Royal Club Talent Programme
Aims of the Royal Club Talent Programme
- To raise and encourage developing potential level to achieving excellence by providing pathway support training programmes.
- To increase strength and depth of athletes within the British Curling and Royal Club’s Performance Programme
- To encourage athlete and team participation in Royal Club and Ice Rink competitions therefore increasing participation.
- To identify talent at a young age within each Ice Rink in Scotland
- Encourage and improve young curler’s skills by measuring and monitoring proficiency that is recognised by the Royal Club Skills Awards Scheme
- The Royal Club Talent Programme is a development programme to integrate into the performance programme
- Manage goal setting and expectations of performance progression.
Structure of Talent Programme
- Approx 21 Ice Rinks which provide Royal Club Talent Programme (subject to athlete selection)
- Managed by Royal Club High Performance Coach
- Delivered by Royal Club Assistant Performance Development Coach
- Delivered by identified Royal Club Talent Programme Coach who is a Royal Club qualified technical coach (to be confirmed in due course)
Selection: 2012/13
| Ice Rink | Female Athletes | Male Athletes |
| Ayr | Aileen Rennie | Andrew Maitland, Shaun Rennie. |
| Borders (Kelso) | Amy Bryce, Lorna Shaw. | Cameron Bryce, Callum Potts, Stewart Shaw, Neil Sutherland. |
| Braehead | Robin McCall. | |
| Curl Aberdeen | Rebecca Morrison, Emma Scott. | Eian Scott. |
| Dewars (Perth) | Callum Kinnear, Kerr Sands. | |
| Dumfries Ice Bowl | Heather Morton. | Fraser Kingan, Zack Stewart, Ross Whyte. |
| East Kilbride | Emma Hair. | |
| Forfar Indoor Sports | Layla Al-Safar, Beth Dandie, Hayley Duff, Louise Joiner. | Ben Bremner, Adam Flint, Craig Joiner, Euan MacDiarmid. |
| Galleon (Kilmarnock) |
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| Greenacres | Rachael Halliday, Lauren McIntyre. | George McConnell, Mark Taylor, Martin Wilcox. |
| Inverness Ice Centre | Ellie Fraser, Faye McInnes. | Stewart Lyle, Ryan Peters, Sandy Scott. |
| Kinross | Kirsty Paterson, Fiona Spain, Kathryn Spain, Alison Wood. | Grant Barr, Finlay Campbell, James Hay, Callum McFarlane. |
| Lanarkshire (Hamilton) | Carolyn Baird, Heather MacDonald. | George Ballantyne, Andrew Neilson, Iain Waddell. |
| Lockerbie | Koren Boomer, Hannah Beattie, Ellen Boomer, Kirsty Sloan. | Ryan Cormack, Cameron McNay, Daniel Robson. |
| Moray Leisure Centre(Elgin) | Amy MacDonald, Eilidh Yates. | Josh Kellock, Gordon Kelly, Grant Stephen. |
| Murrayfield | Karina Aitken, Laura Barr. | David Baird, James Baird, Gavin Barr, Hamish Logan. |
| The Peak (Stirling) | Isla McLennan, Kirsty Morton. | Alastair Tweedle. |
| Stranraer* | ||
| Waterfront | Fraser Clark, Euan Polea, Angus Shearer. |
[Selection panel: Brad Askew, Judith McFarlane, Nancy Smith and each Ice Rink Talent Programme/Junior Lead Coach.]
*Training provided by the Stranraer Development Group.
The programme aspires to build over 2011-2014 to a maximum number of 8 athletes per Ice Rink (4 male and 4 female) making a total of potentially 160 each year.
Click here to view the 2013-2014 Selection Policy – Royal Club Talent Programme
Click to download Royal Club Talent Programme 2013/14 Notes of Interest form
Click for accompanying Mindset Information Sheet
Assistant Performance Development Coach: Brad Askew
Mobile: 0773 326 4813
