Gladigator’s Fun Factory

The Gladiator Programme was born out of the Easterhouse Amateur Weightlifting Club, a club that has produced over 300 Scottish, British, ?European & World level athletes. In 1986 the club was born in a coal bunker in Kildermorie Path, Kildermorie, Easterhouse. A young athlete would put himself through a rigorous workout in the stairwell landing, training for?the Scottish Championships, British Championships, European? Championships & World Championships,?local youths would curiously make their way to the close wondering what the racket was. There they found Alex Richardson, the young athlete whom had won variuos titles by this time & went on to be ranked 6th in the world twice. This gives little insight into the poverty faced by the people of Easterhouse at this time, with the country stuck in the midst of economic?recession, nowhere was suffering more than Easterhouse.