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Stew Mel vs Glasgow
Hawks, 7/4/07
Inverleith Angle
Welcome to Inverleith for today's SHE Scottish Cup quarter
final tie with Glasgow Hawks. To Kenny Hamilton and his
Club's players, committee and supporters, we hope you enjoy
the day and that a good, hard game of rugby takes place.
For Stewart's Melville FPRFC, a win would take us through
to our first ever semi-final, whereas, for Glasgow Hawks,
they are treading what is a well worn path for them.
The league season ended a couple of weeks ago in disappointing
fashion through at Dumbreck, where Cartha QP edged a close
encounter 29-22. It was another case of what could have
been, when a strong start to the second half saw us turn
from 17-8 down to 22-17 ahead. Unfortunately the score which
would have knocked the stuffing out of Cartha never came,
and they managed to dominate possession towards the end
of the game and secure the win.
Last weekend saw the first outing for the Sevens squad
in the City of Edinburgh tournament at Boroughmuir. The
draw wasn't kind and saw us paired with an Edinburgh Rugby
team which included Dave McCall, Andy Kelly, Matt Dey and
Andy Easson, plus Ben Cairns and Alan MacDonald, two former
stars of the mini section. A decent performance couldn't
deny a comfortable Edinburgh victory, and we progressed
to the Plate competition. Victories over Watsonians, Haddington
and Edinburgh University (the latter 60-17 in the final)
ensured that some silverware came to Inverleith.
Congratulations to the squad of Stephen Dalgleish, Richie
Vernon, Pete McLean, Phil Hendry, Stuart Goudie, Jamie Hood,
Colin Goudie, Richard Borthwick, Alex Cox and Gavin Sharp.
The bad news on the day was that Andy Easson suffered a
broken leg in the semi-final for Edinburgh, and we all wish
him a speedy recovery.
The representative scene continues to see Stewart's Melville
players picked to represent Scotland. Ross Rennie has been
in Hong Kong with the Scotland Seven; Richie Vernon, Dave
McCall, Andy Easson, Colin Goudie and Alex Cox have all
represented Scotland U20; while we wish all the best to
Aidy Duncan, Murray Allan, Ross Samson and Angus Dixon,
who are in Ireland with Scotland U19s.
As is always the case at this time of the season, we say
our farewells to our foreign contingent who have helped
out during the season. Both Areta Tanoai and Jebb Sinclair
have departed these shores and we wish them all the success
in the future. Jebb, in particular, made a big impact in
the short time he was here, even if most of it wasn't for
deeds on the pitch!
I would like to finish the final Inverleith Angle of the
season with a few 'thank you's:
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To Calum Stewart and Richmond Homes
for their generous sponsorship
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To all other sponsors
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To Willie Purdie and his groundstaff
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To Denise and the bar staff
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To Grant MacKenzie, Graham Ellis,
Graham Shiel, Craig Smith and David Hunter for their
coaching of the squads.
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To Malky MacColl, Tony Wood, Brian
McDougall, Brodie Smithers and Mark Coyle for their
'team management'
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To our medical support staff, Doctors
Beattie & McGregor and physios Jo and Neil
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To Bill McNie for continuing to keep
the website among the best around
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To the rest of the committee for their
hard work
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To our supporters for their loyal
and unconditional support
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And, finally, to the players, who
have given their all this season, and will continue
to do so until the final whistle of the final game
- which is hopefully not this afternoon.
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Finally, may I remind you that the Club Dinner is on Friday
27th April, and tickets are still available from me until
Friday 20th April. Cost is £25 and the speakers are
Bill Nolan, Craig Smith and Bruce Fummey.
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