Celebrating Volunteers – St. Andrews Orienteering Club – Glasgow

Celebrating volunteers who help put together fantastic orienteering events across Scotland, today we’re saying thank you to STAG’s Gerry Thomson & John McKendrick!

STAG volunteer profiles

Volunteer’s Name:

Gerry Thomson

How long have they been a club member?

Over 20 years

How do they support the club and orienteering?

Gerry has just retired as STAG Chairperson. He was Scottish 6 Days Organiser at Dallachsyle back in 1999 & has planned SOLs, SoSOLs and local races. He is ever present at our evening events and Registration is his baby!

Sometimes people call him ‘Terry’ by mistake and he’s not as scary as his photo suggests! He specialises in helping ‘O’ Women cross raging torrents, he still has the ‘O’ bug and will travel crazy distances to fulfil his ‘O’ ambitions.

What makes them shine as a volunteer?

Gerry is our resident ‘Mr. Meet and Greet’ he is the friendly face that hands out maps and points newcomers in right direction as the photograph shows he means business!!

Volunteer’s Name:

John McKendrick

How long have they been a club member?

Over 10 years

How do they support the club and orienteering?

John is also a past STAG Chairperson.

What makes them shine as a volunteer?

John is our Mr.Innovator, full with ideas on different orienteering challenges, postbox & indoor orienteering and other ideas, which we need to keep secret just now (Follow STAG Facebook & website for upcoming events and news!)

Both are reliable, hard working, determined & genuine in everything they do.

People Make Glasgow; People Make STAG amazing!!!

A huge thank you to both of them and all orienteering volunteers across Scotland! If you’d like us to help your club highlight the work of volunteers in future, please email denise@scottish-orienteering.org.