| News Archive June - July 2006 30th July - Willie Reid and Dougie Crawford It is with sadness that Hillhead/Jordanhill RFC has to advise of the death of one of its stalwarts, Willie Reid. A former international Junior footballer with Pollok and professional with Blackpool, Alloa, Cowdenbeath and Third Lanark, Willie came to the game later in life, principally to support his son, Stirling, who played on the wing with Jordanhill RFC. Ever willing to become involved, Willie quickly established himself as an important member of the backroom team at Kilmardinny, assisting in the physical preparation of players with very effective pre-match and training night massages. After the amalgamation of the Jordanhill and Hillhead Clubs in 1988, he continued his work at Hughenden not only as a very respected member of the player support team, but also as a very vociferous supporter of the players on the field. He finally retired from active duties in 2000 at the age of 79, but continued to support the team, although due latterly to poorish eyesight he had to confess to being "unsure who was doing what on the field." The thoughts of all his many, many friends at Hughenden and beyond are with his wife, Margaret, "the centre half in the family", his son Stirling, daughter Alyson and their respective families. Willie's funeral will be held at 13.30 at Dalnottar Crematorium at Clydebank on Wednesday, the 2nd August Former Hillhead player Dougie Crawford died suddenly in Toronto, his adopted home, on 12th June, this year. After leaving Hillhead High School in 1959 Dougie played for Hillhead RFC until emigrating to Canada via London in 1967. Dougie was an architect and a stalwart of Toronto Scottish RFC whom he played for and represented until his untimely death. He was a great character and will be sorely missed by family and friends. 27th June HJRFC Ladies make the national squad Susie Brown, Heather Lockhart, Gail Russel and Rachael Nicholson have all made the Scotland squad to play at the Women's Rugby World Cup in Canada in August and September. The full story is available on the SRU site here. Good luck to all of them 27th June Former Hills player makes Pakistan national side Shahid Rafiq, formerly a Hillhead pupil and HJRFC player made his international debut for Pakistan in their recent victory over the Philippines. Click here for more details on the SRU site. 22nd June Four HJRFC Ladies in running for selection in national squad Four ladies from HJRFC have been included in the extended squad of 31 that will train at Clifton Hall school. From that will be selected a squad of 26 to represent Scotland at the Women's Rugby World Cup in Canada in August and September. The ladies selected from Hills are Susie Brown, Heather Lockhart, Gail Russell and Rachael Nicholson. Good luck to all four. The story on the SRU site is available here 2nd XV Division Announcement It was officially announced today that the HJRFC 2nd XV will play in division one of the 2nd XV league for season 2006/07. This division comprises 12 teams and will present a good challenge to Hills. 14th June Bundy features in first U21 win and Dougie selected to start against the Boks Alan Kelly came off the bench in the second half of the U21 win against Italy yesterday afternoon and helped them to their first World Championship win (26-10). Click here for the SRU story Dougie Hall has been selected to start for Scotland in the second test against SA on Saturday in Port Elizabeth. Click here for the Planet Rugby story or here for the SRU version 12th June the Law as it relates to Burger's try and an interesting news story from Southern Russia Here's an article from Planet Rugby's on-going law discussion features about Burger's try in the SA v Scotland game at the weekend, it's worth a look. Here is a good story from Southern Russia about the local constabulary mistaking a game of rugby for criminal activity (we'll do the jokes thanks) 12th June 2006 Bundy on the bench and Dougie features in first SA test in Durban Alan Kelly will appear on the bench for the Scotland U21 match against Italy tomorrow in Vichy. Click here for the story on the SRU site and here for the story on the BBC. Dougie Hall came off the bench for the second half of Scotland's first test against the Boks in Durban last Saturday. Click here for the BBC story, here for the Planet Rugby story or here for the SRU. 9th June 2006 Bundy on the bench Alan Kelly will sit on the bench for the Scotland U21 team against Australia in their opening game in the U21 World Championship in Vichy tonight. More details here 5th June 2006 Dougie Hall arrives in SA Dougie Hall and the Scotland senior squad arrived in Jo'burg for their two test tour of South Africa today. Click here for the latest on the tour from the BBC 3rd June 2006 Bundy flies out to France Alan Kelly flies out to France with the Scotland U21 squad this weekend. Click here for the latest on the SRU website or here for details of the tournament fixtures & results on the IRB website 3rd June - Late news on the HJRFC website Our apologies for not getting this item on the site earlier. Congratulations are due to Dougie Hall who scored a try for Scotland against the Baa Baas last Wednesday. Click here for a match report on the SRU website |
