Honorary Life Membership list (via History section on this website)
Honorary Life Membership is bestowed on deserving individuals via our Annual General Meeting.
David Ovens chaired the AGM for the third time on Saturday 9 November in an online gathering with over 50 indivduals on the call.
Following that meeting, this year we are delighted to confirm the Honorary Life Membership status is now afforded to Margaret Brown, Charlie Forbes and Ricky Taylor.
Below are the HLM citations read out by David at the AGM ahead of the voting process.
Many congratulations to Margaret, Charlie and Ricky and thank you for your outstanding service to our sport over many years.
Margaret Brown (on left) at our 4J Annual Awards a couple of years ago (photo by Bobby Gavin)
Margaret Brown
Margaret has been involved with Track and Field athletics for five decades.
She was a sprinter with Maryhill Ladies AC subsequently Glasgow AC/City of Glasgow AC where she held the positions of Club Captain and Club President and was awarded HLM.
Margaret was awarded scottishathletics Official of the Year in 2018 and the Raymond Hutcheson Trophy for Services to Officiating in 2023.
Margaret became a qualified Technical Official specialising in Field events, a role she continues today as a National Technical Official having officiated at World Indoor Championships, Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championships, Athletics World Cups, and European Indoor Championships.
Margaret was Convenor of the scottishathletics Officials Commission for eight years (2017-2023) where she drove forward an agenda for developing and improving the experience for Technical Officials. She also represented the Commission on the scottishathletics Board during her time as Convenor.
Margaret represented scottishathletics at UK Athletics meetings where, as part of a small team she ensured the development pathway for officials across the UK expanded and met the challenges of the sport in addition to ensuring Scottish officials were allocated into major international meetings.
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Photo via James Mackenzie/Inverness Courier
Charlie Forbes
Charlie Forbes arrived at Inverness Harriers as a parent helper in the mid-1980s and is still going strong, having made huge contributions at club, district, national and international levels.
He began as a coach with the club’s most junior athletes, but soon progressed to look after his own endurance group…
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