Excellence in School Sport Programme

 

The vision for the Excellence in School Sport Programme (ESSP) is to provide a co-ordinated and planned approach to high quality sports coaching for talented and aspiring pupils 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 by assessing opportunity for high quality training within West Lothian, whilst obtaining academic qualifications.  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.

 

This year the programme is expanding to offer support to younger student athletes (S1-6) competing at a high standard (County, National/International Level).  The level and type of support will be determined on a case by case basis. Applications from younger pupils are welcome.

2010/11 will also see the Excellence in School Sport Programme offer support to an increased number of sports. If you know of a student athlete competing in a sport currently not under ESSP that would benefit from the ESSP support services please encourage them to fill in an application form.  Support will be given on a case by case basis, which will be agreed between the student athlete, their parents, their school and the ESSP Programme Manager.

 

The Excellence in School Sport programme will take place at a number of different schools, venues and facilities and shall initially include 6 sports:

 

.           Basketball

.           Golf

.           Swimming (applications through clubs)

.           Rugby

.           Badminton

.           Girls Football

 

High quality specialist coaches and additional experts in fitness training and support services specialist such as nutritionist and sports psychologists will deliver the programme with guidance from the appropriate governing bodes of sport, East of Scotland Institute of Sport and West Lothian Council Sports Development Team.

 

The programme is being managed by the Excellence in School Sport Management board which is made up members representing, Head Teachers, PE teachers, sportscotland, Scottish Governing Bodies of Sport, East of Scotland Institute of Sport and West Lothian Council Sports and Outdoor Education Services.

 

 For Further Information contact:

Paul McLeod or Andrew Smyth

Sport and Outdoor Education
Strathbrock Partnership Centre
189a West Main St, Broxburn
EH54 5LH
Tel: 01506 775 545
sportandrecreation@westlothian.gov.uk

Some recent success stories of pupils from the eleven West Lothian Secondary Schools are detailed below

Pupils Individual Sporting Achievements in West Lothian

 

 Mhairie Fyfe (Inveralmond CHS) – Football  Scotland Ladies U15 team

 

Robbie Fairley (Whitburn Academy) – Table Tennis Scotland U18 team

 

Jade Mackinnon (Armadale Academy) -  Gymnastics , Scottish National Squad Member. Represented Scotland at Voluntary 3 National Finals – top 10 on vault and floor.

Scottish Championships (Espoir) finished all round in 2^nd position – floor, 1^st position – beam, 3^rd position – vault and 4^th at ‘Open Age’ Scottish Individual Competition.

 

Heather Carter (Deans CHS)  - Tae Kwon –Do British Championships  - 4^th place

 

Aaron Walker (Deans CHS) - Tae Kwon –Do ITF Scottish Middleweight Champion 2009

 

 Lisa Tillbrook (Deans CHS) - Tae Kwon –Do British Championships – Bronze medal

 

Amy Curtis (Deans CHS) – Karate Scotland Squad 2010

 

Calum Paton (Whitburn Academy) – Karate European Wade Cup Champion and Scotland Squad 2010

 

Jamie Drummond (Whitburn Academy) – Rock Climbing Scotland Squad 2010, 2^nd in the South Scotland YCS and  4^th in the Scottish bouldering championships

 

 Hannah Keenan (Whitburn Academy) – Handball Scottish Girls Handball Squad

 

Charlotte McGlynn (Broxburn Academy) – Handball  Scottish Girls Handball Squad

 

 Andrew Melville (St Margaret’s Academy) – Water Polo Scotland U19 Squad and Runner up in the 2009 U18s British Championships

 

 Hannah Wade (St Kentigern’s Academy) – Badminton Scotland U17 Squad, Lothian U17 County Team. Won 2 National championships this year, 2^nd at the Scottish Quadrangular Championships 2010 and West Lothian Secondary Schools Champion – singles and doubles

 

Lachlan McGhie (Deans CHS) – Badminton Lothian U19 County Team and winner of the Anglo Scottish Championships 2010-05-20

 

Oran McGhie (Deans CHS) – Badminton Lothian U17 County Team and winner of the British Regional Finals 2010

 

Jake Thomas (JYHS) – Badminton Lothian U14 County Team

 

Abbie Moran (St Kentigern’s Academy) – Badminton Scotland U15 Squad and  Lothian U15 County Team

 

Andrew Phelan (JYHS) – Badminton Lothian U17 County Team

 

 Zoe Brandford (Linlithgow Academy) – Badminton Top 10 in Scotland

 

Rohan Fergusson (St Kentigern’s Academy) - Badminton Lothian U14 County Team

 

Connor Anderson (Linlithgow Academy) – Badminton Lothian U14 County Team

 

Josh McAlpine (St Kentigern’s Academy) – Badminton Lothian U14 County Team

 

Nicole Marshall (Whitburn Academy) – Basketball Scotland U15 Squad

 

Ross Kohler (Armadale Academy) – Basketball Scotland U16 Trials and Scotland U15 Squad

 

Jennifer Quinn (West Calder High School) – Basketball  Selected to train with the Scotland U16 Squad

 

Ewan Prentice (Armadale Academy) – Basketball Scotland U16 Trials

 

 Ewan Naysmith (Deans CHS) – Rugby Edinburgh U18 Squad

 

Ryan Stevenson (Inveralmond CHS) – Rugby Edinburgh Chargers (West Edinburgh + West Lothian combined county team)

 

Douglas McRae (West Calder High School) – Rugby Selected for Scotland training camp 2008/09 and Edinburgh U16 Squad

 

Craig Benson (JYHS) – Swimming Scottish Schools Champion 100m and 200m Breaststroke 2010

 

Keri Greig (Linlithgow Academy) – Swimming Scottish Triathlon Champion 2009/10

 

Alistair Kuwall (JYHS) – Skiing 4^th in the European Indoor Ski Championships and  1^st in the British Indoor Ski Championships

 

Lewis Fletcher (Linlithgow Academy) – Sprint Kayaking Scottish Sprint Kayaking Squad. 1^st in the K1 and K2 Boys B 500m Nottingham Regatta, 2^nd in the K1 Boys B and 1^st in the K2 Boys B 1000m Nottingham Regatta

 

Rhonwen Smith (Linlithgow Academy) – Sprint Kayaking Scottish Sprint Kayaking Squad and 1^st in the K1 Girls C 500m and 1000m Nottingham Regatta

 

Sean Redmond (Linlithgow Academy) – Sprint Kayaking Scottish Sprint Kayaking Squad. 1^st in the K1 Boys B 500m Nottingham Regatta. 1^st in the K2 Boys B 500m and 1000m Nottingham Regatta

 

Teams Sporting Achievements In West Lothian

 

Linlithgow Rugby Club

U18 reached the final of the Bruan Dolphin Plate Competition 2010

 U15 reached the final of the Bruan Dolphin Bowl Competition 2010

 

West Lothian Football Team

U18 reached the semi finals of the Scottish Cup Competition 2010

 

Whitburn Academy Football Team

U18 are in the cup final of the Lothian League 2010

 

Inveralmond CHS Football Team

U16 reached the plate final of the Lothian League 2010