Sporting chance to showcase Scotland
Glasgow 2018 is the first time in history that existing European Championships in aquatics, cycling, gymnastics, rowing, triathlon have been brought together into one major event alongside a brand new golf championships with athletics being held in Berlin.
The Glasgow 2018 European Championships will be held between August 2 and August 12.
Scotland will welcome 52 competing nations, and an estimated 8000 athletes and officials to Glasgow for eleven days of elite competition.
Glasgow 2018 will showcase Scotland to a potential TV audience of up to 1.03 billion, boosting economic, social and cultural opportunities right across the country.
In addition to the events being held at world-class venues in Glasgow, a number of the sports will take place at iconic sites elsewhere in Scotland.
The European Golf Team Championships will be held on the world famous course at Gleneagles, while the Open Water event will take place in Loch Lomond.
The diving events will get underway in the capital city of Edinburgh.
The 2018 European Cycling Road Championships, will see elite road cyclists race through the streets of Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and Stirling.
Glasgow 2018 is another excellent example of Scotland attracting mega sporting events, using the excellent infrastructure and skills of staff and volunteers in place as result of the world-class events recently hosted in Scotland.
The Championships will also be a massive celebration of Scotland’s thriving cultural scene with communities across the country getting involved in Festival 2018.
There will also be a legacy for Scotland with at least 50 Community Sports Hubs benefitting from a Glasgow 2018 Legacy Fund. Fèis Phàislig are an arts organisation who provide traditional music experiences for young people across Renfrewshire.
As part of Festival 2018, they will be designing and delivering a Ceilidh Trail music performance project.
Their chairman, Grant McFarlane, says that Festival 2018 is giving young musicians the opportunity to create a vibrant showcase of traditional Scottish and Gaelic culture.
“When our organisation became aware of the cultural activity plans around Glasgow 2018, we knew we had to be involved,” he said.
“Fèis Phàislig already deliver opportunities in the traditional arts to youth across Renfrewshire and for the first time in 2018, so we are looking forward to delivering a Ceilidh Trail.
“We are recruiting a group of young musicians to tour across Paisley, Glasgow and the local authority partner areas from 2nd-12th August.
“Our group will take part in a range of performance including concerts, ceilidhs, pop-up street performances and outreach performances in the wider community in settings such as schools and care homes.
“We hope that this project will lead to the establishment of an annual Ceilidh Trail tour. Fèis Phàislig also hopes to develop new links and partnerships with cultural organisations in Renfrewshire, Glasgow and further afield which may lead to further performance opportunities for our proposed Ceilidh Trail in 2019 and beyond.”
More details of Festival 2018 can be found at https:// www.glasgow2018.com/ festival-2018/about-festival2018.
Glasgow 2018 will showcase Scotland to a potential TV audience of £1.03billion, boosting opportunities