Taggy's Uncle is to be honoured at the Olympic Games in London

[R2tag]

NOTE from R2 I know this is not anything to do with Metal Detecting but this is my Uncle & he is going to be honoured at the Olympic Games in London.. We are all so Proud of him

London 2012 Olympics: Scottish boxer Dick McTaggart to be honoured following British Olympic Association snub

Dick McTaggart MBE, arguably Great Britain's finest amateur boxer, will now be honoured at the Olympic Games in London next month after initially being snubbed by the British Olympic Association.

He told Telegraph Sport last month that he had been “hurt” to receive a letter from the organisers of the London Games, which merely offered him the chance to enter a prize draw for tickets

Even if his application had been successful, he would still have been asked to pay £500 for two tickets, with no guarantee that he would be able to see any boxing.

Now the 76 year-old will be flown down to the capital, where he will be introduced to the crowd before the lightweight final.

He will also meet the British boxing team during his visit after Scot Ray Caulfield, the treasurer of the London Ex-Boxers Association, intervened to spare the BOA's blushes.

He also won bronze at the 1960 Games in Rome.McTaggart won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne and was also awarded the Val Barker Trophy presented to the most stylish boxer in the tournament.
Caulfield was determined that McTaggart should enjoy the Olympic experience first hand, 56 years after his greatest achievement.
“The organisers had been in touch with LEBA so that we could provide them with memorabilia,” he said. “As a result, I've made sure that Dick will have tickets for the lightweight final.
“He'll be picked up at the airport by an Olympic limousine, the Amateur Boxing Association will pay his air fares and he'll be staying with me while he's here.”
McTaggart, who resisted the temptation to enter the paid ranks in spite of losing only 24 of his 634 amateur contests, is thrilled to be part of the world's biggest sporting event once again.
“It was disappointing to be asked to pay for my tickets and air fare in the first place, especially since I'm a pensioner and simply couldn't afford it,” he said.
“However, I'm really looking forward to going to London now and, in particular, I'm looking forward to meeting Josh Taylor from Lochend.
“Josh is the first Scottish lightweight since me to box in the Olympics so it'll be a case of the southpaw meeting the grandpaw!”


Dick McTaggart pictured at his house in Dundee with his Olympic medals

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oly...tion-snub.html

[Jeff Brown]

Fortunately that turned out well in the end.
I do hope he has a fantastic event. Seems a very modest man.

[ossie]

Well done to your uncle Dick,certainly earned his ticket.

[rmcsandhurst]

I'm old enough to remember his fights and am glad to see "all's well that ends well"

Knowing what an opportunist society we live in, I hope the fantastic collection of Olympic Medals are kept somewhere really safe when your uncle is away from home.

A -ve side of the internet is that information is available to all and sundry and, these days, it's pretty easy to find out where someone lives.

Trying to be helpful rather than gloomy,

Dave

[JBM]

I also remember him he was an outstanding boxer and mentioned a lot in the past.

Glad someone woke up and he is not going to be left out of the celebrations.Jerry.

[Iron Mask]

Excellent. Good for him. You must be proud.

[Steve_T]

That's a great story Taggy i would be very proud well done ..

[dave9]

Well done Dick,you deserve to be a VIP for your service's and result's in boxing.I hope you have a great day,nothing more than you deserve.Thank's Taggy for the post,i would be well proud too.