Saturday,
20 March 2002, Reid Hall, Forfar
Olympic
Archer Simon Needham added a new
string of success to his bow when he was voted Angus
Sports Personality of 2001.
He
hit the bullseye at Forfar’s Reid Hall to take the title, which
joins a long list of sporting acheivements for the Montrose Man who
is a member of Links Archers.
The
Archer is ranked 14th in the world, his highest position and the
best standing of a British male for many years.
He has competed for Scotland and Great Britain and was the
only British male archer to shoot at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
The
British No. 1 who is also the country’s indoor and outdoor
champion aims to represent Great Britain at the Olympics in Athens
in 2004.
The
Young Sports Personality award
went to 16 year old Louise Helyer,
of Kirriemuir, ranked second in Great Britain in tetrathlon and
after just three weeks’ training, was placed forth in the British
Youth Modern Pentathlon Championships.
Other
achievements for Louise include being a member of the double silver
medal winning Tayside relay team at the Scottish National Swimming
Championships, and selection for the Scottish Junior Pistol Shooting
Squad in Denmark this year.
She
finished first in the Northern Region Biathlon in October and
followed that with a fifth place in the British Championships and
with a second in the Scottish Schools Biathlon Championships.
Judges
selected Strathmore Women’s Rugby Team co-founder Debbie
Lochhead of Kirriemuir, for the Coach
of the Year title.
Within
a short space of time from a team being established in March 2000,
the team scooped the Scottish Women’s Rugby Union national bowl
after disposing of opposition from Division Two.
Debbie
has also been capped 12 times for Scotland.
Arbroath
and District Athletic Club stepped up to the podium to
collect the Team of the Year
accolade.
Its
highlights during the year were in winning the Scottish Men’s
League Division One title, the first Tayside club to do so, and the
victory of the under-17 girls team in landing the Monklands Cup,
involving all the major clubs in Scotland.
The
ceremony also saw the Sports Personality
of the Year for People with a Disability being
awarded for only the second year, this time going to skier Jamie
Black from Carmyllie.
As
one of three from Angus to take part in the World Special Olympic
Winter Games in Alaska, Jamie won a gold and two silver medals at
intermediate level.
The
line-up of honours was completed by Chris
Plomer, of Arbroath, who won the Service
to Sport award, to add to his MBE from the New Years
Honours List.
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