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Scotland Cerebral Palsy Football Team Become World Champions

  • Submitted by: Evelyn Tweed, Stirling, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-12906

That the Parliament congratulates Scotland National Cerebral Palsy Football Team on becoming Cerebral Palsy (CP) Football World Champions at the 2024 International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Men's World Championships in Salou, Spain; praises the Scotland National CP Football Team for beating the Northern Ireland CP Football Team by four goals to nil on 17 April 2024 in Salou; understands that the IFCPF Men's World Championships sits below the IFCPF World Cup, with the IFCPF World Championships providing a top level competition for those teams that have not qualified to compete in the World Cup, and sees teams play seven-a-side football in the competition; further understands that all players competing in CP Football have ataxia, hypertonia or athetosis, which are three impairment types that are most commonly associated with individuals having neurological impairment, with a motor control impairment of a cerebral nature, causing a permanent and verifiable activity limitation; notes that hypertonia is a condition marked by an abnormal increase in muscle tension and the reduced ability of a muscle to stretch, ataxia is a neurological sign and symptom that consists of a lack of co-ordination of muscle movements, and athetosis is generally characterised by unbalanced, involuntary movements due to constant changes in muscle tone and a difficulty in maintaining a symmetrical posture, and wishes the Scotland National CP Football Team continued success in future CP Football competitions.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Stephanie Callaghan, Foysol Choudhury, Sharon Dowey, Jackie Dunbar, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Annabelle Ewing, Kenneth Gibson, Christine Grahame, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Stephen Kerr, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, Rona Mackay, Ben Macpherson, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Ash Regan, Colin Smyth, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Tess White, Elena Whitham