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Motion · S6M-11497 · 28 Nov 2023

Sheila Swan Wins Coach of the Year at Scottish Women in Sports Awards 2023

Lodged by Evelyn Tweed Standard Motion 22 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates Sheila Swan on winning Coach of the Year, as sponsored by Frame, at the Scottish Women in Sports Awards 2023 on 24 November 2023; understands that Sheila is British Curling's Paralympic head coach and was awarded Coach of the Year for her passion and commitment to curling and disability sport, having led the Scottish Wheelchair Curling team, based at the National Curling Academy in Stirling, to a World bronze medal earlier in 2023, despite significant changes in the squad, due to injury and illness; notes that wheelchair curling has diversity at its core, with the World Curling Federation having insisted from the introduction of international competition that teams must be mixed gender, in keeping with the broader principles of the sport as a whole; further notes that the game is played with the same stones, and on the same sheets of ice, as the able-bodied game, but that deliveries are made from a stationary wheelchair using a delivery stick and there is no sweeping; praises Sheila Swan on her win, and wishes her all the best in future competitions.

Supporters (22)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.