EXCELLENCE IN SCHOOL SPORT YEARBOOK 2014
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2012/ 13ESSP FINALISTS Leah Stewart James Young High School , Basketball
Lauren McCormak Williamston Primary School, Gymnastics
Hannah Keenan Whitburn Academy, Handball
Class of 2014/ 15
WELCOM E KEIRSTEVENSONSPORTANDOUTDOOREDUCATIONCOORDINATOR The vision for the Excellence in
Winner: Hannah Keenan and Provost Tom Kerr
School Sport Programme (ESSP) is to provide a co-ordinated and planned approach to high quality sports coaching and support services for talented and aspiring West Lothian pupils. ESSP is delivered during curricular and extra curricular school, as part of a balanced curriculum. The programme aims to help our most talented sporting pupils to achieve their full potential through a tailored programme to develop and support each athlete. We also hope that our talented sports pupils can assist to aspire other pupils and help create a strong and vibrant sporting ethos within secondary schools.
High quality coaches and additional experts in support services such as Strength and Conditioning, nutrition, and sports psychology, will deliver the programme with guidance from the appropriate governing bodies of sport, sportscotland Institute of Sport Network and West Lothian Council Sports Development Team. The programme is being managed by the Excellence in School Sport Programme Management Board which is made up of members representing, Head Teachers, PE Teachers, sportscotland, Scottish Governing Bodies of Sport, East of Scotland Institute of Sport and West Lothian Council Sport and Outdoor Education Service
ESSP COORDINATOR ROSS BRADLEY
Ross Bradley is a P.E Teacher at St Margaret's Academy who is seconded to Sports Development to provide the role of ESSP Coordinator. Ross works on ESSP Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays and is based in Bathgate. Ross is focussing on developing the 'Excellence' side of the programme and continuing to develop further strength and conditioning provision. Ross is the first point of contact for all athletes, parents and coaches involved in ESSP. Contact details: e:ross.bradley@westlothian.gov.uk t:07770273412
Depute Chief Executive Moira Niven
West Lothian?s Excellence in Sport Programme (ESSP) was established to support talented school students to achieve their full potential in their chosen sport. The programme operates across the core sports of , badminton,basketball, golf, handball, swimming and many individual sports. We are keen to explore the strong and positive correlation between high performance sports participation and academic attainment and will continue to monitor this throughout the year. I am personally interested in following the sporting careers of these talented young people and seeing them emerge as excellent role models within their schools. West Lothian Council is very proud of the achievements of the individual student athletes and the ESSP programme which enables students to balance their academic studies with progression along the talent pathways in their chosen sport?
M EET THE TEAM ESSPSUPPORTSTAFF2014 Sport Psychologist MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology Jordan Shirley is a freelance Sport Performance Consultant currently working towards BASES accreditation. Based in central Scotland, Jordan has been working as a Sport Performance Consultant since 2010, having completed an MSc in Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology after achieving a BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science with Psychology. Since graduating, he has provided psychological support to individuals in Athletics, Basketball, Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Swimming, Tennis and Wheelchair Basketball and currently provide support to ESSP on a referral basis.
Neil Elbourne Strength and Conditioning Lead Coach Neil is a Fitness and Nutrition Coach, with a wealth of experience and background in both Personal Training and Strength and Conditioning. He has been personal training for a number of years specialising in weight/ fat loss, strength and muscle gain. He has also been the National Strength and Conditioning Coach for Cricket Scotland, coached at Boroughmuir Rugby and Scottish Rugby where he coached Scotland Women and National Age Grade respectively, and is currently Lead Coach on West Lothian's Excellence in School Sport Programme. Neil's educational background includes HND Sports Therapy, 1st class BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science and Postgraduate Diploma Strength and Conditioning. In terms of fitness training Neil holds the UKSCA level 2 in Weightlifting, Training For Warriors Level 1 and Level 2 instructor and British Weightlifting Assistant CoachLevel 1 awards.In terms of nutririonNeil is a certified Nutrition Coach with Precision Nutrition and hold the Level 5 Professional Nutritional Therapist Diploma.
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Anne Forsyth BSc (Hons) BSc Physiotherapy MCSP HPC ACPSEM JEMS Certified Rehabilitation Practitioner Adv Dip PT
Anne has been involved in the treatment of sports injuries for over 20 years. She first graduated from Edinburgh University in 1986 with a BSc in Biological Sciences and then in 1990 from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, with a BSc in Physiotherapy. Initially she worked in the NHS for 3 years, in combination with the Sports Injury Clinic at Edinburgh University (FASIC), then continued at FASIC for a further 6 years before helping to launch ?Sportsactive?- the Sports Injury Clinic at Heriot Watt University . Anne has been involved in the treatment and rehabilitation of athletes of all levels ? recreational up to Olympic and World Champions ? all ages and a wide variety of sports. Throughout her professional and personal journey, she has developed a particular interest in rehabilitation, injury prevention and performance enhancement ? especially in young athletes and their athletic development. This has led her down the path of developing the ?Maximise? concept and gaining a Diploma in Advanced Personal Training and also is a JEMS (Joanne Elphinston Movement Systems) Certified Rehabilitation Practitioner. Jane Kerr MSc BSc (Hons) MCSP HPC Chartered Physiotherapist Graduated in 1997 from Glasgow Caledonian University (BSc Physiotherapy). Jane worked in both the NHS and private practice for 3 years before travelling to Abu Dhabi where she worked as the personal Physiotherapist to Sheik Zayed Bin Al Nayan. Jane has an MSc In Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy before returning back home to Edinburgh. Jane worked at both Heriot-Watt Universiy and Physiofocus in Stirling before setting up her own business in 2005 at Xcite Broxburn Sports Centre. She treats both acute and chronic neuromusculoskeletal injuries and works with both recreational and professional athletes. She spent 8 years professionally involved with Rugby and played herself at international level.Jane specialises in massage therapy, Myofacial Release, Spinal Manipulation, Acupuncture for pain relief, Gunn Intramuscular Stimulation, Cranioscaral Thereapy, JEMS movement and bike set for injury prevention and improved performance. She also has experience in working with children of all ages.
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Edyta Blaszczyk Bsc Dietics Edyta studied Dietetics at Gdansk Medical University in Poland. Since graduating Edyta has established her own business Edyta B Nutrition. She feels passionately about nutrition and helping people to improve performance through maximizing energy. Naturally she progressed onto working with athletes. Recently she joined the Excellence in School Sport Program (ESSP) and has enjoyed working with a range of sports coaches and young athletes over the past 7 months. Edyta's role within the ESSP is to liase with the sports coaches to establish the demands on an athlete during the season. Understanding an athletes training volume, performance and competition schedule can be pivotal in establishing the best nutrition plan to maximize energy and recovery. The demands on an athlete change daily with training volume, injury status, goals and competition. Edytastrives to givethe athletes on the ESSPthe tools to analyse, manage and adapt their nutrition as the demands on their bodies change, throughout their careers in sport. Edyta is also very passionate about her own performance. She was involved in many sports during her youth and particularly excelled at Volleyball. She now works on her all round fitness mixing weightlifting and conditioning work to compete in obstacle course races, trail races and fitness events. In 2014 Edyta finished 2nd femalein the Devilla 5km trail run, 3rd femalein the Beecraigs 5km run and 1st female overall at the West Lothian's Fittest event.
ATHLETES VILLAGE VISIT GLASGOWCOMMONWEALTHGAMES2014
Four of West Lothian?s future sporting stars have found inspiration in a recent visit to the Commonwealth Games Athlete?s Village at the behest of our support a second team partners Singapore. Athletes Tia and Taygan Henry from Broxburn Academy, swimmer Sarah Donnelly from St Margaret?s Academy and basketballer Leah Stewart from James Young High School all participate in the Excellence in School Sport Programme.
" It really made me see where I want to be in the future and that I need to train harder" Tia. "What an unbelievable opportunity and I really appreciated getting to explore the village and meet so many athletes" Leah. " It was amazing meeting Singapore and hearing directly about their experiences as well as meeting the other athletes around the village" Sarah. My favourite thing was meeting the Singapore athletes and seeing Greg Rutherford and other inpirational athletes" Taygan
CA LENDA R OF EVENTS National Legacy Week 9 - 15 March 2015
Parents Evening Friday 13 March 2015 @ St Margaret's Academy 18.45pm
Management Meeting April 2015 @ Civic Centre
Grapevine Golf Exchange 9-16 June 2015 (Various venues)
Celebrating Sport Thursday 25 June 2015 @ Low Port Centre
M EET THE ATHLETES The ESSP 2014/ 15 applications opened in May 2014 with interviews taking place across the summer. There are 83 pupils in the programme from a wide range of sports including athletics, badminton, basketball, golf, gymnastics, trampolining and water polo as well as many other team and individual sports. Pupils come from all 11 Secondary Schools and a number of Primay Schools.
Throughout the year we will be tracking the athletes and quartely we will report some of their fantastic achievements.
We would also encourage parents, coaches and teachers to ensure that these talented athletes are nominated in the relevant cateegories for Celebrating Sport 2014/ 15.
Updates and further information can be found on the ESSP section of the Acrive West Lothian Website as well as Sporting Grant and CPD opportunities,
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Aiden Brady
Athletics St Margaret's Academy
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Alexander Ralston
Tennis Linlithgow Academy
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Beth Gheel
Swimming St Margaret's Academy
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Caitlin Smith
Swimming Inveralmond Community High School
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Calum Mortimer
Basketball St Margaret's Academy
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Cameron Mason
Cycling Linlithgow Academy
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Chloe Mcalear
Athletics Armadale Academy
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Christopher White
Handball Whitburn Academy
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Dylan Forrester
Karate St Margaret's Academy
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Emma Govan
Swimming West Calder High School
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Erin Cooper
Swimming West Calder High School
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Ethan Seivewright
Swimming Armadale Academy
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Euan Dalgleish
Swimming James Young High School
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Ewan Ballantyne
Athletics Armadale Academy
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Euan Innes
Handball Deans Community High School
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Fraser Gus
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Inveralmond Community High School
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Gulsum Onal
Swimming West Calder Community High School
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Iona McDonald
Athletics James Young High School
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James Lyall
Badminton West Calder High School
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Kerys Currie
Gymnastics Broxburn Primary School
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Kieran Allan
Basketball Deans Community High School
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Kristin Clark
Basketball St Margaret's Academy
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Lauren McCormack
Gymnastics Williamston Primary School
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Lauren Rafferty
Basketball St Margaret's Academy
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Leah Stewart
Basketball James Young High School
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Martyn Burch
Basketball
Armadale Academy
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Matthew Estevens
Handball
Deans Community High School
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Murray Findlay
Trampolining Bathgate Academy
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Natalie Lees
Swimming Armadale Academy
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Niamh Llewellyn
Gymnastics Stoneyburn Primary School
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Nicola Lees
Swimming Armadale Academy
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Nicole Woodward
TaeKwon Do Deans Community High School
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Peter Cudmore
Badminton Linlithgow Academy
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Petoria Drever
Gymnastics Williamston Primary School
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Rachel Gibb
Athletics Bathgate Academy
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Rebecca Calder
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Bathgate Academy
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Robyn Fairley
Athletics James Young High School
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Ross Callan
Golf West Calder High School
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Ross Strachan
Handball Inveralmond Community High School
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Ryan Davidson
Swimming West Calder High School
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Sammy Ralston
Tennis Linlithgow Academy
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Sarah Calvert
Athletics Lithlithgow Academy
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Sean Byron
Handball Deans Community High School
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Sean McMahon
Handball Inveralmond Community High School
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Shannon Paterson
Swimming Broxburn Academy
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Stewart Kerr
Basketball James Young High School
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Taygan Henry
Athletics Broxburn Academy
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Tia Henry
Athletics Broxburn Academy
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Emma Brockway
Sprint Kayak Linlithgow Academy
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