School sports: Woodfarm High pupil joins panel

SPORT PANEL: Sophie Gibson (Woodfarm High School) is a new recruit for one of the 16 places on the Sportscotland Young People’s Sport Panel.

The 15-year-old was chosen from 178 applicants to join the panel that influences and lobbies Scotland’s national sports agency on behalf of young people. In the coming years Sportscotland believe that the panel will help shape the future of sport in Scotland and, hopefully, raise the profile of sport among youngsters.

“It is a great opportunity for young people in Scotland to voice their opinion about sport and physical activity,” said Sophie. “This will hopefully help make a difference not only within Woodfarm High School but in the wider community. I have enjoyed working as part of a team and with individuals who share the same enthusiasm about sport as me and I am looking forward to helping develop a lasting sports legacy in Scotland.”

The members of the sport panel are aged between 14 and 23 years old, and come from all over Scotland, including Shetland, Argyll and Bute, Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh, Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire, South Lanarkshire, East Lothian and East Renfrewshire.