Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) is delighted to announce that the appointment of Sport Specific Team Managers to Team Scotland for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games has been concluded with Bob Easson being appointed as the Team Scotland Boxing Team Manager.

Bob has been a high performance manager with the sportscotland institute of sport for the last six years working closely with a range of sports to oversee the development and implementation of their high performance plans, which support Scotland’s athletes competing at the highest international level.

Bob has extensive experience in the Commonwealth Games environment, initially in 2006 as part of the Rugby 7s management team. In 2010 he was a mentor on the Achieve Programme, supporting up and coming young athletes from various sports, who were given the opportunity to experience the Games as part of a structured learning programme.

Bob Easson’s mix of Games and wider sport experience, working closely with the Boxing technical coaching staff, will create an excellent team, bringing a professional approach for the benefit of boxing and Team Scotland.