Colin Shillington

Shillington was a member of the Willowfield Harriers Athletic Club.^[2] He studied at Trinity College Dublin and at the 1958 Ulster Championships won the half-mile title.^[3]

Shillington was named by the Northern Ireland AAA in the final 1958 Northern Irish Team for the forthcoming Empire and Commonwealth Games.^[4] He subsequently competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales,^[5] participating in the two athletics events;^[6] the 880 yards race,^[7] and the 1 mile race.^[8]

Shillington continued to impress over middle-distance races and represented the British team.^[9] He broke the Northern Irish 880 yards record in June 1960. His father R.E.G. Shillington was a County Inspector and chairman of the RUC Athletic Association.^[10]

Later in life, Shillington was president of the Commonwealth Games Council and chairman of the Northern Ireland Sports and Recreation Trust. He died in 2003.^[11]