The Scottish Triathlon Association has apparently appointed Australian coach Darren Smith as its National Coach. The news came via Katherine Williams' Digest -- the STA website has nothing other than the announcement of the search for candidates.

According to the Digest report, there were 19 applicants for the £30,000-a-year position, which is likely to be based at the Scottish Institute for Sport at Stirling University. Applications came from Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, Ukraine and the USA. The three other finalists were Canada's Lance Watson, England's Julian Goater and Scotland's Fiona Lothian.

A former physiologist at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, Smith has been manager of the triathlon program at the Queensland Academy of Sport since 1998.