July’s 12 Month Fitness Membership winner is Lydia!

Sport Aberdeen recently introduced a short Venue Visit Survey on our website and as a reward for completing just a few short questions, every entrant is put in a draw for a free 12 Month Membership.

A participant is chosen at random every month with Lydia the lucky winner for July.

If you would like to be in with a chance to win a free full Fitness Membership with Sport Aberdeen for 12 months, simply complete our short survey via www.sportaberdeen.co.uk/about-us/surveys/

A high-profile ice hockey coach returned to Aberdeen to teach the talent of tomorrow following the success of last year’s junior ice hockey camp.

The Aberdeen Lynx Ice Hockey Club, which attracts over 1,100 individuals to Scottish National League (SNL) season home games, welcomed Canadian coach and head on-ice instructor, Tim Preston, to the Linx Ice Arena  for a week from the 13^th July.

Mr Preston, co-founder of Impact Hockey Development, returned to the Granite City as guest coach for the Aberdeen Lynx Ice Hockey Club’s junior summer camp with Aberdeen Lynx coaches

The coach from Vancouver, who has previously trained Olympic gold medallists, works with a broad base of professional and amateur players in the NHL, AHL and a number of other hockey leagues.

Children from four Aberdeen Ice Hockey Club teams all participated in the coaching sessions.

In addition, the Learn To Play (LTP) group otherwise known as the “Mini Lynx” group, consisting of players under eight, also had their own on-ice session of an hour each day with Tim and the other Aberdeen Lynx coaches.

The Aberdeen Lynx Ice Hockey Club is the second largest sports club in the region. For more information on the Aberdeen Lynx on 07543634744 and for bookings e-mail contactus@aberdeenlynx.com

The monthly Sport Aberdeen giveaway with our venue visit survey continues and we can announce the winner for June.

Katie took our short online survey and was automatically entered into a prize draw for a free 12 Month Fitness Membership.

She was selected at random and was delighted to activate her free membership.

Now it’s your turn! Our survey takes less than 5 minutes and we draw a winner every month. We want to know about your visit to our venues so fill in a quick survey for your chance to win 12 months of free fitness!

www.sportaberdeen.co.uk/about-us/surveys/

The annual City of Aberdeen Bowling Tournament is set to launch this Sunday.

Running from the 19^th – 25^th July the tournament has attracted over 200 participants this year to compete across a variety of categories.

The Westburn Outdoor Centre will again host the competition with new sponsors Specsavers lending their support.

This year the competition has become an official ranked event through Bowls Scotland. This allows players the opportunity to be entered into the national ranking system if they are not already, providing equal opportunity for all.

With a prize fund of £2725 amongst eight different categories and a set of new bowls donated by Taylor Bowls as an additional prize, the competition looks to be bigger than ever.

For a full list of participants and playing times please click here.

The Sport Aberdeen clubCAP scheme continues to grow after inductions at the Aberdeen Sports Council Awards.

Dyce Boys Football Club and the UK Sooyang Do Association both renewed their membership which will see their Enhanced Accreditation continue for another three years whilst Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association has entered the scheme at Standard Level.

The clubs were presented with their certification at the Aberdeen Sports Council Awards on the 26^thJune at the Garioch Sports Trust.

Dyce Boys Club presented their certification by Managing Director, Alistair Robertson

Master Bruce Wood of Sooyang Do said “The UK Sooyang Do Association are delighted and proud to have again received clubCAP Enhanced Accreditation certification, reflecting the diligence of all of our instructors and volunteers.”

“We look forward to using the experience gained to help us improve even further as we continue to seek to offer the highest possible standards to everyone involved with the Sooyang Do organisation.“

The clubCAP accreditation program is a quality assurance scheme where sports clubs work towards certain standards to prove they are running in a well organised manner. The standards cover club management, equality and ethics, coaching, duty of care and child protection.

If you would like to learn more about the scheme and the other clubs who have joined visit our clubCAP page for more information.

The Sooyang Do Club were delighted to renew their membership.

Discipline is a vital part of any martial arts and for every athlete this includes maintaining the appearance and cleanliness of the appropriate attire.

But for clubCAP club Sooyang Do this strictness was temporarily abolished in favour of mud, more mud and pain!

Raising over £640 for the Archie Foundation, 5 of the clubs members took on a Tough Mudder Challenge which involves miles of numerous obstacles and of course, mud!

Good luck getting these back into a presentable condition!

Young athletes from across the city took part in the annual Active Schools Champion of Champions event at Harlaw.

134 young athletes gathered to compete in the event on Wednesday 17^th June.  The event now is now in its 8^th year and brings together the best P4-7 runners who have been competing in one of Sport Aberdeens 5 citywide 4 week race series which this year attracted 416 runners.

The day was boosted with good weather and a great atmosphere created by spectators who turned out in large numbers. The conditions added to the quality on display with runners again improving on performance, a testament to the schools and parents adopting running clubs into the children’s programs.

The top 3 results in each age group are as follows:

A golfer who recovered from cancer treatment with the help of CLAN has completed a grueling golf challenge in a fundraising effort for the charity.

Martin Reid was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour in early 2014 but went on to make a full recovery and was able to continue enjoying his golf.

During his recovery Martin visited CLAN where he found great solace. Their services made a huge difference and gave him peace of mind.

In response to the good work CLAN did for Martin and thousands of other patients every year, he was keen to give something back to the organisation. It was then he decided to undertake a 50 hole golf challenge to raise funds for the charity.

“We’re hoping to raise awareness as well as funds”, said Martin during day 2 of the challenge, “After coming out the other end healthy I thought I should give something back to CLAN. Golf is something I really enjoy anyway so I thought I’d go for it.”

Teeing off from Brora Golf Course on Monday 22^nd June at the early hours of 3:45 am, the 4 man team made their way South then East to play a hole on 50 courses. Martins close friends accompanied him during the challenge which included all of Sport Aberdeen’s courses.

“It’s been great, except for the weather! We thought it would be nice and bright given the time of year but it was pitch black! We’ve had a lot of rain too so conditions haven’t been great, but everyone we’ve spoken too from organising this to the people we’ve met along the way, they’ve made it all great. We’ve played some great courses and It’s been very enjoyable.”

“We’ve definitely raised a lot of awareness and picked up some donations along the way. So far we have raised about 7K but we still have raffles to go so we’re hoping for some more. It’s all going to a very good cause”

Pictured above at Kings Link Tee Off (from left to right): Munro Grierson, Derek Findlay, Martin Reid and Stuart Brown.

A week of swimming lessons and competition are to be held with safety in mind.

Drowning Prevention Week is an annual event from the Royal Life Saving Society UK designed to educate and train children on the dangers in or around water and the necessary safety practices. The ultimate aim of these practices is to reduce the number of drowning related deaths in the UK, a leading cause of accidental death with children.

Hosted by Sport Aberdeen, the week will launch with a Rookie Festival at Cults Swimming Pool on the 27^th of June. The event will see 40 children in nine teams, aged 9-14, competing for medals by reacting to practice emergency situations. Two Sport Aberdeen teams will take part on the day with three teams representing the International School and four from the Cults Lifesaving Club.

The rest of the week will host a variety of safety related lessons at various venues throughout the city. Targeted for children aged five upwards, the lessons will educate them on the safety code at locations other than just swimming pools including beaches and rivers. Participants will also have the opportunity to put what they have learned into practice with rehearsal emergencies.

Hot on the heels of the recent belt examinations, the latest Sooyang Do sparring competition was held on the 9th of June, at the Axis Centre in Newmachar Aberdeenshire, and was a great success.

The clubCAP Martial Arts group held the competition, which covered a range of levels and age groups, to also raise money for CLAN.

The unique spirit of Sooyang Do was clearly in evidence, as all participants allied their competitive spirit with the tenets of Sooyang Do, to provide a tournament which encapsulated a martial art in which there are no “losers” and in which the progress and development of all students is paramount, thereby giving lie to the discredited theory that “winning is everything”. The club successfully raised £115 for CLAN.

Results:

Beginner boys Winner Jack Goudie (Bucksburn) , R-up William Bell (Newmachar)
Young boys (light) Winner Jack Proctor (Newmachar) R-up Sol Collins (Newmachar)
Young boys (heavy) Winner Jack Buchan (Newmachar) R-up Scott Day (Newmachar)
Girls Winner Ellen Reid (Newmachar) R-up Sophie Thain (Westhill)
Older boys 13-15yrs Winner David Blasdale (Westhill) R-up F Marshall (Newmachar)
Ladies Winner Jordan Coutts (Newmachar)  R-up Jasmine Clark (Newmachar)
Beginner men  Winner Lee Walker (Stonehaven) R-up Arron Pearson (Westhill)
Advanced men    Winner Declan Coutts (Newmachar) R-up Conor Roberts (Westhill)