The Record - Gordonstoun

The opening of the georOn Thursday 21 March 2013 we were delighted towelcome back our two OG Olympic medallists fromLondon 2012, Zara Tindall (née Phillips) and HeatherStanning to open two fantastic new facilities on thecampus. The first was the Aberlour House Courts,kindly donated by former Aberlour parents Alasdairand Kathy Locke. This surface, which can be used fortennis, netball, football and any number of other sports,is situated right next to Aberlour House and has alreadyproved a god-send when the grass is too wet to playon. It will see many thousands of pairs of small feetusing it in the years to come!Following lunch, Zara and Heather moved to Plewlandsto present Georgie Souter with a bouquet of flowersto mark her retirement after a remarkable 38 yearsteaching at Gordonstoun (Georgie was Housemistressto both Zara and Heather). It was then on to theGeorge Welsh Sports Centre for the formal openingof this wonderful sporting facility, which now housesa state-of-the-art fitness suite, fitness testing room,classrooms, minor sports hall and much improvedchanging facilities. George joined them throughout theday and was clearly very proud that the Centre bearinghis name is now open.12