Junior Saints

Our Junior Saints programme offers a wide variety of activities for children in the St Andrews area to get involved and be active throughout the year.

Weekly classes

The Children’s Services team run a variety of weekly classes for pre-school children (2-5 years old), those in P1-P7 and S1-S4. Classes are led by fully qualified coaches and offer a wide range sporting activities.

Holiday sports camps

Junior Saints runs a number of sports camps throughout the year to coincide with school holidays and in-service day. If the schools are off, you can guarantee that Junior Saints will be on!

1-2-1 coaching

Our 1-2-1 coaching sessions or bespoke lessons are led by our highly qualified and experienced in-house Junior Saints coaches, providing children with the opportunity to develop their football or tennis skills.

Birthday parties

Looking for a fun active alternative for your child’s next birthday party? Our team of qualified coaches are here to ensure your child and their guests have a wonderful day trying new sports and fun activities.

Information for parents

Find out all you need to know about signing your child up for a Junior Saints membership, how to book, and important information and what to expect from our classes, camps and coaching sessions.

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2023 Calendar

Weekly classes
Block 4: 6 weeks	9 January – 18 February 2023	Preschool; P1 – P7
Block 5: 7 weeks	20 February – 8 April 2023	Preschool; P1 – P7
Block 6: 6 weeks	24 April – 27 May 2023	Preschool; P1 – P7
Block 7: 5 weeks	29 May – 1 July 2023	Preschool; P1 – P7

Holiday camps
February Multisport Camp	15 – 17 February 2023	P1 – P7
Easter Multisport Camp (Wk 1)	3 – 7 April 2023	P1 – P7
Easter Multisport Camp (Wk 2) Easter Hockey Camp Easter Rugby Camp Easter Climbing Camp	10 – 14 April 2023	P1 – P7 Ages 6 – 15 P1 – P7 P5 – P7
May In-service Day Camp	1 May 2023	P1 – P7
June In-service Day Camp	5 June 2023	P1 – P7
Summer Multisport Camp (Wk 1) – Tennis theme	3 – 7 July 2023	P1 – P7
Summer Multisport Camp (Wk 2) – Basketball theme	10 – 14 July 2023	P1 – P7
Summer Multisport Camp (Wk 3) – Gymnastics theme	17 – 21 July 2023	P1 – P7
Summer Multisport Camp (Wk 4) – Football theme	24 – 28 July 2023	P1 – P7
Summer Multisport Camp (Wk 5) – Netball theme	31 July – 4 August 2023	P1 – P7
Summer Multisport Camp (Wk 6) – Rugby theme	7 – 11 August 2023	P1 – P7

Junior Saints Team

Lui Watters

Children’s Services Officer

Our multi sports camps and classes are led by our University’s Children’s Service Coordinator who has completed a Bsc (Honours) in Sports Development and Coaching accompanied with a number of governing body coaching qualifications. Lui started his coaching with us as a volunteer for the Junior Saints over nine years ago and has also coordinated and facilitated children’s sports sessions internationally, including Sweden and Zambia where he has learned diverse and engaging ways to plan sports sessions for children.

Matthew Porteus

Sports Coach

Matthew is a Junior Saints Sports coach and he began his journey with Saints Sports in 2017 ago as a modern apprentice. Matthew has a wealth of knowledge around coaching and has a range of qualifications. You will see him at the majority of our weekly classes and holiday camps! Matthew is excellent at ensuring our sessions are full of fun and are safe for all participants. Out with Junior Saints Matthew coaches the universities Woman’s football team, plays football himself and is SFA C license candidate.

Euan Bell

Level 3 Tennis Coach

In 2018, Euan joined the Saints Sport coaching team as a full-time tennis coach, developing the student, staff, community, and junior tennis programmes. During semesters, Euan delivers sessions to A, B and C squad players in large groups, small groups and individually on a weekly basis respectively. He continues to develop his coaching skills alongside some of the top coaches in Scotland at their respective clubs or academies.

‌Ailsa Martin

Junior Saints Coach

Ailsa has been coaching and volunteering with Junior Saints for a year and a half. Ailsa is a 4th year student studying International Relations at the University and hopes to go into the sports sector when she graduates. Ailsa has previously coached at other summer camps and really enjoy coaching lots of different sports and activities at the multisport camps, as well as the weekly tennis and football classes.

Jack Gettinby

Junior Saints Student Coach

Jack is a 5th year student at Madras College and has been coaching on a voluntary basis at various clubs since he was 13 years old. Jack has been working at Saints Sports since March this year and is interested in a career in Sports Development and Coaching. He is a keen footballer and plays for a local club, he is also interested in drama and is a member of Byre Youth Theatre. Jack enjoys spending time with friends and can often be found in Nandos!

Katie Walsh

Junior Saints Student Coach

Katie has recently started studying Psychology at St. Andrews University and has joined Saints Sport after working at David Lloyds for a year as part of their kids sports team. Katie has experience of working with kids of all ages and loves finding new, fun and creative ways to help them engage with different activities. In her free time she also enjoys paddle boarding and has recently joined the yoga society at university.

Molly Wilson

Junior Saints Student Coach

Molly is in 3rd year at Abertay University studying Physical Activity and Health. She has been coaching with Junior saints since 2020 and has done a number of different sports, holiday camps and birthday parties. Molly also has her football coaching 1.1 qualification and is currently working towards a netball level 1 coaching qualification. When she’s not coaching or doing uni work, she is either be playing netball or at the gym.