Former CGS Vice Chairman and Thistle Club member Rick Kenney was appointed as Honorary Vice President of JudoScotland at the Annual General Meeting of JudoScotland on 2nd June at Ratho. Rick, a judo 7th Dan is a former wrestling and judo international with a number of GB international appearances in the 1970s. He was previously Chair of JudoScotland for 6 years and Vice Chair of the British Judo Association for 5 years.

Rick attended the 1986 and 1990 Commonwealth Games as the judo team coach, was Deputy Team Manager in 2002, and GTM in charge of Transport and Logistics in 1998 and 2006. He has been involved with judo for 45 years and is currently Vice President of the Commonwealth Judo Association.