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• Ilona Stubley (Prestwick tennis club) to attend a Level 1 Tennis Assistance Coaching course
• Steven Smith (Ayr Lawn tennis club) to attend a Level 1 Tennis Assistance Coaching course
• Fraser McCurdy (Ayr Lawn tennis club) to attend a Level 1 Tennis Assistance Coaching course
• Robyn Love (Ayr Lawn tennis club) to attend a Level 1 Tennis Assistance Coaching course
• Calum Gee (Prestwick tennis club) – as Scotland No 1 U18 player, to attend International Tennis Federation events to increase his current ITF Junior U18 World ranking of 554, aiming for a ranking of 200 or less to allow entry into junior Wimbledon
• James Sinclair (Prestwick tennis club) - to attend three day LTA Player Training Camp at National Tennis Centre, Roehampton, London (one of eight boys selected in the 10 years and under age group from throughout the UK) and to attend Regional (Tennis Scotland) weekly training sessions at Scotstoun, Glasgow
• Rachel Whittle (Ayr Seaforth athletic club) – to attend Scottish Schools Pentathlon Training day in Grangemouth prior to competing in British Schools Pentathlon International at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow in Scottish U16 age group on 8th Dec, and to prepare for 08 Indoor season.

Below Five of the recipients with SASC Chairman Chris Carlyle.

November 2007 Grants were awarded by Chris Carlyle at the Savoy Park Hotel to the following:

John Wardrope (South Ayrshire Access To Sport - football) £250: Selected for Scottish Cerebral Palsy Football Squad to participate in CP – ISRA World Championships in Brazil 3rd -18th November.

Paul Gillon and Steven McKay (Ayr Seaforth Athletic club) £75: UKA Athletics Level 1 coaching course at Largs in Sept

October 2007. three young speed skating stars were awarded grants to support a training and competition programme summarised as follows: Attend Scottish Development squad training and having achieved qualifying standards will compete in junior categories of the ‘Star Class’ events in Germany and Netherlands (which is level below World Cup) Compete in UK National Trials, British Open and Dutch Open.
They are Craig Miller, Jennifer Miller, and Shannon Scott, seen below with receiving their cheques from SASC Chairman Chirs Carlyle.

October 2007. Four members of the South Ayrshire Volleyball Club were awarded grants to attend Volleyball Training for Young Scotland Squad at Inverclyde in July having been selected for the West of Scotland Team competing in the UK School Games in Coventry in August: Jennifer Jones, Alyson Jones, Lorna McLean, and Kirsty McLean. Below, three of the recipients with SASC Chairman Chris Carlyle.

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Sports Award Winners 2006

The Sports Awards for 2006 were presented at the County Buildings on 9th May 2007. Details (pdf file).

Below: The award winners in the county buildings with SASC president Chris Carlyle.

South Ayrshire Primary Schools Athletics Relays

The South Ayrshire Primary Schools Athletics Relays competition organised jointly between Ayr Seaforth Athletics Club and South Ayrshire Sports Council was held last Thursday (10th May) . This year was the best attended to date with 28 teams from 20 schools across the district participating - almost 150 children. With weather holding mainly dry but breezy a noisy and enthusiastic crowd of pupils, family and friends provided a great atmosphere on the day.
Competition was fierce with so many teams competing and as usual to make it fairer, the schools were split into two groups, greater and less than a role of 200 pupils.
Excellent performances were seen in both groups. The small schools had winners from five different schools in the six races; Cairn, Muirhead, Dundonald (two), Monkton and Sacred Heart .
Alloway dominated some of the larger schools races where they won two, were second in two and third in one but with 18 teams competing just getting through the heats into a final was a creditable achievement! Heathfield, Doonfoot (2 wins) and Grammar shared the honours in the other four races. Download results (pdf file).

Ross Stewart from Ayr is the 2006 World Karate Federation 13 year boys shobu-ippon world champion. More news and photos ...

West of Scotland Institute of Sport

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Child Protection Workshops

South Ayrshire Child Protection Committee would like to invite you to a workshop to help community groups create a safe environment for children and young people.

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SASC Sports Awards 2005, presented 15th May 2006

Norman Day (left) being congratulated on his Service to Sport Award by Jim McGillivray, Commodore of Prestwick SC. All the awards ...

South Ayrshire Sports Council sponsored the Wallace McDowall Children's and Cadet Open Karate Championships, which was recently held at the Citadel, Ayr. Ayrshire’s Burakudo Karate Club hosted the event with first aid cover provided by the Red Cross.

18-20 Male Kumite	Boys Novice Kata
The Irish Team	Male Advanced Kata

Grants awarded 2005-2006 (value of grants by sport)

Primary Relay, Wednesday 3rd May 2006

Results

£750 Coaching Packs for Clubs - Applications wanted from Scottish Clubs

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As part of this programme there are coaching packs worth around £750 that clubs can apply for.

Each pack includes: Training bibs, Training cones, Whistles, Water bottles, Stop watches, T-shirts, Baseball caps, Coach's jacket, Coach's clipboard, First aid kit, Team bag and tote bags
They are looking for more Scottish Clubs to apply for them, as so far there have not been many, so click the link above to find out how to apply.

All sports are eligible to apply for this, despite the fact that the team who run this programme are based inside the Football Foundation - so don't be put off!

The 2006 Scottish Karate Alliance (SKA) championships were held at the Citadel Leisure Centre, Ayr. The event was hosted by the Ayr Burakudo Shotokan Karate Club whose instructor Sensei Bill Hair is the SKA President. Ayr Red Cross provided first aid cover and South Ayrshire Sports Council helped to sponsor the event.

below: Peewee Kumite winners with SASC president Chris Carlyle.

below: Boys Advanced Kumite 140-150 cms winners with Chirs Carlyle.

SALSC Club Update #2 brings you news of Help for Clubs, a fantastic online resource packed with useful information.

SASC Club Pages

We are offering clubs a page on this site for basic information: what they do, where they meet, how to contact them, etc. Anyone locating a particular club in our online Sports Directory can click on the Club Page link to go straight to the club's page. Ayr Lawn Tennis Club is the first to take up our offer - you can find its page as described above, or click here.

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On Thursday 10th November 2005 in the Conference Room, Citadel Leisure Centre, Ayr grant cheques were presented to the following:

David Highcock, aged 14 years, from Prestwick (Largs Sailing Club) – member of Scottish and Great Britain Youth Team. Awarded £250 to assist in expenses for training and competing in National and European events.

below: Angela Malone (Wheelchair Curling) – member of British Paralympic Wheelchair Curling Squad. Awarded £250 to assist in expenses to travel from Tormitchell, by Girvan, to Braehead for Squad training and for competition.

below: Malcolm Downie (Prestwick Sailing Club) currently an Assistant Instructor, awarded £300 to attend a RYA Dinghy Instructor Course at the National Sports Centre, Cumbrae, in October.

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Karate: the 7th Ayrshire Open held at the Citadel Leisure Centre, Ayr on Sunday 6th November 2005 attracted entries from Ireland as well as Scotland.

Local clubs did very well winning 13 of the 24 events.

This event was sponsored by South Ayrshire Sports Council and Chris Carlyle was there to present the trophies.

Presentation of grant cheques in the Conference Room, Citadel Leisure Centre, Ayr on 27th September 2005:

Johnstone Shearer- aged 13 (South Ayrshire Swim Team) awarded £250 - to attend Scottish Nationals, Stockport, West Districts, City of Glasgow Long Course meets and other various accredited events to be eligible for future National events. He has been invited to join National Youth Team.

Amanda Conway – (Ayr Seaforth AC) awarded £205 to attend AAA’s indoor and outdoor age group Championships aiming towards British selection, presently ranked 1st in Scotland and 6th in UK for hurdles and attends Scottish Training Squad.

The cheques were presented by Chris Carlyle.

Girls' Golf Tournament at Troon

Knox Trophy, Monday 8th August 2005

Above: the 14 participants in the non-handicap section. The winner was Connie Jaffrey, who qualified for the final of the Wee Wonders Competition at St Andrews.

Rachel Smith was second. Both are members of Bentinck GC.

Above: the 12 participants in the handicap section.

1st: Katie MacPherson; 2nd: Kathryn Rae; 3rd Emma Duncan; 4th: Hannah Brawley.

All members of Kilmarnock Barassie GC.

Presentation of SASC grants to Prestwick SC

Chris Carlyle handing over cheques to Mike and Elaine Goodall at Prestwick SC. Cheques were to train them as powerboat instructors.

Left to Right, Jim McGillivray, Commodore, Prestwick SC, Mike Goodall,
Elaine Goodall, Chris Carlyle.

Photo: Alan Henderson/ www.fotoboat.com

SOUTH AYRSHIRE PRIMARY SCHOOLS

ATHLETIC RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005

27th April 2005

The South Ayrshire PS relay championships were held last Wednesday on a glorious sunny afternoon at the Dam park stadium in Ayr. Once again a fine turnout was exhibited and the results reflected the talents of all the schools participating. Seven different schools won 1st prizes and all the schools had teams in at least one of the top three race positions.
In the larger schools 4 x 100m contest P6 honours were taken by Heathfield and Grammar whilst the P7 board was swept by Wellington, winning both Boys and Girls events. The longer 3 x 600m relays for P7 only, saw wins by Doonfoot (Boys) and Wellington (Girls).
From the smaller roll schools (less than 200 pupils) Dalmilling and Crosshill won the P6 Boys and Girls races respectively and P7 winners were Crosshill for the Boys and Sacred Heart for the Girls. In the stamina sapping 3 x 600m races once again Crosshill and Sacred Heart prevailed.
Overall this year’s competition was the best supported on record and the sponsors, Ayr Seaforth Athletic Club and South Ayrshire Sports Council wish to thanks all Officials and Teachers / Parents who gave up time to make it a resounding success.

Jim Caird (SASC)

Presentation of Grants 14th April 2005

At the above SASC Executive meeting in the Citadel Leisure Centre on 14th April 2005 we presented grant cheques to:

Craig Miller (Ayrshire Flyers Ice Speed Skating Club) Short Track Ice Speed Skating – 333m, 500m & 1000m- awarded £205 to allow him to compete in the Dutch Open, Amsterdam and in the British Open. 2nd in Scottish Junior Championships 2004.

Jennifer Miller (Ayrshire Flyers Ice Speed Skating Club) Short Track Ice Speed Skating – 222m, 333m & 500m - awarded £205 to allow her to compete in the Dutch Junior Open in Amsterdam and the British Championships, where she will start favourite. 3rd in British Championships 2004, British record holder at age group.

Kerry Steele (Ayr Seaforth A.C. / City of Glasgow) Athletics – Long jump/triple jump – 2004 LJ 1st Scottish Championships, 1st Scottish Schools, 2nd Celtic Games International, 1st Scottish Schools Indoors, 2nd U17 Scottish Indoor Championships – awarded £205 to attend U15/17 AAA Indoor Championships (Feb) and AAA Track & Field Championships (Aug) in Birmingham and various League matches which are important to improve personal best and achieve standards required for National & International selection.

Ayr Sports Medicine Centre

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Thursday 14th April 2005 - Child Protection

Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003.

In March 2005 the Scottish Executive Education Department published a guidance booklet with the title 'Guidance to the voluntary sector on who needs to be checked against the disqualified from working with children lists'. Download here (pdf file)

Thursday 3rd March 2005

At the SASC Executive meeting on 3rd March, Chris Carlyle presented a grant cheque to

Tom Campbell (Troon Tornadoes Basketball Club / Head Coach Scotland Junior Men’s Team). Tom was awarded £400 to attend the Nike Championships Clinic in USA, in May, which will act as a valuable aspect of his personal development.

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At the Executive meeting on Thursday 20th January, Chris Carlyle presented SASC grant cheques to the following:

Craig McFie (Tennis) awarded £200
Douglas King (Tennis) awarded £200
Gillian McIlroy (Tennis) awarded £200 (not in photo)
All three Prestwick & Symington Tennis Club members received grant for attending a DCA (Development Coach Award) LTA Tennis Coaching Course, in Glasgow.

Michael Hose (South Ayrshire Junior Ice Hockey Club) awarded £80 to attend a Level 1 Coaching Course by the Scottish ice hockey Assoc, in Kilmarnock on 4th & 5th Dec 04.

At the Executive meeting on Thursday 9th December, Chris Carlyle presented SASC grant cheques to the following:
* Alexander Wason (Sea Angling) awarded £250 to compete in World Shore Angling Championships in Weymouth, England (25th Sept – 3rd October) Unable to make last photocall.
* David Rae (athletics) of Ayr Seaforth AC, awarded £90 to attend a Level 2 UK Athletics Coaching course, to upgrade from his Level 1 qualification.
* Ian Hutton (athletics) of Ayr Seaforth AC, awarded £90 to attend a Level 2 UK Athletics coaching course, to upgrade from Level 1.
* Michael Goodall (sailing) of Prestwick sailing Club, awarded £250 to attend RYA Senior Instructor Course at Cumbrae, necessary to run training in the club.
* Alyson Hainey (gymnastics) of Ayr Gymnastic Club, awarded £190 to upgrade from Assistant Coach and attend a BAGA Club Coach course.
* Norman Day (sailing) of Prestwick sailing Club, awarded £81 to attend the RYA Scotland Instructor Conference, in Cumbrae, to further develop instructor skills and receive a Racing Instructor Endorsement, which allows him to teach racing skills.

Children (Scotland) Act 2002 -

a ministerial statement and a guidance note from Children 1st, forwarded to SASC by David Arnott of SALSC.

Thursday 4th November 2004. Grants awarded:

1) Alexander Wason (Sea Angling) awarded £250 to compete in World Shore Angling Championships in Weymouth, England (25th Sept – 3rd October)
2) Alan Wilson (Athletics – Ayr Seaforth AC) awarded £35 to represent Scotland in the U23 100m Derby Challenge & 4x100m relay, in Derby (August)
3) Ian Kennedy (Athletics – Ayr seaforth AC) awarded £35 (as above)
4 ) Irene Corson (Swimming – SA Swim Team) awarded £49 to attend Bank of Scotland Swimming Academy 2004/05.
5) Seventeen South Ayrshire Swim Team swimmers – each awarded £49, having been selected to attend the Bank of Scotland Academy 2004/05, which is Scottish Swimming’s Youth Development Programme for 10-12 year olds.
Lauren Anderson, Liam Boyle, Keith Burton, Lewis Cater, Perran Cater, Craig Corson, Martin Graham, Natalie Hunter, Calum Hyslop, Brodie Leggat, Eilidh Logan, Meghan McCall, Alasdair McEwan, Alix Picken, Andrew Rae, Natasha Szmidt and Thomas West.

(left) Ian Kennedy being presented with a cheque by Chris Carlyle.

(below) Chris with the South Ayrshire Swim Team Swimmers with their cheques.

Saturday 2nd October 2004

The TRADITIONAL SHOTOKAN KARATE ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS were held at the Citadel Leisure Centre, Ayr on Saturday October 2nd.
The next time the event can be held in Scotland is 2006 when the club hopes to bring it back to Ayr. The winners pictured here were:

(21) CONNOR YOUNG -1ST NOVICE KATA.
(1) SPENSER BROWN -1ST CHILDREN'S KUMITE UNDER 120 CMS.
(42) TROON LADIES TEAM - 1ST LADIES TEAM KUMITE.

Thursday 16th September 2004

Kristoffer Bates, age 14, Ayr Angling Club, was presented with a grant by Chris Carlyle, SASC Chairman. Kris, who attends Belmont Academy, Ayr, received his grant for training with Scottish International Youth Fly Fishing Team at Inverclyde Sports Centre and Carron valley reservoir, leading up to International on Lough Conn, Co Mayo, Ireland on 28th July 2004

Tuesday 3rd August 2004

Presentation of grants - click here for details.

Wednesday 19th May 2004

All the participants in the South Ayrshire Primary Schools Athletic Relay Championships.

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Monday 17th May 2004.

Award winners in the County Buildings after the presentation ceremony.

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