Sport
Lawn Bowls – B2/B3 Mixed Pairs Director for Robert Conway
Born
19/11/1946
Hometown
Falkirk
Club
Falkirk IBC / Zetland BC
Career Highlights:
Sport
Cycling (tandem pilot)
Born
31/07/1971
Hometown
Grantown-on-Spey
Lives
Wilmslow, Cheshire
Club
Liverpool Mercury (Dolan) CC
In 1995 Craig decided to focus on building his career and specialise in track cycling. He quickly progressed to be a key member of the British Cycling squad, representing GB in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. He also competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Craig sustained a back injury in 2007 and announced his retirement from the team at the UCI World Cup in 2008. Since then he has worked on several projects for the BBC as a commentator and in 2010 he joined the GB para-cycling team as a tandem pilot.
In 2001 Craig teamed up with Neil Fachie and the duo won gold in the tandem sprint and tandem kilo at the Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy. Craig was tandem pilot for Anthony Kappes at the 2012 London Paralympic Games.
Career Highlights
Twitter
@craigmaclean5
Sport
Athletics – T54 1500m
Born
06/01/1996
Hometown
Middlethird
Lives
Gordon
Coach
Ian Mirfin MBe
Club
Gala Harriers, Red Star
Career Highlights
Twitter
@Sam_Kinghorn
Sport
Athletics – T12 100m Guide Runner (Libby Clegg)
Born
29/11/1983
Hometown
Birmingham
Coach
Keith Antoine
Club
Birchfield Harriers
Career Highlights
Twitter
@MikailHuggins
Sport
Track Cycling: B Tandem 1000m Time Trial, B Tandem Sprint
Born
12/03/1984
Hometown
Aberdeen
Lives
Altrincham
Club
Performance Cycle Coaching
Coach
Jon Norfolk
After narrowly missing out on the 100m and 200m finals in athletics, Neil decided that he needed a change in his sporting career. Describing himself as a life-long cycling fan, Neil was introduced to the competitive element of the sport at the Manchester Velodrome in 2008. he thrived on the high speed and high adrenaline of the sport, joining the para-cycling team in April 2009.
Shortly afterwards Neil entered his first major international competition at the 2009 BT Paralympic World Cup and the Manchester Velodrome. Neil, piloted by Dave Readle, won two silver medals.
In 2006 Neil graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a Bachelor’s degree in physical. He won the Aberdeen Sports Person of the Year in 2009.
Neil has a congenital eye condition, retinitis pigmentosa.
Career highlights:
Twitter
@neilfachie
Sport
Lawn Bowls – B2/B3 Mixed Pairs
Born
21/10/1957
Hometown
Saltcoats
Director
David Thomas
Club
North Ayrshire Blind Bowling Club
Career Highlights
Sport
Cycling (tandem pilot)
Born
30/12/1976
Hometown
Glasgow
Lives
Aberdeen
Occupation
Police Officer
Club
Bonito Squadra Corse
Coach
Kevin Stewart
Fiona’s husband Andy introduced her to cycling in 2003 and when she demonstrated talent she joined her local cycling club Ythan CC. Initially Fiona entered L’Etape de Tour and then some local time trials and she then went on to selection for the GB Police Team (PSUK) at the European Police Championships in 2008 where the ladies’ team won silver. Fiona subsequently won the Scottish Police College fitness prize twice.
Fiona was introduced to tandem piloting in 2010 after meeting para-cyclist sprinter Neil Fachie MBE. She started riding with Lora Turnham the same year and they won a silver medal at the Para Cycling Track World Championships in 2011 after riding together for just six weeks.
Career Highlights
Twitter
@fionaduncan0121
Athletics – T54 1500m
Born
18/09/1992
Hometown
Tullibody
Lives
Tullibody
Occupation
Athlete
Coach
Ian Mirfin MBE
Club
Red Star Athletics
Career Highlights
2013 Scottish Senior Championships – 2 Gold & 2 Silver
2013 Glasgow’s Great Women’s 10k – 1st
2013 English Junior Championships – 5 Gold
Meggan completed her first London Marathon in 2012, setting a new Scottish record.
Twitter
@SpiderMonkey165
Para Swimming SB9 100m Breastroke
Born
09/02/2001
Hometown
Shetland
Club
Delting Dolphins ASC
Coach
Lorraine Gifford
Erraid is the youngest Team Scotland member of all time at 13 years old.
Career Highlights
2012 Scottish Gas National Championships Silver Medal
Lawn Bowls
B2/B3 Mixed Pairs
Born
26/04/1957
Hometown
Glasgow
Occupation
Retired
Director
Ron McArthur
Club
Glasgow Visually Impaired Bowlers
Career Highlights