Scottish Disability Sport Annual General Meeting

2. Scottish Disability Sport Annual General Meeting 26th September 2012

3. Gordon McCormack Scottish Disability Sport Chairman

4. Scottish Disability Sport Annual General Meeting 26th September 2012

5. Attendees • Governing Bodies • Nigel Holl • Stephen Maguire • Lyndon Williams • Paul Wilson • Kevin Pringle • Andy McSweeney • Stephen Somerville • Sport Development Officers • Shona Malcolm • David McArdle • Athletes • Billy Allan • Jim Anderson • Kenny Cairns MBE • Gary Clelland • Meggan Dawson-Farrell • Blair Glynn • Management Board • Gordon McCormack • Jim Thomson • Janice Eaglesham • Catherine Goodfellow • Sandra Proudfoot • Eileen Ramsay • Dave Rhoney • Anna Tizzard • Honarary President • Jean Stone • sportscotland • Jo Bell • Craig Faill • John Kent • Graeme Randall

6. Attendees • Athletes (cont.) • Alistair Hamilton • Tom Killin • Scott McCowan • Jamie McCowan • Michael McCreadie • Alan McGregor • Samantha Kinghorn • Peter McGuire • Aileen Neilson • Joshua Rowe • Lucy Walkup • Michael Kerr • Stephen McGuire • Jonathan Paterson • Craig Rodgie • Kieran Steer • Alan Johnstone • Colin Keay • Andrew Lindsay • Valerie Robertson • Tracy Wiscombe • Andrew Mullen • Coaches • Stuart Aitchison • Bob Dick • Jean Duncan • Ron McArthur • Grace Whitton • Terry McLernon • Richard Vallis • Tony Zummack • Shirley-Anne Duff

7. Attendees • Additional Invitees • Mike Crerar • Ruari Davidson • Andrea Law • Fiona MacNeil • Lorraine Russell • Alex Russell • Greig Taylor • John Anderson • Brenda Anderson • Carol Rowe • Lillian Walkup • Teresa Campbell • Duncan Hamilton • Colin McDonald • David McCrae • William McCrae • Marie McCrae • Aberdeen Branch • Anne-Marie Cargill • David Cruikshank • David Thomson • Borders Branch • Alan Oliver • Dumfries & Galloway Branch • Andrea Manson • Ann Minto • George Morrison • Senga Thomson • Agnes Findlay • Dundee Branch • Alison Milne

8. Attendees Fife Branch Richard Brickley MBE Maureen McSeveney Adam Morley Paul Noble MBE Alex Thorburn Forth Valley Branch Graham Harvey Jen Livingstone Fraser Mathieson Angus Whyte Glasgow Branch Denise Dunn Lori Ure Robin Walker Highland Branch Janet Home Lesley Jones Lothian Branch Helen Bruce North Ayrshire Branch Stephen Browning Robert Kennedy Perth & Kinross Branch Louise Brett Lynn Melville South Lanarkshire Branch Ian Dunn

9. Attendees Scottish Disability Sport Staff Gavin Macleod Claire Morrison Heather Lowden Lynn Allison Becky Bisland Claire Bonner Norma Buchanan Cynthia Clare Rob Claridge Andrinne Craig Charlie Forbes Lynne Glen Caroline Lyon Ailien Pallot Gary Fraser

10. Apologies Athletes Neil Fachie William Masterton Aileen McGlynn Stephen Payton Coaches Ian Mirfin Pat Agnew Aberdeenshire Branch George Keith Pauline Stirling Borders Branch Sue Bennett Dundee Branch Norman Gray Gillian Munro Fife Branch David Thomson Glasgow Branch Stephen White South Lanarkshire Branch Scott Dunbar

11. Apologies Honorary President Philip Harris Sportscotland Stewart Harris Jacqueline Lynn Louise Martin Tony Stanger Mary Allison Member Organisations Dana O’Dwyer Andrew Raitt Sport Development Officers John de Courcy Sheila Swan Governing Bodies Kim Atkinson Chris Bryant Victoria Clark Fred Cumming Pauline Fairley Margaret Ann Fleming Jim Riach Additional Invitees Linda Fachie Stan Fachie Mark McGeachie Steve Grimmond Tim Hollingsworth Alan Lynn

12. Apologies Additional Invitees Kerri Allan Dougie Arneil John Beattie Sarah Cohen Jim Fleeting Stewart Fowlie Doug Gillon Karin Jackson Hayley Jarvis Michael Mathieson Amanda McKay Harry Richmond Scott Tait

13. Scottish Disability Sport Annual General Meeting 26th September 2012

14. Scottish Disability Sport Annual General Meeting 2012 Chief Executive Officer Report

15. Strategic Plans • Towards London and Beyond: 2006 - 2012 • Inspiring Through Inclusion: 2012 - 2017

16. London 2012 Paralympic Games • Scottish athletes make up 9% of the ParalympicsGB team • The 27 Scottish athletes competing in 11 sports (compared to 16 athletes and 6 sports in Beijing 2008) • 59% of Scottish athletes competing at their first Paralympic Games • 83% of athletes have received support from SDS • 63% of athletes supported by sportscotland Institute of Sport • 11 medals (3 gold, 6 silver & 2 bronze) across 5 sports

17. London 2012 Paralympic Games

18. International Success • Para-Cycling World Track Championships • INAS-FID World Indoor Athletics Championships • Para-Badminton World Championships • World Wheelchair Curling Championships • INAS-FID Global Games • IWAS Senior World Championships • Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup • Wheelchair Rugby European Championships • IPC European Athletics Championships • Para-Badminton European Championships • INAS-FID European Athletics Championships • CPISRA Boccia Europa Cup 14 Gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze medals

19. Education & Coaching • 108 education and training opportunities delivered • 1,476 course participants • Inclusive coaching developments with 17 SGB’s • Successful Performance Coaching Conference attracting 25 delegates across 8 sports • External Review of Coaching, Education, Development & Training

20. Governance • Strategic Plan “Inspiring Through Inclusion” launched • Finance expertise to support the board • Fundraising & Marketing post recruited • Regional Manager for Highlands & Islands • PVG procedures adopted for all staff/volunteer appointments

21. Communication • 2,813 average monthly website visits • Launch of SDS Hall of Fame • Publication of Inclusive Case Studies • SDS DVD developed and launched • SDS Facebook, Youtube and Twitter launched • Electronic Newsletters distributed • Coaches, volunteers, athletes and players recognised

22. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. Thanks

27. Scottish Disability Sport Annual General Meeting 22nd September 2010

28. Nomination of Directors Recommendation for SDS Directors 2012-2014: • Gordon McCormack (Chairman/Director 2010-2012) • Anna Tizzard (Director 2010 - 2012) • Dave Rhoney (Director 2010 – 2012) • Eileen Ramsay (Director 2010 – 2012) • Janice Eaglesham (Director 2010 - 2012) • Sandra Proudfoot (Director 2010 - 2012) • Catherine Goodfellow (Director 2010 - 2012) • Gerry Milne (Depute Finance Director Glasgow Caledonian University)

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30. Scottish Disability Sport Hall of Fame

31. Valerie Robertson Archery, Athletics, Swimming and Wheelchair Fencing

32. Willie McLeod MBE Athletics & Bowls

33. Michael McCreadie Basketball, Bowls and Wheelchair Curling

34. Barbara Howie Athletics

35. James Muirhead Swimming

36. Tom Killin Fencing and Wheelchair Curling

37. Isabel Newstead MBE Swimming, Shooting and Athletics

38. Mary Ann Low Swimming

39. Kenny Cairns MBE Swimming

40. Colin Keay Athletics

41. Paul Noble MBE Swimming

42. Margaret McEleny MBE Swimming

43. James A Anderson OBE Swimming

44. Caroline Baird MBE Athletics

45. Andrew Lindsay Swimming

46. Stephen John Payton Athletics

47. David Heddle MBE Bowls

48. Tracy Wiscombe Swimming

49. Aileen McGlynn OBE Cycling

50. Frank Duffy Wheelchair Curling