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If anyone has a news story they wish to submit. Forward details to Charlie Forbes at charlie.forbes@highland.gov.uk or phone 01463 663301 Inter Area Bowls Test Match 30 June 2010
Lawn Bowls Championships 16 June 2010 HIGHLAND DISABILITY SPORT LAWN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS
WEDNESDAY 16TH JUNE 2010
Once again our top bowlers from across the Highlands came to Waterloo Bowling Club to compete for the “Cordiner Shields” which are presented annually to the male and female winners of the 3 sections.
Highland have been invited to take part in the 1st ever Inter Area Bowls test match in Kirkcaldy on 30th June, and the 12 bowlers representing Highland were all playing in what will be one of the last chances for the team to practice together before competing down south
Also, the team to represent the Highlands at the National Championships to be held at WestburnPark, Aberdeen on Saturday 4th September 2010 will be chosen from the bowlers playing at the Highland Championships.
We are delighted that some of the bowlers from Team Highland who competed in the Special Olympics National Summer Games in Leicester last July were able to come along. They played brilliantly in Leicester under the watchful eyes of our coach Gordon Davenport assisted by Isabel Reid.
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We would like to thank all of the officials who gave up their
time to help today and a special thanks to Angus Shearer and
Waterloo Bowling Club for staging today’s Championships
and for all of their hospitality throughout the day.
 2010 LAWN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS
RESULTS
SECTION A LADIES WINNER___NORMA MACLEAN___
RUNNER-UP__MAIRI HILL
SECTION A GENTS NOT PLAYED
SECTION B LADIES WINNER___MORAG REID________
RUNNER-UP__JEAN MCGILL______
SECTION B GENTS WINNER___KEVIN BISSET______
RUNNER-UP__N/A_____________
SECTION C LADIES WINNER_____SUSAN COWIE
RUNNER- UP___ANN SUTHERLAND___
SECTION C GENTS WINNER____ANDREW MACKAY
RUNNER-UP__IAN CAMERON_________
Senior Athletics Championships 09 June 2010
HIGHLAND DISABILITY SPORT
2010 SENIOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
9TH JUNE 2010
The 2010 senior athletics championships were held at Queen’s Park stadium, Inverness on Wednesday 9th June, and officials from various athletics clubs took charge on the day.
In spite of the wet weather, there was an excellent turn-out of athletes from across the Highlands, with over 70 athletes from Inverness, Cantraybridge, Strathpeffer, Tain, Thurso and Kyleakin turned up to compete for the Cathell Robertson trophy for the overall winning team, the Raigmore shield for the runners-up, and the Speedprint 10 event trophy. There were some splendid performances from the athletes and the championships were held in an atmosphere of friendly rivalry.
It was especially pleasing that some of the Special Olympians who competed at the Special Olympics National Summer Games in Leicester last summer were competing at the Highland championships.
Aaron Lacey from Cantraybridge won gold in the 100 metres in a time of 13.59, narrowly beating his team mate Jason Simpson by 0.02 seconds.
Aaron also took gold in the 200 metres in a time of 28.15 seconds, this time beating team mate Matthew Drummond (30.03 seconds) into 2nd place, with Robby Kirk completing the hat-trick for Cantraybridge in a time of 31.17 seconds.
The Cantraybridge men were also the victors in the 4x100 relay, taking both gold and silver medals.
On the field, Jason got his revenge on Aaron in the long jump, taking gold with a jump of 4.15 metres, leaving Aaron to pick up bronze behind fellow Cantraybrodge team-mate Ewan McWilliam. Jason also took gold in the shot putt, followed by Martin Cheyne and Chris Bremner from the Watermill team.
The ladies also put in some fine performances with Kirsty Egan (Cantraybridge) picking up gold in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and long jump. Kim William son (Kinmylies) took silver and bronze in the 100 and 200 races, as well as gold in the shot putt. The Cantraybridge ladies also took gold in the 4x100 relay.
The overall winners, taking home the Cathell Robertson trophy, were Cantraybridge.
Runners-up were Kyleakin, who proudly took home the Raigmore shield.
The Speedprint 10 event trophy also went to Cantraybridge.
2010 North of Scotland Open Results 24 May 2010 18 HOLE COMPETITION SECTION 1 (OFF YELLOW TEES) 1. ALISTAIR HAY 87-17 =70 2. DAVID PATERSON 88-15=73 3. KENNY MORRISON 91-16=75 4. DAVID MITCHELL 96-17=79 5. GORDON MCNICHOL 102-18=84
SECTION 2 (OFF YELLOW TEES) 1. MARTIN SMITH 92-24=68 2. LEWIS DAVIE 93-24=69 3. CYRIL WHALLEY 100-30=70 4. ROBERT DRYSDALE 92-20=72 5. JOHN FAIRCLOUGH 111-36=75 6. RUARIDH DEANS 102-24=78 7. IAIN SMITH 107-28=79 8. ALLAN ROBERTSON 104-24=80 9. RICKY MORAN 107-24=83 10. GARY MACLEOD 110-25=85 11. JASON SIMPSON 122-28=94
9 HOLE COMPETITION SECTION 1 (OFF RED TEES) 1. CHRIS UPTON 57 2. BEN HORNER 66 3. OLIVER MCCOWAN 68 4. STEVEN THORNTON 68 5. MARK RHODES 71
SECTION 2 (RESTRICTED TEES) 1. ANDREW STUART 50 2. CAITLIN DODDS 54 3. WAYNE MORELAND 54 4. JAMES PRINGLE 62 5. ALEXANDER MCLACHLAN 72 6. PAULINE STEWART 86
HIGHLAND FOOTBALLERS SWISS SUCCESS 23 May 2010
Five Highland footballers and two coaches have just returned home after a successful trip to Switzerland competing for a Scottish Select team in the Schtroumpfs European Tournament for learning disabilities. The players all members of the Highland United Football Club set up the guidance of Highland Disability Sport played 9 games losing only once. The young team showed great endeavour playing together for the first time against teams who have been playing with each other for months leading into the competition. They got off to a flying start with a 3-0 win against France then a 1-0 win against Germany with a superbly taken free kick by Ritchie Munro from Cantraysquare near Inverness. In the final game in the league section Scotland held off an onslaught on their goal by the favourites of the tournament Spain thanks to the heroics of Highland goalkeeper Jason Simpson also from Cantraysquare. Time after time he pulled of some amazing saves which was widely appreciated by the Swiss crowd who were backing Scotland so that they could avoid the Spanish in the next round. The score ended 0-0 which got the Scots into the final stages of the tournament. Eventually they finished in 7th position out of the 18 teams that took part and recorded wins against France 3-0, Germany 1-0 and Luxembourg 1-0 with 0-0 draws against Italy, Austria, Portugal and Belgium. They eventually went on to play the Swiss for the 7th place position and beat them 2-1 in their final game.
The results in the league were as follows
P W L D F A Pts
8 3 1 4 5 4 13
Final match for 7th position: Scotland 2 - Switzerland 1
The Highland players and coaches were assisted in the funding for the trip by Inverness Common Good Fund and Highland Council funded Sports Councils in Sutherland, Ross Shire, Nairn and Inverness and are also grateful of the support from Don Lawson of Johnny Foxes, Inverness. Ross County Single to Benefit Highland Disability Sport 10 May 2010 Scottish Cup Finalists Ross County release their single today " We`re On Our Way" and the proceeds of the sales will go to Highland Disability Sport and its Football Club. County who take on Dundee United in the final on Saturday 15th May have created history by becoming the first of the former Highland League clubs who entered the Scottish Leagues to reach the Scottish Cup Final of this historic competition. They could create a sensation by winning it and add to the achievement they have already created. Sales for the single can be got from the link below. http://e-dge.blogspot.com/2010/05/were-on-our-way-downloads-page.html All at Highland Disability Sport wish Ross County every success for the final and hope they bring back the silverware. C`mon The Staggies`Medals for Highland Swimmer at British Long Course Championships 20 April 2010 Hope Gordon from Rogart returned home from her Marathon journey from Sheffield with 3 silver and 3 bronze medals competing at the Ponds Forge Pool at the British DSE Long Course Swimming Championships. In the 400mtr freestyle Hope was the1st British swimmer to finish (eventually beaten by a German) with a time of 6.11.98mins. Silver medals also came in the 100mtrs free and 100mtrs backstroke with times of 1.21.74 and 1.38.31mins respectively. Her bronze medals came in the 100mtrs breaststroke 2.15.11mins, 50mtrs freestyle 37.65secs and 200mtrs Individual Medley 3.54.90mins. Her next competition will be at her home pool in Golspie at the Highland Disability Sport swimming Gala on 27th April. HDS Office Move 16 April 2010 Highland Disability Sport has moved office once again after it was in temporary accommodation at Inverness Library.The new office address is :Ness House,Drummond Road,InvernessIV2 4NZ01463 663301 Charlie Forbescharlie.forbes@highland.gov.uk 01463 223262 Lesley Joneshighlanddisabilitysport@ruthven.fsnet.co.uk
Golf Successes At Fife Competition 29 March 2010
Highland Disability Sport Golfers had a very successful weekend at Fife last weekend. In the 18 hole competion Martin Smith competing in the Div. 2 section was runner up and collected a silver medal while David Mitchell picked up a bronze medal in the Div. 1 category. In the 9 hole events in Div.1 & 2 Chris Upton and Jason Simpson both won their respective competitions much to the delight of coaches Ronnie and Liz Mitchell. This was a development weekend for some of the golfers taking part in the Special Olympics European Competition in Copenhagen in May. Disability Cross Country Championships - Glasgow 25 March 2010
Lorna Kemp wins the Primary Girls race for physical disabilities A small team from Highland took part in the Scottish Disability Sport National Cross Country Championships at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow yesterday. All the athletes performed very well in very wet and windy conditions with little Lorna Kemp from Merkinch Primary School, Inverness stealing the show with a great run to win the gold medal in Primary Girls 1000mtrs race for Physical Disabilities. In the older age groups there was also a fine run from Finlay MacLennan from Drummond School, Inverness to lift gold in the S3 2000mtrs race and a bronze for Paul Davidson also from Drummond in the 3000mtrs S6 race. Award For Liz 25 March 2010
Chairman Janet Home (right) awarding the trophy to Liz. Liz Mitchell has been awarded The Highland Disability Sport `Volunteer of The Year 2009/10. Liz who was presented with the trophy yesterday by HDS Chairman Janet Home at the Executive Committee meeting held in the Highland Council HQ has been a member of the HDS Golf Group since it was formed by herself and husband Ronnie back in 2004 in preparation for the 2005 Special Olympics held in Glasgow. Since then Liz who has been a mother figure for the group making sure they are all well turned out for competitions by buying clothes for them from fundraising efforts organised by herself for the various trips they undertake all over the country.They have also competed in a Special Olympics competition in Copenhagen in 2006 and Liz was instrumental in the coordination of the team travel. The group thanks to Liz and her husband Ronnie have travelled far and wide and if it were not for the work undertaken by Liz it may not have been possible to give opportunities for so many new members to participate.
Football Fives - Inverness 19 March 2010
Junior Runners up CHOCS from Dornoch receive their medals from Inverness Caley Thistle players Jonny Hayes and Richie Foran. There was a larger than normal entry this year for the Annual 5 a Side Championships and organisers had to create 2 divisions due to the number of school teams participating. The junior section final was won by Inverness Royal Academy boys who beat CHOCS from Dornoch Academy in the final 8 – 1. The junior player of the tournament was Kimberley Williamson IRA Girls and the save of the competition was Lachlan MacBeth from Drummond Juniors.
The Senior competition was a hotly contested final with Drummond City the eventual winners winning 4 -2 thanks to the player of the competition Paul Davidson who scored a brace for his team in the final. Paul is also on duty next month in Ireland for the Scottish Under 19 11 A Side LD Team in the Home International Series and will be an asset for them if he continues to play to his current form. The runners up were Inverness College Hotspurs who gave a good account of themselves. The save of the tournament was awarded to Jason Simpson of Cantraybridge. The Inverness Caledonian Thistle Community Coaches provided the referees for the day and two of the team Ritchie Foran and Johnny Hayes came and presented the awards and posed for photographs with the teams.
Highland Disability Sport Boccia Championship - Fort William 17 March 2010
Jim Telford from Lochaber Disability Sport is congratulated by Provost Alan Henderson from Fort William. The first Boccia tournament to be held for a number of years took place in FortWilliam with 23 participants from around the Highlands. Spelt B-O-C-C-I-A - but pronounced 'Botcha', it's organised worldwide by CP-ISRA. This is the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association, which was founded in 1978. It's thought the game originated in Greece with competitors tossing large stones at a stone target. When it came to the UK, boccia was solely designed as a sport for those with severe cerebral palsy. It has now developed into a game played by many sections of the community - and from a purely recreational level up to the intensely competitive Paralympics. The rules of Boccia are determined by CP-ISRA and are reviewed every four years, usually just after the Paralympics.
For the elite competitors playing at international level, the Boccia world follows a four-year cycle. Each year sees a major international event, year 1 being the European Championships, followed by the World Championships, and then comes the World Cup and the final year of the cycle sees the Paralympics holding centre stage.
The aim of the game is to propel a set of coloured balls and position them closer to a white 'marker' ball than those of your opponent. This white ball is called the 'jack', hence the game is similar in context to Bowls, Petanque or even French Boules.
The game can be played either individually (one v one using 6 balls each), in pairs (two v two using 3 balls each) or as a team activity (three v three using 2 balls each).
Highland Championships were for individuals in 3 categories.
Plate event 1st Neil Thorburn DrummondSchool, Inverness
Runner up Lisa Forsyth DISC Inverness
Wheelchair 1st Jim Telford Lochaber Disability Sport
Runner up Natasha Brown Lochaber Disability Sport
3rd Shaun MillerInverness Royal Academy
Main Award Hugh Stewart Drummond School, Inverness
Runner up Mary Mitchell, Lochaber Disability Sport.
3rd Jean Mitchell Lochaber Disability Sport.
 Prizewinners pose for a picture
Hosts Lochaber Disability Sport who coordinated the event on the day are to be congratulated on a well organised event.
Teams will be selected for the Scottish Disability Sport National Open Championships in June with Ann and Drew Brown as head coaches for the team. Medals for Swimmers at Sheffield 16 March 2010 Hope Gordon from Rogart and Adam Scott from Nairn both won medals at the recently held Disability Sport England (DSE) British Short Course Swimming Championships at Sheffield. Adam won gold in the 50mtrs back stroke in time of 60.18secs and just missed out on medals in the 100m front crawl and back stroke, 50 freestyle front finishing 4th in them all with times of 1.56.44, 2.05.12 and 51.50 secs respectively. Hope took home 6 silvers in the 50mtrs back stroke 45.32, 100m individual medley 1.37.11, 50mtrs butterfly 44.71, 100mtrs front crawl 1.17.65, 100m butterfly 1.23.21 and 50m front crawl 31.25. This was a great performance by both swimmers who have represented their country with distinction and helping give Scotland runners up spot against England. Highland Schools Win National Title - Stirling 10 March 2010
For the fourth year in a row Highland Schools have won the National Sporthall Title. The event which took place in The Peak Leisure Centre, Stirling hosted teams from all around Scotland for the annual challenge and was hotly contested this year by Forth Valley who were only 4 points adrift of Highland at the half way stage. As the afternoon progressed Highland increased their lead and were convincing winners at the end of the competition. The team led by Charlie Forbes and Lee Duff were rewarded for their efforts with a special meal on the way home. Hope in Sheffield 05 March 2010 This weekend sees Sutherland swimmer Hope Gordon heading off to The DSE Junior Swimming Championships at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. This is Hopes first Scottish Team selection and has taken a lot of hard work, committment and dedication to be selected. Apart from travelling to and from National Squad sessions in Stirling she has been undergoing constant medical attention on her back at Glasgow and has still managed to devote time to her swimming training. Hope who comes from Rogart recently got her official classification for competition which is a requirement for all disabled sportspeople aspiring to compete at The Paralympics and National competitions in the UK. Also travelling this weekend is Highland Disability Sport Junior Sports Personality winner Adam Scott from Nairn. Adam has been performing well at the Scottish Champoionships and will gain a lot of experience as a younger member of the squad. We wish both well for the weekend. Highland Disability Golf Club Formed 25 February 2010 The golfers from Highland Disability Sport have now officially set up and formed their own club. Ronnie and Liz Mitchell who are the driving force for disabled golfers in Highland pulled a group of interested people together and have now constituted a club called HIGHLAND DISABILITY SPORT GOLF CLUB. The group will work as a sub group of Highland Disability Sport and should benefit for extra funding by doing this and it will enable them to plan their own activities and events they can travel to. There have been 5 of the group (3 golfers and 2 coaches) selected for the GB Special Olympics Team travelling to compete in Denmark in May and this will help identify funding for the travelling party. They are also well under way with plans for 2 events in early May in Spey Valley Golf Club and Inverness Golf Club See the Calendar for dates.
For further details phone Ronnie and Liz on 01463 792267 Highland Team selected for National Final 22 February 2010
Photo Highland 2007 Winners The Highland Team has now been selected to compete at the 2010 National Sportshall Final in Stirling on the 9th March at The Peak, Stirling. The team was selected from performances at the recently held HDS Agility Challenge that took place in Inverness for Highland Schools. The team will comprise of the top 5 from each learning disability and top 5 from physical/sensory categories. Highland are currently National Champions and are bidding to retain the title with a younger team this year. The Team is as follows: DrummondSchool: Chelsea Brown, Paul Davidson and Finlay MacLennan.LochaberHigh School: Martin Sabiu and Craig Maclean.Glen Urquhart High: Jack Hookham.HiltonPrimary School: Ruairidh Reid .MillburnAcademy: Craig Paton.Merkinch Primary: Lorna Kemp.St Clements: Sam Rose.The team bus will depart from Matalans at 6.30am on the morning and should return approximately around 6.30/7.00pm. Further information from Charlie Forbes 01463 729662 charlie.forbes@highland.gov.uk
Great Turnout at Agility Challenge - Inverness 10 February 2010
Craig MacLean from Fort William gets ready in the 1kg Chest Push There was another great turnout this year for the annual Agility Challenge for schools. Pupils from Bettyhill to Ullapool, Ardnumurchan and Fort William, Dornoch to Inverness decended on Inverness Sports Centre (Inverness Leisure) to take part.The event is based on the Sportshall Decathlon programme and participants attempt 10 different disciplines to test their skills and ability. 105 participants attended this years event and 10 will be chosen to represent Highland in a National Schools Final to be held at The Peak in Stirling. The 10 to be chosen will be from differing disabilities ranging from 5 with learning disabilities and 5 from physical and sensory. Highland are currently the National Champions and are looking forward to defend their title. Highland Disability Sport were assisted on the day by Students from Inverness College who are studying sports in their courses at the local college. |
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