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Paul Thomson

Law and District star claims seven prizes in club's 10-medal haul

Law and District athletes enjoyed medal-winning success this month as three athletes brought home an impressive 10 medals between them.

And seven of those prizes were won by senior star Liam Nolan at events in Dundee and Grangemouth.

First up, the club took part in The Scottish National Masters Championships, incorporating the Parallel Success Open, and this was held in Dundee on Saturday, July 9.

V35 athlete Helen Johnson won gold in the hammer with a fantastic throw of 35.56m with a 4kg hammer to get the club up and running.

Helen Johnson in action (Bobby Gavin)

F20 senior Liam Nolan then completed in the para success open and won gold in the 7.26kg hammer, with an impressive throw of 30.78m.

He also took gold in the 2kg discus with a distance of 26.06m and also gold in the 7.26kg shot put , thanks to a fine throw of 8m.

Liam then went on to compete at Forth Flyers Open Championships in Grangemouth the Sunday, winning a further four medals.

Added to his haul were gold in hammer with a throw of 32.56m, gold in discus with a throw of 27.38m, silver in long jump with a fine leap of 5.16m and silver in the shot put with a massive throw of 8.28m.

Finally, under-13 athlete Cara Murphy also completed at Forth Flyers Open Championships.

She had a fantastic day winning gold in both the 100m and 200m events, with personal best times of 14.30s and 30.30s, respectively.

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