‘Brilliant and fitting’ to mark clubs, coaches, Officials, volunteers
Joyce Wighton and Alistair Aitchison won Officials awards (photo by Bobby Gavin)
Athletics in Scotland celebrated another memorable year at our 4J Annual Awards on Saturday night in Glasgow.
The night concluded with our headline 4J Athlete of the Year announcements, but the awards are about so much more.
‘Everyone has a role to play’ is a mantra we mention regularly and it was brilliant and appropriate to celebrate, recognise and acknowledge our Officials, coaches, clubs and volunteers.
Across the wide range of categories for our 4J Awards, there was an opportunity to reflect on that contribution.
The #SALtogether ethos, as we further like to call it.
Guest of Honour Tom McKean reeceived a warm welcome from 425 guests and, in conversation with Rhona McLeod, also stressed the importance of the team effort behind the success for Scots in our sport.
Linlithgow folk celebrate Impact Club of Year
Here’s our list of 4J awards with winners highlighted in bold from those also short-listed . . .
Impact Club of the Year:
Aberdeen AAC; Linlithgow AC; Stornoway RAC
Off-track Club of the Year:
Corstorphine AAC: Garscube Harriers; Glasgow Uni Hares and Hounds
Track and Field Club of the Year:
Aberdeen AAC; Cumbernauld AAC; Edinburgh AC
Janice Eaglesham MBE Para Development Club of the Year:
Corstorphine AAC; Pitreavie AAC: Red Star AC
Aberdeen AAC are our Track and Field Club of the Year
Technical Official of the Year:
Alistair Aitchison; Carol Rose; Claire Stanley
Volunteer of the Year:
Chairs Crawford (Springburn Harriers); Elaine Mackay (Shettleston Harriers); John Purcell (Aberdeen AAC)
In this space, we also presented:
The Raymond Hutcheson Trophy for Services to Officiating
Joyce Wighton
The Tom Stillie Sword
Bobby Gavin
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Tam Street and John Rodger
Coaches are at the very heart of our sport, too.
At all levels, these volunteers have a huge impact as they seek to guide athletes at different stages of the pathway.
There are four Coach of the Year accolades and the winners (in bold) plus all those short-listed for 2026 were as follows:
Community Coach of the Year:
Alex Chalmers (Garscube Harriers); Susan Deacon (Pitreavie AAC); Coby Keith (Aberdeen AAC)
Performance Development Coach of the Year:
Agustin Osorio; John Rodger and Tam Street; Alasdair Strange
Performance Coach of the Year:
Ross Cairns; Angela Mudge; Lewis Walker
Para Athlete Performance Coach of the Year
Steve Doig; Rodger Harkins; Graeme Reid
Congratulations to all our winners and all those nominated in our Volunteer, Official and Coach categories.
Susan Deacon won our Community Coach of the Year award
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Tags: 4J Awards, 4J Awards Dinner
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