1998 August
'Excellence' awards for young Caithness sportsmen
Ken Melhuish (right), chairman of the Caithness Sports
Council, is pictured with young recipients of the first of the new
'Excellence' awards. They are brothers Steven (left) and Richard
Shanks, who are making their mark in yachting, and talented cyclist
Alexander Ross (third from left). The 'Excellence' awards, made
possible by new funding from the Highland Council and Caithness
and Sutherland Enterprise, are for sportspeople who excel at their
sport by being selected foe Scottish Training squads or represent
Scotland on events. A fourth recipient, Mark Mackay, was unable
to attend due to being on International duty with the Scottish under-15
badminton team