THEY were just some the heroes who boosted Scottish pride and proved we could punch above our weight.

Across the country the famous and the unknowns found themselves taking pride of place on the winners' podiums.

And one of the biggest smiles belonged to 13-year-old Erraid Davies, Scotland's youngest ever Commonwealth Games athlete.

The Shetland teenager took bronze in the para-sport SB9 100m breaststroke.

She shared pool glory with Hannah Miley, who smashed her own Commonwealth record in a time of four minutes 31.76 seconds to win gold in the 400m individual medley. The 24-year-old from Inverurie also won bronze in the 200m individual medley.

Edinburgh's Dan Wallace, 21, had his own golden moment when he claimed victory in the 400m individual medley, and he added a silver in the 4x200 freestyle relay.

But there was also success away from the pool with opening ceremony flag carrier Euan Burton, 35, from Edinburgh, taking gold in the 100kg category in judo, while his team-mate, Royal Marine Commando Christopher Skerrington, 30, took top prize in the 100kg-plus category.

And there was double success for Neil Fachie, 30, from Aberdeen and his pilot Craig MacLean, 42, from Granton on Spey when they claimed a double victory.

They won Scotland's first Commonwealth Games cycling gold in the 1000 metre time trial for blind and visually impaired athletes, beating Australia's Kieran Modra and Jason Niblett by 0.148secs. Neil is now Paralympic, World and Commonwealth champion.

The duo made it double gold in the tandem sprint, losing the first race against Australia but winning the next two rides to claim a spectacular victory.

On the athletics, track sprinter 24-year-old Libby Clegg, from Edinburgh, proved too fast for her opponents.

She became the golden girl when she was first across the finishing line in the women's 100m T12.

Scotland's marksmen also proved they are world class when Dundonian Drew Christie, 34, picked up a silver at the Barry Buddon range just outside his home town, losing out to Cyprus' Georgios Achilleos, the Delhi silver medallist in this event.

And Ian Shaw, 46, with partner Angus Mcleod, 46, took bronze in the Queen's prize pairs.

Meanwhile, at the Hydro, gymnast Daniel Keatings won gold in the men's pommel horse to add to his two silver medals, in the men's all-round finals and the men's team event.