Congratulating Fife-based Sports Coach, Claire Morrison, on Being Crowned Coach of the Year at the Scottish Sports Awards 2024

That the Parliament congratulates Fife-based sports coach, Claire Morrison, on being crowned Coach of the Year at the Scottish Sports Awards 2024, held at Glasgow Science Centre recently; understands that Claire has helped a number of boccia players to international success, including Paralympians Scott and Jamie McCowan, Stephen McGuire, Patrick Wilson and Kayleigh Haggo, the latter three of whom qualified for Paris 2024, with McGuire becoming Paralympic Champion in the Men's BC4 category; notes that 2024 marked Claire’s fourth Paralympics as a coach, and that the coach has worked with a number of her athletes for the duration of her career; recognises that Claire has been dedicated to nurturing athletes throughout their journeys, whether achieving Golds at world level or recovering from injuries, attending all competitions and being away from home often; recognises Claire’s hard work with retired athletes, including Peter McGuire, Scott McCowan and Jamie McCowan, to ensure that their involvement in high performance boccia continues, and helping them to progress on a coaching pathway through partnership working with Scottish Disability Sport on the Coaching Futures programme; acknowledges that Claire attends numerous regional parasport festivals and Girls in Boccia events, introducing the game and the benefits of boccia to new participants, parents and carers; is grateful to Claire for all of her hard work and dedication to developing upcoming and established athletes to achieve their goals, and extends its very best wishes to Claire for continued success in the future and to all the other winners at the awards ceremony from across Scotland.