Determined to Succeed
(Posted 08/10/07)

Its good to see the Glasgow Speedway Academy Initiative Determined to Succeed - mentioned by Shane Parker in his e-mail read out to the fans on Sunday - get some coverage on the BSPA Website.

A lot of people have worked hard behind the scenes to promote Glasgow speedway via this initiative over the year and allow speedway to give something to the community by helping youngsters in language, maths and IT skills.

The initiative reaches is conclusion tonight with a graduation ceremony and all those who have been involved in its promotion and running deserve credit for all their hard work.

The article can be read on the BSPA website and is copied below:-

GLASGOW City Council's 'Determined to Succeed' programme is completed on Monday evening with the winners being announced at a special graduation event.

A Speedway Challenge initiative was launched in partnership with the Speedway Riders Association and since then 200 children from nine different primary schools in the North Glasgow area have taken part.

The scheme has given the youngsters the opportunity to be to attend the Speedway Study Support Centre and be involved in language, maths and ICT tasks based on speedway.

Gary Condie, Enterprise Education Officer for Determined to Succeed, said: "This exciting venture has been great fun for the youngsters and has seen the sport of speedway used as a way to motivate pupils, increase their self esteem and become more effective learners – but above all raise achievement.

"The PowerPoint competition has been very close and the work the youngsters have produced has been wonderful and far beyond all our expectations."

Australian speedway riders Trent Leverington and Robert Kziesak, who have met the children at workshops over the last few months, will be at the presentation on Monday evening.

The winners receive PSPs from sponsor FSM Outdoor Advertising, runners up will win MP3 players sponsored by Glasgow Speedway and STARS and two schools win £75 each from John Lewis.