Sport Strategy - University of Stirling

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8 Children perfect their canoeing skills on the University loch, following in the footsteps of former Olympic silver medallist Campbell Walsh.
A home for sport Visit the University Sports Centre and you might meet a professional footballer, a PGA qualified golf coach or a swimming pool receptionist. You might also meet the Chief Executive of Commonwealth Games Scotland, the Head of Performance Lifestyle at the sportscotland institute of sport or the entire national triathlon squad. Stirling is a home for sport, with national training centres, governing bodies of sport, academic researchers, athletes, coaches and sports administrators working side-by-side. It’s a team effort and working together we are able to inform policy, develop sporting talent and share best practice. Our campus partners: • sportscotland institute of sport • Commonwealth Games Scotland • Scottish Gymnastics • Scottish FA Central Region • Scottish Swimming • triathlonscotland • Falkirk FC • Central Sporting Partnership Sport at Stirling is a community affair with students, staff and local residents – young and old – all enjoying the benefits of physical activity together. Each week: • 620 children attend sports classes in golf, gymnastics, swimming, tennis and trampolining • 120 older adults participate in our Young at Heart programme • 375 students, staff and members of the community enjoy our fitness classes Each year: • Around 5,000 members use our Sports Centre facilities • 1,500 students participate and compete against other universities • Almost 1,000 children come to our holiday sports classes • 700 pupils from Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling schools hold their school sports days on campus • 200 pupils are trained as young volunteers through Lead 2014, a partnership between Glasgow 2014 and the Youth Sport Trust • 25 weeks of work placements are offered to school pupils, local college students and students at the University SCOTLAND’S UNIVERSITY FOR SPORTING EXCELLENCE 9
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