McLernon MBE
Sport Development Officers
Shona Malcolm
David McArdle
Paul Wilson
Athletes
Jim Anderson OBE
Gary Clelland
Meggan Dawson-Farrell
Jamie Docherty
Jane Egan
Fraser Mathieson

6. Attendees Athletes (cont.) Coaches Additional Invitees Jamie McCowan
Scott McCowan
Peter McGuire
Stephen McGuire
Jonathan Paterson
Martin Perry
Joshua Rowe
Kieran Steer
Coaches
Pat Agnew
Bob Dick
Ron McArthur
Don McFarlane
Richard Vallis
Additional Invitees
Brenda Anderson
John Anderson
Dougie Arneil
Helen Bruce
Cynthia Clare
Mike Crerar
John Dawson
Kirstie Dawson
Alan Dickson
Alan Docherty
David Grevemberg
Andrea Law
Gary McCowan
Linda McCowan
Colin McDonald

7. Attendees Borders Branch Additional Invitees (cont.)
Alison McGuire
Peter McGuire
Claire Morrison
Carol Rowe
Ian Smith
Nikki Teven
Eliza Watson
Borders Branch
Graham Cook
Alan Oliver
Dumfries & Galloway Branch
Sam Grieveson
Ling Mann
Andrea Manson
George Morrison
Aberdeenshire Branch
George Keith
Linda Mathers
Pauline Stirling

8. Attendees Lothian Branch Fife Branch North Ayrshire Branch
Paul Noble MBE
Forth Valley Branch
Mitchell Graham
Graham Harvey
Angus Whyte
Glasgow Branch
Denise Dunn
Caroline Johnston
Robin Walker
Highland Branch
Fiona Brodie
Lothian Branch
Neal Herbert
North Ayrshire Branch
Stephen Browning
Perth & Kinross Branch
Irene Black
Louise Brett
May Harris
Lynn Melville
Anne Younger

9. Attendees Scottish Disability Sport Staff Lynn Allison Becky Bisland
Norma Buchanan
Charlie Forbes
Gary Fraser
Mark Gaffney
Lynne Glen
Jen Livingstone
Heather Lowden
Caroline Lyon
Gavin Macleod
Claire McDonald
Ailien Pallot
Lori Ure

10. Apologies Athletes Management Board Honorary President sportscotland
Kenny Cairns MBE
Murray Elliot
Neil Fachie MBE
Alistair Hamilton
Stefan Hoggan
Michael Kerr
Michael McCreadie
Andrew Mullen
Aileen Neilson
Stephen Payton
Valerie Robertson
Craig Rodgie
Kevin Simpson
Tracy Wiscombe
Management Board
Gordon McCormack OBE
Eileen Ramsay
Honorary President
Jean Stone MBE
sportscotland
Jo Bell
Stewart Harris
Louise Martin CBE
Calum Wood

11. Apologies Coaches Dundee Branch Aberdeen Branch Fife Branch
Jean Duncan
Alan Lynn
Jacqueline Lynn
Ian Mirfin
Lyndon Williams
Aberdeen Branch
Andrinne Craig
Borders Branch
Elizabeth Scott
Dumfries & Galloway Branch
Laura Vickers
Dundee Branch
Agnes Findlay
Norman Gray
Alison Milne
Gillian Munro
Brian Webster
Fife Branch
Richard Brickley MBE
Maureen McSeveney
David Thomson
Glasgow Branch
Stephen White

12. Apologies
Highland Branch Janet Home Perth & Kinross Branch Kathleen Smith South Lanarkshire Branch Scott Dunbar Millar Stoddart Governing Bodies Kim Atkinson Chris Bryant Bruce Crawford Margaret Ann Fleming
Additional Invitees Kerri Allan Judy Anderson Ruari Davidson Linda Fachie Stan Fachie Steve Grimmond Duncan Hamilton Julie Hogg Tim Hollingsworth Barry Horne Hayley Jarvis David McCrae Marie McCrae William McCrae

13. Apologies Additional Invitees (cont.) Scottish Disability Sport staff
Mark McGeachie
Dawn Middleton
Jon Morgan
Dana O’Dwyer
Gill Pye
Greig Taylor
Scottish Disability Sport staff
Cheryl Brykajlo
Rob Claridge

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15. Scottish Disability Sport Annual General Meeting 2013
Chief Executive Officer Report
In highlighting the achievements for the year, I will focus in on a few key areas.
Further details of all achievements can be found within this years annual report.

16. Inspiring Through Inclusion: 2012 - 2017
Strategic Plan
Inspiring Through Inclusion:
Just a quick reminder of our current strategic plan

17. Inspiring Through Inclusion 2012 - 2017
1 Vision
Developing opportunities and improving performance in disability sport for children, athletes and players with a physical, sensory or learning disability
2 Overall Aims
Develop Sports Opportunities
Improve Sports Performance
5 Key Areas
Branch, Local and Regional sporting opportunities
Developing Talent and Performance
Education and Coaching
Communication and Leadership
Governance and Infrastructure
3 Underpinning Principles
People, Partnerships and Pathways
3 Golden Threads
Sports Equity
Safeguarding in Sport
Inclusive Sport

19. Sports Inclusion Model
Inclusive sport offers ALL children, athletes and players with a disability, the opportunity to realise their full potential in physical activity including sport, by providing open, modified, parallel and discrete sports options appropriate to their individual needs, abilities and environment

20. Key Messages
Develop more inclusive opportunities locally through our Branches and local authority partners for children, athletes and players with a disability
Sustain a regional network providing support to children, athletes and players with a disability with performance potential and linking local and national programmes
More sports working inclusively to ensure robust and sustainable pathways for children, athletes and players with a disability to meet their full potential
Develop inclusive coaching and education structures to provide Scotland’s coaches and volunteers with the skills and knowledge required to support children, athletes and players with a disability
Sufficient resources are in place to ensure the future of disability sport in Scotland
Effectively communicate with partners and stakeholders and explicitly lead the development of disability sport in Scotland

21. Local to Regional Opportunities Managers appointed People’s Post Code
SDS Professional Officer’s Group
184 local coaches supported
231 young disabled people attended Talent ID & Development Days
30 athletes and players progressed onto Regional Squads
Jen Livingstone & Mark Gaffney now in post with a specific remit to support the work of the SDS Branches
Peoples Postcode Lottery – 18 opportunities supported across 8 SDS Branches or Regions

22. International Success
WCF Wheelchair Curling World Championships
CPISRA Intercontinental Championships
INAS World Athletics Championships
Deaflympics
Paratriathlon European Championships
BISFed European Boccia Championships
European Wheelchair Rugby Championships
IPC World Swimming Championships
IPC World Athletics Championships
IBBA World Championships
4 Gold, 4 silver and 8 bronze medals
Scottish athletes and players also enjoyed considerable success on the international stage during the last 12 months.
The following are a sample of international events attended during the last year with successes including:
ETU Paratriathlon European Championships in Turkey – Jane Egan secured her title in a row with the gold medal in the Tri-1 category
BISFed European Boccia Championships in Portugal – Josh Rowe won gold medal in the BC1/2 Team event, Scott McCowan won a bronze medal in the BC3 Pairs event and Keiran Steer, Jamie McCowan and Stephen McGuire won a god medal in the BC4 Pairs event
Wheelchair Rugby European Championships in Belgium – Michael Kerr was a member of the bronze medal winning GB team
IPC World Swimming Championships in Canada – Andrew Mullen won silver medal in the S5 50m and a bronze in the 50m Butterfly, James Clegg won a bronze medal in the S12 400m Freestyle
IPC World Athletics Championships in France – Libby Clegg won silver medals in the T12 100m & 200m

23. Education & Coaching
Education Scotland/sportsotland support for UKDIT in 32 local authorities
114 education and training opportunities delivered
1,563 course participants
Inclusive coaching developments with 17 SGB’s
Successful Coaching Matters Conference attracting 35 delegates across 10 sports
External Review of Coaching, Education, Development & Training
External Review - results were very positive with virtually all (98%) stating that the training had been effective or very effective.
90% indicated that the training had had an impact on their teaching
75% had shared their learning from the course with workplace colleagues

24. Governance Staffing restructure
Wheelchair Basketball Development Officer post
Funding support
4 year integrated investment agreed with sportscotland

26. Communication 3,701 average monthly website visits
SDS Facebook (369 Likes) and Twitter (761 Followers)
2 Electronic Newsletters distributed
SDS History produced
Events Communications Plan
Coaches, volunteers, athletes and players recognised
Website – Average monthly visits to the website for the last 12 months were 3,701, a 31% increase on last year.
Lyndon Williams named sportscotland Disability Coach of the Year and Shona Malcolm named sportscotland Technical official of the Year.
Our Chairman, Gordon McCormack was awarded an OBE as was wheelchair curling guru Kate Caithness.
Paralympians Neil Fachie, Craig MacLean and David Smith awarded MBE’s following their gold medal performances in London

27. Glasgow 2014 More sports, more athletes & more Nations
Parasport Events
Athletics
Cycling
Lawn Bowls
Swimming
Powerlifting
Increase from 15 to 22 medal events

28. Thanks SDS Management Board & Gordon McCormack OBE
SDS Branch officers & Volunteers
Sport Specific Development Officers & Coaches
SDS Staff in Fife & Edinburgh Offices
Scotland’s Local Authorities, Leisure Trusts & Governing Bodies of Sport
sportscotland
Sponsors & other key partners
Especially – athletes Every success for the year ahead

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30. Scottish Disability Sport Annual General Meeting
Guest Speaker
David Grevemberg
CEO, Glasgow 2014

31. Scottish Disability Sport Awards 2013

32. SDS Minimum Operating Requirements
SDS Management Board Considers the following Branch has fully met the SDS MOR Dumfries & Galloway Disability Sport
The SDS Minimum Operating Requirements (MOR) for governance, communication, child and vulnerable adult protection and sports development has been introduced across all 14 local branches over the last 3 years.
The SDS Management Board has now considered all submissions and is delighted to announce that the following branches have fully met the SDS MOR
This will now be an ongoing process to support al branches to meet the minimum requirements.

33. David McCrae Bursary
Thomas Brown

34. Archie Cameron Bursary
Martin Perry

35. Special Award
George Keith

36. Special Olympics Trophy
Gordon McCormack

37. Capability Scotland Salver
Kieran Steer

38. Glasgow Trophy
Helen Bruce

39. Elspeth Watson Trophy
Don McFarlane

40. Russell Hogg Trophy
Kevin Simpson

42. Fife Trophy
Claire Morrison

43. Dedication to Football Award
Scott Troupe

44. Findlay Calder Trophy
Libby Clegg

45. Brian Dolan Memorial Trophy
Andrew Mullen

46. Angus Trophy
Jane Egan

47. Gordon Brown Memorial Trophy
Neil Fachie

48. Presentation of Beijing 2008 Paralympic Torch
Alan Dickson
International Paralympic Committee

49. Scottish Disability Sport Annual General Meeting
Closing Remarks
Stuart Ogg
Director of Corporate Services, sportscotland

50. Final Thanks

51. Safe Journey Home See you all next year on Wednesday 24th September 2014