TWO of Scotland’s gold medal-winning Commonwealth Games stars have returned to the athletes’ village to unveil a plaque a year on from Glasgow 2014.
Judo stars Kimberley and Louise Renicks unveiled a gold plaque marking their Games success at the end of Auckland Wynd, where they lived for two weeks last summer.
Since the 6500 athletes and officials left the village, it has been refurbished, with 400 socially-rented homes now occupied and 230 of the 300 private homes sold or reserved.
It was built by City Legacy, a consortium of Glasgow companies Mactaggart & Mickel, Cruden and WH Malcolm. A consultation on plans for 200 more homes to the south of the site has just finished.
The Renicks sisters have fond memories of living in the village and said they would love to be starting the experience all over again.
Louise, who has since retired from judo and will focus on coaching her sister, said: “You’re always told to lock your doors at home but here everything was open and people were just coming and going, it was like the olden days but it was really, really nice.”
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