Garscube Harriers are the new holders of the Lindsays Trophy – awarded to the club with the largest number of finishers over three National Championship XC events for 2017-18.
It’s a remarkable effort by the club based in the north-west of Glasgow as they finished fifth in 2016-17 when Giffnock North AC successfully defended the trophy.
The Lindsays Trophy takes in the Lindsays National Relays which took place at Cumbernauld last October, the Lindsays Short Course Champs at Kirkcaldy last November and finally the Lindsays National XC at Falkirk in February this year.
Callum Hawkins, twice a winner of the Lindsays National XC Senior Men’s title, helped scottishathletics make the presentation at a special celebration training night for Garscube on Thursday.
Our Chief Operating Officer, Ian Beattie, who is also scottishathletics chairman said: “I would like to congratulate Garscube Harriers on winning the Lindsays Trophy this year, in the face of stronger competition than ever.
“We saw a significant increase in the number of clubs featuring across the three events that make up the Lindsays Cross Country series, from 75 last year up to 103 in 2017-18. I was also delighted to see the growth in finishing runners per club, with 13 clubs recording 100 or more athletes participating in the events which qualify for the trophy.
“This level of engagement reflects the great work taking place in athletics clubs across Scotland and we at Lindsays are pleased to support this work through our sponsorship of the series.”
Garscube Harriers President Jill O’Neil said: ‘We are absolutely delighted to win the Lindsays Trophy for the first time. The National Championship events across the season encapsulate all that is good about athletics in Scotland right now and we thoroughly enjoy being part of them.”
Callum Hawkins has won countless XC titles in Scotland and could well feature again next season with his schedule not yet decided.
“I presented the Lindsays Trophy last year to Giffnock North and was more than happy to get involved again this year for Garscube Harriers because I think cross country is important to the sport in Scotland,’ said Callum.
More information about our sponsorship and the associated package offering benefits to local clubs and members of scottishathletics can be found here.
LINDSAYS TROPHY TOP 10:
Garscube Harriers 230
Giffnock North AC 214
Edinburgh AC 175
Central AC 167
Cambuslang Harriers 162
Corstorphine AAC 152
Fife AC 137
Falkirk Victoria Harriers 120
Aberdeen AAC 117
Kilbarchan AAC 116
Lindsays Trophy on the RR and CC Archive.
