David Gillespie has been honoured for his work in Para-Badminton at the Daily Record's Our Heroes 2012 awards ceremony.

But typical of the East Kilbride man's commitment to the sport, he was unable to collect his Sporting Hero award from Liz McColgan on the awards night at the Glasgow Thistle Hotel as he was at the English 4 Nations Para-Badminton tournament in Nottingham. So his wife Dorothy accepted the award on his behalf.