Shettleston Harriers is delighted to announce the winners of a number of its awards following the recent club AGM.
The Paul Richfeld Trophy – Lynn MacKenna
The Jack Kean Memorial Trophy – John Oates
The Jack Kean Bursary – Annie McLean
The Paul Richfeld Trophy
Lynn McKenna had a fantastic season in cross country and on the road. She was the first Shettleston lady to win the Scottish Athletics Cross Country Championships and spearheaded the Shettleston ladies to a gold medal in the team competition as well. This victory came hot on the heels of a win at the Scottish Athletics Inter District Cross Country Championships in Glasgow whilst representing Scotland West.
On the road Lynn won bronze at the Scottish 5k Championships and went one better at the 10k champions by winning silver. Her results over the season meant she reached A-standard in the Scottish Athletics Road Racing Grand Prix series for the 5k distance.
Those achievements over the season were recognised at the recent Club Sport Glasgow Awards where she received the “Inspiring Female in Sport” for 2025 award.
For 2025 Lynn McKenna is awarded the Paul Richfeld Trophy. She joins some of the club stars whose names are already on the trophy which include Cameron Sharp (European 200m and Commonwealth Games Medallist), Nat Muir (Record Men Winner of National Cross Country Title and one of the best cross country runner in the world during the 1980’s) and of course a host of other members who have given so much to the club.
The trophy was presented to the club by local businessman Paul Richfeld and dates back to the late 1930’s, with the first winner being Empire Games Bronze Medallist David Young (Discus). In 1947 the club decided that ‘the Paul Richfeld Trophy would be awarded annually to the member of Shettleston Harriers who by his/her example, his/her performance or by his/her influence as an amateur and as a person, has done most during one year to advance the cause of sportsmanship’
Jack Kean Memorial Trophy
The Jack Kean Memorial Trophy is awarded at the AGM to an athlete who always gives their best and embodies the club motto ‘Nihil Sine Labore’. Personal achievement is not always about winning.
John Oates has been awarded the Jack Kean Memorial Trophy for 2025.
John participates in multiple events throughout year and is very competitive in his age category. He is a great role model for everyone on how to keep active lifelong. He is also one of the first to volunteer for various duties in the club including stewarding.
The Jack Kean Bursary
Annie McLean is one of the top 300m/400m runners in Scotland at the U/20 age group. She was the first Shettleston athlete to be selected for the National Academy for athletes deemed to have potential to compete at the highest level. She has competed at international level for Scotland and won various titles at National and District level.
A Jack Kean Bursary is be awarded to a different athlete each year to help with the costs of training throughout the season and the selection committee for the bursary felt it would have maximum benefit for this young athlete who is currently a student at university.
The Jack Kean Bursary for 2025 is awarded the Annie McLean
Jack Kean 1933- 2020
The name Jack Kean will not be too familiar to current members of Shettleston Harriers but like many former members the club has had an influence on his life. In recent years many former members’ families contact the club looking for information and telling us how their loved ones were grateful to the values the club gave them. If you look at Jack’s distinguished working career you can see he certainly used them.
Jack Kean was born in 1933 in Springboig and joined Shettleston Harriers around 1944/45 as a 12-year-old. He quickly made his mark winning team medals at Youth level at the National Cross-Country Championships in 1949 and Junior level in 1954. He was not one of the stars of the day but someone the club could depend on to do his best and always be there. After contracting jaundice, he returned to take up field events and competed regularly at Shot and Javelin events with success during the 50’s. When Shettleston Harriers organised one of the first open Marathon races in Britain in 1961 Jack was one of the driving forces behind it. Former member Jim Harkins remembered Jack pounding round the old track at Barrachnie in preparation for the marathon. Jack never managed to finish the Shettleston Marathon, hitting the wall around 20miles. During this time he also competed in many of the longer races including the Helensburgh to Clydebank 18mile race. At 49 years old he competed in the 2ndLondon Marathon in 1982 running a time of 3hours 29 minutes. A fine achievement for a man close to 50 years old.
Like all good club men his skill was not just in competing but in the administration of the club. In 1963 he took over as secretary to the club and then in its 60th Jubilee Year he was club President. Jack was rightly proud of this and organised many activities and developments during this year. Around this time his work took him to London where he settled with his wife Ann, also from Glasgow. The couple lived in Orpington for the next 50 years. Jack never forgot his time at the club, meeting up with Alex Naylor when visiting Glasgow.
Like many people COVID took its toil on Jack and he passed away in March 2020 aged 87 years old. Jack was determined to leave a legacy with Shettleston Harriers and donated a sum of £10,000 to the club.
Jack’s wife Ann was instrumental in setting up the Bursary and Trophy and the club was saddened to hear she passed away in May of this year. We will always remember her energy and personality in setting up this legacy for Jack.
We are grateful to his wife Ann for establishing this legacy to Jack.
The Paul Richfeld Trophy Past Winners
| Year | Winner | Year | Winner | Year | Winner |
| 1948 | Thomas Littlejohn | 1985 | Brian Scally | 2022 | Avril Mason |
| 1949 | David Ferguson | 1986 | Thomas Lucas | 2023 | Tracey Fox |
| 1950 | James.C.Flockhart | 1987 | James Ross | 2024 | Richard Millar |
| 1951 | Edward Bannon | 1988 | John Cairney | 2025 | Lynn McKenna |
| 1952 | Rodger.Clark.Wallace | 1989 | Raymond Loughran | ||
| 1953 | Robert.M.Stephen | 1990 | John Scott | ||
| 1954 | Joseph McGhee | 1991 | William Coyle | ||
| 1955 | Graham Everett | 1992 | David Cameron | ||
| 1956 | Alan.G.Waston | 1993 | John Mackay | ||
| 1957 | William Shearer | 1994 | Frank Scally | ||
| 1958 | Thomas Mitchell | 1995 | David Connelly | ||
| 1959 | William.Sinclair | 1996 | John.D.Sorrie | ||
| 1960 | William Stockton | 1997 | Dermot McGonigle | ||
| 1961 | Alex Naylor | 1998 | John Baird | ||
| 1962 | James Harkins | 1999 | John McLaren | ||
| 1963 | Norman Foster | 2000 | Peter Barclay | ||
| 1964 | James Meggat | 2001 | Allan Stuart | ||
| 1965 | Edwin.L.Taylor | 2002 | Graham Wight | ||
| 1966 | William Clark | 2003 | Andrew McIntyre | ||
| 1967 | John.Walker | 2004 | Jethro Lennox | ||
| 1968 | William Laing | 2005 | Adrian Callan | ||
| 1969 | John.McAllister | 2006 | Malcolm Patterson | ||
| 1970 | David Morrison | 2007 | David Wallace | ||
| 1971 | Henry Summerhill | 2008 | Elaine Mackay | ||
| 1972 | Paul Bannon | 2009 | Jim Semple | ||
| 1973 | David Morrison Jnr | 2010 | Walter Ewing | ||
| 1974 | Nat Muir | 2011 | Rodger Harkins | ||
| 1975 | William Scally | 2012 | Josephine Scally | ||
| 1976 | James.S.McNeil | 2013 | Robert Feroll | ||
| 1977 | Thomas Fletcher | 2014 | Tewodle Mengisteab | ||
| 1978 | John Cherry | 2015 | Mark Dry | ||
| 1979 | Richard Wedlock | 2016 | Thomas Owens | ||
| 1980 | Archie McDermid | 2017 | Alex Mackay | ||
| 1981 | Arthur.MacDonald | 2018 | Liz Burns | ||
| 1982 | Cameron Sharp | 2019 | Fionnula Ross | ||
| 1983 | Malcolm Finbow | 2020 | John J Duffy | ||
| 1984 | Peter Carton | 2021 | Bill Breckenridge |