From promising talent to Team Scotland stars, the new Team Scotland Series has it covered

Team Scotland 2017

As a huge year for Scotland’s athletes begins, Team Scotland has announced a ground-breaking collaboration across Scottish sport, with the launch of the new Team Scotland Series. Scottish Hockey’s Scottish Cup Finals are included in the series.

The Team Scotland Series brings together 17 Scottish Championship events across 12 Commonwealth Games sports over the next year.

Across all sports, the Scottish National Championships play a key part in most athletes’ sporting journeys, acting as a launch pad towards representing Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. The 2017 Series will see Scottish champions crowned throughout the year. Many of the Series events also mark qualifying opportunities for Scotland’s athletes on route to Gold Coast 2018 and Bahamas 2017.

The launch of the Team Scotland Series also sees the extension of the Team Scotland ethos for each Games, with all sports coming together as one team, uniting in shared aims. Now these sports will work together throughout the year, helping to promote each other’s events on the Team Scotland Series programme. This collaboration aims to raise the profile and media coverage of all events and, with backing from BBC Scotland to cover the Series and live stream a selection of the events, fans will have a front row seat to witness athletes on the journey from promising talent to Team Scotland star.

Paul Bush OBE, Chair of Commonwealth Games Scotland said: “The Team Scotland Series is a really exciting initiative which will see us working in partnership with sports governing bodies to highlight and promote the key competitions that are the bedrock of Scottish sport, as well as serving as important selection events for the Commonwealth Games and Youth Games.

“Almost every athlete who competes for Team Scotland at the next Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast and onwards to 2022 and beyond, will have competed in their sport’s Scottish Championships on their path to international success, so when we are watching these events we are watching Team Scotland’s future stars in action.

“I am particularly delighted that BBC Scotland has recognised the important role that the Team Scotland Series will play in showcasing the best of Scottish sport and the build-up to Gold Coast 2018 and I would like to thank them for their support.”

 

The 2017 Team Scotland Series includes the following events:

14 January – Scottish Open Judo Championships

28 January – Scottish Indoor Athletics Championships

4 March – Scottish Table Tennis Championships

4 March – Scottish Artistic Gymnastics Championships

1 April – Boxing Scotland Elite Championship Finals

29 – 30 April – Hockey Scottish Cup Finals

3 June – Scottish Netball Finals

1 June – Scottish Open Table Tennis Championships

30 June – Scottish Open Swimming Championships

14 July – Scottish 50m Shooting Championships

24-29 July – National Bowls Championships

20 August – Scottish Road Cycling Championships

26 August – Scottish Beach Volleyball Championships

26 August – Scottish Athletics Championships

September – Scottish National Bowls Championships

November – Scottish National Track Cycling Championships

9 December – Scottish Short Course Swimming Championships

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