11-05-2020, 03:10 PM
Let's remember also that Hugh was instrumental (along with myself and Siegrun MacGilchrist) in promoting, forming and playing in the first Scottish Senior International Team. Without his prompting there would have been no team. He first played in Dresden, Germany in 2008, and again in Velden, Austria in 2009 (where he was captain). He also played as a member of the Scotland 2 team in Dresden 2010 and Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia, in 2012.
He was a great guy and he made a lot of friends on those trips, who will remember him with affection. We (my wife and I) consider ourselves lucky to be counted among those friends. Sadly in his later years he suffered the ravages of Parkinson's disease; but he always retained his good humour and enthusiasm. We attended his 80th birthday party a couple of years ago when I presented him with a photobook as a memento of his travels with the Scotland teams.
As a tribute to Hugh I have now created and uploaded a video of that book - you can see it here:
https://youtu.be/KGmtkEZ2J-s
Feel free to pass this link on to anyone else who knew him. Does anyone have an email for his family?
He was a great guy and he made a lot of friends on those trips, who will remember him with affection. We (my wife and I) consider ourselves lucky to be counted among those friends. Sadly in his later years he suffered the ravages of Parkinson's disease; but he always retained his good humour and enthusiasm. We attended his 80th birthday party a couple of years ago when I presented him with a photobook as a memento of his travels with the Scotland teams.
As a tribute to Hugh I have now created and uploaded a video of that book - you can see it here:
https://youtu.be/KGmtkEZ2J-s
Feel free to pass this link on to anyone else who knew him. Does anyone have an email for his family?