We developed the Youth Athlete programme to help the future talent of tomorrow. The principle of the programme is to support young, emerging sporting stars across many different disciplines.
Currently the programme has 11 athletes with various sporting disciplines. These include gymnastics, boxing, tennis, kickboxing, and weightlifting.
Jorja McNaughton
Olympic Weightlifter
Olympic weightlifter Jorja McNaughton, from Glasgow, has been weightlifting for six years and competes in the women’s 49kg U17 class at national and international level.
Jorja boasts several other Scottish records in the 40kg to 55kg class and has been awarded best female lifter in the Scottish Youth contest and at Manchester-based competition, the Barton Youth Open.
Stats:
- 3x times British gold medalist
- Scottish records in the women’s 49kg class from U14 to U23s
- Best female lifter in Scottish Youth
- Best female lifter in Manchester at Barton youth open competition
- Scottish youth, junior and senior champion
Luis Davin
Footballer
Luis currently plays for the Steven Gerrard Academy based in Liverpool at U19, U21 and U23 level. Luis has been training and playing for 13 years for teams like Eastham Rangers, Birkenhead Boys, Morecambe Academy u18s (age 15), Cammel Lairds (youth & first aged 16), and Ellesmere Port Town firsts.
Stats:
- Won the Eastham League
- Divisional Top Cup
- Wallasey League x2
- Wirral Cup x2
Aaron Sarwar
Boxer
Sixteen-year-old Aaron Sarwar, from Kilmarnock, has been training with Northwest Boxing Club for more than a year and has already represented his country and the club at an international level!
He has won gold medals in the Scottish Championship, William Wallace Box Club and King of the Ring competition in Sweden.
Stats:
- 2x British Champion
- 4x National Champion
- 3x European Representative
- 2x Box Cup Champion
- Sweden King of the Ring Champion
- Scottish Championship Gold
- East Ayrshire Sports Council Youth Personality of the Year
Ethan Cunningham
Gymnast, DMT
Ethan, from Glasgow, started gymnastics aged 10 and became British Tumble Champion by aged 14. Later, he switched disciplines to DMT (double mini trampoline) and was selected for the Scotland national squad for both disciplines in 2020. Ethan is currently the youngest member of the Senior Development GBR squad, at just 17!
Stats:
- Scottish Tumble Champion 2017 and 2019
- British Tumble Champion
- Silver at the British National Open 2021
- 2022 Senior Men’s DMT Scottish champion
- 2022 Highest ranking Scottish male DMT gymnast in Scotland
- 2022 Senior member of the GBR squad for DMT
