Merchistonian Newsletter
May 2023 Spring has indeed been rather shy at Merchiston and whilst our beautiful campus is green and vibrant, the chill in the air seems to not have yet fully dissipated. The start of the Summer Term also marks the start of the Cricket season, and we should extend a big thank you to our Grounds Team who, despite the challenging weather, have done a masterful job at preparing our squares, as well as the athletics field at the back of the campus. Just yesterday we welcomed some Merchistonian cricketeers, to the School for our annual match of Alumni v 1XI. It was a great match and the perfect evening for it, with plenty of sunshine! Final scores saw the 1XI claim vistory with 128 for 1 off 16 overs.
Merchistonian News Some lovely news coming via James Boyd, former director of Rugby at Merchiston, about Merchistonian Patrick Kelly (MCS 2010-14). Patrick and James bumped into each other at the GB 7s in Sydney earlier this year. Patrick is currently studying Law at Glasgow and is aiming at taking part in the Paris 2024 Olympics. He has also been reccommended for a Masters at Oxford. Lots of praise for Patrick also from the new warden at Glenalmond, as he helped coach the 7s Team during the Lent Term.
EDITION #9
26.05.23
Clay Pigeon Shooting On Sunday 14th May some of our students kitted up and faced our Merchistonians in our Annual Pupils V Merchistonians Clay Pigeon Shooting competition. Pupils and alumni travelled to Cluny Clays in Fife on a mostly clear morning with some westerly wind – overall a good day for some clays. This is a great opportunity for our keen shots to engage with a cohort of Merchistonians who share the same sporting passion. It’s a great way for Alumni as well to remained engaged with School Life and it’s one of our proud traditions, alongside our annual Cricket, Golf and Rugby matches against the Old Boys. The pupil team formed of Harry D, Will T, Ptolemy R, Spencer B and Thomas S put in a very good performance, despite Merchistonians ultimately taking the win, with an average of 34 to 27. On the pupil side, Harry D was crowned best shot with 36/50 - a very respectable score and well done Harry! For the Alumni, the title went to Euan Jennings (MCS 2006-2015) with 46/50.
Thank you very much to Mr Evans for organising the match and looking after all things cricket following Mr McCann’s departure at the end of the Lent Term. And a special mention to Chris Bell (MCS 2014-2019) who helped coordinate and put together the Merchistonian team. merchistonians@merchiston.co.uk