Sport

ONE of the good guys of Scottish football in years gone by was a well-known Helensburgh man.

This was reaffirmed with the release in 2017 of a new account of the life of Rangers and Scotland goalkeeper and Scotland manager Bobby Brown.

JUST BEFORE the world waterspeed record was set on Loch Lomond on July 18 1932 by Kaye Don, there had been a trial run with a 13 year-old girl on board Miss England 111.

She went on to become Countess of Arran and, 48 years later, the fastest woman on water and the first to travel on water at over 100mph.

PARALYMPIC gold has been the highlight of a quite outstanding 2016 for Helensburgh wheelchair tennis star Gordon Reid.

The year began with his first Grand Slam title — victory in the men’s singles at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

LOCH LOMOND is world-famous for its beauty, history and romance — but it not so well known as the scene of a successful attempt on the world waterspeed record.

On July 18 1932, Kaye Don set a new record in Miss England 111, when he was timed at 119.81mph.

A GOLFER from Helensburgh got up early one morning to be at the golf course for 8am to drive off from the first tee down the fairway . . .

This signalled not only a race by caddies to find the ball, but the start of one of the busiest years of 67 year-old Keith Macintosh’s life.

THE RETURN of a trophy last won for a cross country race held by Arrochar Youth Club in 1947 to the Arrochar, Tarbet and Ardlui Heritage Group sparked a wave of enthusiasm to resurrect an Arrochar 10k race.

A LONG-SERVING teacher at Helensburgh’s Lomond School is an institution in Scottish womens hockey . . . and still playing at the age of 52.

Head of Physical Education Margery Taylor won nearly 100 caps for Scotland and is still match secretary of the 4th XI at the Glasgow Western club which dominates the sport in this country.

A HELENSBURGH man has made the extraordinary journey from promising schoolboy golfer to Scottish champion to golf tourism entrepreneur.

It has been success all the way for Colin Dalgleish, son of leading local solicitor Douglas Dalgleish and his May — no mean player herself.

AN RBS West League One side with a splendid clubhouse and a stand opened by royalty . . . Helensburgh Rugby Club has come a long way in fifty years.

That was celebrated right royally over the weekend of August 23-25 2013 with a full programme of golden jubilee events and matches.

A 1964 Olympic silver  medalist swimmer spent his infant years in Helensburgh and returned in his 40s to make his home in the town.

But contrary to what is stated on a number of websites, Robert Bilsland McGregor MBE was not born in the burgh — he was actually born in Glasgow on April 3 1944.

ONE of the most famous classes of small yachts in the world is the Gareloch class — known to all as the Gareloch Goddesses.

The Gareloch Yacht Club was founded after the First World War to encourage yachting in and around the Loch. Originally this was on a handicap basis.

ONE of Scotland’s best-known football celebrities made his home in Helensburgh in 1983 and has lived in the burgh ever since.

Former player and manager, now a football pundit, Murdo MacLeod is one of the most likeable, popular and respected figures in the game today.