NEWS Spring '10 - Strathallan School

NEWS Spring ‘10 

Musical Magic 

Little Shop of Horrors 

Strathallan theatre has been gripped by something 

large, green and insatiably hungry in its latest 

production. Little Shop of Horrors by Alan 

Menken and Howard Ashman was bought to life 

by a suitably enthusiastic cast and, of course, a 

fantastic set created again by David Hume. 

Cricket Honours 

Freddie Coleman has been selected for the 

Scotland Cricket Squad, a unique honour to 

be selected for the full squad while still at 

school. Nick Farrar has also been awarded 

the accolade of selection for the Scotland U18 

training squad. 

In a wonderful parody of all things gothic, the dark and dangerous looking buildings 

of Skid Row opened to reveal a downtown florist. Things here were about to go 

frighteningly wrong for amateur botanist, Seymour Krelbourn who was played with 

the requisite amount of nerdy insecurity by Johnathan Keddie. Ruthless flower shop 

owner, Mr Mushnik was played with duplicitous charm by Josiah Bircham and the 

beautiful but fragile Audrey, Katie Marshall in her 

second leading role in as many years, completed 

the central trio. 

The vocally impressive cast benefited enormously 

from the raunchy ‘girl power’ of Hannah Johnstone, 

Sara Chalmers and Tasha Potts, while the comic 

horror of the sadistic dentist, Orin Scrivello, was 

given a wonderfully manic twist by Marcus Adam. 

Central to the performance was 

the vocal talent of Ollie Wale as 

Audrey 2, but the mammoth task 

of operating the frankly terrifying 

plant fell to Andrew Glover whose 

achievements and efforts should 

not go unrecorded. 

The supporting cast ensured that 

this was a fantastic evening’s 

entertainment. Will Farquhar’s 

contribution in particular was 

significant both on stage and off. 

In his capacity as Stage Manager, 

Oliver Beetschen’s involvement was 

again integral to the success of a 

performance, as was that of the 

pupils who were involved in leading 

roles in the band and stage crew. 

Scottish U16 Champions 

The Boys U16 Hockey Team is enjoying the title 

Scottish U16 Champions following their win in 

the National U16 Youth Cup Final at Peffermill, 

beating Aberdeen Grammar School Former 

Pupils Colts in the Final 1-0 with a spectacular 

goal by Alex Murray in the second half.

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Sport... 

Swimming 

It has been an busy term for the Swim Team 

with success at all events. An impressive 

win over Robert Gordon’s, the only school to 

defeat us in the last three years, ensured that 

Strathallan won every inter schools meeting. 

At National level, Joe Lipworth won a Bronze medal 

at the Scottish Schools event in January for 200m 

Breastroke and Duncan Scott is now ranked No1 in 

Scotland for his age-group in 200 & 1500 Freestyle, 

100 & 200 Fly, and 200 Individual Medley. 

At District level Joe Lipworth, Eilidh Gibson, Sandie 

Smillie, Jayne Thoms and Azlyn Edens are proving 

formidable opponents scooping a total of twelve 

medals between them at the Midlands District 

Championships, five of which were Gold. 

Duncan has been award Best Boy at both the West 

District Championships and the Stirling Junior Open 

Competition accumulating twenty one medals of 

which fifteen were Gold. 

Successful Skiers 

The snowy weather has made for some 

excellent skiing conditions this season and 

the School’s Ski Team has certainly made the 

most of this with some tremendous results at 

various Championships. 

Hope Whitelaw finished second overall at the 

Scottish Ski Championships. The girls’ team of Hope, 

Séverine Thompson, Kate Cockburn and Lucy Garvie 

won Bronze Medals at the Championship. 

Hope has also received three Gold medals, a Silver 

medal and a Trophy at the East of Scotland and 

Cairngorm Championships. 

Scott Garvie won a Silver medal at the East of 

Scotland event and both Hope and Scott were 

selected to represent Scotland at The World Schools 

Ski Championships in Italy.

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Rugby 

Ryan Hood, Ist XV Captain, and Andy Hall 

have played in the Scotland U18 team and 

Keith Buchan has been selected for the 

Scotland U17 Rugby Squad. 

Ryan and Andy started in Scotland’s U18 Rugby 

team which took on Wales at the Greenyards, 

Melrose this term. The Welsh squad, all of whom 

are contracted to professional teams, proved to be the stronger outfit on the day 

but it is the first time that Strathallan has had two players starting for Scotland at 

U18 level since the introduction of the integrated team. We wish the boys every 

success in the 6 Nations Tournament in Wales over Easter. 

Keith represented Strathallan in the Scottish U17 team which played Newcastle 

Falcons U17 at Murrayfield. We wish Keith well as he heads to Berkshire with 

Scotland to play in the International Tournament over the holiday 

Representation in the Caledonia Rugby teams has been very impressive this 

term with three boys selected in each of the U18, U17 and U16 teams for the 

Scottish Inter-District Championships. Andy Hall, Joe McColl and Ryan Hood 

continue to play in the U18 team, while Alex Henderson, Keith Buchan and Tom 

Wilson were selected for the U17. In the U16 team Ruairidh Hunter, Chris King 

and Jack Sommerville have all featured in the championship winning side. 

Blair Brothers’ 

Training Session 

Scotland Rugby Captain Mike Blair and 

Scotland A and Edinburgh stand-off David Blair 

kindly took time out of their busy schedules to 

run a kicking clinic at the School. Players who 

will form a key part of the future of Strathallan 

Rugby benefited from David’s and Mike’s 

coaching and insight. It has been a privilege for 

the Strathallan players to participate in sessions 

this season with Edinburgh Rugby’s Steven 

Turnbull (Simpson 05) and Club Captain Simon 

Cross and Glasgow Warriors and Scotland’s 

Tom and Max Evans in addition to the Blair 

brothers. All these young professionals have 

been a tremendous credit to their clubs, have 

been generous with their time and presented as 

excellent role models for the Strathallan boys. 

Jamie wins Judo Gold 

Jamie Ritchie is certainly making his mark in the competitive world 

of Judo following his Gold medal win in the Junior Under 14, 60kg 

category at the British Independent Schools Judo Championships. 

Jamie won all four fights by Ippon, 

automatic win, the second fight only 

lasting six seconds with a drop knee 

seonage winning throw. After qualifying 

first in his group, Jamie won the semi 

final with a Yamarashi throw. In the final 

a determined Jamie started by throwing 

a seonage co-ouchi for a yuko, 5 points, 

followed by another yuko with a drop 

knee seonage and finally a Yamarashi 

throw for the Ippon. 

Netball 

It has been a particularly successful season for 

the Netball Team which has resulted in the girls 

becoming Independent School Champions.


Fabulous Fencing 

Strathallan hosted its first fencing tournament, the fourth 

round of the ‘Youth Development Series’ this term. The 

Y.D.S is a competition for School age pupils run by 

the Foundation for Scottish Fencing and is aimed at 

encouraging young fencers to compete in a friendly 

competitive environment. It is designed to be an 

introduction to competitive fencing which bridges the gap 

from club and school fencing to Adult Opens and National 

competitions. It attracts fencers from all over Scotland and 

also Scottish fencers living in England. There were over 

one hundred entries which is the largest number at the 

Y.D.S this season. The competitions categories range from 

U10 to O16 for both boys and girls. 

As hosts, Strathallan pupils were encouraged to enter the 

event with several participating for the first time. All of 

the Strathallan fencers were placed in a medal winning 

positions gaining four Gold, one Silver and seven Bronze 

medals. 

Cross Country 

This was an encouraging Cross Country Season with a number of 

excellent performances. 

The prestigious Fettes Relay event saw the girls successfully defend their 

title with, Captain Ilona McLaren, Bronya Woodes Rogers, Olivia Woodes 

Rogers and Olwyn Jenkins winning by almost one minute. Special mention 

to Olwyn for running the fastest time in the ‘Open Girls’ age group. 

The climax of the season for the senior pupils was the Scottish Schools 

Cross Country Championships at Irvine. With a bus load of forty pupils we 

put out teams in all but one of the eight age groups. The Seniors had the 

highlight of the day with the boys team of Chris Rennison, Ben Giles, Jamie 

Addison Scott and Jamie Parker, and the girls team of Ilona Mclaren, Jenny 

Wood, Bronya Woodes Rogers and Phillipa Orr both winning Silver medals, 

and, only missing out on being Scottish Senior Champions by one point in 

each case. 

The Gold medallists Torii Douglas Song and Sarah 

Hellewell, pictured here with Silver medallist Justin Tsang, 

have excelled throughout the series. 

Aegon Team Tennis 

School Finals 

Strathallan once again qualified for the finals of the 

National Competition, the Aegon Team Tennis School 

Finals. Ruairidh Watson, William Lyburn, Sophie Beamish 

and Lea Gill represented the School in the Mixed Doubles 

Competiion and travelled to the Bolton Arena to compete 

as one of the top eight teams in the Country. 

Sport...


Girls Dominate the 

Midlands Hockey 

Strathallan Girls Hockey Team have had an exceptional 

year winning all the Midland Championships in both 

Indoor and Outdoor tournaments. 

The U18 and U15 teams were victorious in both the indoor and 

outdoor tournaments while the U16 won the only one which was 

outdoors. Strathallan is the only school to win all five trophies in 

one season. 

Six U18 players, Elizabeth Cachia, Nicky Cochrane, Hannah 

Cox, Ciara Elwis, Charlotte Hartmann and Phillippa Orr were 

selected to play in the Midland U18 Indoor Squad at the Inter 

District Tournament and Elizabeth received the honour of being 

Team Captain. 

Equestrian Events 

There has been success for the Equestrian Team this term. 

Rosie Williams has been selected to ride in the Scottish U25 

Dressage team and Gareth Watt selected to train with the Scottish 

Dressage ‘C’ Squad. 

Heather Larson won her event against some strong competition in an 

“Arena Event” in the Novice class which has fences at 1.10m. 

Jenny Summersgill has qualified for the British Festival of Show Jumping 

(Scope Festival), and for the National Winter Blue Chip Championships. 

Corrie Stewart and Flora Hay achieved excellent double clear rounds 

representing Strathallan in the Intermediate Show Jumping team at 

Gleneagles where Corrie achieved the fastest time in the competition.


Perform in Perth 

Competition Festival 

This year’s Festival saw a record number of entries 

and successes from Strathallan pupils, across many 

different Music and Speech competition classes, 

against other Perthshire schools. Thirteen pupils won 

their class and eleven were placed in the top three. 

Annie Tang won the Wilkie’s Music Shield for the most 

promising snare drummer in all classes and Ciara 

Elwis won the Stuart McNab Memorial Trophy for her 

flute playing. 

Patsy Reid’s Bridging the Gap 

Patsy Reid who is a fi ddler and composer as well as Strathallan’s 

violin teacher will be performing her composition ‘Bridging the Gap’ at 

the Perth Concert Hall on Wednesday 5th May along with Strathallan 

musicians from the School’s Folk Group and String Ensemble. 

Patsy has combined her experience and love of both traditional and classical 

music in this work which was originally written for Celtic Connections 2008 as 

part of the New Voices series. The piece is a journey through the seven modern 

modes of music with Patsy taking the role of soloist. She is joined by a piano, 

guitar, double bass, percussion and string ensemble. 

Performing with Patsy on stage is an exceptional line up of internationally 

renowned instrumentalists Greg Lawson, Peter Tickell, Mairi Campbell, Natalie 

Haas, Iain Hutchison, Mhairi Hall, Michael Byran, Lydia Whittaker, Deirdre 

Morrison, Duncan Lyall and Iain Copeland. 

The participating Strathallan pupils will also have the opportunity to collaborate 

with the Bridging the Gap ensemble, performing specially composed music 

after a day of workshops. 

“An attractive and skillfully assembled work that is coherent, imaginative and 

beautifully performed.” **** The Scotsman 

LAMDA 

LAMDA Gold Medals in acting have been 

awarded to Ollie Wale, Ollie Beetschen and 

Hannah Cox. It was a double for Ollie Wale 

because he also achieved Gold Medal for the 

speaking of Verse and Prose. 

Silver Medals in acting went to Alice Inglis and 

Olivia Quick and in the speaking of Verse and Prose 

to Josiah Bircham and to Joe McColl for Public 

Speaking. Achieving high marks, this time in Bronze 

Medal acting, were Flora Hay and Lucy Garvie. 

Distinctions also went to Frances Myatt and Ashley 

Purvis for Grade Four acting. 

Festivals – Speech and Drama 

The combined results of ‘Perform in Perth’ and ‘The Edinburgh 

(Competition) Festival’ speech and drama classes saw Strathallan 

coming fi rst in twenty four different classes. 

In Perth our pupils won all three of the verse speaking trophies, Frances Myatt 

for Bible reading, Lucy Orr the William Soutar Tassie and Ailsa Clifford the 

Robert Burns trophy. 

In Edinburgh Frances won medals for Bible reading and verse speaking and 

Rosie Beech for public speaking. Frances gained a total of nine firsts. 

Ollie Wale achieved double honours in Perth for Burns poems and in an own 

choice class and Josiah Bircham did equally well in the Bible reading. 

Music... 

There were other firsts over the two festivals for Caitlin Donald, Lauren Dundee, 

Nick Drummond-Hay, Pasha Konkina, Amber Garvie and Gaydelia Talipova. 

Form 1J also achieved the highest mark for a number of years in the choral 

speaking class.

Talks... 


Colin Montgomerie Gives Annual 

Sixth Form Lecture 

2010 Ryder Cup Captain, Colin Montgomerie took time out his 

busy schedule to give the annual Lecture to the Sixth Form. He 

spoke of how his career evolved from his amateur victories in 

the early 1980s, his decision to turn professional in 1987 and the 

highlights of his professional career but he also focused on the 

importance of a good education. 

Having attended Houston Baptist University in Texas on a golf scholarship 

and studied Business Management and Law, it comes as no surprise 

that Colin has a flair for business and he talked about the Elizabeth 

Montgomerie Foundation which he established in 2007 to raise money 

for cancer patients in Scotland. Colin is also an extremely well respected 

Course Designer and spent time explaining the process involved and the 

importance of a good team which is hand picked for its skill and ability in 

the many aspects of creating great golf courses. 

The pupils were given ample opportunity to question Colin and his 

responses were both candid and humorous. 

Gap Year 

Challenge 

“ I am Kirstin Lamotte and am currently in my final year at 

Strathallan studying hard for my A levels. As Head Girl I have 

many duties and responsibilities all very busy but exciting. 

I have chosen to do some voluntary work as part of my gap year 

on leaving Strathallan and in February I went to the rural island of 

Coll to take part in the selection course for Project trust www. 

projecttrust.org.uk. 

Project Trust is a gap year organisation that has been established 

for forty seven years. It is very important to them that the 

volunteers they place are perfectly suited to their projects to 

enable them to contribute and make the biggest difference. 

The placements involve care work in orphanages and schools for 

the disabled, teaching, outdoor activity centres and journalism, 

working with children just like those shown in this picture. 

I was lucky enough to be selected to do care work and teaching 

in my first choice country Sri Lanka, a place that has always 

fascinated me. 

Sri Lanka has faced many horrible disasters , including the 2004 

Boxing Day tsunami and the longest lasting war in Asia, but there 

are also positive aspects especially around tourism, culture, 

conservation, food and sports. 

I am planning on doing fundraising events such a Sri Lankan 

dinner dance with raffle and games, a sponsored sky dive, car 

boot sales and many more in order to raise the £4600 I require 

to go this August. I would be so grateful for any donations to 

Project Trust and my voluntary work in Sri Lanka – no donation 

is too small. I would be more than happy to speak to anyone on 

this if it is of interest to them as I think it will be the opportunity of 

a life time for me personally and I hope to be able to contribute 

greatly during my placement making a positive impact on the 

community. 

For information on donating please contact me by email – 

Kirstin_lamotte@hotmail.co.uk or on my just giving website 

www.justgiving.com/Kirstin-Lamotte. Thank you. “ 

The talk was extremely well received with something for not only the keen 

sports enthusiasts but all who attended. 

Author Charlie James 

Riley pupils were joined by the children of Forgandenny Primary 

School to listen to author Charlie James as she gave a most engaging 

talk on her comic novels ‘Dino Egg’ and ‘Fish’. 

The children discussed the wild adventures of the Finn Family and 

all their hilarious antics with great enthusiasm and absorbed the 

surprising number of prehistoric facts with eagerness. 

Their imaginations were still running riot long after the talk ended. 

Kenya Book 

Appeal 

The Headmaster visited Kenya in November and was shown 

around the three schools and the orphanage run by the Ann 

Gloag Foundation. We are in the process of setting up a variety 

of volunteering options and Gap year opportunities for pupils and 

staff to help with these excellent initiatives. The Foundation runs 

the Jonathan Gloag Academy and Orphanage alongside, a rescue 

school for Maasai girls in Suswa in the Rift Valley and Mashimoni, a 

primary school situated in the heart of Kibera, the biggest slum in 

the world. 

While in Kenya the Headmaster was asked by a member of the 

Kenyan Parliament if it would be possible to coordinate a book 

collection to support libraries in some of the poorer schools in 

Kenya. As a result we have offers of support from a number of 

HMC and IAPS schools in Scotland which will ask parents and 

pupils for any reading books suitable for pupils from the age of four 

to fourteen. These will be collected by the Charities Committee 

at Strathallan and will be shipped to Nairobi in June. The first gift 

of books came from Forgandenny Primary School some of whose 

pupils are pictured with members of the Charities Committee. 

Anyone who is able to help with this appeal is asked to send the 

books back with their sons/daughters at the start of term or drop 

them off at the School for boxing before the end of April.


The Sixth Form Ball 

The annual Sixth Form Ball... where to start? 2010 did not 

disappoint and certainly lived up to the high expectations set 

from previous years. With the theme ‘Oscars’ the Dining Room 

was transformed overnight and every small detail from the golden 

plastic mannequins to the superb band consisting of the Rev. and a 

few pupils made an amazing night. 

Flowers were bought, tuxedos ordered, cameras readied, last 

minute hair-tearing from the fantastic ball committee.... fi nally the 

day came and there was the usual panic to get everything ready 

and look their best but everyone pulled it off and there was no one 

who didn’t look the part. After some pre drinks and photos in the 

houses the gentlemen shuffl ed over apprehensively to meet their 

dates and escort them to the Theatre before moving down to the 

Dining Hall to get things under way. 

The committee had done wonders with the décor which looked 

unbelievable, barely comparable to the ordinary everyday set 

up. Strathallian Liam Carragher did a fantastic job taking the 

photographs and there was the usual banter over dinner. 

After the meal the tables were pushed aside and the ceilidh band 

struck up to great reception and everyone, Scottish or not, took 

part and enjoyed dancing to some traditional music. Finally the DJs 

got under way and the beats were playing until the early hours. 

The general chat after the ball was very positive and everyone 

agreed it was an amazing night. The Ball Committee must be highly 

commended for its invaluable efforts in putting together such a 

special event. I’m sure the Upper Sixth will not forget it in a hurry 

and the Fifth Form wait in anticipation for next year. 

Burns Supper 

The Sixth Form celebrated the 251st birthday of our National Bard on 

the 23rd of January at the annual Burns Supper. 

After welcoming the company, chairperson, Mrs Irene McFarlane, invited Mr 

Anthony Glasgow to address the haggis, which was piped in by Alice Inglis. 

Ollie Luck delivered the Selkirk Grace prior to the traditional Bill O’Fare, Cock 

O’Leekie soup, haggis, neeps and tatties. Andrew Glover proposed the 

Immortal Memory giving his audience a thoughtful and informative introduction 

to the life and works of the poet. 

Two very accomplished and humorous speakers Jamie Parker and Emily Irons- 

Young delivered the Toast to the Lassies and the reply. Also showing his skill 

as a public speaker with another speech full of amusing anecdotes was Ollie 

Beetchen with his Toast to Strathallan to which Mr David Barnes replied in equal 

measure. There were recitations from three of Strathallan’s proficient verse 

speakers, Ollie Wale, Christina Stephenson and Josiah Bircham. Instrumental 

selections were provided by a group of Strathallan’s traditional musicians. 

Callum Donald thanked all of the performers for what was an evening of 

education and a great deal of laughter and enjoyment.


House Music 

Postponed from the Autumn term, on Health Board advice, House Music 

was no less entertaining than normal. The customary mix of risk and 

ribaldry, diversity of musical styles, instruments and personnel brought a 

packed Sports-hall an evening of unadulterated fun. In short, there was 

something for everyone in the audience, and few could quibble with the 

overall winning House – Woodlands. Conducted by the effervescent 

Ciara Elwis, the Woodlands choir sang ‘STOP’ by the Spice Girls with wit 

and obvious enjoyment, leaving Thornbank and newcomers Glenbrae 

only a little behind in the rush for Best Girls’ Choir prize. 

In the Boys’ choir competition the songs ranged from ‘Stacy’s Mom’ and Take 

That’s ‘Back for Good’, to a great performance of ‘Bob the Builder/Big fish 

Little Fish’ from Simpson which was notable not so much for the singing as the 

interesting dance steps choreographed by Joe McCall and Cosmo Galashan. 

The winners of Best Boys’ Choir were Freeland with ‘Don’t Stop Believing’. 

The duel between Freeland and Woodlands, for it seemed the major prize 

was a two-horse race, was carried over into the solo and ensemble prizes. In 

the solo class, Thimo Grantz (Freeland) made the upright piano sound like an 

elegant concert grand with some wonderfully sensitive playing of La Cathédrale 

Engloutie by Debussy which was enough to earn him the prize. But Woodlands 

snuck in to win the overall prize of House Music Champions with their ensemble’s 

performance of ‘Runaway’ by The Corrs, arranged by Jo Maclachlan. Adjudicator 

Frikki Walker described the ensemble as displaying the best example of the 

word’s meaning in their obvious enjoyment of their work. 

Although Woodlands were deserved champions at the end of the evening, the 

Freeland ensemble’s performance of ‘Feelin’ Good’, with Oli Wale as Michael 

Bublé, was the final piece of the evening and a fittingly flamboyant way to end an 

evening of quality music. What a way to start half-term! 

Evening of Reels 

Everyone enjoys a good ceilidh and 

the Fourth and Fifth Form certainly 

had a great time at this year’s Reels 

Evening. 

Kilts swished and heels were kicked 

off as everyone got into the swing 

of things. 

Thanks go to Mrs Hamilton for 

organising such a great evening.


Barcelona 

During half term a group of eleven Sixth Form pupils from 

the History, Spanish and Art Departments travelled to 

Barcelona for a fi ve day trip. 

We walked for miles around the City visiting two Gaudi Houses, 

several Cathedrals and parks, a Monastery and the Aquarium. One 

of the highlights was definitely the Picasso Gallery and it was really 

great to be able to try interesting new foods, which some liked better 

than others. 

Everyone found the experience really educational and unforgettable 

and without doubt it was a great success. 

My Exchange – Lloyd Mercer 

“ Well the last nine weeks have been eye opening and an 

experience I will never forget. Arriving from Hilton College, 

South Africa at Edinburgh Airport, in the freezing cold and 

snow, and seeing my old friend Ben Melville waiting for me 

with a smile from ear to ear was a great sight. 

I started off meeting all the girls and boys in my year, all such nice 

people. Some of the boys, Ben, James, Bryn, Max and I went 

to Edinburgh one weekend where we met up with a friend of my 

family’s son. Edinburgh was really beautiful and the Castle was a 

magnificent sight. 

Back at Strathallan three of us helped out with canoeing for the 

Riley Open Day. We taught the kids how to get out of the canoe if it 

capsized and helped their confidence by staying in the water with 

them. 

German Exchange 

Ollie Wale and Jack Blackburn went to Trier in 

southern Germany at the start of the Christmas 

holiday as part of our exchange programmes 

with the Max-Planck-Gymnasium. 

Both enjoyed staying with host families and look 

forward to welcoming their German friends to 

Strathallan on the return exchange early next term. 

At half term my father came out from South Africa to visit and we 

drove all the way up to Broara where we stayed with the Melvilles. 

Scotland is a magnificent country and the snowy mountains have 

been the cherry on the cake for me. I have had a great time and 

enjoyed sampling the famous Scottish hospitality ”.


Table Tennis 

Every Tuesday evening twelve pupils travel to the Bells Sports 

Centre to play in the Perth Table Tennis League. The boys 

and girls play highly competitive games against local clubs 

and the level of skill improves every week. 

Although the matches are fiercely fought there is always 

good sportsmanship throughout and it is evident how much 

everyone enjoys it. 

Marines March on to 

National Success 

In the annual national Marines competition at Lympstone, 

the Strathallan team won the highly prestigious Military Skills 

Trophy defeating the other eighteen schools in the UK. 

The Strathallan teams are proving tough competitors and the 

first team remains top of the premier division. Captain Jean 

Behets is unbeaten this season and will receive the Division’s 

Best Player Award. Our second team also plays in the premier 

division which indicates the extent of the talent available. 

In the First Division the Thirds have had a good season with 

Captain John Dew receiving Division’s Best Player Award . 

The Riley team has dominated the third division this year in 

their best season yet. Jeffrey Lau has been declare the top 

player of this division with the highest number of wins. 

Shooting Ahead as 

Strathallan Launches Clay 

Pigeon Shooting Academy 

To build on recent success at the British Schools Clay 

Pigeon Championships, the School has now launched a 

Clay Pigeon Shooting Academy. 

A number of talented and gifted pupils will be selected to join 

the Academy where International coach Iain MacGregor, the 

only ISSFA Licence Shotgun coach presently in the UK, will 

provide first class instruction. 

Chess Champions 

Rob Muir won the Junior section of the fi rst round of 

the British Land UK Chess Championship 2010, with 

Lisa Winkler winning the Senior section. 

Both pupils have qualifi ed for the “Megafi nals” which 

take place in Edinburgh in May as have Stuart 

Cantlay, Kieran Grieve and James Boag. 

The individuals will represent the School at Scottish and British 

Championships and work towards achieving International 

Honours. Strathallan has been the Scottish Schools 

Champions twelve times in the last fifteen years and has 

finished in the top three at the British Schools Championships 

five times in recent years. 

Three recent Strathallan pupils have gone on to gain 

International honours. Keith Brown won his first cap for 

Scotland last year, Rory Gibson is a member of the Junior 

Development Squad for the 2010 Commonwealth Games 

and Fraser Rawlinson is a member of the Junior Development 

Squad. We are looking forward to developing the talents of 

pupils at the School as well as working with talented individuals 

and teams from Prep Schools.


Strathallian Club 

Dates for the Diary 

Freeland House Reunion 

Sunday 25th April 

Former Freeland boys are invited to join us in Freeland House at 1.15pm, followed by lunch 

in the School Dining Room. This is a relaxed afternoon in which to catch up with old friends. 

There is no charge for this event as it is being funded by the Strathallian Club. Partners are 

very welcome. 

London Dinner 

Thursday 13th May 

The Caledonian Club is the venue for the annual London Dinner this year, with a 7.30pm for 

8pm start. Enjoy a three course dinner with wine in the company of fellow Strathallians. 

Tickets cost £55. 

Strathallian Fishing Day 

Sunday 23rd May 

Frandie Fishery is the setting for this year’s battle between Strathallians and the School in the 

angling stakes. The School won the competition last time out so it’s time for Strathallians to even 

the score. Starting time of 8.45am, please contact Aileen Wilson to ensure a place on a boat! 

Strathallian Day 

Sunday 6th June 

Who will win the Strathallian Cup this year? It is currently held by the School. Come along and 

support your side in the various School v Strathallians matches held throughout the day. From 

the usual bouncy castle/assault course mayhem on Riley Paddock for the younger members of 

the family to the more sedate watching of cricket there is something for everyone to enjoy. The 

day starts with lunch from 12.30pm through to the Hog Roast at 5pm. 

Scottish Game Fair, Scone Palace 

Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th July 

Visit the School stand at the Scottish Game Fair in Scone Palace. A great Day out for all the 

family, pop in and see us for a glass of something refreshing! 

1990 – 1992 Class Reunion 

Saturday 10th July 

The school reunion has been extended for 3 year groups – 1990, 1991 and 1992. Come back to 

the School and stay in Glenbrae (spaces limited), enjoy a meal and the rest of the evening. 

Forgandenny Perth PH2 9EG Scotland UK 

T +44 (0)1738 815003 F +44 (0)1738 812549 

Scottish Charity No: SC008903 

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