Louis Gallagher: Last News

Two young leaders from Perth and Kinross are celebrating one year as a member of the sportscotland Young People’s Sport Panel (YPSP).

Join thousands of others who have signed up to our Record Sport newsletter.Perth Academy will be a sea of blue and white on Friday to show their support for St Johnstone.The school is holding a charity ‘Wear it Blue Day’ with pupils encouraged to pull on a Saints top or blue item of clothing.Head prefect Louis Gallagher has played a key role in organising the event and all money raised will be going to Tayside Children with Cancer and Leukaemia (TCCL).Saints will compete in the final of the Scottish Cup on Saturday and, having already won the League Cup earlier in the year, it has been a season of tremendous success for the Perth club.PE teacher Michael Rodger said: “Supporting the local team is what we want to encourage the people of Perth

Perth secondary school have used lockdown to interview inspiring people to show their peers there are many different paths to success.Former Perth Academy pupil and Scotland goalkeeper Gemma Fay, Young Scot CEO Louise MacDonald and, most recently, stand-up comedian Daniel Sloss - who has family links to the school - have all been quizzed by Academy students about their lives.Names such as Tom Kitchin have been lined up for future interviews as part of the Inspiring Perth Academy series of interviews, which has been led by the pupils themselves.Louis Gallagher, head prefect, said of the initial idea: “Having had many talks about pathways after school in the past, few of which personally resonated.“I thought we had to try and do something