Lothian Disability Sport Calendar of Events 2017-2018 Lothian Disability Sport 2017-2018
TERM ONE (September to December) SEPTEMBER 2017 Wed 20th Sept 17 Football Lothian Secondary Selected players only 11.00am - 3.30pm 7-a-side SDS/SFA 7-a-side Football Championships Toryglen Football Centre, Glasgow Learning Sat 23rd Sept 17 10.00am - 2.00pm Swimming Lothian Disability Sport Regional Qualifier Mercat Gait Swimming Pool, Prestonpans Club Swimmers Regional Club Swimmers Time banded OCTOBER 2017 Wed 11th Oct 2017 Swimming Yvonne Anderson 10.00am - 1.00pm Thurs 26 th Oct 2017 9.30am - 2.30pm Badminton Regional Swimming Qualifier Lothian Disability Badminton Festival Mercat Gait Swimming Pool Prestonpans Meadowmill Sports Centre, Tranent Lothian Primary & Secondary Lothian Primary & Secondary Learning, Physical and Sensory 0131 561 6509 Christine Black 01875 619 067 All age groups. Must swim 25m unaided. Time banded. Primary Pupils 9.45am - 11.45am Secondary Pupils 12.15pm - 2.15pm
NOVEMBER 2017 Tues 7th Nov 17 Cross Country 11.00am-1.00pm Wed 8 th Nov 17 11.00am - 5.00pm Swimming East Cross Country series 1 SDS National Junior Championships Thurs 16 th Nov 17 Table Tennis Lothian Disability Table Tennis Festival Wed 22nd Nov 17 11.00am - 5.00pm Swimming SDS National Junior Championships Peffermill Playing Fields, Grangemouth Sports Complex College Sighthill Campus, Tollcross Swimming Pool, Glasgow Lothian Primary and Secondary Learning, Physical and Sensory. Junior swimmers with a disability Physical & Sensory Lothian Primary & Secondary Junior swimmers with a disability Learning Disabilities Shona Malcolm 0131 539 7349 Jill Coleman 0131 334 9290 Selected swimmers only Primary & Secondary welcome Selected swimmers only Thurs 23rd Nov 17 10.00am - 1.00pm Football Participatory Event Saltire Soccer Centre, Midlothian Lothian Primary 6/7 & Secondary Sarah Wright 0131 561 6526 All age groups and abilities welcome DECEMBER 2017 Tues 5 th Dec 2017 Cross Country 10.00am - 1.00pm East Cross Country series 2 Peffermill Playing Fields, Lothian Primary and Secondary Learning, Physical and Sensory. Shona Malcolm 0131 539 7349
TERM TWO (January to March) JANUARY 2018 Wed 31st Jan 18 Kevin Ferguson 10.00am - 2.00pm Sportshall Athletics Regional Competition and Selection for Lothian Squad Linlithgow Academy Lothian Primary & Secondary 0776 778 6710 All age groups and abilities welcome FEBRUARY 2018 Tues 22d Feb 18 Boccia 10.00am - 2.00pm TBC Feb 18 11.00am 13.00pm Tues 20th Feb 18 11.00am 1.00pm Cross Country Cross Country Regional Skills Session and Competition East Cross Country series 3 East Cross Country series 4 College Sighthill Campus, Beveridge Park, Kirkcaldy, KY2 5PQ Peffermill Playing Fields, Lothian Primary & Secondary Lothian Primary and Secondary Learning, Physical and Sensory. Lothian Primary and Secondary Learning, Physical and Sensory. Jill Coleman 0131 334 9290 Shona Malcolm 0131 539 7349 Shona Malcolm 0131 539 7349 We strongly encourage wheelchair users with a severe physical disability to attend
MARCH 2018 Thurs 1 st March 18 Sportshall Athletics SDS National Sportshall Athletics Championships Grangemouth Sports Centre, Grangemouth Lothian Primary & Secondary 10.00am - 3.00pm Thurs 8th March 18 10.00am - 2.00pm Tues 21st March 17 Fri 23rd March 18 9.30am - 4.00pm Football 5-a-side Cross Country Regional 5-a-side Competition and Football Festival SDS National Cross Country Final TBC Bellahouston, Glasgow Multi-Sport Paralympic Experience Event Forrester High School, Learning, Physical & Sensory Lothian Secondary Learning, Physical & Sensory Lothian Primary 6/7 & Secondary Physical, Learning & Sensory Primary & Secondary Pupils with a Physical or Sensory Andrew Raeburn 0131 475 2364 Andrew Raeburn 0131 475 2364 Shona Malcolm 0131 539 7348 Jill Coleman 0131 334 9290 Neal Herbert 07709 393 514 Team selected from Regional competition S1/S2 comp & S3-S6 comp. Selection for Lothian Squad Event supported by local clubs. Parents welcome to attend.
TERM THREE (April to June) APRIL 2018 Wed 8th April 18 Football Lothian Secondary 10.00am - 3.00pm Thurs 26th April 18 10.00am - 2.00pm SDS National 5-a-side Championship Glasgow Green, Glasgow 5-a-side Learning Disabilities Boccia Regional Competition TBC Lothian Primary & Secondary Jill Coleman 0131 334 9290 Teams will be selected from the Regional competition We strongly encourage wheelchair users with a severe physical disability to attend MAY 2018 Thurs 10 th May 2018 Athletics Meadowmill Sport Centre, Tranent P4-6 & S1-6 Track & Field Regional Competition & Selection for Lothian Squad Lothian Primary 4+ & Secondary Time/Distance banded. JUNE 2018 Wed 6 th June 18 Athletics - Track & Field SDS National Championships Selected athletes only/ Grangemouth Stadium, Grangemouth Lothian Selected Squad Entry forms will be sent out 4 weeks prior to the event and all entries should be returned to the event organiser
Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) Championships that Lothian will enter 2017 / 2018 2/09/17 - SDS 7-a-side Championships Toryglen Football Centre, Glasgow 08/11/17 - SDS National Junior Swimming Championships (PD & VI) - Grangemouth Sports Complex, Grangemouth 22/11/17 - SDS National Junior Swimming Championships (LD) - Tollcross Swimming Pool, Glasgow 01/03/18 - SDS National Sportshall athletics Championships - Grangemouth Sports Complex, Grangemouth 21/03/2018 - SDS Cross Country Final - Bellahouston Park, Glasgow 08/04/18 - SDS National 5-a-side Football Championships - Glasgow Green, Glasgow 06/06/18 - SDS National Athletics Championships - Grangemouth Stadium, Grangemouth
Key email contact details, Branch Disability Sport Co-ordinator: admin@lothiandisabilitysport.co.uk Neal Herbert, Disability Sport Regional Development Manager, East of Scotland: neal.herbert@scottishdisabilitysport.com Mark Gaffney, Opportunities and Events Manager, Scottish Disability Sport: Mark.Gaffney@scottishdisabilitysport.com Jill Coleman, Active - Disability & Inclusion, : Jill.Coleman@ea.edin.sch.uk Kevin Ferguson, Active, West Lothian: Kevin.Ferguson@westlothian.gov.uk Shirley-Anne Duff, Disability Sport West Lothian: Shirley-Anne.Duff@westlothian.gov.uk Ed Hendrikson, Sports Development Manager, East Lothian: ehendrikson@eastlothian.gov.uk Anna Potter, Active East Lothian: apotter@elcschool.org.uk Sarah Wright, Active Team Leader & ASN, Midlothian: Sarah.Wright@midlothian.gov.uk Alan Oliver, Sport Development Officer for Disability, Borders: aoliver@bslt.org.uk Shona Malcolm, scottishathletics: shonamalcolm@scottishathletics.org.uk