 The first open club in the country, Clydesdale had been the first to set up a Junior (Under 18) section in 1918 and one of the very first with a Ladies Section (1931), it organised one of the very first annual races for Youths (the Johnny Morgan Youth Ballot Team Race) in 1946 and it was a member of the CH who moved that there be a Scottish Championship for Under 15 Boys.As far as racing was concerned, John Wright won the national Junior Cross Country Championship twice and the Senior Men's team was third in 1955.The club helped set up the Dunbartonshire County Association with Garscube Harriers, Dumbarton AAC and Vale of Leven AAC a very successful Association still going strong