Maybe the past is a foreign country but Nethercraigs has been linked with the quest for sporting excellence built up over years and across sports
Much is made about the term “legacy” in a sporting context but that’s not just about what may be passed on to successor generations it’s also about what you inherit and Nethercraigs has its own legacy

Hawks new training base and home of the 2nd XV is Nethercraigs for upcoming season which has seen much action over the years since it opened in the late 1950s
So many great sportsmen and sportswomen trained and competed in the arena that now houses the rugby pitch

Athletes like the Crawford Fairbrother the UK High Jump Champion and record holder .who represented Scotland at Commonwealth Games and Britain at European Championships

Tom McNab who became Fitness Advisor to the Rugby Football Union between 1987 and 1992 which included working with the English rugby team that were runners up in the 1992 Rugby World Cup. He was co-author with Rex Hazeldine of ‘The RFU Guide to Fitness for Rugby’ and much more

Frank Clement who was 4th in Montreal Olympics 1500m behind the legendary John Walker “The Kiwi who could Fly” .Frank rose to a senior position with Glasgow Life and was instrumental in presenting Hawks with Glasgow’s Team of the Year Award 2004 an award covering all sports

Talking of giants we had Doug Edmunds “The Godfather of Strongman “ (and till his death in 2020 still refereed annually the Worlds Strongest Man Competition ) Doug also played rugby for Strathclyde University

Scottish records were actually set at Nethercraigs. Laurie Bryce hurled the hammer to a new Scottish native record of 194′ 4 1/2″ in a Strathclyde v Edinburgh and Dundee Universities. Laurie a Perth Academy lad who was useful in the scrum

Pat Pennycook who held the Scottish Womens 100y record and represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in sprints and relays

We are grateful to Pollok United /Glasgow Life for the use of this excellent facility.

Hawks have a lot to live up to