East Kilbride Handball Club will mark their 50th anniversary later this year, but have honoured a man who made it all happen – and has been involved for 44 of those years.
Stalwart Michael Lavery was recently presented with a lifetime achievement award for services to handball in East Kilbride and Scotland by club captain Benjy Muir and Great Britain international Jack Lees, who both came through the primary school training programme that Michael created.
Joining the club in 1978 as a junior, Michael was told he was one of the most gifted players a coach had ever seen, after just one training session.
