Glasgow A-Plant Tigers
Speedway Fantasy League

Now that the school visits have finished the children have spent the last few weeks putting their posters together. On Friday the hundreds of entries were judged and a short list of finalists drawn up. The nineteen children have now been sent invitations to finals night on Monday 27th October 2008 at Rangers Study Support Centre where they will present their work to the judges.

Trent, Shane,Robert and Mitchell will be there on the night to present the awards to the children. Thanks to the support of Buildbase, FSM Outdoor Advertising, STARS and the promotion the children will be working to win PSPs, MP3 players, Speedway trophies, certificates as well as goodies from Buildbase and Nat West.

Interview with the riders by the pupils of St Josephs Primary Click Here

Interview

Interview with Lee Dicken by the Kids from St Marthas Primary

Interview

First stop for the mobile Study Support Centre was to St Marthas Primary in Springburn. the usual duo of robert and Trent were jioned by new boys Josh and Mitchell while Shane up in holiday in Scotland for the kids mid term also came along to show the youngsters how it was done.

Brian and Cheryl Logan from Cowal Media also dropped in and took the children through an interview session live on camera with Shane and Mitchell. Thanks to all the riders, Brian, Cheryl and Fraser for giving up their time.

Next part is Sunday where Josh has been set up to be interviewed by the kids. Which will be used in the school radio station.

Photographs will appear in thephoto gallery soon

The launch  will be on Monday 12th May at the Rangers Study Support Centre where riders, invited pupils and press will be in attendance. Press release to follow

All information has been sent out to the schools.

If you have links to a Glasgow City Council Primary and would like to be involved. Downlaod the information and fax it back.

 Information             Poster

After last years great success of the Speedway Study Support Centre project which involved 12 schools from the North of Glasgow, Determined to Succeed and Glasgow Speedway will in 2008 work in partnership on an exciting venture, to be offered to all Glasgow schools- The Glasgow Speedway Mobile Study Support Centre. This will visit schools and the sport of speedway will be used to motivate young learners, increase their self esteem and help them to be more effective learners and above all raise attainment.

What is Speedway?

You may have seen Speedway Live on Sky Sports on a Monday night. If not, there are a few things you will need to know!

Speedway is a form of motor-cycle racing and has been around in this country since 1928. Glasgow was one of the very first City’s in the UK to stage it!

Nowadays, Glasgow Tigers race against other teams from around the UK in the British Premier League – one of THE toughest speedway leagues in the world involving some very talented riders from around the globe. Each team consists of seven riders and they clash over a series of 15 races

Speedway bikes are powered by 500cc single cylinder engines, they use fixed gears, have acceleration to match Formula 1 race cars, have NO brakes and virtually NO suspension!

Poster Competition

To mark the opening of the mobile Speedway Study Support Centre in 2008, Determined to Succeed and Glasgow Speedway have organised a competition for P6 to design a Speedway Poster using Microsoft Publisher. They will demonstrate their knowledge of the sport of Speedway, a rider or about Glasgow Tigers.

Using digital photography skills learned at the centre, the children on visiting Ashfield will take images that they can use to create their speedway poster. The winning design will be displayed on a billboard near the winner’s school by FSM Outdoor Advertising.

A meeting to discuss the format of this years initiative supported by Glasgow Education and Social Work Services Determined to Succeed team, Speedway Riders Association, Trent Leverington, Robert Kziesak, Shane Parker and the Glasgow Tigers, Rangers Learning and the Glasgow Promotion took place in April.

The programme will run on similar lines to last yeras with

A meeting to discuss the format of this years initiative supported by Glasgow Education and Social Work Services Determined to Succeed team, Speedway Riders Association, Trent Leverington, Robert Kziesak, Shane Parker and the Glasgow Tigers, Rangers Learning and the Glasgow Promotion took place in April.

The programme will run on similar lines to last yeras with

Part 1 schools either visiting the centre or the riders visiting the schools. The pupils will be involved in digital photography, interviews, radio station and a design activity using photography and Publisher.

Part 2 will involve the school coming along to Ashfield on a Sunday to enjoy (?) the meeting, take photographs and meet the riders.

Part 3 will be back in school where they will use the photographs to produce a poster which Fraser MacDonald of FSM Outdoor Advertising has agreed will be made up and displayed on a prominent display board near the winners school. It could be in a railway station, shopping centre etc.

if you are involved in a Glasgow City Council primary or ASN primary school and would like to be involved contact gcondie@dts.ea.glasgow.sch