It was appropriate that Warriors CEO Kenny Baillie moved his outfit into Scotstoun on the day of the Glasgow Schools Athletics Championships as he once graced that very track in the colours of Hutchesons GS
The former Hawk has a 50.1s to his credit over 400m the event known as the Mankiller of Track and Field
I wonder how many of his Warriors squad could compete with that level of fitness




The Herald reports

Argentina winger Federico Martin Aram buru set to join Glasgow Warriors
Published on 3 Jun 2010


Kevin Ferrie

Sean Lineen, the club’s head coach, refused to confirm or deny their interest, but they are looking to add to their finishing power and Herald Sport understands that negotiations are at an advanced stage.

“We haven’t finished signing players yet but I’m not going to comment on any names,” Lineen said yesterday.

Aramburu won his first cap six years ago and was a member of their squad which finished third at the 2007 World Cup.

He plays in France with Dax, having previously played for both Biarritz and Perpignan where he was a club-mate of Chris Cusiter, the Glasgow and Scotland scrum-half.

His recruitment would go some way towards placating Glasgow fans who have been growing concerned about the number of quality players they have lost, while Edinburgh have been signing seasoned internationalists.

There has long been an impression that Glasgow are at a disadvantage to Edinburgh on many levels. One major development which could perhaps change that, and which their officials were prepared to speak about, was their move to a new administrative and training base at Scotstoun Stadium.

Kenny Baillie, Glasgow’s new chief executive, has lifelong experience of the city’s rugby scene and admitted this was an overdue development with the SRU having entered into a partnership with the Council.

“It’s been a long time coming. We’ve played here before and trained here before, but not with the quality of facilities we have now,” he said.

“They are top class. We’ve got medical and strength and conditioning facilities, the running track, grass pitches and an all-weather pitch all on the one site, it’s going to make a huge difference.

“The problem the Warriors have always had is we’ve been fairly nomadic using multiple sites. The first stage of that problem is now solved because we’re now under one roof.

“It will help us with our understanding of what Sean and his team are doing on the pitch and they’ll be able to understand better what we’re doing off the pitch. I’m sure the whole communication has been hard for everyone involved with Warriors over the past five or six years.”

The new venue provides a magnificent marketing opportunity for the club since Scotstoun has been developed as a community facility for the sports-minded, as demonstrated yesterday when the City of Glasgow schools athletics meet drew hundreds of youngsters to the stadium.

“It’s a great opportunity,” said Baillie. “The operations manager has indicated that there are around a million users of this facility per year. Whether it be five-a-sides, badminton, squash, swimming or athletics they are coming here for, it’s a large number of people and it’s all pretty self-contained.

“The fact that we are here and this is the main thing they will see when they come in means they will be able to get a feel for the Warriors and the rugby presence should be excellent for marketing.”

He said he hoped it would also break down barriers in terms of how the sport is perceived among the wider Glasgow public.

“This is a real partnership between the City Council Culture & Sport and Scottish Rugby, a huge step forward in the city, for professional rugby and rugby in general,” said Baillie.

“It will act as a centre of excellence for the professional team, but also because we’re now partners with the Council Culture & Sport there’s a common aim to try to grow the sport because we’re sharing facilities and resources. It’s all geared towards a positive future.”

Baillie took the opportunity, however, to underline the message that the one thing they will not be doing at Scotstoun is playing matches.

“The deal at Firhill is for another three years,” he said, adding that there are restrictions to the Scotstoun pitch that would make it difficult to stage top-class matches there.

This article was originally posted on 4-Jun-2010, 06:39 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 4-Jun-2010, 06:56.