Zoey Clark lands the Eric Liddell Senior gold in the Women’s 100m final from Lois Garland and Lucy Fraser (photo by Bobby Gavin)
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Nick Percy swapped the Olympic flame for the Grangemouth refinery as backdrop for his latest Scottish title success.
A throw of 62.37m was the second best of his career in Scotland for the Paris 2024 Olympian.
And in a special moment at Grangemouth he received his gold medal from Alan Potts – the former scottishathletics President who presented Nick with his first Scottish championships medal some 15 years ago.
‘Alan was President way back then and had the big chain of office at the time,’ recalled Nick.
‘I was just a ytoung kid but I asked him if he would swap that chain for my medal. It became A running joke for year at medal presentations and it continued when Leslie Roy was in that role.
‘I met Alan early today when I arrived at Grangemouth but he was officiating in declarations. It was nice for him to hand over the gold.
‘With all the decompression required after Paris I am happy enough with my throwing today. I have fire in my belly for next season for sure but right now I do need to take a break and that’s the season ended for me now.’
Nick’s throw earned him a slice of our £3000 prize-pot and there was a further Olympic connection on the podium. Josh Kerr’s brother, former professional rugby player Jake, took a bronze only five weeks into his throwing career.
The 400m races had a special element this year. On the 100th anniversary of gold at the Paris 1924 Olympics, there was a commemorative Eric Liddell medal for winners and their coaches.
Jill Cherry took home one of those after surging to the line in a dramatic Women’s 400m final to post a big PB.
Silver medallist Georgina Adam and bronze medallist Zoey Clark, who had won the Women’s 100m, were definitely in the mix coming into the straight but VP-Glasgow’s Cherry took the victory in run of 53.26.
Zoey has won the 100m in 11.88 in an exciting final with Perth Strathtay’s Lois Garland only fiver hundredths of a second back at 11.73. Lucy Fraser of VP-Glasgow was third in 11.77.
The men’s final was good, too, as Krishawn…
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