Make sure you get your ticket for the Annual Dinner held on 7 September at Inverleith. We have an excellent speaker; Thomas (Tommy) Kelly, Director & Co-founder of Jöttnar Ltd , an On-line Outdoor Clothing Specialist. Tommy left SMC in 1993 and after University and the UK Defence Academy, joined the Royal Marines. On leaving […]
Friday 29 June, the End of Month lunch looked like a scene from Wimbledon centre court as the EOM lunchers got into the spirit of the tournament and dressed in in their finest whites! They enjoyed an amazing 3 courses, Wimbledon themed and raised a further £100+ for the defibrillator which the FP Club are […]
The FP Club gathered together on Tuesday evening to wish David Gray, whom after 18 years’ service is retiring as Principal of Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools. David, unsuspecting of the gathering and thought he was attending his last FP Council meeting, was met with a number of well kent faces, Presidents past and present, Council, affiliate […]
The School sports day is being held at Inverleith on Saturday 23 June 2018, starting at 9.30 am sharp. The school would be extremely grateful if parents, staff and competitors could stay until the end of the medal presentations. This would be greatly appreciated by everyone involved in the presentation ceremony and prizewinners You can […]
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Alan Mowat, former FP President, who died peacefully, on holiday in Mallorca on May 23, 2018, in his 82nd year. Alan, a respected lawyer and Past Moderator of Edinburgh High Constables, dearly loved husband to Heather, cherished father to Nicholas, Louisa, Richard and Philip, extremely proud […]
David Hourston has committed to an adventurous fundraising challenge for Children 1st! Please read his story below: A few months ago, an email arrived in my inbox from, Children 1st, looking for people who would like to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for them. ‘Who on earth would want to do that?’, I thought to myself. However, […]
The End of Month Lunch Club got into the spirit of fundraising for the Clubhouse defibrillator and raised an amazing £108 towards the cost last Friday! The theme of the day was Royal Wedding, wear something red, white and blue and / or a hat… as you can see with our photograph, everyone made such an […]
AUSTRALIA BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT : 2018 Our Annual Lunch was held on Tuesday 1st May 2018. The venue was Long Reef Golf Club, our usual location on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and the weather was, as always, perfect. The attendees were Ian Anderstrem, Nick Crombie, Ron Gardiner, Sandy Hinshelwood, and myself. We greatly appreciated […]
Members and guests enjoyed excellent food and wine at the Kingsknowes Hotel in Galashiels last Friday for the SMCFP Borders Club Annual Dinner ably chaired by Douglas Stephen. The toast to the Club coupled with the name of Principal David Gray was given by Liam Harvey, Headmaster of St Mary’s School in Melrose. There then […]