National agency for sport in Scotland funded by
@ScotGov
&
@TNLUK
. Our vision is for an active Scotland where everyone benefits from sport
#SportForLife
This
#UKCoachingWeek
we are celebrating all the fantastic coaches who dedicate so much time and effort to their athletes.
Tell us what makes your coach so special and say thank you to them using the hashtag
#ThanksCoach
and remember to tag us!⭐️
No you're crying! What a run by Laura Muir - an Olympic silver medal and so very, very well deserved.
Take a bow Laura, Andy and everyone at
@scotathletics
#ScotsOnTeamGB
#Tokyo2020
#ScottishSportsAwards
| Team of the Year is awarded to Scotland women’s national football team!
This year they qualified for their first-ever World Cup, finishing top of their group and winning 7 of 8 games to automatically qualify for the tournament in France next summer.
That's a GOLD medal for Duncan Scott in the 200m Freestyle 🥇
Congratulations Duncan on becoming a two time Commonwealth Games gold medalist 👏
#TeamScotland
#TimeForHeroes
#B2022
#ScottishSportsAwards
| Coach/Manager of the Year is Shelley Kerr, who led the Scotland women’s national football team to qualify for their first ever World Cup Finals. Huge congrats Shelley! ⚽️
And he has the hat-trick! Three medals at the same Olympic Games from Duncan Scott - what an achievement! Another silver to add to his collection, this time in the 200m IM. We are all so proud of you Duncan 🥈🥇🥈
#ScotsOnTeamGB
#ScottishSportsAwards
| Inspirational Performance is Leigh Griffith’s double v England in World Cup qualifiers! The nation was on its feet as Leigh scored his first two Scotland goals.
#ScottishSportsAwards
| Team of the Year is awarded to Celtic! In the year they celebrated the 50th anniversary of winning the European Cup, they won an invincible Treble and made the group stage of the Champions League.
🌟🥇 GOLD! 🥇🌟
A sensational run for Laura Muir in the 1500m, adding a gold medal to yesterday's 800m bronze medal 👏
Congratulations, Laura!
#TeamScotland
#TimeForHeroes
#B2022
Best ever away Commonwealth Games for Team Scotland 🏴
Team Scotland won 51 medals, a total which has only been bettered at Glasgow 2014 🏅
Full story on Sport First 👉
And we are off!!! An incredible swim by
@Dunks_Scott
in the 200m freestyle secures a first medal for a Scottish athlete at
#Tokyo2020
taking home the silver in time of 1:44.26
ROLE MODELS |
#SWNT
are fit and ready for their World Cup bow thanks to:
⚽️ advance fitness testing
⚽️ performance nutrition menus
⚽️ French language classes 🇫🇷
⚽️ physiotherapy & physical preparation support throughout
#FIFAWWC
More 👉
@ScottishFA
Eve Muirhead won't forget her 2022 in a hurry. Gold 🥇 medals at the Olympics and the 🥌 Curling World Championships meant Muirhead achieved "everything she wanted to achieve in sport."
#ScottishSportsAwards22
#ScottishSportsAwards
| Coach/Manager of the Year is Brendan Rodgers - only the third manager in Celtic history to win a Treble, while qualifying for the Champions League group stage.
GOLD for Great Britain! 🥇🇬🇧
Laura Muir has completely dominated the 1500m to take GOLD in Berlin with a time of 4:02.32 ⏱️ - incredible 🙌
Congratulations
@lauramuiruns
!
#TheMoment
#EC2018
We're very excited to introduce our fifth Young People's Sport Panel!
The 20
#sportpanel
members were selected from over 170 applicants, and will spend the next two years helping to influence and shape the future of sport in Scotland.
Find out more ➡️
Minister for Sport
@MairiGougeon
and leading figures from Scottish sport have met to discuss the ongoing response to COVID-19 and the role sport and physical activity will play in the nation’s recovery
#SportForLife
#PowerOfSport
Find out more here⬇️
🥉Another Bronze medal in the pool for Team Scotland thanks to Duncan Scott, Ross Murdoch, Evan Jones and Craig McNally in the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay.
#TeamScotland
#TimeForHeroes
#B2022
It's been a fantastic day of discovery for the First Minister in Dundee. The RPC is now officially open - read all about it and watch the video at Sport First 👇
In a big step forward for concussion education in Scotland a new partnership means that student PE teachers at
@EdinburghUni
now receive mandatory concussion training as part of their degree course.
Find out more ⬇️
#IfInDoubtSitThemOut
Only 8 days until the
#Tokyo2020
opening ceremony! Who’s excited?
We’re wishing all the Scottish athletes heading to the Tokyo Olympics & Paralympics good luck this summer.
Here are the 52 Scots representing
@TeamGB
at the Olympics…Let’s
#MakeAmazingHappen
!
#TNLAthletes
#ScottishSportsAwards
| Inspirational Performance is Scottish cricket’s six-run victory over No.1-ranked England! 🏏
After recording a total of 371 for 5 in Edinburgh, Kyle Coetzer’s side bowled England out for 365, sparking a joyous pitch invasion.
#COVawards
| Laura Pilkington is our Young Volunteer of the Year!
As a volunteer within Scottish Disability Sport, sportscotland, and Scottish Student Sport, Laura is an outstanding representative and voice for the development of disability sport in Scotland.
@SDS_sport
🗨️ SPEAK UP FOR SPORT | Applications for the next Young People's Sport Panel are now open!
If you're aged 14-23 and living in Scotland then we would love to hear from you.
Find out more about this opportunity and apply here ➡️
#sportpanel
#ScottishSportsAwards22
| Dario Franchitti is inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame 👏
A Scottish racing legend, Dario is a 4-time IndyCar Series champion and 3-time Indy 500 winner
See the full list of inductees:
@dariofranchitti
We are deeply saddened to hear the news about Doddie Weir.
Doddie epitomised the strength & resilience of sport both on & off the pitch. His tireless work to raise awareness of MND was inspirational.
Our thoughts are with his family, friends & the rugby community.
#RIPDoddie
Team Scotland have landed back
@GLA_Airport
!
So proud of every single one of our 224 athletes who gave their all over 11 days of competition and were true ambassadors for Scotland!
#TeamScot2018
#COVAwards
| Finally, the Coaching Chain Award! Coaches who have supported Stuart Hogg in his
#rugby
career recognised for their contribution. Thank you John Hogg, Rocky Johnstone, Mark Wright, Sean Lineen, Bryan Easson, Iain Monaghan & Gregor Townsend.
What an amazing journey for Scottish sport over the last 4 years focused on
#RaisingTheBar
. Today we launch our new corporate strategy
#SportForLife
Find out more at -
#ScottishSportsAwards
| 🏆 Scottish Sports Personality 2017 is Sammi Kinghorn!
Sammi earns the top honour after her inspirational performances at the World Para Athletics Championships, where she set a new world record & claimed double sprint gold. Huge congratulations to Sammi!
#WeAreHere
| "Being physically and mentally active is one of the best things we can do for our physical and mental health."
The 'We're here' campaign is helping promote the benefits of physical activity to support mental health.
Read more 👇
SPORT FIRST | Return of the ice queen 🥌
Find out how the sportscotland institute of sport experts helped
@evemuirhead
get back on the ice 👉
#TeamBehindTheTeam2018
Stephen Clegg wins SILVER 🥈
Stephen Clegg makes it a winning debut at the Commonwealth Games by picking up the silver in the 50m Freestyle S13 👏
#TeamScotland
#TimeForHeroes
#B2022
#ScottishSportsAwards
| The winner of the School Sport Award is St Anthony’s Primary, Saltcoats. The school’s sports ethos helped raise funds for a pupil with cerebral palsy to have life-changing surgery in the USA.
“You’ve got to embrace the moment... have that self-belief – in yourself and your teammates. You need to do it together.”
24 hours to go – let's do this.
#SRBSCO
#FeelYourPersonalBest
| Along with our partners
@SAMHtweets
, we're highlighting the benefits of physical activity for mental health and wellbeing.
Find out more ➡️
A second medal is quick succession for Duncan Scott!🥉
Duncan has picked up a bronze medal in the Men's 400m Individual Medley. 👏
#TeamScotland
#TimeForHeroes
#B2022
🥈A huge congratulations to Louise Christie who gets Team Scotland's first ever Silver medal in Rhythmic Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games.
#TeamScotland
#TimeForHeroes
#B2022
A World Cup awaits - what fantastic news! 🙌
Congratulations to everyone involved in this historic qualifying campaign, we couldn't be more proud 😊
#OurGirlsOurGame
#SWNT
#SpeakUpForSport
| Applications now open for the next
#sportpanel
🙌🏼
✅Living in Scotland? 🏴
✅Aged 1️⃣4️⃣-2️⃣3️⃣?
✅Passionate about sport?💜
✅Want to make a difference?💡
✅Got up to 3️⃣ hrs a week to commit?⌚️
Apply now!
#COVawards
| The late Janice Eaglesham is recognised with a Lifetime Achievement in Coaching Award.
Janice worked tirelessly to ensure that people with disabilities could take part in sport, whether at a grassroots level or competing on the world stage.
Today the sixth cohort of our Young People's
#SportPanel
met for their first development day in Stirling.
They have loads of ideas for shaping and influencing sport in Scotland, watch this space!
Find out more about the members of YPSP6 ⬇️
CHANGING LIVES | Here are a few of the new
@scottishcurling
British Sign Language signs created for their BSL and Deaf-friendly programme.
Read more about the programme here 👇
#ChangingLivesThroughSport
GB and Scottish Curler, Eve Muirhead, announces her retirement from Curling today. Following an illustrious career, including 2 Olympic Medals, Eve leaves an unforgettable legacy on Curling and Scottish sport, and we wish her all the best in her retirement 🥌👏
COMMUNITIES: A £1million fund has been launched for community-based sport and physical activity projects that change lives and create a more inclusive and healthier nation
#SportChangesLives
Find out more about the fund including how to apply here ⬇️
#ScottishSportsAwards
| Coach/Manager of the Year is Catriona Matthew, who captained Team Europe to victory at the Solheim Cup at
@GleneaglesGolf
in 2019, taking the cup back from the USA for the first time since 2013. 🏌️♀️
New guidance has been published which has eased restrictions on training for performance and professional athletes, coaches and support staff in Scotland.
Full details👇
#PlayingOurPart
There's no place like home.
One week after their triumphant return we revisit the emotional scenes as friends & family welcomed
@TeamGB
's Olympic medal winning curlers home.
#Beijing2022
#ScotsOnTeamGB
#COVawards
| Young Coach of the year goes to Kieran McMaster!
As a sports mentor, Kieran works with vulnerable young people in East Ayrshire. He has worked to create an open, safe and nurturing environment for the young people he works with.
📽️