The Edinburgh Reporter June 2019

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Running with
Helen
A student’s powerfully honest
account of how she lives with
multiple sclerosis and continues
to embrace her passion for
running took centre stage at
Edinburgh Napier’s Degree Show
last month.
MA Motion Graphics student
Kate Charter produced a short
film called ‘Running with Helen’ in
which the 29-year-old reflects on
her own diagnosis and speaks to
others about their own experiences
with the condition.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a
condition that can affect the brain
and spinal cord, causing a wide
range of potential symptoms,
including problems with vision,
arm or leg movement, sensation or
balance.
Despite this – as the title of the
film suggests – Kate has continued
to embrace her passion for running
and has even formed an Edinburgh
MS Runners group which meets
regularly for casual runs at various
locations across the city.
Kate started running when she
moved to Edinburgh in 2008 to
commence her university studies
and soon caught the running bug.
She completed her first marathon
in 2009 along with half marathons,
10ks and mud runs in between.
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Hibs Ladies hold on to SWPL cup
by Thomas Brown
Hibs Ladies lifted the SWPL Cup
for the fourth consecutive year
after beating Glasgow City 4-2 on
penalties last month.
Siobhan Hunter, Rachael Small,
Shannon McGregor and Cailin
Michie all scored from the penalty
spot to ensure Hibs side retained
the trophy.
by Thomas Brown
Spartans FC Women’s player
Michaela McAlonie was voted
winner of The Scottish Building
Society SWPL Player of the Month
for April.
The 17-year-old is the first
Spartans player to win the award.
McAlonie said: I’m over the
moon to receive this honour. I was
nominated last season and while
it was great to be nominated, you
always want to win this award.
“I’m happy playing in defence
or in midfield. I want success for
the team and I’m happy to play
Manager Grant Scott said: "It's
some achievement. What an effort
that was from the players and to
win it for a fourth year in a row is
quite incredible. It's a tough cup
to win.
“The Scottish Cup you can play a
few of the lower league teams but
in this one it's the top teams in the
country.
SWPL Player is a Spartan
my part, wherever that might be.
Whether it’s defence or midfield
though, I’ll be sure to battle
hard and also try and create
opportunities going forward.
“Things are much more positive
this season.
“Having Debbi McCulloch return
as manager in 2018 was a huge
boost and that has carried on into
the new season.
“We’re harder to beat and we’re
winning games that I’d expect us to
get three points in.
“We’re not going to be
complacent but we’re certainly
looking up the table and not down.”
"I thought it was a very tight
game.
At the tail end of extra time City
looked very threatening but we
held firm.
"I thought Jenna had an
outstanding game and she's
managed to get down and guess a
couple. We're thrilled to bits."
McAlonie, who has played in
midfield during her career, has
started to play in a deeper role at
centre-back in recent games.
This is her second season at
Spartans after joining from Hearts
Ladies when she was just 15 yearsold.
Robyn Emerson, Digitial
Marketing Executive for Scottish
Building Society, who sponsor the
league, said: “A huge well done to
Michaela and Spartans. They’ve
both had a strong start to the 2019
season and I’m sure there is more
to come.”
Hibs eight
goal drama
by John Hislop
Liverpool’s 4-0 victory over
Barcelona last month sent shockwaves
throughout Europe.
Not many teams have scored
four against the Catalan giants
but a Scottish team did, almost
60 years ago and they did it on
Spanish soil.The Inter Cities Fairs
Cup was the idea of Swiss pools
supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino
Barassi from Italy and English
FA Secretary Stanley Rouss to
promote international trade fairs.
During the 1960/61 season Hibs
were going through a transitional
period following the break-up of
the Famous Five, and few outside
Scotland gave them any chance of
progressing when they were drawn
against one of the giants of world
football in the quarter finals.
The first leg took place at the
newly opened Gran Estadio which
been constructed at a cost of over
£1,750,000 and would soon change
its name to the Camp Nou.
Over 50,000 fans were inside the
stadium, the majority expecting
to see a home victory, but Hibs
started brightly and almost took
the lead in the opening minutes
when Joe Baker just failed to get
on the end of a through ball from
Sammy Baird.
Joe, in particular was causing the
Spaniards problems and he opened
the scoring in the 10th minute
after a mistake by keeper Antoni
Ramallets.
This annoyed the home fans who
made their displeasure know by
aiming a barrage of jeers in the
direction of their own players.
Their mood wasn’t helped
eleven minutes later when Johnny
McLeod made it 2-0 with a superb
strike from 20 yards.
Barcelona started to dominate
possession and Sandor Kocsis
pulled one back with a fine header
from an Enric Gensana free kick
but the Edinburgh side went in at
the break with a 2-1 lead.
After the restart, Barcelona upped
the tempo and Hibernian had to
endure a 10 minute period of back
to the wall pressure before Kocsis
equalised with his second goal of
the night.
The partisan home crowd
expected a goal blitz however
Hibernian fought back bravely and
were denied a certain penalty when
McLeod was brought down inside
the area but the Italian referee
waved play on.
Barcelona missed several good
chances before Hibernian silenced
the home supporters when Tommy
Preston fired home a superb left
foot shot which went in off the
post in the 72nd minute.
Three minutes later Baker lost his
marker in the middle of the park
and hammered in a tremendous
25 yard shot which flew past
Ramallets into the net. Read more
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