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Herioters Australia lunch
On Saturday 5 December, FP's in Sydney gathered for a much-postponed
lunch. Originally scheduled as a June Day celebration, then deferred to
October, then again to December (whilst down on numbers due to Covid
travel concerns), the group finally met and had a great time. The
Australian cohort welcomed new FPs Stephen Wallace (1987) and Alan
Horberry (1987) to the group.
FP’s in attendance:
Graham Christie (1985) (President, Herioters Australia), David Hepburn
(1971), Karen Hickmott (1986), Alan Horberry (1987), James Marshall
(1959), Ross Matheson (1975), Alistair Reid (1983), Stephen Wallace stop the FPs ‘down under’ celebrating their Scottish roots in style - Karen
(1987) and Rod Wilson (1954). Hickmott even played her harp as the group toasted ‘auld Rabbie’.
2021 kicked off to a great start for the Australian cohort too as they Reflecting on both events, President, Graham Christie said he is eager to
celebrated a wonderful Burns Supper on Saturday 30 January. The event hear from all Herioters in Australia. To get in touch, please email:
shrunk from 10 attendees to 6 due to Covid restrictions but that did not graham.hubmobile@gmail.com

Will Reid Memorial
Marathon
At the end of January, Jack Fullerton
(2014), Finn Murphy (2014), Cameron
Reid (2014), Sean Parr (2012), Stuart
Ogilvie (2012) and Jonathan Barclay
(2014) ran a marathon around
Edinburgh to raise money for
Cyrenians Charity and Baraka
Community Partnerships.
The FPs have managed to raise over
£15,000 (a total that is still growing!)
and dedicated the run and all funds
raised to Dr William Reid – former
pupil and friend who tragically lost his
life last year.
The marathon began outside George
Heriot’s School on Saturday morning,
where Will attended for 14 years. The
route featured some of Edinburgh’s
greatest landmarks and culminated
at William’s memorial plaque on
Blackford Hill.

The photos show the boys at the start
and end of their run, distributing
chearfullie in memory of their
wonderful friend.