Published on:
08
August 2005
During the last fortnight over 60 children from Primary 5 to First Year have been taking part in their very own Mini Olympics competition thanks to The Big Lottery Fund and Clackmannanshire Council's Active Schools Team.
The two week event was free to all children as it was funded through The Big Lottery as part of a three-year project to provide opportunities for children to be physically active during the school holidays.
For the second year running three primary schools played host to a week of coaching in 10 different Olympic sports including basketball, fencing, volleyball, badminton, tennis and table-tennis. Abercromby, Sunnyside and Tillicoultry Primaries were the venues as 75 hours of coaching was delivered to all the participants. Over 12 specialist coaches and Active School staff toured the three venues from 25th-29th July ensuring that the children were given the basic skills in all the sports.
The following week (1st-5th August) saw the children compete in the 10 sports at Tulligarth Leisure Complex. From the first basketball event on Monday morning to the fencing event on Friday afternoon competition was fierce with every game, match and medal being won only after each child giving their all.
After every event medals were presented to the first, second and third placed individuals or teams. The medal winners were as follows:
| Competition | Gold Medals | Silver Medals | Bronze Medals |
| BASKETBALL | Rebecca Brydie Jillian Murray Ryan Walker Mathew Anderson Ryan Butterworth | Meghan Walker Lauren Rankine Adam Rahma Aiden Nelson Andrew McKinnon Ayden Wood | Robyn Gilchrist Ryan Stevenson Peter Clark Andrew Blake Derrick Sloan |
| TENNIS (Girls) | Meghan Walker | Adele Butterworth | Robyn Knox |
| TENNIS (Boys) | Adam Rahma | Ryan Walker | Steven Clark |
| BADMINTON (Girls) | Adele Butterworth | Robyn Gilchrist | Jillian Murray |
| BADMINTON (Boys) | Aiden Nelson | Ryan Walker | Steven Clark |
| HOCKEY | Aiden Nelson Adele Butterworth Ryan Butterworth Ryan Ramage | Ryan Stevenson Adam Rahma Lachlan Ryan Lucy Crawford Liam Drummond | Meghan Walker Ryan Walker A N Other Lewis Christie Holly Masterson Peter Clark Lauren Rankine Ayden Wood |
| VOLLEYBALL | Stuart Christie Lucy Crawford Robyn Gilchrist Rebekah Reynolds | Lewis Christie Lachlan Ryan Ryan Butterworth Meghan Walker | A N Other Kyle MacGregor Aiden Nelson Jaclyn Cook |
| TABLE-TENNIS (Girls) | Meghan Walker Jillian Murray | Robyn Gilchrist | Robyn Knox A N Other |
| TABLE-TENNIS (Boys) | Ryan Walker | Steven Clark | Aiden Nelson |
| ATHLETICS (Girls) | Meghan Walker | Robyn Knox | Jillian Murray Rebecca Brydie |
| ATHLETICS (Boys) | Peter Clark Jack Docherty Aiden Nelson | Andrew McKinnon | David Mower Ryan Stevenson |
| SOCCER | Mirium Totterdell Lachlan Ryan Ryan Walker Jack Docherty Mathew Anderson | Rebecca Brydie Robyn Gilchrist Adam Rahma Steven Clark Ryan Stevenson | Holly Masterson Robyn Knox Kyle MacGregor Ryan Butterworth Rebecca Reynolds |
| FENCING (Girls) | Adele Butterworth | Ainsley McKinlay | Rebecca Brydie |
| FENCING (Boys) | Ayden Wood | Aidan Nelson | Steven Clark |
| SOFTBALL | Ainsley McKinlay Liam Stevenson Adam Rahma Lucy Crawford Meghan Walker Holly Masterson Steven Clark Liam Drummond Jack Docherty | Robyn Knox Lewis Christie Jordan Whitehead Stephanie English Aiden Nelson Adele Butterworth Ryan Ramage Jaclyn Cook | Rebecca Brydie Ryan Stevenson Lachlan Ryan Ryan Walker A N Other Ayden Wood Peter Clark Amy Bell |
Throughout the week points were awarded for participation and performance leading up to the presentation of Overall Champions for each age group. This year's champions were:
S1 Girls Adele Butterworth S1 Boys Steven Clark
P7 Girls Robyn Gilchrist P7 Boys Aiden Clark
P6 Girls Meghan Walker P6 Boys Ryan Walker
P5 Girls Robyn Knox P5 Boys Ryan Stevenson
Councillor Bobby McGill visited the event on Friday 5th August and watched as the children competed in the football competition in the morning and the fencing in the afternoon. As he helped with the presentation of the medals and the Overall Champion trophies he said: "The Big Lottery Fund allows us to provide great opportunities for children to stay active over the summer months. It is great to see so many youngsters take part in not only sports that they love but to try new sports as well."