Wheelchair athlete Samantha Kinghorn, rugby coach Richie Gray and jockey Ryan Mania on bill for Galashiels sporting dinner

Gordon wheelchair racer Samantha Kinghorn and two of Galashiels’ leading sporting exports, rugby and American football coach Richie Gray and jockey Ryan Mania, are to be called into question at a sporting dinner.

By Darin Hutson

Published 16th Feb 2024, 10:31 GMT

Richie Gray helping coach the Scotland national rugby team at Edinburgh's Oriam in November 2016 (Pic: SNS Group/SRU/Gary Hutchison)

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games silver and bronze medallist Kinghorn; Gray, formerly a coach with the Scottish, South African and Fijian national rugby teams; and 2013 Aintree Grand National winner Mania are signed up to take part in a question-and-answer session at Galashiels Volunteer Hall on Saturday, April 6.

They’ll be joined by rugby podcaster Bruce Aitchison at that event, starting at 7pm and being hosted by Gala Cricket Club and the town’s Rowan Boland Memorial Trust.

Musical act the Singing Souters are also on the bill.

Tickets cost £50 per person, including a three-course meal.

For further details, call Scott or Kenny Paterson on 0783 452 2358 or 0791 376 7871 or Keith Irvine on 0777 314 2226 or email [email protected]