The Sports Council for Glasgow held its annual Sports Awards at the stunning City Chambers in the city on Friday 23rd November.
The beautiful setting was befitting of the number of athletes, coaches, volunteers and officials who have given their all in sport this past year.
After a fantastic year, Para Sport was well represented on the evening, with a number of coaches and athletes nominated in various categories.
Red Star Athletics Club had three of their club nominated after a massive year in competition for both coaches and athletes.
Ross Paterson and Connaire McLindon both represented Scotland in Spain at the CPISRA World Games and Ross pulled on his first British Vest in Berlin, winning silver in the 400m at the IPC European Athletics Championships. Janice Eaglesham coached three medal winners in the Race Running events in Berlin, the first time the discipline has been realised at this level.
The winner and runners up are listed below:
Senior Disability Athlete Achievement
Winner – Chris Murphy, Judo
Runner up – Ross Paterson, Athletics
Junior Disability Athlete Achievement
Winner – Dean Barnard, Badminton
Disability Coach of the Year
Winner – Barry MacFarlane, Basketball
Runner Up – Liz Boyd, Bowls
Individual International Achievement
Runner Up – Connaire Mclindon, Athletics
High Performance Coach of the Year
Winner – Janice Eaglesham MBE, Athletics
Dean Barnard joined the Firhill Badminton Club in Glasgow last September and has also been an active member of Glasgow Disability Badminton Club which meets at Haghill. He competed in the Four Nations Competition in Scotland, winning Gold Medals in both the Mens Singles and Doubles. Dean was also part of the Special Olympics Scotland West Team taking part in the 40th Anniversary Games in Stirling this August, finishing 4th in the singles and winning silver in the mens doubles.
Chris Murphy won multiple Gold medals over the past year, including in the EJU ID European Judo Championships, German ID Judo Open Championships and IJF ID World Judo Championships. A worthy winner of the senior award.
Barry McFarlane, coach at Glasgow Eagles Basketball Club has been a mentor and coach to the teams at his club and has made a huge impact in basketball for people with learning disabilities in Glasgow, and Liz Boyd has led her team of bowlers with a learning disability in many training sessions and competitions this year, including the SDS National Carpet Bowls, the SDS National Lawn Bowls and the Inter Regional Bowls competition in Glasgow.