NEWMILNS SNOW AND SPORTS COMPLEX

Early day motion 777, tabled 26 November 2015 by Alan Brown (Scottish National Party). Signed by 24 members.

That this House congratulates Newmilns Snow and Sports Complex for hosting a successful school ski competition, attracting entrants from all over Scotland; notes the success of the facility since the upgrade and installation of a new slope; welcomes the fact that the success of the facility since transfer to a community managed and operated facility has been recognised by Social Investment Scotland and featured within its Social Impact Report 2015; further congratulates St Sophia's School on its award of £3,338 from Awards for All to allow its pupils to participate in lessons at the facility; and pays tribute to the Chairperson, Bobby Pollack, and his associated hardworking volunteers, who saved the ski slope and turned a dream into a reality by creating a first-class sports facility within a village population of 3,000.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 23, Labour 1.