Posted on 07 September 2010.
The Sunday Mail and sportscotland Sports Awards 2010 will celebrate excellence in Scotland’s sportsmen, women and teams for their outstanding achievements across the sporting spectrum in 2009.
The categories for this years awards include: Amateur Performance of the Year, Coach of the Year, Disability Sport Award, Event of the Year, Inspirational Performance of the Year, Lifetime Achievment Award, Local Club of the Year, Local Hero of the Year, School Sports Award, Sports Personality of the Year, Team of the Year, Young Sports Person of the Year, Sport of the Year.
Nominate now at: http://www.quaydigitalscotland.co.uk/sites/events/a_sports_awards/nominations.html
Hosted by one of Scotland’s finest television presenters, Stephen Jardine will share the stage with the delightful and glamorous co-host, Kelly Dalglish and our sporting heroes of 2010. Join them all by attending the event on Thursday 2nd December at the Glasgow Hilton Hotel – the night promises to be one you and your guests will never forget!
If you canÕt make it to the ceremony you can still vote for the sporting star you feel has contributed most to their sport in 2010.
Posted in Awards, COACHES, Central, East, Grampian, Highland, LATEST NEWS, REGIONAL, Tayside & Fife, West
Posted on 16 July 2010.
The next UKCC Level 2 Coaching Course is scheduled to start in September. Reserve your place now!
Dates: 4/5 Sept, 8/9/15 Jan
Times: 9am – 5pm (candidates must be available for the entire course)
Venue: tbc (will take place in a central location)
The course will cost £350. basketballscotland UKCC scholarships will be available to reduce the cost of the course to £95 for successful applicants. TDP coaches will recieve upfront scholarships.
To reserve your place please complete and return the following to Victoria Clark by the 30th of July:
- Registration and Induction Form
- Scholarship Form
- Coach Registration Form (if applying for a scholarship)
- Full Payment (cheques to be made payable to basketballscotland)
- Photocopy of your Level 1 quailifcation (course pre-requisite)
- Photocopy of your First Aid certificate (course pre-requisite)
- Photocopy of your Safeguarding and Protecting Children certificate (course pre-requisite)
Victoria can be contacted at:
basketballscotland
Caledonia House
South Gyle
Edinburgh
EH12 9DQ
Tel: 0131 317 7260
E Mail: victoria.clark@basketball-scotland.com
Posted in Awards, COACHES, Clinics & Courses
Posted on 15 July 2010.
| basketballscotland is delighted to announce the launch of the UKCC Level 2 Bridging Course. The bridging course is aimed at coaches who qualified previously as Level 2 coaches through basketballscotland before the introduction of the UKCC programme and are now looking to qualify as UKCC Level 2 coaches.In recognition of coaches previous Level 2 Basketball Coaching Award and competence, the UKCC Source Group have ‘mapped’ the new UKCC qualification against the previous basketballscotland Level 2 Coach Award. The bridging course will cover content that was not previously covered in the basketballscotland award.The UKCC Level 2 bridging course will be run over three 3 hour evening sessions.
The assessment criteria of the bridging course is the same as that of the full 5 day course.
Candidates must be 18 and have the following qualifications to be eligible to attend the bridging course:
· basketballscotland/England Basketball Level 2 Course Certificate
· A recognised Child Protection training certificate within the past 3 years
· A recognised Emergency First Aid course (the certificate must be up to
date.
The details of the first course as as follows:
Dates: 8th Sept, 15th Sept and 3rd Nov
Venue: TBC (will take place in Glasgow)
Time: 6pm until 9pm each day
Cost: £100. Scholarships are available to reduce the cost of the course to £50. Normal scholarship conditions apply.
Another course will be arranged in the East shortly.
If you are interested please complete and return a registration and induction form, scholarship form, evidence of pre-requisites and full payment (cheques should be made payable to basketballscotland) by Friday 30th July to:
Bridging Course
basketballscotland
Caledonia House
South Gyle
Edinburgh
EH12 9DQ |
Posted in Awards, COACHES, Clinics & Courses
Posted on 21 March 2010.
West Lothian Council held its annual Celebrating Sport Awards on Friday 26th February 2010 to celebrate some of the major sporting achievements made by local athletes, coaches and volunteers during 2009. Basketball Scotland congratulates, Coach Stephen Duff (Lothian Phoenix Wheelchair Basketball Club) on winning the West Lothian Council Coach of the year Award.
Stephen Duff is the coach to the Lothian Phoenix Wheelchair Basketball Club. In 2006 he formed the club to provide more opportunities for people with a physical disability the opportunity to play competitive basketball. Stephen coached the club to three divisional promotions in three years and the club has now grown so much that a second team has been entered into the Great Britain Development league. Stephen was the Assistant Coach for the GB Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Squad from 2005 to 2008 and was the Assistant Coach the GB Junior Men from 2008 to 2009. Stephen not only coaches to a high level he also provides Wheelchair Basketball sessions and Disability awareness sessions in local schools in West Lothian
The Coach of the Year Award for West Lothian Council is awarded each year to a coach who has made an outstanding contribution locally to the development of coaching in their sport. Nominations were invited from the public to identify amateur and professional sports persons or volunteers who have excelled in their chosen field during 2009. The nominations were then considered by a panel consisting of sportscotland, the local sports council, past winners, the local Sport & Outdoor Education Manager and local Councillor Jim Walker who short-listed three finalists with the eventual winner being announced on the night.
“Stephen Duff is an excellent role model for coaches in West Lothian. He has coached at GB level and is using that experience and talent to mentor the younger coaches in the Lothian Phoenix as well as providing coaching sessions for primary and secondary school children in West Lothian. He is a deserving winner and a fantastic champion to have within the sport of basketball”
- Shirley-Anne Smith, Coaching Development Officer, West Lothian Council
Posted in Awards, COACHES
