Hot on the heels of Ayr United Football Academy Coach and star club player Michael Moffat’s nomination for the Player’s Player of the Year local school, Southcraig has been selected as a finalist in the Most Active School Award following the Academy’s nomination in the annual Ayrshire Sportsability Awards Ceremony. Over the past five years th

With Easter about to be a distant memory, the Academy are about to return to their Nursery Programme which involves no fewer than 32 South Ayrshire nurseries. And for statisticians amongst us that means over 1000 nursery kids will have taken part between January and June 2014. Explained Academy Community Projects Manager, Roddy MacDonald, “This is

Our other community coordinator is Stuart Watson whose involvement in sport of any type came from being brought up on the touchline as his father played amateur football whilst he grew up. It was, however the family moving to Ayr that opened up visits to Somerset Park and started a relationship with the club. Stuart played at boys club level until

Within the Academy we have community coordinators whose roles are to find the funding and run the projects that have successfully caught the eye and imagination within our local communities. Gregor Kyle is one of our most successful coordinators with a number of notable project under his belt already up and running. Having played at a younger age f

As the smiles from a unique 3 school football tournament for children with special needs fade, the stark reality of a funding shortfall is being faced head on by the Academy. With funding for the Everybody Active programme about to come to an end, Academy personnel are left to wonder where the next batch of funding is likely to come from. Firstly t