Catriona Matthew and Katie Johnson celebrated at awards

Scottish Women in Sport looks for gender equality in all areas of sport and its awards took place in Glasgow.

Catriona Matthew, who captained Team Europe to retaining the Solheim Cup, was named the winner of the Coach/Manager of the Year, while teenage athlete Katie Johnson was the Young Sportswoman of the Year.

Matthew, of North Berwick, is no stranger to the Solheim Cup.

The 2009 Women’s British Open winner represented Team Europe on nine occasions as a player and was on the winning side three times. She was non-playing captain at Gleneagles in 2019 as Team Europe won the competition for the first time since 2013.

Catriona Matthew, who has twice captained Team Europe to Solheim Cup glory, has received another award. Picture: Ian Rutherford/PA Wire

Matthew, who was unable to attend the event as she was in Spain, then continued in the role as Team Europe won 15-13 against the United States at the Inverness Club in Ohio earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Johnson, of Prestonpans, was also celebrating picking up an award.

She was one of three finalists in the Young Sportswoman of the Year category, which also included North Berwick golfer Grace Crawford.

The 16-year-old competes over 400m, 800m and 1,500m, as well as in cross-country events.

The Edinburgh AC member, who attends George Watson’s College in the Capital, was “really surprised” when she was announced the winner and said: “It was a surprise in the first place to get an email saying I had been nominated.

“When I got there, it was a really massive event. It was nice to see all the athletes from different sports.”

Katie Johnson was among those celebrating at the Scottish Women in Sport Awards

East Lothian was further represented at the awards as Maria Lyle was one of three finalists for the Para Athlete of the Year. The sprinter, from Dunbar, missed out on the award, which went to para-cyclist Aileen McGlynn.

Lyle, who has cerebral palsy, returned from the Tokyo Paralympic Games with two bronze medals. She won Great Britain’s first athletics medal of the competition when she finished on the podium in the T35 100m and followed that up with another bronze in the 200m.

Finally, Scotland Rugby 7s were among the finalists in the Team of the Year category.

The squad made history in June as they qualified for next year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, following a formidable campaign at the Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series in both Lisbon and Moscow.

It will be the first time that Team Scotland, including East Lothian’s Megan Gaffney and Annabel Sergeant, have competed in the women’s competition since the women’s game was first introduced to the Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast 2018.

Maureen McGonigle, CEO of Scottish Women in Sports, said: “The selection panel had a difficult choice in both categories; however, they came to the unanimous conclusion that both Katie and Catriona were exceptional candidates and deserved the recognition.

“Catriona was in Spain; however, we did manage a short interview with her which we played on the night.

“Katie and her family attended the event and she gave an excellent thank you speech before she headed straight to Largs for a training camp.”