Maureen McGonigle

SCOTTISH Squash took a huge leap of faith about four months ago when they agreed to host the WSF World Doubles Championship at Scotstoun Leisure Centre in Glasgow.

BUILDING a work force that can cope with the needs of sport is important, and it is something that we have to tackle now. While many continue to increase their investment into women’s sport, they have to realise that this will increase the pressure on officials, administrators, judges, etc – so there is a necessity to invest also to cope with future growth.

IT was a tough day for Scotland’s women’s rugby team when they met the Auld Enemy on their own home turf on Saturday, with England winning 57-5.

A TERM that surfaced during the 1960s, the brain drain, encapsulated the fact that at that time Britain was losing a lot of its skilled scientific and engineering experts to other countries, leaving us with a void in knowledge to pass on to the next generation.

THERE’S a new documentary about to hit our screens on BBC Alba, tracing the little-known Rutherglen Ladies who played football in the 1920s! This is a team full of inspirational, kind-hearted and determined women, who continued to play even although it was frowned upon by most corners of society. In England a formal ban was introduced in 1921, whilst in Scotland it was later, just after the Second World War. However, even before then, it is believed the Scottish FA discouraged its members from

HATS off to the AFL, the Australian Football League, for taking a positive stance on body shaming when one of their players, Sarah Perkins – who was labelled as the league’s first cult hero by ABC news – was targeted.

I AM a great advocate of the power of sport to change people lives. Chairing Scottish Sports Futures, one of Scotland top “sport for change” organisations, I am

THERE was such a contrast in sports to reflect on as we came up to the end of the 2022 winter Olympics. We witnessed the thrills and spills of some gravity-defying sports that have held us all at the edge of our seats in wonder.

THOSE who have been glued to the TV watching the winter Olympics have been treated to an amazing spectacle of strength, bravery and skill.

LAST week threw up a big question where sport is concerned: is it win at all costs? Does it make any difference to those running our sports clubs the background of those they pay – and may I say in many cases handsomely – to represent their club, their sport and become part of their community? It would seem this is not the case in some quarters.