Brewery backs Scottish prizes

Tennents give £3,000 p.a. for sports photo awards

A new £3,000 ($4,500) prize fund has been announced for the Scottish Sports Council/Scottish Sports Photographers Association annual awards, from Tennent Caledonian Breweries.

Scott Menneer, Sponsorship Manager of Tennents, said that the brewery supports sport at all levels throughout Scotland, and will fund the prizes for this professional/amateur contest for at least the next three years.

The current Scottish Sports Photographer of the Year is Ian Rutherford, of The Scotsman newspaper.

The awards, to be presented next May, also include Best Tennents Scottish Cup Picture, Best Sports Picture, Best Women in Sport Picture, Best Sport for All Picture, and Best Amateur Picture.

Entry forms for the 1995 contest, which closes on March 20 1995, can be obtained from The Scottish Sports Council, Caledonia House, South Gyle, Ediburgh EH12 9DQ. Telephone (44)31 317 7200. Fax (44)31 317 7202. (No e-mail address is available for this organisation).