Cross-Party Group on Sport th 28 November 2024, 1pm-2pm Minute Present MSPs Liz Smith MSP Clare Adamson MSP Non-MSP Group Members Kim Atkinson, Scottish Sports Association Gayle Tuck, Scottish Sports Association Diana Winfield Gary Grieve, Scottish ClubSport Apologies Andrew Raitt, Tennis Scotland Brian Whittle MSP Colin Harley, Scottish Futsal Craig Robertson, Paradarts Scotland David Mcgonigle, Councillor, Renfreshire and Inverclyde Fearghas Thomson, Chest, Stroke & Stroke Scotland Fiona Reid, Bayfirth Research CIC Director Forbes Dunlop, sportscotland Fraser Calderwood, Leisure and Culture Dundee Gavin McWhinnie, Office of Liz Smith MSP Gregor Muir, SSA Heidi Vistisen, LEAP Sports Scotland Jane Harvey, Scottish Powerchair Football/Scottish Hockey Jeremy Balfour MSP Joan O’Sullivan, Swimtime UK Ltd & Skilltime Training Academy UK Judith McCleary, Judo Scotland Kash Taank, Cricket Scotland Kim Atkinson, SSA Kirsty Cumming, Community Leisure UK Liz Corbett, parkrun Liz Smith MSP Liza Linton, RYA Scotland Lucy Barclay-Carr, horsescotland Lucy Preston, Cricket Scotland 1 Malcolm Dingwall-Smith, sportscotland Margarita Sweeney-Baird, Inclusive Skating Mark Gaffney, Scottish Disability Sport Megan Richardson, CIMSPA Michael Leavitt, Edinburgh Napier University Paddy Sherrard, Scottish ClubSport Penny Hendrick, DR Inclusive Fitness and Wellbeing Rick Kenney, Scottish ClubSport Stew Fowlie, Scottish Student Sport Stuart Brown, Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland Susan Robertson, EHSCP Trudy Lindblade, Cricket Scotland Agenda item 1 Matters arising Approval of minutes of 2nd May 2024 meeting - Proposer, Liz Smith MSP - Seconder, Stew Fowlie, Scottish Student Sport Minutes approved It was noted that since the last meeting, the King’s Birthday UK Honours list was announced, with recipients from Scottish sport including: - Graeme Souness, awarded a CBE for services to football and to charity - Sandy Lyle MBE, awarded an OBE for services to Golf - Ally McCoist MBE, awarded an OBE for services to Association Football and to Broadcasting - Martin Slumbers, awarded an OBE For services to Golf - Jasmin Paris, awarded an OBE for services to Fell and Long-Distance Running - David McMath, awarded an MBE for services to Association Football - Stephen Gallachar awarded an MBE for services to Golf - Kenneth MacKenzie, awarded an MBE for services to Mountain Rescue and to the community in Galloway - Nora Rundell, awarded an MBE for services to Inclusive Skating and Charities in Dunfermline - Alexander Steele, awarded an MBE for services to Cricket and to People with Interstitial Lung Disease - Dean Stott, awarded an MBE for services to Sport, and to Humanitarian and Mental Health Awareness - Christine Bell, awarded a BEM for services to the community in Falkirk and to Older People in Scotland - Harry Brodie, awarded a BEM for services to Wheelchair Curling - Bob Easson, awarded a BEM for services to Scottish Rugby - John Irving, awarded a BEM for services to Outdoor Activities and Health in Scotland - John Rodgers, awarded a BEM for services to Association Football. 2 Congratulations were given to all of those individuals who earned recognition and it was noted that attendees should look out for the New Year’s Honours list which will be announced in late December.