Sport
21 is the national strategy
for sport in Scotland and links in with visions and targets
in other cross-sectoral strategies such as the National
Cultural Strategy and the
Physical
Activity Strategy. Sport 21‘s
clear priority is to get more Scots playing more sport more
often, and to allow everyone in Scotland to raise their aspirations
and realise their full potential.
sportscotland's
three National Centres have a unique role in the development
of excellence in sport in Scotland. Their primary role is
to develop the skills of instructors, coaches and leaders,
and to provide a training ground for Scotland's national
squads. The Centres also offer a range of courses and tuition
for individual sportspeople, clubs and schools.
• Glenmore
Lodge, Aviemore
"The leading centre in Europe for all-year-round outdoor
activities including skiing, rock climbing, mountaineering,
hillwalking, kayaking and canoeing. It is the accredited
British Olympic Association's facility for biathlon.”
• Cumbrae,
Firth of Clyde
“Provides ready access to some of the most exhilarating
sailing areas in Britain but the Centre has 'safe' water
all round and is in use virtually all year. The National
Centre provides coaching at every level in a range of water
sports including dinghy sailing, cruising, windsurfing and
sea kayaking."
• Inverclyde,
Largs
“Facilities for approximately 30 team and individual
indoor and outdoor sports. Many of Scotland's governing
bodies of sport use the facilities to train national squads
and the Centre is a regular venue for major national and
international championships. In addition, the Centre also
provides numerous short breaks in golf, fly fishing, health
and fitness, badminton and squash.”
Scottish sport is also influenced
by UK policy, as contained in the policies and strategy
of the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport
(DCMS): ‘A
Sporting Future for All’
(PDF) and the joint DCMS/Strategy Unit report ‘Game
Plan: a strategy for delivering Government’s sport
and physical activity objectives’.
Sport can lift the spirit of the
nation. It can provide direction and purpose. It can develop
leaders and it can teach lessons of endeavour, of winning
and losing. Sport can build confidence and self-esteem,
it can challenge and inspire, it can entertain us. Most
of all, sport has a limitless capacity to provide endless
hours of enjoyment and fun.
In all its forms, sport is a key
aspect of life in Scotland today.
Here are some of the major organisations involved with sport
in Scotland.
Within Scotland’s Culture, sport topics are arranged
in categories as listed below. Where a category contains
many different aspects, it is then split up to make searching
easier.
For example within Arts and recreation,
a search on Sports/ Football offers the following results:
- Football fansites
- Football history
- Football museums
- Football programmes
- Football stadia
- Football teams
Browse Scotland's Culture for
sport.
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