There should have been an anniversary dinner

Doug Gillon is on record as saying that a sport with no history is a sport without a soul and there is a lot of truth in that. I have been preparing a presentation for March this year to a group of librarians about the history of Clydesdale Harriers and their contribution to local life and history. It's not about winning medals or trophies or setting records or winning representative vests - that's a whole different talk. I'll put up some comments on club history over the next few weeks but I was hoping last year that the Committee would find some way of celebrating the club's 125th anniversary. We have had formal celebrations of the club's 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 75th, 90th and 100th anniversaries. I can bet good money on the fact that other clubs will celebrate such an anniversary. Apart from honouring past members, apart from recognising that we are part of a movement from 1885 stretching into the future and apart from the good publicity that could have been garnered locally and in the National Press, it would have been a nice thing to do. It's maybe not too late to organise a dinner or some other occasion to mark the club's 125 years - after all we have still in 2011 been in existence longer than any other club in the country! A 125th celebration anyone? I might not make the 150th!