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HAMMER-THROWING REED BACKS LEAD 2014

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Broughton hammer-throwing sensation and Team Scotland member Kimberley Reed will be busy at today's Lead 2014 conference at Edinburgh University, where she is now an undergraduate.

She will take part in the opening ceremony, mingle with pupils attending from 17 schools (some as far afield as Forfar and Dumfries), and get involved in group activities throughout the event. 

The purpose of the conference has nothing to do with lead or any other weighty metal suitable for throwing prodigious distances. It is instead intended as a way to use sport:

'... as a springboard to hone and develop leadership ability among young people and, in turn, provide an opportunity for children across the region to engage with the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games'.

Attendees will be mentored by university student tutors on planning, organising and managing a Commonwealth Games-themed sports festival for their local primary and secondary schools.

It is also hoped many will be inspired 'to play a significant part in the huge volunteering effort around the Commonwealth Games'.

Organisers at today's conference seek to enhance participants' experience of the event by not banning them from Twitter and Facebook.