Scottish Women in Sport (SWiS) is a charity founded in 2013, which advocates for inclusive gender equality in sport in Scotland.

Aim

SWiS promotes equality and parity across all aspects of sport for women and girls, including but not limited to active participation, coaching, leadership, and officiating. They do this by promoting positive role models, sharing good practice, advocating for increased investment and media coverage in women and girls' sport in Scotland. SWiS has three broad aims: * Educate * Participate * Celebrate

Launch

The charity was launched in 2013 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. Speakers at the Launch event included

Judy Murray Judith Mary Murray OBE (née Erskine; born 8 September 1959) is a Scottish tennis coach. She is the mother of professional tennis players Jamie and Sir Andy Murray. Life and career Murray was born on 8 September 1959 in Bridge of Allan, S ...

, Alison Walker,

Elaine C Smith Elaine Constance Smith (born 2 August 1958) is a Scottish actress and comedian. She is known for her roles in the BBC Scotland sitcoms ''City Lights (1984 TV series), City Lights'' (1984–1991), ''Rab C. Nesbitt'' (1988–2014), and ''Two Doo ...

Katherine Grainger Dame Katherine Jane Grainger (born 12 November 1975) is a Scottish athlete. She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist, four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion for Great Britain. She served as Chancellor of Oxford Broo ...

. The founding Chief Executive Officer of SWiS is Maureen McGonigle.

Activity

SWiS has run a number of campaigns focusing on different aspects of women's sports, including 'Girls Do Sport' which was a partnership between SWiS and

University of the West of Scotland The University of the West of Scotland (), formerly the University of Paisley, is a public university with four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Blantyre, Dumfries and Ayr, as well as a campus in London, England. T ...

, which promoted 7 sports through a series of short 15-minute programs made by students on media and journalism courses at the University The charity hosts an annual Awards Ceremony where trophies are given to sportswomen, coaches, teams, and organizations who have excelled in the field of Scottish sport in the past 12 months. They also host an annual conference. The charity hosts a regular blog on the SWiS website with posts from sportswomen and those active in women's sports in Scotland. In 2018 it launched the Scottish Women in Sport Hall of Fame, to celebrate past and current pioneers of women and girls sport in Scotland.

Awards

; 2023 Awards * Pioneer in Sport:

Eilidh Doyle Eilidh Doyle (pronounced AY-lee ; née Child; born 20 February 1987) is a retired British track and field athlete. Originally running as Eilidh Child, she specialised in the 400 metres hurdles outdoors, and the 400 metres flat indoors, as well a ...

* Sportswoman of the Year:

Beth Potter Beth Potter (born 27 December 1991) is a Scottish triathlete and long distance runner. She competed for Great Britain in athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In 2019 she won the gold medal at the European Triathlon Championsh ...

* Para Athlete of the Year:

Samantha Kinghorn Samantha May Kinghorn (born 6 January 1996) is a British World Champion wheelchair racer and TV presenter. At the 2024 paralympics she won a gold medal. Personal history In December 2010 Kinghorn was crushed by snow and ice which fell from th ...

* Young Sportswoman of the Year: Isla Hedley ;2022 Awards * Pioneer(s) in Sport: Ravenscraig football team * Sportswoman of the Year:

Eilish McColgan Eilish McColgan (born 25 November 1990) is a Scottish Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner. She is the Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres champion with the ...

* Para Athlete of the Year: Rosemary Lenton * Team of the Year: Great Britain curling team (all Scottish) * Official of the Year: Isla Buchanan * Volunteer of the Year:

Ruth Watson Ruth Watson is an English hotelier, restaurateur, broadcaster and food writer. Early life and career Born in London, Ruth Watson was educated in London and at Westonbirt School in Gloucestershire. After taking up a career in graphic design, sh ...

* Sporting Champion:

Pitreavie AAC Pitreavie Amateur Athletic Club, or Pitreavie AAC for short, is a British athletics club based in Dunfermline Dunfermline (; , ) is a city, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. ...

* Inspiration in Sport: Jog Scotland ; 2021 Awards * Pioneer in Sport:

Gillian Lindsay Gillian Lindsay (born 24 September 1973, in Paisley) is a former Team GB Scottish rower. She won silver in the quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics silver medalist, and two-time medal winner in the World Championships, taking silver i ...

* Sportswoman of the Year:

Kathleen Dawson Kathleen Mary Dawson (born 3 October 1997) is a Scottish backstroke swimmer. She won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay in a world record time. She is also the European champion at the 2020 Budapest Champio ...

* Young Sportswoman of the Year: Katie Johnson * Team of the Year:

Scotland cricket team The Scotland national men's cricket team represents the country of Scotland. They play most of their home matches at The Grange Club, The Grange, Edinburgh, as well as at other venues around Scotland. Scotland's history in cricket dates back t ...

* Para Athlete of the Year:

Aileen McGlynn Aileen McGlynn (born 22 June 1973) is a Scottish paralympic tandem champion cyclist, tandem piloted until 2009 by Ellen Hunter but most regularly piloted by Helen Scott. Biography Born in Paisley and grew up in Glasgow, McGlynn was partia ...

* Coach / Manager of the Year:

Catriona Matthew Catriona Isobel Matthew (née Lambert; born 25 August 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career Catriona Lambert was born in Edinburgh, a ...

* Media and Gender Award: Claire Nelson * Power of Sport: Scottish Sports Futures * Volunteer in Sport: Sophie Allan * Sporting Champion: Glasgow Gals * Inspiration in Sport: Active Life Club ; 2020 Awards * Sportswoman of the Year:

Laura Muir Laura Muir (; born 9 May 1993) is a Scottish Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner. She is the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the 1500 metres, having prev ...

* Young Sportswoman of the Year: Toni Shaw * Most Compassionate Role Model: Megan Clancy * Inspiration in Sport:

Kayleigh Haggo Kayleigh Haggo (born 1 February 1999) is a Scottish boccia player, frame runner, and para swimmer. She represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris in boccia in the women's individual and mixed team events. Early life and ...

* Media Category Innovation:

Scottish Athletics Scottish Athletics, stylised as scottishathletics, is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Scotland. As such it is responsible for organising annual championships, maintaining rules for competition and ratifying records. It also selec ...

* Volunteer of the Year: Moira Taylor * Excellence in Communication: Louise Renicks * Community Sport Champion ** Senior: Saheliya Community Strides ** Junior: Peebles Golf Club ;2019 Awards * Sportswomen of the Year:

Hannah Rankin Hannah Rankin (born 21 July 1990) is a Scottish professional boxer and bare-knuckle boxer. In boxing she has held the WBA and IBO female super-welterweight World titles. Early life Hannah Rankin was born on 21 July 1990 and grew up on her ...

* Inspiration in Sport – Cerys McCrindle * Young Sportswoman of the Year: Megan Keith * Team of the Year – Scotland hockey team * Coach of the Year: Andrea Manson * Official of the Year – Kylie Cockburn * Community 2019 – Paisley Barbell Club * Role Model: Leslie Roy * Innovation in Sport: Jog Scotland * Champion School: Holy Cross High School ; 2018 Awards * Sportswoman of the Year: Seonaid McIntosh * Young Sportswoman of the Year:

Georgia Adderley Georgia Adderley (born 8 January 2001) is a Scottish female professional squash player. She reached a career high PSA ranking of number 24 in the world during November 2024. Career Adderley reached her highest career singles ranking to dat ...

* Team of the Year: Scotland football team * Coach of the Year:

Shelley Kerr Michelle Kerr (born 15 October 1969) is a Scottish football manager and former player who is currently the English Football Association's technical lead for women's national teams. As a player Kerr was a powerful centre back, who captained and ...

* Official of the Year, Anne Malcolm * Youth Ambassador: Kirsten Barrett * Role Model:

Rosy Ryan Wilfred Patrick Dolan "Rosy" Ryan (March 15, 1898 – December 10, 1980) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played ten seasons in Major League Baseball between 1919 and 1933 for the New York Giants (NL), New York Giants, Boston B ...

* Community Sport Champion: Anna Beattie * Inspiration in Sport: Rebecca Sellar ;2017 Awards * Sportswoman of the Year: Sammi Kinghorn * Young Sportswoman of the Year: Erin Wallace * Official of the Year: Barbara Morgan * Role Model of the Year: Jayne Nisbet * Campaign of the Year: Scotland Sirens * SWiS Champion: Clare Bath *Team of the Year: Scotland U-21 netball team * Coach of the Year: Tina Gordon ;2016 Awards * Sportswoman of the Year:

Katie Archibald Katie Archibald (born 12 March 1994) is an elite racing cyclist, specialising in endurance track cycling events in which she represents Great Britain and Scotland. A member of the Great Britain 2016 Olympic champion and 2020 Olympic silver me ...

* Young Sportswoman of the Year:

Maria Lyle Maria Lyle (born 14 February 2000) is a retired para-athlete from Scotland who competed mainly in T35 sprint events. At the age of 14 she set a world record in the 200m sprint, a record she has broken on several occasions. In 2014, she qualifi ...

* Newcomer of the Year:

Abby Kane Abby Kane (born 4 August 2003) is a British Paralympic swimmer competing as a S13 classification swimmer, mainly in backstroke events. Kane has Stargardt disease, a condition leading to progressive vision deterioration. She competed at the 201 ...

* Best Team Performance: Scotland football team * Coach of the Year: Karen Ross * Official of the Year: Sarah Wilson * People's Champion: Susan McDowall * Role Model:

;2015 Awards * Sportswoman of the Year: Danielle Joyce * Young Sportswoman of the Year:

* Best Newcomer:

* Best Team Performance: Murrayfield Wanderers Ladies * Best Role Model: Aminah Din * Coach of the Year: Jane Gibson * People's Champion:

Liz Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 19 ...

* Official of the Year: Sarah Wilson ;2014 Awards * Sportswoman of the Year: Eilidh Doyle * Young Sportswoman of the Year: * Best Team Performance: * Coach / Manager of the Year: * Official of the Year: Liz Scott * Peoples' Champion: * Best Marketing / Sponsorship:

References

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