Weekend Sport – Sat 24th March – Rugby, Hockey

Rugby:    Stewart’s Melville    10     Gala     15

Stew Mel cross for their 2nd try

Stew Mel on the charge

On Saturday we hosted a Gala team who had provided us with one of our three league wins this season.   On this occasion and 7-5 up at half-time the visitors always seemed to have the measure this time around although the opportunity to snatch an equalising try arose just before the final whistle.

Pre match lunch with guests Gregor Townsend and Roger Baird

Prior to the match with Gala a capacity attendance was privileged to attend a Q&A session with Scotland coach and ex Gala player Gregor Townsend led by Jim Calder.   In a revealing chat among other things Gregor told us what goes on in the coaches glass box at Murrayfield during international matches and also how he prepared Scotland for the second half v England in the recent match when they were already 22-6 ahead at half-time (pretty much leave well alone !).   Roger Baird, formerly of Kelso, Scotland and the British Lions entertained the gathering prior to the Q&A with a rendering of “dirty Gala” and an insight to a team meeting with legendary Scottish and Lions coach Jim Telfer.

Hockey:  While all this excitement was going on at Inverleith the Ladies 1s hockey team were at Tweedbank playing out a 3-3 draw with Fjordis Reivers.