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A Special Moment in Time !

A Special Moment in Time !

Caroline McHale23 Jan 2023 - 23:26
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An outstanding day in the company of giants ! Celebrating our 150th anniversary with our Past Club Captains' Lunch 21 January 2023.

Saturday 21 January 2023, and sadly our 1st XV game against Stockton was postponed due to a frozen pitch, but that didn't dampen the spirits as 22 of our surviving 28 Club Captains, along with another 65 guests, joined us for a special lunch as part of our sesquicentennial celebrations.

Our 22 captains represented 51 years of captaincy across an incredible 7 decades, stretching from Bill Hay in the 1960-61 season to the present day. Aaron Redaelli, Co-Captain in 1998, even made a guest appearance fronNew Zealand via FaceTime !

We celebrated their time at the helm, along with their wider contributions to our club, as well as remembering those earlier captains no longer with us. Good food, speeches and presentations, lots of happy memories and laughter amongst old friends re-united ! A huge thank you to everyone who came along and made the day so special - a day that will live long in the memories of everyone there.

There is an album of pictures here, but shown on the picture above from left to right, with the dates of their first captaincy:

BACK ROW:
Howard Nicholson 1988-89
Chris Harrison 1982-83
Peter Dent 2011-13
Paul Price 1999-2003
Jon Bland 1983-86
Stewart Eddie 1974-76
Billy McKinnon 1996-97
Stuart Smithson 2009-10
MIDDLE ROW:
Buck Rogers 1992-93
Mike Hay 1998-99
Grant Thompson 2007-09
Bobby Anderson 1986-87
Stephen Kirkup 1989-90
Mark Veide 1997-98
Chris Mattison 1995-96
Wally Howard 1979-80
FRONT ROW:
Paul Armstrong 2013-present
Ted Wood
Ian Smith 1968-69
Bill Hay 1960-61
Laurie Toye 1970-73
Phil Cummings 1978-79
Jeff Roberts 2005-07

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