Park bench in Glasgow dedicated to much-loved runner

Travis George died aged 31, in August last year while on holiday.

Travis was a talented road and track endurance runner and leader with Victoria Park City of Glasgow Athletics Club, and the club men’s road race champion two years in a row.

Travis George (Image: VPRR)

The club organised a fundraiser to install a bench in the park in memory of their friend and reached their target in just one day.

Almost 100 people joined Travis’s mum, Camille, and his fiancée, Anna, at the special event in Victoria Park last week for the club to dedicate the bench in honour of their deeply missed friend.

Camille Hughes (Image: Gordon Innes)

Travis's bench plaque (Image: Gordon Innes)

To remember Travis, people were invited to walk, jog or run in the park for 36 minutes and 51 seconds, which was Travis’s time at the Paisley 10k in August 2025, his final run for the club.

The club has also named its annual road runners championship after Travis.

Mark Ashby, membership secretary at Victoria Park City of Glasgow Athletics Club, said: “As a club, we were devastated by the loss of Travis. We miss him every time we meet, and I know that feeling is shared by his family, his friends, his clubmates.

“We wanted to create a lasting and fitting tribute to Travis, somewhere we could remember him, pause for reflection, and find inspiration.

“We agreed that a bench in the park would be the right way to do that, and earlier this year we launched a fundraiser.

“We were absolutely delighted to raise the money we needed in less than 24 hours which is a testament to how widely admired, respected and loved Travis was.

“This bench gives us all a place in the park to remember Travis, a place for reflection, a place for inspiration, and a place for his clubmates, family, friends, and the wider running community to come together.”