Congratulations to Jonathan Hooper who made his international debut at the SIAB International at Grangemouth on Saturday. Representing Scottish Schools he just missed his PB in the Long Jump recording 6.17m. We were also represented on the team management by club president ,Elaine Mackay.
Ross Gollan was representing Scotland at the Snowdon International Hill race in Wales. Due to poor weather the race had to be shortened and probably did not suit Ross. His 9th place helped Scotland finish 2nd in the team race .
Two Shettleston athletes made the trip to London with the Glasgow Jaguars Team – Amit Kumar recording 1.91m in the High Jump and Teddy Tchoudja 13.95m in the Shot .
With Club President Elaine Mackay on International Team Management Duty it was up to Club treasurer (Liz Burns) ,Club secretary (John Mackay) and Club board member (Gary Woods) to make some special presentations at Crownpoint on Saturday morning.
Lynn McKenna (5km Road ) and Jamie Burns (10000mTrack) have recently won Senior National Titles .As per the club rules both have been awarded Honorary Life Membership of the club. A great honour for both of these young athletes. They join a glittering list which includes Nat Muir ,Cameron Sharp, Weynay Ghebersilasie ,Lachie Stewart and probably a few of more familiar names to club members Avril Mason ,Lachlan Oates, Jethro Lennox and club secretary, John Mackay .
The third person to receive this special award on Saturday morning was John Montgomery -a name not so familiar to club members. John has association with the Shettleston brand for over 40 years and has had a major contribution to coaching at the club. His daughter competed for the parallel women’s club, Shettleston Harriers Ladies, in the 1980’s before having a very successful career in women’s football. Like many parents, John started coaching and has experienced a high level of success in this field with athletes from a number of clubs. Working with Shettleston Harriers athletes with included Adam Lee ,Matthew Gillespie ,Lachlan Oates and Avril Mason, to name a few, the club has reaped the benefit of his knowledge and skill. His close link to Glasgow University has allowed a flow of athletes into the club and the recent fantastic success of our Ladies is due to this link. John was delighted to receive this special award for the club.
Last weekend saw the Loch Lomond Highland Games at Balloch. In the 80m Godwin finished and also finished 6th in the 90m Handicap, Tanatorn Longjamnong was 5th in the 80m and 2nd in the 90m Handicap. Lucky Eduwu was among the prizes in the 200m when he finished 3rd
Bank holiday efforts across the country at Parkruns
With no parkrun this weekend at Strathclyde, it was first off to Tollcross where Ronnie Strachan gave his all for for 5th position in a time of 18.19. Next over the line was David Murphy in 22.32. Then the ever youthful, Bob Porteous, in a time of 27.01.
Mark McColl (pictured) ran 19.32 at the Victoria Parkrun and was delighted after a back injury. Andrew Shields finished in a time of 29.40.
Ruth Joss tried her luck at the Ruchill Parkrun finishing in a time of 22.37 for second female. It is a very demanding course and worth trying for a tough challenge.
Away over to the east coast to Kirkcaldy Parkrun, Rowan Lennox finished in a time of 24.36 and Jethro Lennox in a time of 46.18. Obviously walking !
At Drumpellier Parkrun Paul Mcguigan ran a time of 22.10 and Gerry Mason finished in 26.52.
The Brydon family were out in force showing their competitiveness with Kevin finishing in 4th in a time of 19.17 (I understand pushing Ava in a buggy) and Jessica finishing in a time of 22.07 for second female.
Finally at Palacerigg parkrun, John Duffy ran a time of 20.15 for 3rd place.