Scotland on Sunday journalist Moira Gordon has been awarded the prestigious Jim Rodger Memorial Award.

Moira, (30), was chosen as this year's best young sports journalist in Scotland in the competition to honour the late veteran journalist Jim Rodger.

Her win was announced at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Newspaper Press Fund Lunch in Glasgow, where she collected a cheque for £1,000 as well as the Jim Rodger Memorial Trophy.

Moira was the unanimous choice of the judges, winning praise for her articles on Rubens Barrichello and football manager Jim Duffy.

They said: "She created a finely sketched portrait of Barrichello at the same time evoking the sights and smells of Formula One racing.

"Her piece on Jim Duffy brilliantly captured the despair and courage of a manager whose club is in administration."

The award was set up five years ago to honour former Daily Mirror journalist Jim Rodger, and sports journalists aged 35 and under working on a Scottish daily, Sunday or evening paper were eligible to enter.

This year's judges were broadcaster Fred MacAulay, distinguished sports journalist Ian Paul and Ross Wilson of Associated Newspapers and the Newspaper Press Fund.

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