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STRUAN PERFORMANCE CAMP LATEST
Friday, 31 July 2009
The Struan campers
Scotland’s top talent aged between 14 and 17 are striding towards age-grade selection at the Struan performance rugby camp this week.
The players arrived on Saturday and today (their last day at camp) they will play in a list of trial matches in a last bid to promote themselves in front of their respective Scotland selectors.
The intense performance camp – which last season celebrated its 30th anniversary – puts the young players through a gruelling week-long schedule starting with a wake-up call and morning run at 8am before breakfast, rugby coaching, aquatic recuperation and team building before lunch, specialist coaching clinics up until their evening meal, and expansive rugby games until 9pm.
Senior performance development manager and former Scotland internationalist, Grant McKelvey, is in charge of the rugby side of the camp and, alongside Scottish Rugby’s performance development team, will deliver the program of rugby to the four age groups.
McKelvey said: “The dynamic of the camp has been excellent, the staff have been great and the SSC staff have done an excellent job of managing the camp itself.
“There’s a good, hard work ethic here and that’s been coming through in all the groups. A lot of the boys are improving through their efforts but there’s a good sense of fun too. We’ve got young fellows who are growing in confidence, are improving their skills, meeting new people and making new friends”
“We set our aims and objectives and made them very clear right from the start. For the older age groups the aim and objective was to start the selection process for the national under-17 squad while for the under-15 and 16s it’s their first real introduction to a performance programme.
“The sessions have all been coordinated by myself so they all have the same themes, the same ethos and the same messages that are delivered across all the age-groups.
The Struan camp has catered for a host of Scotland internationalists in their formative years including Mike Blair, John Barclay, Ben Cairns and Nick de Luca.
Glasgow
Max Aitchison (The Glasgow Academy) – full back
Chris Barnes (Glasgow Hawks / High School of Glasgow) – prop
Mark Bennett (Cumnock / St. Joseph's Academy) – outside centre
Magnus Bradbury (Oban Lorne / Oban High School) – lock
Charlie Brooke (Glasgow Academy) – outside centre
Graham Bryden (West of Scotland / Kelvinside academy) – inside centre
Angus Burns (West of Scotland / Bearsden Academy) – inside centre
Ross Campbell (Irvine / Irvine Royal Academy) – hooker
Finn Campbell-Young (GHA) – wing
Murray Cubie (High School of Glasgow) – open side flanker
Calum Dalyrmple (Garnock / High School of Glasgow) – open side flanker
Craig Davidson (Ayr / Carrick Academy) – prop
John Dewar (Ayr / Carrick Academy) – wing
Robbie Fergusson (Ayr / Wellington College) – stand-off
Jamie Graham (Dumfries / Dumfries Academy) – blindside flanker
Jonathan Gray (Cambuslang / Calderglen Academy) – lock
Craig Greer (Cumnock) – prop
David Hamilton (Cartha QP / Rosshall Academy) – number 8
Josh Harvey (Biggar / Biggar High School) – lock
Fraser Hastie (Glasgow Hawks / Kelvinside Academy) – lock
Alan Haynes (Cumnock / Auchinleck Academy) – inside centre
Neil Herron (Hillhead/Jordanhill / Jordanhill School) – inside centre
Rory Hughes (GHA / Kingspark Secondary School) – full back
Jonathan Jack (Greenock Wanderers / St Columbas) – lock
Blair Jardine (Ayr / Carrick Academy) – prop
Ben Johnston (Marr / Marr College) – blindside flanker
Ross Kirkland (Uddingston / Uddingston Grammar) – prop
Walker Lynch (Ayr / Belmont Academy) – wing
Adam MacDonald (Ayr) – stand-off
Scott McInnes (Cartha / Williamwood High School) – stand-off
Martin McKellar (Paisley / Glenifer High School) – stand-off
Joe McQuade (Hamilton / St. Aloysius) – prop
McKenzie Pearce (Kilmarnock / St. Joseph's) – blindside flanker
Crawford Philpot (Glasgow Hawks / High School of Glasgow) – blindside flanker
Jackson Rountree (Ayr / Kyle Academy) – prop
Joshua Rutnagur (GHA / Hutchesons Grammar) – srum half
David Scott (GHA / Wallace High School) – stand-off)
Scott Shankie (East Kilbride / Duncanrigg Secondary School) – inside centre
Craig Shields (Glasgow Hawks / Duncanrigg Secondary School) – scrum half
Scott Steele (Dumfries / Dumfries Academy) – scrum half
James Stirling (Ayr / Kyle Academy) – wing
Jonathan Tait (Whitecraigs / Belmont House) – open side flanker
Joshua Thompson (West of Scotland / Kelvinside Academy) – hooker
Angus Thomson (Biggar / Biggar High School) – open side flanker
Gregor Urquhart (Hillhead/Jordanhill / Hyndland Secondary School) – full back
Mark Vallance (West of Scotland / Douglas Academy) – prop
Michael Vernel (Allan Glens / St Aloysius College) – number 8
Harry Walker (Glasgow Hawks / Glasgow Academy) – inside centre
Liam Wallace (Marr / Marr College) – outside centre
This article was posted on 5-Aug-2009, 18:35 by Hugh Barrow.
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