[2] Riach was a member of the Motherwell Amateur Swimming and Water Polo Club based at the local corporation baths.

[6][7] Against doctors' advice she continued to race and was pulled unconscious from the pool at the end of the 100 yards freestyle event.

Nancy Riach has been the finest ambassador of sport that Scotland or any other country within the British Empire has ever turned out.

[12] In 1949 the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association established The Nancy Riach Memorial Medal.

The medal is awarded annually to the person who has done the most to enhance or uphold the prestige of Scottish swimming in any of its disciplines.