Polysport General Information
Charity Number SC 028915
Chairperson |
Booking/Membership |
Secretary |
Treasurer |
| Elizabeth Kennedy (Mrs) Camperdown Newcastleton TD9 0TA 013873 75849 |
Barbara Walker (Mrs) 12, Copshaw Place Newcastleton TD9 0RS 013783 75304 |
Gail Brown (Mrs) 7, Copshaw Place Newcastleton TD9 0RS 013873 75730 |
Pauline Elliot (Mrs) 4, Union Street Newcastleton TD9 0QS 13873 75772 |
Grants from:
Children in Need,
Scottish Executive (Rural Challenge Fund),
sportscotland-Lottery Fund X 2,
Awards for All,
Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland x 2,
Roxburgh Sports Council,
Scottish Power,
Scottish Community Projects Fund,
Leader II,
Scottish Community Foundation,
Sir Arthur Elliot Memorial Trust,
Roxburgh Landward Benevolent Trust,
Scottish Borders Community Support Fund ,Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser,
Gannochy Trust,
Scottish Borders Council,
Robertson Trust,
R.S. Hayward Trust,
Langholm Co-operative.
General:
The group owns/manage a range of facilities on land leased from the local Estate:
- All weather artificial grass floodlit (Astro-turf) pitch. (built 2000)
- Equipment storage shed (built 2000)
- Grass football pitch.(in operation for over 100 years)
- Changing rooms (built 2004)
- Fitness room (built 2007)
- Parking and landscape
Awards and recognition:
2001- Children in Need awarded a grant and the project featured on the BBC Children in Need appeal night thus generating excellent publicity for Newcastleton and the Scottish Borders.
2002 Princess Ann visited the facility when she came to open the village medical centre.
2002 . The Overall Winner of the first ever Borders’ New Ways Awards (May 2002) was Newcastleton Polysport Project, stated as being ‘a community enterprise that has succeeded in funding, building and running a highly successful, all weather sports facility’. It also won the Vibrant Communities award. The awards were launched by the New Ways Economic Forum to encourage and reward innovation in business and the community in the Scottish Borders
2003. Lottery Monitor Awards for excellence. Newcastleton Polysport was runner up in the ‘Kids’ category.
2005- Sportscotland new ‘Help for Clubs’ website. The group was invited to contribute to this as an example of a successful Scottish project.
2008-James McLean Trust celebration of sport- won ‘Active Health’ award.
TV- Featured on Border News TV on at least 5 occasions.
