Honorary Life Membership for Moira

Congratulations to Moira Maguire on her Honorary Life membership to Scottish Athletics, a well deserved award

scottishathletics are delighted to confirm three additions to our listof Honorary Life Members.

The status is conferred, via the AnnualGeneral Meeting, on those individuals who have made acontribution ‘above and beyond’ and in all manner of roles.

There is a full list of the HLMs on our website (see linkabove).

This year, three qualified and long-serving Officials had theirnominations confirmed – Dave Finlayson, Moira Maguire and Joyce Wighton – and we offer eachof them our warm congratulations.

The HLM awards will be part of our online 4J Studios AnnualAwards on YouTube on October 10.

Dave Finlayson

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Dave Finlayson initially became involved in athletics as aparent helper when his children began competing for Lasswade AC.

Thereafter he became involved in coaching. From 2000 hisinterest started to move towards Officiating, particularly the Photo FinishDiscipline.

Dave quickly began to identify aspects of Photo Finish whichcould benefit from improvement, a pivotal moment within this discipline and abig turning point for all involved.

Moira Maguire

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 Moira Maguire competed for Great Britain in the long jump andhigh jump at the 1969 European Championships in Athens;  she also competedat Commonwealth and Olympic Games.

After retiring as an athlete, Moira served as the convenor ofthe Track and Field Commission and the Track and Field selection committee.

There are few top athletes who move from participation toadministration, officiating and coaching within the sport but Moira Maguire isone of them.

Joyce Wighton

Joyce Wighton’s athletics career began in 1977 when joiningShettleston Harriers Ladies AC. When Shettleston later merged and became knownas City of Glasgow AC, Joyce became a Committee member and team manager.

Joyce’s main Discipline as an Official is as a Level 4 TrackJudge where she has been selected for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympicsand the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, to name but a few.