The Hawick Rugby Memories Club was set up and holds monthly meetings for people with memory problems, their carers and socially isolated elderly people – indeed anyone with an interest in rugby. It has a guest speaker a cup of coffee and old rugby videos from Allan McCredie’s collection.
PAST GUEST SPEAKERS
Our roster of previous speakers reads like a veritable “Who’s Who of Rugby”. We have shared memories with the likes of: Gerald Adams, Garry Alexander, Sandy Bannerman, P.C. Brown, Finlay Calder, Ross Cameron, Marion Chrystie, Vern Cotter, Alasdair Cranston, Isobel Cunningham, Ron Elliot, David Ferguson, Johnny Gray, Eric Grierson, Jim Hay, Athol Innes, George Keown, Ian Landles, Graham Law, Linda Lawson, Alan Lawson, Alan Lorimer, Allan McCredie, Kenny McCartney, Iain Milne, Chris Paterson, Jim Reilly, Jim Renwick, Dean Richards, Gordon Robertson, Tony Stanger, Elizabeth Stanger, Jim Telfer, Gregor Townend, Derek Turnbull, Joyce Welsh, and Rob Welsh amongst others.