Ronnie Park

Park was born in Glasgow and was a member of the Velo Club Stella of Glasgow and won the 1954 Carluke C.C. 45 miles pursuit road race.^[2]

He was the sole cycling representative for the Scottish team^[3] at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada, where he participated in the road race, scratch and pursuit events.^[4]

By 1957, he was concentrating primarily on road racing and won the King of the Mountains and most aggressive rider award at the Glasgow to Dundee race.^[5] Leading up to a second Commonwealth Games, Park won the 65 miles Law Wheelers race in a near record time.^[6]

He was selected for the 1958 Scottish team for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, but this time only competed in the read race.^[7]

In 1959, Parks along with two fellow international riders fell foul of the Scottish Cycling Union because of their conduct in relation to two races. Ken Laidlaw and Ernie Scally both received a one-year ban while Parks who was living at Wallacewell Road in Balornock, was banned for eight months.^[8]