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Dec 17, 20212 min read

Singergie: The beauty of a choir

We don’t care if you think you can sing or not – that’s the beauty of a choir; there’s safety in numbers

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May 2, 20201 min read

How to do a sword fight on a yoga mat

Sports coaches everywhere have been doing mental gymnastics to find ways of keeping their club memberships active and meaningful during lock

Bathgate Thistle : Community Football Club going from strength to strength

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Jul 29, 20193 min read

Bathgate Thistle : Community Football Club going from strength to strength

Bathgate Thistle CFC youth section are celebrating another successful year! With almost 500 members (and growing), the club has made...

Jackie Mcgeachie: "I didn’t want to give up my life, I just wanted to give up alcohol."

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Jul 19, 20192 min read

Jackie Mcgeachie: "I didn’t want to give up my life, I just wanted to give up alcohol."

“I stopped drinking 16 years ago. It was a very isolating experience. For a long time I’ve wanted to create a place where people who...

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Mar 10, 20192 min read

GymKarma

November 1962: 19 of us on a mass blind date organised by Barry Donnelly who, courtesy of a road accident, had an overnight grey streak...

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Feb 15, 20193 min read

Model Flying

When I mention to people that I fly model planes the first thing that happens is that their eyes glaze over and the shutters come down....

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Nov 27, 20182 min read

Smack me Down, Win 500 Francs

Even in 1848 when the first wrestling troupe was formed in France by Jean Exbroyat (who issued the headline challenge) the name of the...

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Nov 26, 20182 min read

JamQueen: Pole Fitness

Various forms of dance have made their way into the fitness studio in recent years as we’re always looking for fun and different ways of...

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Nov 9, 20182 min read

From Small Acorns...

There's a yawning gap in my sporting experience - I've never launched a netball ball in anger or joy; in fact, I've never even held a...

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Sep 1, 20182 min read

Ask 100 people...

...who is the greatest sportsperson of all time? And three will answer Cassius Clay, 96 Muhammad Ali and one ANother, for example...

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Nov 6, 20163 min read

West Lothian Eagles

The West Lothian Eagles are Scotland's newest Aussie rules football team! Unlike the famous West Coast Eagles in Australia, players and...

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Mar 3, 20144 min read

Let's go fly a camera kite

Kite flying has timeless appeal ...but how many people realise that flying a kite can be used to discover what lies underground?...