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CSIS - Central Scotland Institute of Sport trio scoop Falkirk Sport Awards

Slamannan Water skier, Nicole Arthur, the first water skier to hold World titles in every age group from junior to senior, won the “Sportsperson of the Year Award”.
 
Sixteen year old, Alistair Moon from Denny, canoeing's C2 British Junior Champion, was awarded “Young Sportsperson of the Year.”
 
Wai Mun Lee, Central Institute of Sport Strength & Conditioning coach and Forth Valley College Leisure Facility Co-ordinator, was named “Coach of the Year”. 
 
Thirty seven year old Wai, from Bo'ness, received this award for his work with the Central Scotland Institute of Sport, where he coaches some of the country's most talented athletes.
 
Wai has worked with a wide range of local athletes including Great Britain canoeing team member, Adam Marshall; rugby's Ben Addison, a member of Scotland's under 21 team;  judo player, Jayne Clason, a member of the British senior team; Kris Lindsay, a winner of the British Judo Championships junior bronze medal; Tracey Brindley, World Hill Running Championships silver medalist; and badminton player, Calum Menzies, a European Junior Badminton Championships, won the bronze medal.
 
Delighted to receive the Award, Wai hopes it will bring more recognition to the training facilities available at the College, which became a partner of the Central Scotland Institute of Sport in 2003.  Equipment for the College's Strength & Conditioning unit, was funded by a £16,000 investment from the Central Institute.
 
“I am privileged to receive this award and I'd like to thank all the athletes I've had the pleasure of coaching,” said Wai.  “If it hadn't had been for them I wouldn't be in this position.
 
“I love my job and I just get on with it so to get this award was a great surprise and great recognition and a pat on the back for what I do.  It's nice to win this award and even better that the Central Institute nominated me for it.”
 
Newly crowned “Young Sportsperson of the Year”, Alistair Moon is following a strong local tradition in canoeing. “I was promoted to Premier, the top division, in K1 last summer, won the Junior British Championships for C2, then I won the Scottish Schools Trophy for the third year in a row,” said Alistair, who regularly races against the likes of Olympic silver medalist, Campbell Walsh in the K1 class.
 
“This is my second year with the Central Institute.  The weight training, the facilities and the coaching have made a massive difference. The psychologist helps, particularly on my focus and getting in the zone. The physiologist has done a lot of fitness testing over the winter.  So there's been a lot of input from them.”
 
After becoming the first water-skier to secure World titles at every age group category from junior to senior in 2007, the “Sportsperson of the Year Award” could only really go to the amazing Nicole Arthur from Slamannan.
 
Last summer, Nicole won slalom titles in the British Open Championships, the British under 21 Championships and the European under 21 Championships before following up with the senior World Championships title in Linz, Austria. She is the youngest athlete to win this title.
 
Nicole, who is supported by the Central Scotland Institute of Sport, began this year by winning the women's slalom event at the World Under-21 Championships in Santiago, Chile.
 
With every world title now accomplished with her teen years barely behind her, Nicole still has one final year in the under 21 category.  But as holder of the world's senior title, the next 12 months will be her busiest in the sport.
 
“Because I won the Open Worlds I've got invitations to all the pro events and all the World Cup stops,” she said. 
 
“This year there'll be a lot of travelling and I'll go to America and do the whole States thing.  There are about 12 pro tour stops, three world cup stops and three title events.  My first event is the US Masters, on the 22 May in Georgia, which is a very big one.”
 
Allan Campbell, Central Scotland Institute of Sport Manager, was delighted to see his staff and athletes being acknowledged through these awards.
 
“The Central Scotland Institute of Sport is very proud to have winners in three different categories in the Falkirk Sports Awards,” he said.
 
“This is due to the hard work and commitment not only of the athletes themselves but also of the team of service providers we put around each athlete.
 
“The work done by Wai at Forth Valley College in strength and conditioning as part of a team of coaches, nutritionists, physiologists and psychologists, has really helped our up and coming athletes to reach the highest levels.”