Oliver Hemming – Past President

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The club is sad to report the death of Past President Oliver Hemming at the age of 92 on 11 January 2023.

Born in Edinburgh, Olly as he was commonly known, attended Daniel Stewart’s College before becoming a Chartered Accountant.  He was a Partner at Smith Hemming and Dean, Chartered Accountants (formerly Robertson Carphin & Company).  He was a past Treasurer of the Stewart’s FP Rugby Club between 1971 and 1973 and President of the Stewart’s Melville FP Club for 1983-84.



Christmas Lunch 2022

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Forty party goers attended the Christmas lunch on Friday 16th December

Gathering for lunch

FP Club Newsletter – December 2022

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This has now been published. Copies have been sent by Email to members where the club has a valid Email address.

Click on link to view

https://smcfpclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/FP-Club-Newsletter-December-2022-1.pdf

Annual General Meeting

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The Annual General Meeting of the Club was held in the Clubhouse on Wednesday 1st December 2022 at 6.30pm followed by Wine & Canapes.

Draft minutes to follow.

Club AGM – Thursday 1st December 2022

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At the AGM held at Inverleith on Thursday 1st November 2022 the following were elected to serve on Council for the next year.

  • President – Kenneth Russell
  • Vice President – Chris Anderson
  • Hon Secretary – John Hughes
  • Hon Treasurer – Rob Kernohan
  • Council Members – John Archer, Bert Barclay

In addition affiliated Sports and branch clubs are entitled to appoint a representative to attend Council Meetings which are generally held quarterly.

Coming soon – Members Quarterly Newsletter

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A members quarterly newsletter is in the final stages of preparation.

The newsletter is intended as a replacement for the “FP News” which has been produced annually for a number of years. Hopefully as well as producing a significant cost saving being much less expensive there is the opportunity for the news items to be more current to the activities of the club and the sporting sections while still allowing for some special features from time to time. Clearly as a “quarterly” it is intended that four editions will be published in any year.

FP Golf Club – Outing to Scotscraig on Sunday 20th March 2022

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Venue for 1st Outing of Season

Great to kick start the season with a very enjoyable and challenging course, as well as the welcoming clubhouse.  Thank you again to Peter, Euan and Charlie for helping with the running of the outing.

Congratulations to David Aiken, winning the Scratch with a score of 80, closely followed by Tommy Bryson (82).

Congratulations again to James Mason on winning the Handicap with 37 points.  Also well done to Tom Kinghorn (36pts) and Peter Blance (34pts)  for excellent play and only narrowly missing out.

We continue to want to show the outings off to the rest of the members on Social Media – if you have any photos of the outing that you can send, please Whatsapp them to me – 07788 215 517.  Or email.

Hopefully see you all at Craigielaw for the 1887 Salver event on Sunday, 15th May.  You’ll hear from us before then, but until then, enjoy the start of your golfing season.

Harry Crombie

Captain, Stewart’s Melville FP Golf Club

Rugby – Three FPs capped v Tonga in first Autumn International

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Jamie Hodgson, George Turner and Ross Thompson

The Stewart’s Melville school and club community was delighted to see three Former Pupils take the field in Scotland’s 1st Autumn International v Tonga on Saturday 30th October. Jamie Hodgson winning his first cap and George Turner winning his 18th cap started the match and Ross Thompson came on at stand-off as a 60th minute replacement. George scored a try in the 60-14 win and Ross put over two conversions to get on the scoresheet. All three would have been well pleased with their contributions to Scotland’s win and we look forward to seeing the trio winning many more caps. In Pro rugby George and Ross are regular starters for Glasgow Warriors and Jamie for Edinburgh Rugby.

FP News 2021 Online

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Hard copies of the FP News were sent to members subscribing up to May 2021. Subsequent editions have been published online only and can be viewed on the News pages of the website. The 2021 online copy can be reached through clicking the image below. Then click on “>” to turn to next page.