Shettleston Harriers Open Graded Meetings 2026: Night 1, 25th August 2026

The first night of the long-running Shettleston Harriers Open Graded meetings took place at Crownpoint on 25th of August. The club has organised these meetings for over 40 years, with Bill Scally starting them at Coatbridge before they moved to our home track at Crownpoint around 1987.

These meetings contain three important memorial races: the Derek McLean 800m U15/16 Boys, started in 1979; the Alex Naylor MBE 3000m Senior, started in 2011; and finally the Adrian Callan 800m U15/16 Girls, started in 2022.

With close to 400 starts across different events on Night 1, these events continue to be one of the most popular non-championship track and field events of the year.

Over 50 officials and volunteers were on hand to make sure Night 1 went smoothly, and the club wishes to put on record our thanks to everyone from the athletics community who helped. It was great to see some of the most famous Scottish athletes on hand to support the young athletes. These included Olympians Tom McKean (800m), Brian Whittle (400m, 800m and relay) and Shirley Webb (Hammer), as well as Commonwealth Games athlete Paul Forbes (800m). Paul is still running in his 60s and setting World Masters records!

It was also great to see our retired MSP John Mason on hand to volunteer for the club.

John Scott M85 of Shettleston Harriers deserved the loud applause from the large group of spectators as he recorded a British record for his age group in the Shot with a distance of 10m 50cm. This just shows that age is no barrier in our sport, with athletes from 8 years old to John, aged 86, competing together!

The first of the memorial races were decided on Night 1 as Alastair Marshall (Central AC) and Flora Henry (Glasgow University) added their names to the winners of the Alex Naylor event.

The club was delighted that John Rodgers, President of Scottish Athletics, was on hand to do the presentations with club treasurer Liz Burns. It was also great to see UK Athletics Vice Stephen Wallace working in the start team at the event. Both these men put in a power of work on a voluntary basis for our sport.

Full results can be found at https://protay.co.uk/shettleston-open-graded-1-2026/results.php

Alex Naylor MBE Memorial 3000m

Men

1st Alastair Marshall, Central AC, 8:28.10

2nd Henry McGill, Edinburgh University, 8:39.76

3rd Patrick Barnes, Edinburgh AC, 8:43.17

Ladies

1st Flora Henry, Glasgow University, 9:43.15

2nd Tuscany Wright, Central AC, 10:11.71

3rd Grace Whelan, Central AC, 10:11.88

Derek McLean and Adrian Callan Memorial Races

The heats of the Derek McLean and Adrian Callan U16 800m also took place. These are two of the most prized trophies for our U16 boys and girls and bring together athletes from around the country. It has been noted that these races are often harder to win than the National 800m title!

Recent winners have included Alistair Street, European U18 1500m silver medallist, who set the Scottish record for U15 athletes in the Derek McLean event in 2023, and Josuha Mungin, World U20 semi-finalist, both in 2026.

Qualification was the first two in each heat, plus the next four fastest, to the finals on 1 September. There was a great spread of finalists from around Scotland, with a special mention to Rowan Campbell (North Uist), who made the long trip to compete. Zoe Roberts of Shettleston recorded the fastest time in the girls’ event.

Adrian Callan Memorial Race

Position	No.	Athlete	Category	Club	Time
Heat 1 of 2
1	136	Zoe Roberts	U16G	Shettleston Harriers	2:16.25
2	183	Gabi Whyte	U16G	Perth Strathtay Harriers	2:18.10
3	218	Zoe Baillie	U16G	East Kilbride AC	2:18.52
4	191	Ailish De Luca Ruane	U16G	Edinburgh Athletics	2:19.67
5	181	Florence Skinner	U16G	Garscube Harriers	2:22.26
6	196	Skye Robertson	U16G	Falkirk Victoria Harriers	2:25.03
7	205	Nina Clark	U16G	East Kilbride AC	2:25.32
8	201	Evie Hodgson	U16G	Dundee Hawkhill Harriers	2:27.99
9	216	Piper Jackson	U16G	Ayr Seaforth	2:28.27
10	194	Megan Haggarty	U16G	Kilmarnock Harriers AC	2:30.39
11	199	Lucy Tonner	U16G	Giffnock North AC	2:31.56
12	213	Ava Curtis	U16G	Lasswade AC	2:35.71
DNS	208	Poppy Warner	U16G	Dunfermline Track and Field	DNS
Heat 2 of 2
1	193	Emma Nicholson	U16G	Giffnock North AC	2:19.83
2	197	Eve Cameron	U16G	Giffnock North AC	2:21.16
3	204	Rowan Campbell	U16G	North Uist Amateur Athletics	2:23.71
4	195	Ava Whyte	U16G	Harmeny AC	2:24.06
5	182	Imogen Turner	U16G	Lasswade AC	2:24.28
6	206	Sophia Mclachlan	U16G	Cambuslang Harriers	2:26.07
7	211	Zara Gillespie	U16G	Airdrie Harriers	2:27.27
DNS	174	Abbey McAndrew	U16G	Dunfermline Track and Field	DNS
DNS	184	Breagha Hastie	U16G	Dundee Hawkhill Harriers	DNS
DNS	200	Rachel Fullbrook	U16G	Central AC	DNS
DNS	215	Emily Watkin	U16G	Central AC	DNS
DNS	217	Brooke Walker	U16G	Cambuslang Harriers	DNS

Derek McLean Memorial Race

Position	No.	Athlete	Category	Club	Time
Heat 1 of 2
1	133	Archie Brown	U16B	Lasswade AC	2:05.26
2	105	Evan Tyler	U16B	Giffnock North AC	2:05.49
3	121	Eoghan Connelly	U16B	Motherwell AC	2:05.93
4	124	Luke Geddes	U16B	Motherwell AC	2:07.54
5	139	Caleb Ghosh	U16B	Ayr Seaforth	2:10.02
6	135	James Shinnie	U16B	Aberdeen AAC	2:10.77
7	167	Elliott Tyler	U16B	Garscube Harriers	2:11.71
8	150	Callum Cooke	U16B	Kilmarnock Harriers AC	2:11.99
9	131	Thomas Mitchell	U16B	Falkirk Victoria Harriers	2:19.03
DNS	116	Riley Fulton	U16B	Ayr Seaforth	DNS
DNS	141	Eli Thornton	U16B	Orkney	DNS
DNS	155	Ollie Macfarlane	U16B	Giffnock North AC	DNS
Heat 2 of 2
1	129	Tom Hilton	U16B	Perth Strathtay Harriers	2:04.53
2	117	Jamie Walker	U16B	Kilmarnock Harriers AC	2:04.55
3	115	Maxwell Mungin	U16B	Kilbarchan AAC	2:05.44
4	158	Tom Ibbs	U16B	Team East Lothian	2:05.47
5	137	Alexander Wotherspoon	U16B	Law & District AAC	2:05.63
6	123	Adam Kinghorn	U16B	Falkirk Victoria Harriers	2:06.22
7	104	Cullen Bowie	U16B	Aberdeen AAC	2:09.29
8	134	Toby Comer	U16B	Edinburgh Athletics	2:10.02
9	132	Ewan Kennedy	U16B	Giffnock North AC	2:11.95
10	142	Ben Upfold	U16B	Falkirk Victoria Harriers	2:15.25
DNS	151	Rory Beattie	U16B	Harmeny AC	DNS