James Clegg rounded off a fantastic year by being crowned Scottish Sports Aid Junior Sportsperson of the Year
James Clegg rounded off a fantastic year by being crowned Scottish Sports Aid Junior Sportsperson of the Year 2012 at the Commonwealth Games Awards Dinner in Glasgow on Saturday night.
The 18 year old from Langholm won the S12 100m Butterfly at the British Championships, in a time of 1:01.46s, breaking a 12 year old British Record, before going on to compete for Paralympics GB London 2012, where he further improved his time to 59.99 seconds in the heats, and went on to win bronze in the final. He also qualified for the 50m and 100m Freestyle finals at the Games. Over the year James has improved his 100m Butterfly time by an impressive 6.3 seconds, and both his Freestyle events by more than one second.
Congratulating the athletes Duncan Hamilton, Executive Director of Scottish Sports Aid said: "The dedication of these young people, and the sacrifices made by their families, both in terms of finance and time, cannot be overestimated. We hope that, with the continuing support of our sponsors and patrons, Scottish Sports Aid will be able to nurture many more such Scottish sporting stars in the future.”
Michael Jamieson was shortlisted for the Emirates Lonsdale Trophy for Scottish Sportsperson of the Year 2012. Jamieson, Scotland’s first Olympic swimming medallist since Graeme Smith in 1996, won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke in London, setting three Scottish and British Records in the process.
The Award was shared by Sir Chris Hoy and Andy Murray. Announcing the award, Commonwealth Games Scotland Chairman Michael Cavanagh said:
"2012 has been an incredible year for Scotland’s top sportsmen and women with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games capturing the imagination of the whole country.
I am delighted that Emirates are supporting the Lonsdale trophy again this year. All four shortlisted athletes gave performances which would make them worthy winners, but in the end the judging panel felt that Chris and Andy just had the edge over the others."
More than 350 people from Scottish sport and business joined in the celebrations at Glasgow’s Hilton Hotel including a number of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
