Shettleston harriers history books

A fresh perspective enlivens this classic story about a losing team with an energetic new coach. Super scotland dominate run stirling with seven sets of team. Going through a central body that calls in specialist skills when necessary seems to be a more straightforward and clearer structure. The prerace grapevine had suggested that tewelde mengisteabs 10 year record for the mens race 29.

General type of organisation 1 the organisation will, upon registration, be a scottish charitable incorporated organisation scio. In 1904 bob nicol and donald mccoll of west of scotland harriers visited the howieson brothers of shettleston area, the. Under new management both in the dugout and behind the scenes, one of nonleague football clubs most iconic names entered continue reading club history. Shettleston harriers company in glasgow, united kingdom. Colin youngson and fraser clyne in their excellent book a hardy race. Peter avent sm3034 of shettleston harriers, was first over the line in 16.

Fearing for their lives, six eritrean athletes absconded. Shettleston harriers, glasgow sports coaching yell. Eritreaborn marathon man has lived in uk since 2012, runs for shettleston harriers and wants to represent britain at the olympics and scotland at the commonwealth games read more brooks and. Sportingold limited auctioneers of sporting memorabilia. Feb 20, 2018 larkhall harriers under girls a team of chloe hill, chloe gilfillian, cody mcholm and madison murdoch qualified for the scottish relay championships on february 24. A member of shettleston harriers, mcnab won the event with forty five feet eleven and three quarters inches, then considered an outstanding performance for a junior athlete. Includes detailed statistical section containing record of the clubs athletes performances in district, national and international competitions plus winners of club cross country championships and brief club alltime. Neither of them could match mchattie,of mauchline harriers, who had a handicap of 30 yards, but the irishman. Nat muir one of scotlands greatest shettleston harriers. Flanagans transamerica runners face 3,000 miles, across the mojave desert and the frozen rockies, running a daily average of 50 miles for three months. Shettleston harriers scottish distance running history. Shettleston football club the history of shettleston football club is as interesting and invigorating as any fan could wish for, and the rise of their present day fame is enough to make that fans chest swell with pride in 1902 there were three juvenile teams in the district, wellshot albion. Starting his career with the club in the late 1960s, he had several outstanding runs including the fastest time on his stage of the edinburgh to glasgow in 1986, and perhaps the greatest team triumph took place on 28th october 1989 when teviotdale harriers won the scottish crosscountry relays at inverness.

The paisley 10k race mens winner was euan gillham, from kilbarchan aac with a time of 30 minutes 47 seconds. Second place in the mens race went to kamil sieracki shettleston harriers with 30. The senior men and our u20 women won their particular battles of stirling across the staminasapping mud and sodden turf of kings park. Oap provost completes paisley 10k paisley scotland. Allan scallys legacy as a coach is still remembered and appreciated although we would all have been saying mr scally to his face. May 22, 2019 the prerace grapevine had suggested that tewelde mengisteabs 10 year record for the mens race 29. Garscube harriers 1998 glasgow university athletic club. Allans family travelled from boston to run in todays race. Shettleston harriers finished 1 second behind the winners and ronhill cambuslang harriers a a further 5 seconds back. Carnegie head west for the 50th running of the allan scally. Theglasgowstory tells the story of glasgow in words and pictures, told by some of scotlands best writers, and illustrated with thousands of images from the collections of the citys worldfamous libraries, museums and universities. Tom mcnab lived and breathed athletics as competitor, coach and sports writer for 40 years before writing his marathon of a novel, flanagans run, which was an instant bestseller on its publication in 1982. Miscellaneous winding up, alterations to the constitution, interpretation clauses 117 124. An east end odyssey says in his first full season as a junior nat muir quickly established himself as a regular member of the clubs senior teams.

Well done to the fife five of megan crawford 19, helen sharpe 26, sophie mullins 30, jennifer cruickshanks 32 and jennifer kibble spence 41. Team news,match reports,and other junior football news. Colin shields in his history of the sccu, whatever the weather, said, norman morrison of shettleston harriers, a 1500metresmile track runner who, like ian stewart and ian mccafferty, used the winter season principally as preparation for his summer track season, had his best ever year. In its most recent skills strategy document, the government itself states. Banchorys mountainrunning international robbie simpson completed a hattrick of victories in the detox 10km at lumphanan when he defeated a field of 301 runners with a winning time of 32min 51sec. Official report, education, lifelong learning and culture committee, 19 march 2008. He competed at the iaaf world cross country championships on ten occasions, four times as a junior from 1974 to 1977 and six times as a senior between 1978 and 1987 muir took up athletics in 1970 while at primary school in chapelhall.

The shettleston harriers centenary history says it is impossible. African trip just great for tyne bridge squad evening. The clubs history, statistics, champions, facts and figures are available in a. Cs ross houston showing no ill effects from victory in the previous weekends 20 mile edinburgh to north berwick race as he prepares for the. Among them, iona robertson from shettleston harriers a visitor, perhaps from the glasgow parkrun came in 12th overall with a time of 19. Summary of 90 years of history prepared by the late jack biggins, life member st stephens harriers was formed from a group of young lads who were members of st stephens church of england, richmond, bible class who were looking for a recreational sport to occupy their spare time. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover johns connections and jobs at similar companies. John cairneys an east end odyssey details the first 100 years of shettleston harriers 19042004 with impressive statistics compiled by john mackay.

Bill breckenridge and others five complete shettleston. Want to run, throw, jump or to get involved in volunteering, we have something for you. History like several of the citys districts, shettleston was originally a small village on its outer edge, lying within lanarkshire. Nat muir shettleston harriers scottish cross country 1983 wins title for 4th time at jack kane centre, irvine. A bit more detail is found in the shettleston harriers centenary history shettleston harriers. The backmarkers met with little success, but in the halfmile there was a keen struggle between nj mceachern, clonliffe harriers, the irish champion, and tm riddell, shettleston harriers, the scottish mile champion for second place. Clydesdale harriers scottish distance running history. Ian donald had been a member of shettleston harriers who moved to live in old kilpatrick in the early 1960s and after training with the club for almost a year, decided to become a member. The centre for gender history, university of glasgow, 1. This resulted, only a few days later, in a sharp reprimand from the scottish amateur athletic association, warning the club that any repeat of this activity would result in. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Craig ruddy of inverclyde ac was 2nd in a time of 15. Your details are secure and protected by our privacy policy. I have attempted to trace the history of the club from our humble beginning with the local pit baths as our headquarters to the present day with a newly rebuilt sports club as our base.

Shettleston gets a bad rap, well, for lots of things, but this east end area of glasgow has plenty to offer if you can just look past the jaded stereotypes. These hare and hound clubs, usually known as harriers were present in the malay peninsula in the early 1930s due to the number of expats present in the area. Scally became trainer to my club shettleston harriers in 1933, at a yearly honorarium of. The year 1998 was a significant landmark in the history of cambuslang harriers as it marked our 50 th anniversary. From the east end of glasgow, shettleston harriers compete accross all athletic disciplines including cross country, hill running, track and field.

We use cookies to give you the best experience on our website and bring you more relevant advertising. At the mcandrew, running the second leg in the fourth. Mar 05, 2020 there has been scally involvement in shettleston harriers for more than 90 years. Nathaniel nat muir born 12 march 1958 from salsburgh north lanarkshire is a scottish retired longdistance runner.

Elsewhere in the club kenny macanna, running for glasgow university, won the. View john mackays profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. This weekend saw shettleston harriers competing at maryhill on saturday and then at grangemouth on sunday, the nigel barge 10 k on saturday saw thomas fay winning in 31. Contact details for shettleston harriers in glasgow g31 1ry from business directory, the best resource for finding clubs listings in the uk.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Donald mccoll was elected president, bob nicol secretary and john howieson treasurer. In 1887, john bartholomews gazetteer of the british isles described shettleston like this. This places her in the top 12 in the uk and 2nd in scotland so far this year. Other sports at celtic park page 7 celtic graves society. There is a number of great books on the history of our sport that make. Every normal mammalian eye has a scotoma in its field of vision termed its blind spot. We can be found at crownpoint sports park, glasgow on an tuesday or thursday night from 7pm. When 12 young men from the east end of glasgow sat down in houstons tearooms in shettleston road in september 1904 to form a new athletics club, little could they have realised the legacy they would leave behind them. Explore shettleston harrierss 2,647 photos on flickr. Shettleston harriers is an athletics club affiliated with scottishathletics, the national governing body for athletics in scotland. Darren mcquade sm2529 of bellahouston harriers, was third over the line in 17. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Scotland rewrote the home countries xc international history books to claim two sets of team golds despite appalling conditions underfoot and overhead at run stirling. When he was at school he regularly ran the three and a half miles from his home to east kilbride to collect the saturday evening sports pages with the football. The clubs history, statistics, champions, facts and figures are available in a fascinating book 100 years of shettleston harriers an eastend odyssey. Jimmy flockhart was a native of fauldhouse in lanarkshire. They did so be the narrowest of points margins just two between themselves on 149 and hunters bog trotters and shettleston harriers, with both on 151. News archives shettleston harriersshettleston harriers.

Name 2 the name of the organisation is shettleston harriers referred hereafter as the club. Written by two ohio teenagers about their high schools crosscountry team, this account offers engaging portraits of the kids and their coach, passes on lessons of hard work and sacrifice, and follows the ascent of the salem quakers crosscountry team to a firstplace ranking. We have already looked at many of the top men in the club on other pages. The national cross country at falkirk this year will. Between 1949 and 1961 shettleston harriers won five team golds, six team silvers and one team bronze, and then between 1968 and 1978 they won five team golds, one team silver and two team bronzes in the edinburgh to glasgow relay.

Buy old shettleston and tollcross by wilson, rhona isbn. Glasgow towards the end of 1987, indoor competition. Today shettleston the heart of a local authority ward of the same name lies between the neighbouring districts of parkhead to the west, and baillieston to the east, and is about 2. Over the last week has saw shettleston harriers members.

His sons were all sporty with frank and bill both joining the harriers while allan junior moved to the states. The saaa championships, the first after the war, were held there in june 1919 with the 10 miles championship also held at celtic park in april that year. The history of edinburgh southern harriers, compiled by ken smart, has many stories of the first 99 years of the club 1897 1996. Shettleston harriers can be found at the gs crownpoint sports complex, and welcomes all ages 5 to 108. Great performances at testing national cross country. The mens winner was callum hawkins kilbarchan aac, with a time of 29 minutes 24 seconds. A warm welcome to our blog and the beginning of a journey through the history of shettleston.

Centenary book he was a member of the english club darlington harriers. Larkhall harriers youngsters qualify for scottish relay. Athletics, glasgow east, track, field,harriers,country,hill running. Mr tewelde is a former goat herder who almost died when. Between 1949 and 1961 shettleston harriers won five team golds. A scotoma is an area of partial alteration in the field of vision consisting of a diminished or degenerated visual acuity, surrounded by a field of normal or wellpreserved vision. The history of the glasgow academical club 18661966 gives an account of a paper. Second in the ladies race was scottish marathon medallist katie white 36. The 26yearold booked his place in rio after finishing in 2. The 197576 season started with the mcandrew relays and as the official club history one hundred years of shettleston harriers. Also in the running were gateshead harriers, who came out on top in the great north 10k, bournville harriers great birmingham 10k, black pear joggers great birmingham run, winchester running club great south run, jog scotland great edinburgh run and finally shettleston harriers who made it through from the great scottish run. Theglasgowstory tells the story of glasgow in words and pictures, told by some of scotlands best writers, and illustrated with thousands of images from the. It brings together the largest concentration of gender historians in britain and one of the largest in europe, with research interests that traverse the medieval period to the present day. Boys comics of the 1940s the wonderful world of william.

The information on housing, people, culture, employment and education that is displayed about shettleston road, glasgow, scotland, g32 7ny is based on the last census performed in the uk in 2011. Second place in the mens race went to lachlan oats, from shettleston harriers, with a time of 31 minutes seconds and third was daniel bradford, also from shettleston harriers with a time of 31 minutes 21 seconds. O is inhabited chiefly by colliers and agricultural labourers. Old shettleston and tollcross paperback january 1, 1998 by rhona wilson author. In 1904 bob nicol and donald mccoll of west of scotland harriers visited the howieson brothers of shettleston area, the inaugural meeting took place in houstons tearoom in shettleston near eastbank academy. The eritrean athletes changed the face of scottish athletics. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. A year later, he joined some of his charges in a winter trainingrun. He was always his own man and although he had won many gold medals in district and national crosscountry championships as well as in the edinburgh. Inverclydes chris mckay used his track speed he had recently set a 5k pb on the track to pull away in the final stages to win by 3 seconds from shettlestons tewoldeberhan mengisteab. Gives details of principal office bearers from 1904 to 2004 and the results in many competitions of athletes representing the club. The centre for gender history was established in 2008. Fionnuala ross of shettleston ran over a minute inside the time bonus requirement when she clocked 34. They were adopted and nurtured by shettleston harriers for whom they won a succession of national and district titles, and smashed.

Activities road running track running fell running crosscountry running. When starting this profile, i mentioned rons name to a former international athlete who started to smile, and after commenting on his idiosyncratic laugh. See the complete the harriers series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Celeste biever of barnes runners finishing in a time of 21. This distance proved to be a foot further than that achieved by the winner of the senior championships held five weeks earlier. Written by two ohio teenagers about their high schools crosscountry team, this account offers engaging portraits of the kids and their coach, passes on lessons of hard work and sacrifice, and follows the ascent of the salem quakers crosscountry team to a firstplace.

Jack heathwood jm1517 of bellahouston harriers, was second over the line in 16. A brief history of hash the roots of hash house harriers go back to the english cross country running sport of paper chases or hares and hounds. Area information for shettleston road, glasgow, scotland. To preorder this book at a discount please visit amazon. Formed in october 1869 as peckham hare and hounds, and converted shortly after into the peckham athletic club, this group of oarsmen, cricketers, gymnasts and general sportsmen would seem to be the earliest instance of a club deliberately incorporating both track and crosscountry in the basic purposes of its existence. Tewoldeberhan mengiste ab of shettleston harriers set the fastest lap for the 2nd year in succession with a time of 15. Nat muir shettleston harriers scottish cross country 1983. Race report for race 127 27 march 2010 richmond parkrun. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. A week in which a premier division soccer team was kidnapped and despatched to the himalayas, a crippled boy scored a hattrick in a first division match, and a 170yearold athlete broke four minutes for the mile is a rare one, but not in the world boys adventure stories of the 1940s. Shettleston harriers history bookshettleston harriers. Novelist tom mcnab remembers the comics of his youth, a world peopled by the cannonball kidd and baldy.