Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
GEORGE Watson has been in charge of rugby at Boroughmuir HS for the past 16 years and tomorrow afternoon the former Scotland B lock is hoping to chalk up his first victory ove
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Delmar Watson came from a family of nine children that supplied kids to the movies — he was in more than 300 during his youth...
Whoopdedoo: Partying like it's 2007 (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
... any further encouragement (!) to wash their hands: Absentee numbers have plummeted at one school, George Watson’s College, in Edinburgh after it introduced mandatory hospital-style handwashing for all its pupils in January. I do have to admit to having previously thought that the computer labs at uni could do with a decontamination chamber at the door. I’m not bothered by dirt in...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
The junior school of George Watson's College was presented with a host of awards for their success in the challenge.Matthew Henderson was the highest scoring pupil in Scotland, while Hamish Lindsay, also from Watson's, came third. Iain Smith's primary seven class took third spot in the national top class section.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
The junior school of George Watson's College was presented with a host of awards for their success in the challenge.Matthew Henderson was the highest scoring pupil in Scotland, while Hamish Lindsay, also from Watson's, came third. Iain Smith's primary seven class took third spot in the national top class section.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
His propeller hub has been put on display in the new roundabout in Larmor-Plage, Brittany, in honour of former George Heriot's and George Watson's pupil Russell Lyon.The 21-year-old pilot, who was born in Colinton, crashed on July 27, 1944, butADVERTISEMENThistorians only discovered the wreckage of his plane in April last year. Mr Lyon's nephew, Richard Lyon, 60, an architect who...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
His propeller hub has been put on display in the new roundabout in Larmor-Plage, Brittany, in honour of former George Heriot's and George Watson's pupil Russell Lyon.The 21-year-old pilot, who was born in Colinton, crashed on July 27, 1944, butADVERTISEMENThistorians only discovered the wreckage of his plane in April last year. Mr Lyon's nephew, Richard Lyon, 60, an architect who...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
SCHOOL CHILDREN racing to follow in the footsteps of Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton are giving karting their best shot.
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
SCHOOL CHILDREN racing to follow in the footsteps of Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton are giving karting their best shot.
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
The 32-year-old has suffered a number of injuries over the years due to his all-action style, but it is a neck and arm injury sustained in the win over Edinburgh Accies last month at Raeburn Place that has finally made him decide to call it a day.Hills, a PE teacher at Beath High School in Cowdenbeath, joined the club after leaving George Watson's College in 1994 and, following a lengthy...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
... a lover of their musical traditions, especially those of the fiddle music. Henderson attended George Watson's Ladies' College, where she started playing the violin. She then read maths at Edinburgh University and took a teaching degree at Moray House. Her father had served in the Merchant Navy but was drowned during the Second World War. In 1948 the family moved to Ayr, where Henderson...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
... a lover of their musical traditions, especially those of the fiddle music. Henderson attended George Watson's Ladies' College, where she started playing the violin. She then read maths at Edinburgh University and took a teaching degree at Moray House. Her father had served in the Merchant Navy but was drowned during the Second World War. In 1948 the family moved to Ayr, where Henderson...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... act as manager. The elevation of Donaldson will be widely welcomed beyond Currie as the current George Watson's College PE teacher has been a staunch servant of the game since ending a playing career which peaked with a Scotland tour to the South Seas in 1993 when no caps were awarded.Scotland clubs' are due to entertain Wales at Meggetland on February 7 this season.• FORMER Currie...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
... consent earlier this year for the transformation of the property, which sits in the shadow of George Watson's College, into a near-9000 square foot home.The existing C-listed stone building dating back to 1880 would be maintained, with the 1990s rear extension being demolished and replaced with a new sandstone and timber extension.It is understood that if a buyer cannot be found,...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
... consent earlier this year for the transformation of the property, which sits in the shadow of George Watson's College, into a near-9000 square foot home.The existing C-listed stone building dating back to 1880 would be maintained, with the 1990s rear extension being demolished and replaced with a new sandstone and timber extension.It is understood that if a buyer cannot be found,...
