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The Referee is Tom McKean from Ayr, who was a founder of Ayr Heath & Strength Club in 1920 which has been on its current site since 1940. Tam purchased a Railway Company Hut, then bought a second hut about 1958 exclusively for Judo . He was an all round physical culturist and the club catered for a range of sport, he maintained an evolvement with Ayr Roads Cycling Club of which he was a co-founder in 1931.My brother John and I were members of the Junior Gymnastics and later the Weightlifting at the club. John also attended the Judo at Ayr and competed in the USA Masters when living in Wisconsin. An abiding memory was competing in the Pan American's in the same year as one of his idols Tommy Kono. I started to do a profile on "Tam" and the club prior to the onset of Covid resulting in a journey round the World of Weights rater than a simple focus on "Tam" Every photo tells a story  here is some parts of the jigsaw which is still work in progress.

thats phil caira. jarett. looking forward to recieving my coconut from adam.he has a lovely bunch of coconuts.😁

nice euology on john mcrobbie. i knew a bodybuilder from beith named mcrobbie. he competed in the scottish bb scene in the 1980s. may have been a relation of john perhaps his grandson. i knew phil cairas nephew. his name was mike caira. we competed alongside each other when i was into bodybuilding. competed at the wabba mr europe in barcelona 1990 representing scotland. he was a nice guy but had a dark side. he was the black sheep of his family.however he has settled down and his talent lies in artwork in which he is very proficient.

Love that photos with the two dumbbells overhead and the ref about to clap.   Do you know who is in that photo? I'm jealous of Ray's coconut. 

Congratulations Ray Nobile you have just won a coconut David Martin was the witty and brave commentator. some extra pluses for me , is the references to John Mc Robbie and the dumbbell press record set by Phil Caira. Tom McKean was the referee on this occasion. John has been listed in some of Joe's Iron History data both John and Tom more coverage for their joint contribution to Scottish weightlifting and bodybuilding. John served in Malta and was a major player in establishing weightlifting later on the Russians invested strongly in the sport. The attachment full report was done by Tony Cook