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Stage play will feature our history !
Through funding
by The Heritage Lottery Fund (Sportscotland section), one of our committee
members has been commissioned to write a play featuring the creation of
the first rules in 1744.
Members
and friends gathered at Leith Franklin Academicals Cricket Club on Monday
29th October to hear details of LRGS “Awards for All” grant
from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Joining the Press and members of the Society were representatives of the
Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (Muirfield), the World Hickory
Open Championship, local golf historians and East Lothian Council golf
development.
Special mention to our oldest member, 99-year old Dan Orr, who we were
delighted to welcome to the launch
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We have received £6,450 funding
towards the development and production
of the play. Well known Golf Historian, Philip Knowles, presented the
award certificate to President Douglas Foulis.
Author,
Lorna Moon, outlined why she is excited about this project; she has several
themes and ideas already developing and plans to work on this first special
project for Leith Rules Golf Society over the winter months.
Leitheatre Drama Club have generously offered to enact parts as they
are written and we hope the play will be performed at the Leith (and Edinburgh)
Festivals in the next 2 years.
The project has even made the press back in Lorna's home "across the
pond"; click
here for more information, even though they have the link to our own
website wrong!
The
Society was indebted to Cornelius Waugh who arranged for use of the Cricket
Club and provided catering.
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View
photographs of the event here
(may be slow download times on some connections)
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