Kevin Moran Appointed for Birmingham 2022

Commonwealth Games Scotland are delighted to announce the addition of Kevin Moran to Team Scotland as they build up to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Kevin has been appointed to lead the Achieve 2022 programme. Achieve is a mentor-led programme designed to inspire and educate young athletes and coaches which will run alongside the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Kevin is a former professional squash player who competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games is now the Coaching and Competitions Manager with Scottish Squash. He also sits as a member on Commonwealth Games Scotland’s Athlete Advisory Panel. Achieve 2022 will operate as a partnership between the Team Scotland Youth Trust and Commonwealth Games Scotland.

Kevin took part in the first Achieve programme at the Commonwealth Games in Dehli 2010, where he was mentored by 2022 Chef de Mission Elinor Middlemiss.

Kevin said: “The Achieve Programme has the potential to be a really significant step in the development of some of Scotland’s up and coming athletes and coaches, showing what it takes to be part of Team Scotland, and I am looking forward to using my own experience in the role of Achieve 2022 Director.”

Elinor Middlemiss, Games Team Operations Manager with Team Scotland said: “We are delighted to welcome our latest appointments.

“Both have a fantastic wealth of experience across sport and in multi-games environments, and are very enthusiastic about contributing to the success of Team Scotland at Birmingham 2022 and beyond.”

Full interview from Team Scotland available here.