Perthshire RugbyPerthshire Rugby Invites Community to Celebrate 150th Season Finale
Perthshire Rugby has exciting plans to celebrate the end of their 150thseason in style. The club, recently voted Club of the Year at the Perth and Kinross Sports Awards, invites the community to attend a 150thcommemorative rugby game and fun family ceilidh on Friday 10thMay from 7pm.
Allan Brown, Chief Executive of Perthshire Rugby comments, “We’d like to invite the community to join us to celebrate our momentous year. The evening is family friendly and free of charge. We’d like as many folks as possible to come along to the marquee opposite Bells in the North Inch & soak up the atmosphere as Perthshire President’s XV take on Army in Scotland followed by a family ceilidh to celebrate”
Perthshire Rugby 150 Years Game
“We’d like to invite everyone to come along and support Perthshire in this historic game, 150 years since we played our first ever game of rugby, against the Scots Greys in 1869”.
To be led out by Scotland 7s Leading Try Scorer James Fleming
Perthshire President’s XV v Army in Scotland kicks off at 7pm. “We’re thrilled that our invitational Perthshire President’s XV team will be captained by Scotland 7s International leading try-scorer & former Perthshire player, James Fleming”.
Commenting on his captaincy of the side, James Fleming, said, “I played at Perthshire from the age of 7 until I was 21. I came along to an open day as a wee boy many years ago and loved it. So it’s Perthshire I owe for making me fall in love with the game and I take any opportunity to come back to the Club & support Perthshire’s activities. I am very much looking forward to coming back and putting on the black and white again with some old team mates and good friends”.
The full side is below:
15 – James Fleming 8 – Garry Coull 16 – Stevie Gray
14 – Matt Rae 7 – Ross Angus 17 – Kieran Ramsay
13 – Pete Saunders 6 – Tony Mcginness 18 – Blair Twaddle
12 – Dan Rae 5 – Duncan Clow 19 – James Mair
11 – Erlend Oag 4 – Rory Mckay 20 – Ewan MacKessack-Leitch
10 – Rory Carmichael 3 – Ewen MacDonald 21 – James McCaig
9 – Ryan Miller 2 – Calum Croughan 22 – Matt Smith
1 – James Forester 23 – Ben Eynon
Headline facts are:
- 12 of 23 are current 1st XV players
- 17 of 23 came through Perthshire youth Section
- 6 of 23 playing their rugby at other clubs now
- 5 of 23 recently retired including Scotland 7s leading try scorer, James Fleming
There hasn’t been a Scottish army team for a few years but Army in Scotland seem to be gathering momentum. They have a big inter forces tournament at the end of May that they’re hoping they can see off the RAF and Navy to claim the crown.
Family Ceilidh
The 150 years game will be followed by a family ceilidh. “The family ceilidh will be led by the superb Skara Ceilidh Band, a 4 piece line-up of fiddle, pipes, guitar and drums. Please come along, invite your friends and family too to join in the fun” says Brown. All proceeds from the event will go to Perthshire Rugby. “It should be a great evening, a celebration of what has been a great year for Perthshire Rugby”.
Skara Ceilidh band members tour and perform worldwide with some of the most well known bands on the Scottish music scene including, Skipinnish, Breabach, Fat-Suit, James Duncan Mackenzie and Suas. The Skara line-up includes two BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year Finalists.
Bar and
The bar will open at 6pm in the Perth Beer Festival marquee with Inveralmond and Innis & Gunn ranges pouring alongside a dedicated craft gin bar by Strathearn Distillery. Food will be served.
