Nicol McCloy

McCloy played his badminton in Greenock^[1] and in 1966, shortly after the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, he was listed as a possible for the 1970 British Commonwealth Games.^[2]

He contested the 1969 East of Scotland final losing out to Adam Flockhart^[3] and in November 1969 he was selected for the Scottish Commonwealth Games trials^[4] but missed the Games with a serious achilles tendon injury.^[5]

McCloy represented the Scottish team^[6] at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,^[7] where he competed in the badminton events.^[8] In 1974 he retained his South of Scotland title^[9]

He was the four-times singles champion at the Scottish National Badminton Championships from 1974 to 1977 and earned 35 international caps.^[10][11]

McCloy worked at the Scott Lithgow shipyard during his working life. He died on 1 December 2018 in Inverclyde Royal Hospital.^[12]