Law AAC prize night

Dec 4 2008 by Andrew McGilvray, Hamilton Advertiser

LAW and District Amateur Athletics Club held their annual awards evening and disco at Cleland Miners’ Welfare on November 7, with around 160 athletes, coaches, family and friends attending.

Prizewinners for 2007-08 were:

Melville Cup (under-11 girls track): 1 - Pamela McNicol; 2 - Christina Murray; 3 - Emily McNicol.

Carine Greenshields Memorial Shield (under-13 girls track): 1 - Ashleigh Anderson; 2 - Rachel Hands; 3 - Sherelle Graham.

Station Hotel Trophy (under-15 girls track): 1 - Chelcie Dalziel; 2 - Julie Dobbin; 3 - Samantha Stevenson.

Patrick Gilhooly Trophy (under-17 girls track): 1 - Kirstie McLeoud, Laura Livesey and Lynn Livesey.

Women’s Track Trophy (senior women’s track): 1 - Alison Cameron.

Allan Gray Cup (under-11 boys’ track): 1 - Jay Cowan; 2 - Connor Thomson; 3 - Robert McGrath.

Andrew Struthers Trophy (under-13 boys’ track): 1 - Calum Lindsay; 2 - Jack Warnock; 3 - Rory McLaughlin and Darren Daly.

William Irvine Rose Bowl (under-15 boys’ track): 1 - Lewis Nicholson; 2 - Craig Wellcoat; 3 - Ross Hill.

Cathburn Trophy (under-17 boys’ track): 1 - Stephen Buwert; 2 - Ross MacDonald; 3 - Alan Robb.

Corrie Trophy (senior men’s track): 1 - Gary Grieve; 2 - Alistair Lannigan; 3 - Tom Nicholson.

Cross-Country Cup (under-11 girls): 1 - Pamela McNicol; 2 - Kristen Cowe; 3 - Margaret Newell.

Cross-Country Endeavour: Emily McNicol.

Wright Shield (under-13 girls’ cross-country): 1 - Ashleigh Anderson and Alice McGrath; 3 - Samantha Stevenson.

Station Hotel Trophy (under-15 girls’ cross-country): 1 - Nicola Lindsay; 2 - Julie Dobbin; 3 - Abby Currie.

Cross-Country Cup (under-11 boys): 1 - Luke Foss; 2 - Rory McLaughlin; 3 - Jay Cowan.

David Fairweather Trophy (under-13 boys’ cross-country): 1 - Ross Hill; 2 - Calum Lindsay; 3 - Jamie Cubis.

Dan Glen Trophy (under-15 boys’ cross-country): 1 - Craig Wellcoat; 2 - Jonathan Velu; 3 - Thomas Lafferty.

Kellacher Cup (under-17 boys’ cross-country): 1 - Bobby Hill; 2 - Ross MacDonald; 3 - Craig Allan.

Men’s Cross-Country Trophy (senior men): 1 - James Rowley; 2 - Pat Kelly; 3 - Jamie McMorrow.

Discretionary Awards:

Jim Thomson Cup (fastest 1500m by an under-15 boy): Craig Wellcoat (4.12.37).

David Fairweather Trophy (most successful sprinter): Laura Livesey (under-17).

Evelyn Smith Shield (most successful throws eventer): Lewis Nicholson (under-15 shot put).

Field Event Trophy (most successful field eventer): Calum Lindsay (under-13 high-jump).

David Fairweather Trophy (most successful distance runner): Craig Wellcoat (under-15).

West Norfolk Trophy (best placed in National Cross-Country Championships): Craig Wellcoat (under-15).

McDonald Cup (most deserving athlete): Kirstie McLeod (under-17).

Royal Bar Trophy (most deserving senior athlete): Tom Nicholson.

The final award of the evening was the presentation of the Bric Link Relay Challenge, which took place at the club championships at Wishaw track.

This sponsored race brought together athletes, coaches and spontaneously-selected family members for highly-contested relay races. What emerged was a hilarious spectacle of ‘wacky races’ and while all were winners, the ultimate champions were the Tom’s Tornadoes team.