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SCOTTISH SPORT

SCOTTISH SPORT. Despite its reputation as the sick nation of Europe, Scots take part in a surprising variety of sports, sometimes very successfully. These range from sports which are common throughout the world to those which are associated strongly with Scotland.

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SCOTTISH SPORT

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  1. SCOTTISH SPORT

  2. Despite its reputation as the sick nation of Europe, Scots take part in a surprising variety of sports, sometimes very successfully. These range from sports which are common throughout the world to those which are associated strongly with Scotland.

  3. The most common sport in terms of participation is Football. Also played by many people is Golf. Sports strongly associated with Scotland would be Curling, Shinty and Highland Games. In terms of this project the obvious sport to consider is Rugby Union since it is played in all three countries and has particular common thread to it.

  4. FOOTBALL Football has been played in Scotland for many years. The two major teams both belong to Glasgow, Celtic and Rangers. Both have had success in Europe with Celtic being the first British team to win the European Cup with a team entirely Scottish. The national side is supported strongly through good times and bad!!!

  5. GOLF Scotland is traditionally seen as the origin of golf and indeed the governing body for golf the Royal and Ancient has its headquarters at St Andrews home of the most famous Open Championship course. Scotland has many council owned courses as well as private ones so lots of people play.

  6. CURLING (the “roarin’ game”) Curling is played on ice. The idea is try to get a curling stone nearer to the centre of the target than your opponent after playing from the other end of the rink.

  7. The curling stones are very heavy and made of polished granite. Traditionally the best curling stones come from Ailsa Craig an island to the south of here. If the clouds ever lift you should be able to see it!!

  8. By twisting the stone as it leaves the curler it can be made to turn. This depends also on its speed which can be changed by ‘sweeping’ the ice. The more you sweep the faster it goes.

  9. Shinty is a sport similar to hockey and hurling. It is played with a stick and a ball and can be very fierce. It is played mainly in the West Coast of Scotland and in the Highlands SHINTY

  10. The stick is called a caman and the different shapes shown below are used depending where you play in the team. The idea is to score a goal in the opponent’s net. forward, midfield, defender, goalie.

  11. HIGHLAND GAMES Highland Games originated out of competition between people who worked on the land to see who was the strongest.

  12. There are five basic events (although other events will take place): hammer throwing, tossing the caber, putt, weight over bar, weight for distance. Ardrossan has its own highland games in the playing fields across the road every year.

  13. RUGBY Rugby is also played in Scotland. Traditionally it was a working man’s game in the Borders but tended to be a middle class game elsewhere in Scotland. All three countries in this project have strong rugby ties and these are brought together in the team from Perpignan.

  14. Alongside the French players are Romanians Ovidiu Tonita and Marius Tincu, with Scot Nathan Hines. These players are all forwards.

  15. Nathan Hines Ovidiu Tonita Marius Tincu

  16. Follow Up It would be a good follow up in the project if each nationality could write to their respective players asking for their thoughts and experiences about living and playing in different country and how the different culture has affected them (if at all) Perhaps the French could find out how their own players feel about playing with different nationalities.

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