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: 2013/14
| Ice Rink | Female Athletes | Male Athletes |
| Ayr (At East Kilbride) |
Lucy Morton | |
| Borders (Kelso) | Amy Bryce | Cameron Bryce Callum Potts Neil Sutherland |
| Braehead | No Athletes | No Athletes |
| Curl Aberdeen | Rebecca Morrison Emma Scott. |
Eian Scott |
| Dewars (Perth) | Mili Smith | Callum Kinnear Kerr Sands |
| Dumfries Ice Bowl | Ross Whyte Zack Stewart Fraser Kingan Fraser Morton |
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| East Kilbride | Emma Hair | |
| Forfar Indoor Sports | Layla Al-Safar Beth Dandie |
Craig Joiner Adam Flint Craig Paterson Euan MacDiarmid |
| Galleon (Kilmarnock) |
No Athletes | No Athletes |
| Greenacres | Rachael Halliday Lauren McIntyre |
Robin MacCall Martin Wilcox Mark Taylor Ian Gibb Ross McIntyre |
| Inverness Ice Centre | Faye McInnes | Sandy Scott Andrew Kyle |
| Kinross | Linzi Paterson Kirsty Paterson Fiona Spain Kathryn Spain |
Grant Barr Finlay Campbell Ross Cormack Drew Thomson |
| Lanarkshire (Hamilton) | Carolyn Baird Heather MacDonald |
Luke Carson George Ballantyne Iain Waddell |
| Lockerbie | Ellen Boomer Hannah Beattie |
Cameron McNay Ryan McCormack Matthew Reive |
| Moray Leisure Centre(Elgin) | Amy MacDonald Eilidh Yates |
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| Murrayfield | Sophie Sinclair Laura Barr |
David Baird James Baird Gavin Barr Hamish Logan Callum McLean |
| The Peak (Stirling) | Alastair Tweedle | |
| Waterfront | Angus Shearer Euan Polea Fraser Clark |
[Selection panel: Brad Askew, Judith McFarlane, Nancy Smith and each Ice Rink Talent Programme/Junior Lead Coach.]
Click here to view the 2013-2014 Selection Policy – Royal Club Talent Programme
Assistant Performance Development Coach: Brad Askew
Mobile: 0773 326 4813
