Sport & Recreation
Sport & Recreation
Our Vision
For Auchterarder to be the most active small town in Scotland…
…by empowering a better-connected community to develop sports and physical activity provision through clubs, programmes and facilities.
We will provide a robust & sustainable infrastructure through which new activity gets launched and existing activity is developed and strengthened.
Key Team: Peter Burgon, Cat Fairlie (Active Schools Coordinator), Tony McCandless, Gordon McLeay, Gemma Simpson (Live Active Leisure), ACSR member clubs, local groups and sports organisations
Partners: Cycling Without Age Scotland, Live Active Leisure (Community Sports Hubs and Active Schools), Perth & Kinross Disability Sport and local community sports clubs and organisations
Funders: Perth and Kinross Council (Community Investment Fund), Auchterarder & District Community Trust, Friends of St Margaret’s, Live Active Leisure (Summer of Sport)
Achievements: Purchase of 3 community e-bikes for community use, formation of The Sports Hub, school holiday taster sessions (‘Summer Sessions’), partnering with Rotary Club of Auchterarder & District (Young Sportsperson of the Year awards), boxing taster programme, Auchterarder Sporting Heritage Event, creation of a Rackets (pickleball, short tennis and tennis) programme, creation of ACSR Cycle Hub, launch of ‘Cycling Without Age Scotland (CWAS) Auchterarder Chapter aka the ‘Trishaw Project’.
Current project: Making Auchterarder the most active small town in Scotland
Active Schools Contact: Cat Fairlie
What’s On In Auchterarder
Starting 2025, we created and shared a listing of activities for adults and for young people in Auchterarder. We call this What’s On In Auchterarder, and we release two updates per year.
Our Summer 2026 editions are available here.
Young Sportsperson of the Year
One of our key local partnerships is with Rotary Club of Auchterarder & District - and see us award annual ‘Young Sportsperson of the Year’ recognition.
More details, including a list of previous winners, is available here.
Key Partners / Local Activity Providers
The clubs and organisations linked to ACSR are:
Auchterarder Gymnastics Club
Auchterarder Bowling Club
Auchterarder Netball Club
Auchterarder Golf Club
Auchterarder Primrose Football Club
Auchterarder Community Football Club
Auchterarder Walkers
Dunning Golf Club
Dunning Tennis Club
Synergy Cycles (Community E-Bikes)
The Sports Hub
Five Star Active
Auchterarder Running Festival
Neuro Central
Cycling Without Age Scotland