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Additions to the Co-optimist Committee
It is with great pleasure we can announce that James Johnstone and Johny Mathews have accepted the invitation to join the Co-optimist Committee.
Both have a wealth of experience in professional rugby at the highest level and will make a significant contribution to the clubs role in raising invitational sides for charity fund raising events, club celebrations and taking the game of rugby to development areas across Scotland
James Johnstone
Currie
Scotland 7s
Edinburgh
Johny Mathews
Boroughmuir
Glasgow Warriors
Scotland
Co-optimist Centenary Long Lunch
Prestonfield House
2024 September 27th
Annual Match
East Lothian v Co-optimist RFC
Wednesday 26th April 2023
Hallhill Sports Centre
Dunbar RFC
Kick Off 6.45PM
This years match will be played at the ground of Dunbar RFC at The Hallhill Sports Centre .This will be the 99th year since the fixture began when a team raised by Jock Wemyss (Haddington) and George St Clair Murray (Watsonians) competed against Haddington in 1924.
The match is played in a great spirit eptomising all that is good in the game of rugby football. Fast running rugby and an occasion to be enjoyed by all who attend, be they players, officials or spectators. The evening of Wednesday April 26th sees the two sides pitted against each other as a tribute to the first ever fixture for the Co-Optimists back in 1924. The East Lothian side is made up of representatives from their respective clubs Musselburgh, Preston Lodge, Haddington, Ross High, North Berwick and Dunbar. The venue alternates between these clubs each year.
The fixture remains in place today as a piece of rugby tradition untouched by the modern era.
Come along on the 26th April enjoy it.