Sports
Inverurie Loco Works F.C., playing their matches at Harlaw Park, are the local Highland League football team and Aberdeen F.C. is the nearest Scottish Premier League team. Rugby Union is played by the Garioch Rugby Football Club.
Inverurie is also a member of the Aberdeenshire Cricket Association.
Former World Squash Number One Peter Nicol, was born in Inverurie.
Colony Park F.C. are the town's juvenile team, and the largest juvenile club in Scotland with over 400 members having been founded by Dod Reid, MBE, in 1978 and three other parents who helped Dod get the club together.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC midfielder Barry Robson was born in Inverurie.
Hannah Miley - She is the reigning European 400m individual medley champion in both long course and short course formats. She represented Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal in the 400m individual medley. Miley represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200m and 400m individual medley swimming events and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 400m individual medley, attaining 5th place.
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