Blues

Full Blues Winner's biographies

Emma Mason
Emma has a world ranking of 22 in the ladies doubles meaning that she truly is playing at the top of the game. She competes on the European Badminton Union Circuit and the IBF Super Series, regularly winning tournaments. Emma first represented Scotland as a senior player at the age of 19 in 2006 after rising through the junior ranks. Emma has not been able to represent the University as she is away competing in Europe most weekends and training at the National Badminton centre in Loughborough. The Blues committee felt that her achievements should however be recognised.

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Laura Wood
Laura has continued to make an impact on the University scene after being awarded a half blue last year. Laura achieved an overall first in Scottish Universities Dry Slop and a 3rd overall in the British Universities Snowsports Champs. These fantastic performances coupled with top 5 finishes in International Ski Federation races meant Laura was selected for the GB team to go to the World University games. Although she was unable to attend due to work commitments this is still a first class achievement.

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Sarah Quinn
Sarah was also awarded a half blue for her performance in 05-06 and has also surpassed them in the season 06-07. She successfully retained her Scottish Universities title in the 400m and was 6th in the same event in BUSA. Sarah has also been active on the international scene placing 1st in the Irish and Northern Irish championships as well as being selected to run for Ireland in the Europeacommitments.n Cup. Running personal best times in these events meant that Sarah was eligible for the AAA champs, although was unable to compete due to study.

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Colin Severin
Colin’s performance has been judged on season 05-06 as he has unfortunately been injured for the past season. Colin has also been active on both the University and International Circuit. He placed 1st in the Scottish Uni Championships for the 60m and won a bronze medal for his performance at the British Universities Champs. He has run in the Under 20 AAAs and being selected for the Bank of Scotland National Squad for several years.

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Marianne Flynn
Marianne is a fine example of the quality Glasgow University Boat Club consistently produces. She worked her way up from a novice to coxing the Men’s 1st VIII in 06-07, taking them to victories in the Scottish Championships and the Scottish Uni Champs, recording a personal best time. Marianne went on to achieve selection for the Scottish National Rowing Team for the Home Internationals Regatta. Here she coxed the team to a bronze medal and a personal best time.

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Nicola Stewart
Nicola has performed to the highest standard as a University Sailor throughout her time at University. She was part of the Ladies A team that finished second in Scottish uni’s league and 1st in the BUSA qualifiers. Nicola finished 1st in the SONAR Scottish Nationals, the Commodors International Cup and the East Patch Race Nights. She was a member of the Scottish Sailing Squad, the RYA Youth Transitional Squad and was selected for the 2003 420 Worlds team.

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Oliver James
Oliver’s dedication to swimming is clear having taken a year out last year to concentrate on his swimming. Training with Bath Swim team, swimming for the French national champions team and competing on the European circuit has resulted in Oli recording some impressive times and placings. Most notable are finishing 1st in the relay and 2nd individual at the Darmstadt International, 1st in the Hannover Open as well as 10th in European Trials. Oli also represented Scottish Universities at the Celtic Nations where he won gold in all 5 of his races, a remarkable achievement.

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Shona McIntosh
Shona’s achievements are a testament to the training she has undertaken and her performances are of a consistently high standard. Shona’s biggest achievement to date was finishing 1st in the 2007 BUSA London Marathon championships, running a personal best time, with an overall placing of 31st in a world class field. Shona has been selected to represent Scottish Universities for 2 years in a row and has been an integral part of the university hares and hounds club.

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Raymond Jellema
Ray is a goalkeeper of an extremely high standard. Throughout his time at University he combined full time studying with being a part time professional footballer with Hamilton Academical FC. Fully breaking into the first team squad in 06-07 resulted in 20 first team performances with 3 man of the match awards and 5 clean sheets. As Ray is under professional contract this has meant he has not been allowed to represent the university football team. Ray was however an active member of the athletics club. Although Ray could not compete for the University football team he is playing at a much higher level and so deserves the award of a Blue.

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Patrick MacArthur
Patrick won the Ayr Rugby Club young player of the year last year as well as being selected to represent Scotland U20s in the 6 nations. He has also played in every test match for Scotland at U18, U19 and U20. This dedication has seen him rewarded with a professional contract at Glasgow Warriors. He is currently taking a year out of uni to concentrate on rugby.

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Michael Adamson
Michael plays with the Glasgow Hawks and has won Man of the match in the Scottish cup winning side. He is a Scotland 7s player, being named player of the season and being top points scorer in the IRB 7s. Michael has also represented Scotland at U18, U19 and U21 level and has successfully secured a professional contract with the Glasgow Warriors. Michael trained with the university in the past before his contract prevented him from doing so.

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Grant Wyper
Grant has been and continues to be extremely successful on both the university and international circuit. He was 3rd in the Scottish Universities and 2nd in BUSA. Grant has enjoyed major success winning the Scottish International Open, British All Styles Champs and placing 12th at the WUKO World Championships – being the only Brit to reach the semi final stage.

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June McNeil
June is able to boast being the youngest ever player to be capped for the Scottish Senior squad at the age of 19? having risen through the junior ranks. She has been selected for the Scottish Universities Squad and is a key player for Glasgow. Unfortunately June cannot be here this evening as she is representing Scotland at the European Championships at the Kelvin Hall.

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Stuart Gilliland
Stuart was first capped for the Scotland senior team at the age of 19 and has a Scottish ranking of 2 and a world ranking of 120. Stuart can boast wins in the Scottish Universities Championships and in BUSA along with a runner up place in the national senior championships. He is a key player for Glasgow and his club.

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Lynne Kerr
Lynne is ranked 2nd for Ladies Doubles in Scotland and has represented Scottish Universities. She can also boats wins in the Scot Uni’s Champs, along with a bronze medal at BUSA. A key player for Glasgow and her club, playing at an international level.

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Half Blues Winner's biographies

Kevin Patrick McCloy
Kevin specialises in the 800m and 400m. He has wins in the 400m and 400m relay at Scottish Universities Champs as well as some impressive performances in other competitions – most notably 3rd in the 400m Scottish Senior Indoor and 1st in the 800m Irish U23.

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Erin McIlveen
Erin is also an 800m and 400m specialist but also competes in the and 1500m. Erin won gold in the 800 and 1500m at Scot Uni’s as well as silver in the 400m. She also came 6th in the 800m at BUSA. Erin has also finished well in the Scottish and Irish national champs.

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Mhairi Rawluk
Mhairi had an excellent season last year, her first at university. She finished 2nd in equitation jumping at the BUSA national finals as well as being part of the team to finish 2nd overall in the trophy. Mhairi has also performed well on the national circuit with wins at several competitions in Ireland including being the all Ireland equitation champion in 2001, 2002 and 2005.

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Hannah Jones
Hannah has also been an integral part of the riding club with individual wins at many league competitions. She qualified for BUSA national finals and received no penalty points in the dressage – a rare achievement which helped the team finish 2nd in the dressage final.

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Caron Lock
Caron had a successful season last year finishing an impressive 6th in the BUSA finals at advanced level. She also placed in the top 5 at all 4 Scottish league competitions with 3rd in the open tournament. Caron was also a member of the NI junior squad

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Ben Calderhead
Ben also had an extremely successful season with a BUSA finals win at advanced level as well as top 4 places in the elite class at SUS. Ben also won his category at the Scottish nationals and a German university competition.

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Kirsty Aitken
Kirsty is a key part of the university swimming team. She won gold in the Scot Uni’s 200m back and silver in the 50 an 100. She was selected to represent Scottish Uni’s at Celtic nations where she won both the 100 and 50m back. Kirsty also finished 4th in BUSA in the 200m. She was previously a member of the Scottish youth squad and holds the Scottish record for 100m back

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Rory Kelso
Rory has been an integral member of the rugby club over the past few years. He was part of the team which came 3rd in the international student 7s in Marseille last summer. He also plays with West of Scotland and has been selected for the Scottish Universities team in 04/05 and 06/07

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Eilidh Hall
Eilidh is one ofthe women's captains and is an integral part of the university team. She has played for the Scottish Uni’s team and has also represented Scotland at U21 level. She has consistently been a top scorer for Glasgow and the Scottish Unis team.

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Natalie MacDougall
Natalie is one ofthe women's captains and an integral part of the university team and has played for Glasgow throughout her time at Uni and has also played for GHK and West of Scotland. Natalie has also played for the Home Scots team.

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Annabel Tottenham
Annabel is the mixed captain and is an integral part of the university team and has played for Glasgow throughout her time at Uni and has also played for GHK and West of Scotland. She has also played for the Home Scots team.

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Award Winner's Biographies

Justin Langham Memorial Trophy

The award this year goes to June McNeil from the Netball Club.

June is another outstanding talent. The youngest player ever to be capped for the Scotland Senior squad having risen through the junior ranks is a true testament to her ability. She has also represented the Scottish Universities team and represented Scotland at the European Netball Championships at Kelvin Hall this month.

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Bob Wilson Memorial Trophy

The trophy is awarded to Rebecca Cooke for the 6th year in a row.

She has had yet another outstanding season with the most impressive results 3rd place in the 800m free at the European Long Course Champs and 1st in the 1500m free at the British nationals. Rebecca is currently undergoing preparations for this year’s Olympic games in Beijing.

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The University of Glasgow Award for the Development of Sport

This year the award jointly goes to Kevin McQuade and Nigel Andrews.

The past few years have seen some major developments in GUSA as a whole and in several clubs. Two of these clubs have changed massively and it is all down to two individuals. Thanks to Kevin the men’s basketball club has formed a second team, enters national leagues and cups and topped off their achievements by winning their BUSA trophy last season. Nigel’s dedication to the boxing has seen the club increase substantially in size thanks to the hard promotions work done along with securing access to Scotland’s national coach to produce top boxers and stage exhibitions of the sport.

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Proctor & Gamble Millennium Team Trophy

The trophy this year goes to the Cheerleading Advanced Squad.

Cheerleading are a relatively new addition to the GUSA family but they are truly a credit. On their first time entering a University competition they were predicted to finish last in all events and instead went on to win to the all girl advanced category. They are officially the best all girl university cheer squad in the UK.

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William Ross Cunningham Memorial Trophy

The successful club this year is the Riding Club.

They have had many extremely successful seasons in the past few years and none more so than last. The club has built itself into its strongest ever position on the competitive side winning Glasgow the most BUSA points last season out of any club. However, it is off the field where this club really shine. They have managed to expertly provide opportunities for beginners and have excelled at fundraising. Their positive attitude has seen them earn recognition from other universities across the country.

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Catherine P Clarke Award

The winner of this award, Robin Leake, has been extremely influential in the development of GUSA over the past 5 years as our Honorary President. He has kept us all in check when we’ve had outrageous plans and has steered the direction of the association. He has been a crucial source of advice and been our key link to the powers that be in the University. This is his last year on the council before he retires and we would like to recognise his contribution.

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