We’ve posted a few stories about talented individuals at Blantyre Miners Amateur Boxing Club in recent weeks. Another lad to look out for is local youth, George Hamilton who had his first competitive fight last week and WON with first round stoppage. George is just 13 and been with Blantyre Miners for one year. We […]
Here’s a touching story to end the weekend with. Blantyre man, David Mosley sadly passed away on October 18th and his funeral was held at St Joseph’s Blantyre last week on November 7th. David’s family set up a Just Giving page to raise money for Diabetes UK in his memory. Since being diagnosed at the […]
A fantastic story of another young, local person putting Blantyre on the map. Meet Jordan Cain who has picked up the accolade of Scottish Judo Champion and the Scottish Judo Grand Prix Champion for under 46kg! The talented 11 year old High Blantyre Primary pupil also won the Scottish Closed Championships 2022 yesterday in Largs! […]
He’s done it again! Blantyre boxer Jacob Naismith won “Scottish schoolboy of the year”, the best in his category then went on to pick up the public choice Scottish boxer of the year award! JATV organised the ‘Scottish Boxer of the year’ awards at the Marriott hotel Glasgow on Friday 4th November to recognise boxing […]
Now here’s a wonderful story to end the week with! A former Calderside Academy pupil has been crowned “Miss Great Britain”! Amy Meisak (29), left Calderside Academy back in 2011 and was one of the first students to attend the school after it opened. Miss Great Britain had a record number of applicants this year […]
A Blantyre Councillor has been recognised for her hard work, by winning a National award. Cllr Maureen Chalmers of South Lanarkshire Council, picked up the accolade by winning the “Resilience & Recovery Award 2022” The annual LGIU Scotland & CCLA Cllr Awards are the only national awards ceremony that celebrates the vital work of individual […]
A number of events, launches and free sessions have taken place across South Lanarkshire for Challenge Poverty Week. The annual campaign helps raise awareness of the support available to local residents and to help tackle the stigma of poverty. Organised by The Poverty Alliance, this year each day of Challenge Poverty Week has focused on […]
An important post to raise awareness of a condition called Charcot Marie tooth disease. (CMT) Blantyre man Thomas Henderson (pictured with family) has spent years working on raising awareness of this disease and has done various fundraising efforts to support the charity to help people suffering from this disease. Thomas was competing today in an […]