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19 Aug 2010 - Uncategorized

Team Scotland Announced For Delhi Games

Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) today named the 191 athletes (108 men and 83 women) selected for Team Scotland to compete at the XIX Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India 3-14 October 2010. The team size is comparable with that selected for Manchester at 193 and is significantly bigger than the 166 selected […]

18 Aug 2010 - Uncategorized

Gill’S On Film!

During the build-up to the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup, which kicks off with Scotland taking on Canada on Friday (20 August), squad member and scrum half Sarah Gill was filmed as she balances her day job – as a surgeon at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee – with her rugby training. The finished result will be […]

18 Aug 2010 - Uncategorized

Glasgow Boys Descend On Scotland’S Top Attraction

Just two days before their only home pre-season friendly of the year – against Sale Sharks at Firhill on Friday 20 August (kick-off 7.30pm) – Scotland’s top professional rugby team, Glasgow Warriors, today descended on Scotland’s most popular attraction, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, for their official 2010/11 team photograph.The location was chosen due to […]

17 Aug 2010 - Uncategorized

Cap-Ital Send-Off For Scotland Women

It was a day of planes, training and campus meals as Scotland Women headed off to participate in the 2010 Rugby World Cup in Surrey yesterday.Arriving at Surrey Sports Park – part of the University of Surrey campus – where all twelve teams will be based for the next three weeks, the girls went straight […]

17 Aug 2010 - Uncategorized

Cap-Ital Send-Off For Scotland Women

It was a day of planes, training and campus meals as Scotland Women headed off to participate in the 2010 Rugby World Cup in Surrey yesterday.Arriving at Surrey Sports Park – part of the University of Surrey campus – where all twelve teams will be based for the next three weeks, the girls went straight […]

17 Aug 2010 - Uncategorized

It’S ‘Game On’ For Scotland Women

With less than three days to go before Scotland take on Canada, in the first fixture of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2010, captain Lynne Reid and head coach Gary Parker broke from their training schedule to join their counterparts from the other eleven competing nations for the official launch of the tournament tonight, by London’s […]

16 Aug 2010 - Uncategorized

Professional Boost To Scotland’S Club Game

Scotland’s top clubs have had their pick of the 76 professional players contracted to Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby. Based on their 2009/2010 league position, each club took its turn to draft the players with Hawick and Stirling County getting first and second pick, having been promoted from Premier 2 as runners-up and champions – […]

13 Aug 2010 - Uncategorized

Women Gear Up For The Cup!

The Scotland Women’s squad is gearing up to head off to the Women’s Rugby World Cup which kicks off in Surrey next week. Sunday sees their final training session at Murrayfield prior to heading south of the border on Monday.Earlier this week, three members of the squad – Louise Dalgliesh, Sarah-Louise Walker and Celia Hawthorn – […]

11 Aug 2010 - Uncategorized

Players Delighted To Be Selected For Team Scotland

The Scotland 7s team will compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi following the announcement today that Commonwealth Games Scotland has confirmed that the squad nominated by Scottish Rugby last month will travel as part of their 200-strong Team Scotland. The nominated team of 12, contains seven players who played in the Edinburgh leg […]

7 Aug 2010 - Uncategorized

Check Mates In Concurrent World Competitions

With just ten days to go before Scotland Women set off to the Rugby World Cup, the squad welcomed a visitor to training who will also be representing Scotland on the world stage at the same time. Stephen Hilton, from Greenock, will be competing at the IBCA World Chess Championships for Blind and Visually Impaired […]