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this page is to raise awareness for calton athletics base camp Everest challenge 2016
we are an alcohol/addiction recovery group from eastend of glasgow.

09/03/2026

A massive Thanks, To all organisers, Johnny and the players, family and friends who took part in a charity football match raising funds for our club.
The match was in memory of Joe Docherty, and was and took place on his birthday last November.
Joe, himself started fundraising with his wife Claire, after meeting one of our members whilst getting stuck in the snow with their snack van.
They went on to raise over £4000 for our Everest trip.
Joes family contacted us telling us how much we were dear to his heart and wanted us to benefit from the charity match. They raised £2500 which will help massively towards our costs.
We would like to once again thank Joes sister and his kids and all involved.

04/03/2026

Another Birthday celebration.
Well Done to Davie, reaching Three year in recovery. An absolute remarkable achievement and also one of the best examples at the club.

He has completed two full Edinburgh marathons
Four half marathons, The Live it for Lee sprint triathlon and Two treks over the West Highland Way.

Davie is constantly at his meetings and is one of the main members for turning up for runs.
Well done with all the hard work you’ve put in and especially with your family.
We are sure he has made all his family and friends as proud of him as we are.

Keep up the good work
Do Well Doubt Not.

27/02/2026

Double Birthday celebration this week.
Firstly happy 4th Birthday to Stephen,
Superb achievement reaching 4 year in recovery.
Completing an Edinburgh marathon, several half marathons and 2 sprint triathlons.
He is Also the member who organised and completed The West Highland way trip in 2025
guiding 20 members 100 miles over the Scottish hills.

Happy 16th Birthday Tam,
A fantastic achievement reaching so many years in recovery
Tam is our technical support setting up and maintaining our website.
He has also completed 4 full marathons, numerous half marathons, tough mudder, 2 sprint triathlons and was part of both The Austria and Everest crew. Now one of the best examples at the club.

With Both these lads constantly at their meetings The most important part of our recovery process. We are sure all their family and friends are as proud of them as we are.
Keep up the good work lads
Do Well Doubt Not.

14/02/2026

Another Birthday celebration,
Well done to Paul reaching two year in recovery.
A fantastic achievement. Smashing three half marathons and completing the west highland way trek last year a 100 mile trek over Scotland.
Paul has also scaled many Munro’s
Been a constant at his meetings Paul is now being a great example to all around him.
This year he has signed up for The Edinburgh marathon and the Great Scottish run later in the year in October.
We are sure all his family and friends are as proud of him as we are
Keep up the good work
Do Well Doubt Not.

12/02/2026

A massive thanks to Glasgow Salt Therapy
For kindly donating 10 free spaces to our group
This was a fantastic relaxing evening.
In a hymalian setting in vaporised salt let into the room via vents.
We got some good feedback from the lads saying they felt it helped with inflammation and one reporting back who suffers from sleep apnoea saying it helped his breathing.
The rest of the lads found it very relaxing and hopefully feel the benefits in the coming days
We would like to thank Pat, John and especially Joanne who took us through the whole process for their time hard work and effort.

07/02/2026

Happy Birthday to Scott,
Well done reaching two year in recovery.
Constantly at his meetings and a great example in how to integrate into the group.
As well as two Glasgow half marathons and two Edinburgh marathons Scott has also done 57mile ultra across the central belt of Scotland.
He’s completed the live it for Lee sprint triathlon twice and done the midnight Marathon Bilboa Spain.
Scott was also part of the West highland way team last year completing 100 miles over the Scottish hills.
He has also been fantastic at supporting all other members at the group.
We are sure all his family and friends are as proud of him as we are.
Keep up the good work
Do Well Doubt Not.

01/02/2026

Another birthday celebration this week.
Well done to Tam, reaching a magnificent 44 year in recovery.
We are sure you will all agree this is an outstanding achievement.

Tam, is lifelong friend of Davie Bryce and Wullie Burns coming through school and larchgrove they then went their three seperate ways.
With Brycie going on to create the club in his adult life with Wullie by his side.

Tam himself went on to become a christian.
Whilst on holiday one year Tam came across Brycies Alive and kicking book and realised he knew the characters in it and went in search for Calton Athletic. Firstly finding Wullie Burns, before being put on to Davie himself.

Tam has now went on to become chairman of the group and we all celebrated his birthday at his church in Irvine (seen here in the photo)
We all appreciate his guidance and words of wisdom.
Keep up the good work.
Do Well Doubt Not.

26/01/2026

Another Birthday celebration, well done to Paul reaching two year in recovery.
A superb achievement with all the hard work put in constantly at his meetings.
Paul has completed two full Edinburgh marathons, three half marathons, two sprint triathlons at Live it for Lee.
He has also done the Father’s Day run in June.
As well as completing the West Highland way last year Paul got involved in helping the Iron men train and get ready and at one point he completed a hundred mile cycle with them .
We are sure you all agree this is a magnificent accomplishment.
This is a lad that’s been an inspiration and a great example to all around him
Keep up the good work
Do Well Doubt Not.

19/01/2026

Another Birthday celebration this week and what a celebration it is.
Well done Colin, reaching a remarkable 34 year in recovery.
Coming through the day program back in the early 90’s Colin was involved in the clubs first trek over the West Highland way.
Colin has now done the event 5 times.
He has also done Tough mudder several years ago along with uncountable half marathons all over the country and one of his greatest goals was completing a full Edinburgh marathon.
Constantly sharing his words of wisdom with everyone at his meetings he is now proudly a committee member at the club.
We are sure Brycie and all his family and friends would be proud of him.
Keep up the good work
Do Well Doubt Not.

05/01/2026

Starting the year off again with a birthday celebration.
Well done to Jamie reaching 8 year in recovery and What a way to celebrate it with his 8th run over the Carman hill.
As well as 4 half marathons, Tough mudder and two 10K’s Jamie has also completed two full Edinburgh marathons
Never missing any of his meetings Jamie has become a valued member of Calton Athletic and a great example to everyone around him.
We are sure all his family and friends are as proud of him as we are.
Keep up the good work
Do Well Doubt Not.
C’mon the Calton.

01/01/2026

Happy new year everyone!
Another fantastic turnout for today’s annual run over the Carman Hill.
Well done to all the lads for their efforts and a thanks to other members, family and friends who turned up in support.
Bring on 2026
Do Well Doubt Not.

30/12/2025

As you all know this is the clubs 40th anniversary year. With so many people to thank. It would be impossible to get through everyone.

Our founder Davie Bryce started the club roughly around 1985 and we feel he put it amongst the best recovery groups fighting drink and drugs across the country.
With the support of so many.

Firstly Morrisons Gym it was said that this was Brycies second home at times with a massive thanks to Big Alex and Christine for their continued support with our meetings and the use of their gym facilities to all members over the decades.

Also, Thanks to The Trainspotting production crew and everyone associated with it.
All committee members past and present.
Other services which include, yoga,sound baths and CBT all helping with mental health.

A special mention to our own drug awareness team, lead by Wullie Burns,delivering educational talks to schools,secure institutions and prisons across the country. Wullie himself going on to mentor many of today’s school talk team.

The club is now lead by Davie Main, our director who’s been at the helm since 2011. Mentoring and advising so many of today’s members.
Davie, has been at the forefront of the group since the late 80’s.

In celebrating our 40th anniversary we tried to make this a special year by completing as many events as possible. Starting with New Year’s Day 2025 with Brycies 6 mile run over the carman hill in Cardross,

Then on to February with the start of the 16 week training program for the Edinburgh marathon.There was also a Monklands half marathon in April before the Edinburgh marathon was completed in May.

This was followed rapidly by a Father’s Day 10k in June, also in June was an Ultra marathon a 57mile cross country over central Scotland.
Onto July and Calton Athletic produced their first Ironman completing the Leeds event.
August brung The live it for Lee sprint triathlon and the Ravenscraig half marathon.

Come September the lads had pulled the boots on and had been training hard before tackling the 100 mile trek over the West highland way with 20 members completing it.

This was followed by The lochness marathon
Followed up by three half marathons The Great Scottish run in Glasgow, Strathclyde Park and Bellahouston.

We had our anniversary dance in September hosted by Mainy, with many awards to members and thanking all family and friends for their continued support and we would also like to Thank, You our followers for your continued support too!

We can only hope, That we have done Davie Bryce and everyone who has helped, supported or raised funds for our self funded organisation proud.

As this year is about to end we will continue to carry on Davie Bryce’s Legacy by starting off 2026 with our run over the Carman hill on New Year’s Day.

Thanks once again.

C’mon the Calton.

Address

1317 Gallowgate
Glasgow
G314DN

Telephone

+447760591733

Website

http://www.caltonathleticrecoverygroup.com/

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