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Hawks Dinner Dance 2010
Glasgow Rugby Friends Reunited - Party Night on 19th June 2010.
This is a major opportunity to catch up with all the people associated with rugby in the west of Scotland over the past 40 years or so and to do a bit for a worthwhile charity at the same time.
1,000 of us will be at the Old Fruitmarket on that night and we wanted to make sure your club members and supporters have the chance to be there. The event will be co-hosted by the BBC's Rhona McLeod and John Beattie, with Big John's band along with 2 others providing the live music (if you haven't heard them, they are really pretty good.) There's a nostalgic disco which will help recreate the atmosphere and friendship we all enjoyed at the rugby club discos of old. (maybe this time you will get lucky? Well there is a raffle!)
We are delighted that Harper Macleod LLP, Odgers Berndston, and Argyle Consulting are sponsoring the event and helping make this a really memorable event.
There will be a bit of fun on the night with some special awards and a chance to mix with existing Glasgow Pro players as well as some of the characters from the past.
Rugby brings immense pleasure and a sense of community to millions of people. But, occasionally, it brings tragedy instead - like many other sports. Though it happens very rarely, injuries can be serious and life-changing. Hearts and Balls aims to ensure that, in times of need, those connected with rugby are supported by the wider rugby community.
We think it will be a fun night and would ask that you display the enclosed posters and leaflets as well as ordering tickets through the website www.heartsandballs.org,uk
Go to the events section.
The Glasgow Hawks Annual Dinner Dance May 15th at the Grosvenor Hilton
Tickets will be Priced at £45 for adults and £35 for Students
Tables 10-12
All money paid UPFRONT!! DEADLINE Friday 30th April at the very latest
7pm champagne reception
Followed by Dinner, auction, raffle, awards and ceildh dancing with the fantastic "Kilter"
Sure to be a great night once again and a chance to celebrate the season and the achievements of the club and the players!
Please get in touch with Chris Breckenridge at c.brecko@live.co.uk or mobile 07976564662
Gavin Macdonald and Paddy Boyer in the Mr Scotland Final 2009
Glasgow Hawks Supporters Present
George Started his sporting career as a professional footballer playing part time with Hibs, Morton & Stirling Albion.
He gave up his football to concentrate on athletics. Because he had signed professional forms as a footballer, he was banned from running as an amateur. He therefore had to concentrate on the professional running circuit.
He started by winning the 1970 centenary "Powderhall Sprint" in Edinburgh, which is the oldest and most renowned professional race.
After his victory at Powderhall he continued to improve to world class times and in August of 1970 he set a new professional world record for 120 yards at the press charities sports at Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh. On January 1st 1971 he ran 110 metres in 11.00 sec's which Equates to around 10 seconds for the more popular 100 metres.
In 1972 he won the world professional sprint title when he defeated Olympic gold medallist Tommie Smith in a four race series at Wakefield. Throughout the seventies he continued to run on the relatively small highland games circuit in Scotland as well as travelling to the more lucrative professional scene in Australia.
In 1975 he had the opportunity to run against world class opposition when the newly formed International Track Circuit came to the UK. Chris Brasher writing about George in the Sunday Observer Recalled:
"The professionals came to London on Friday and made me angry. Angry because I saw the best British sprinter since McDonald Bailey and knew that this talent had been wasted. Angry because I saw one of those rare men who lift sport into the realms of art and knew that his talent is being wasted, angry because such a waste is surely a crime. McNeill, the greatest native born sprinter I have ever seen in Britain has never been allowed to compete for his country or indeed against the best talent in Britain. He has been relegated to the small professional circuit in Scotland where, with the exception of the Powderhall Sprint, he has earned only enough to cover his expenses.
On Friday he was with them, battling it out at 90 metres and only tying up with unfamiliar pressure over the last few metres to the tape. McNeill proved he is in the same class as Hines, a dual Olympic gold medallist."
George went on to win the biggest professional race in the world in 1981, when he won the "Stawell Gift" in Australia. By coincidence this was also in its centenary year.
Glasgow Hawks prove that real men wear pink!
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Glenn Metcalfe Player of Decade-Award Dinner 2007
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