An American football player from Lamlash was part of the team that was recently crowned British champions.
Twenty-two-year-old Craig Black, pictured right, plays for the Stirling Clansmen who are officially now the best team in Britain after claiming the National Championship title for the first time since 2003.
The squad completed their undefeated season with a tightly fought 20-15 defeat of the Birmingham Lions to claim the cup win, taming the Lions’ roar one year after they fell to the same side in the first round of the play-offs and a full 11 years after they last took the title.
For the full report see the Arran Banner edition of April 5 2014. Also available on line at www.arranbanner.co.uk/digital