From the headmaster

If you would like to help us restore this iconic building to its former glory or  

simply find out more about the project and plans, please contact Claudia Wellwood  

at [e-mail] or by telephoning [phone].

Our vision is that, with the support of donors, the Pavilion 

will become a co-educational venue that incorporates a 

flexible hospitality space for our community and visiting 

teams. It will once again become a place where teams 

can be inspired to get out there and win.

Making this happen

Fundraising for this project is very much a priority for 

the Fettes Foundation. We were fortunate to receive a 

generous legacy from Paddy Croker (Staff 1959-1965) 

recently. This and the tremendous generosity already 

shown by donors to the Pavilion has raised over £260,000 

of our £1 million goal. We are aiming to raise the remaining 

funds by 2019-20 and hope to open the newly restored 

Pavilion in 2020. 

It seems fitting that the restoration of the Pavilion will be 

funded through philanthropy once again, just as it was 

over a century ago by the Old Fettesians who wanted 

to remember a Housemaster they described as “a hero 

with an understanding heart, brave, honest and kind”.

“For me, the Pavilion was more than just a place to 

change prior to a 1st XV Rugby fixture. It was a place 

that took 15 individual school boys and brought them 

together as a collection of men, ready for battle. It was 

where the final prep, team talk and team tactics were 

discussed. It was where a number of Fettesians truly 

felt at home in a brotherhood of men, unable to be 

replicated anywhere else.”

Chris Thomson 

1st XV Captain 2007 (Inv-Ki 2001-2008)

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If you have any Pavilion or 

sporting memories, photographs 

or archive material that you would 

like to share with us, please get in 

touch with Claudia Wellwood by 

email to [e-mail] 

or by calling [phone]. 

We will be so grateful and thrilled 

to see what you have to share!

Your Memories 

A big part of what makes the  

Pavilion special to the people  

that have passed through its doors  

is their own personal history and  

the memories they have made there.  

As part of the project, we have been 

collecting memories, photographs 

and memorabilia from members of 

the Fettes Community to add to our 

already rich archive. 

We are working with the Fettes 

College Archivist, Craig Marshall, to 

develop ideas for the display of this 

invaluable memorabilia. Existing 

boards, some of which date back to 

1870, will be fully restored and will 

remain pride of place in the Pavilion. 

We are absolutely committed to 

ensuring Fettes’ sporting history can 

be celebrated and safeguarded in 

the most appropriate manner. 

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Parent Choir – fundraising for the Fettes 

College Chapel Choir Tour 2016

As part of the fundraising for the Choir Tour our parent 

community had the opportunity to train intensively for a 

weekend with Director of Music, David Goodenough.  

The parents came together brilliantly to sing in Sunday 

Chapel in June 2016.

We are extremely grateful to the following parents, Old 

Fettesians and friends who supported our fundraising 

dinners in 2016 and in 2017 by providing advice and prizes.  

Their support helped us raise significant funds towards 

the Chapel Choir Tour to Hong Kong last summer, the 

forthcoming Hockey Tour to Barcelona and Rugby Tour to 

South Africa and bursaries.

FUNDRAISING DINNERS

Each January we host a fundraising dinner to support pupil tours and bursaries.

2016

Mr & Mrs PND Cooke 

Mr IW & Dr S Gale 

DA Goodenough (Staff 1998-)

Mrs J Grassie

Mrs LJ Gray 

Hamilton & Inches

Mr & Mrs JR Hanson 

Mrs C Harley 

Mrs C Kerr

Mr & Mrs A Nairn 

National Museums Scotland

National Galleries Scotland

AJE Robertson (Gl 1976-1981)

R Rowlands 

MCB Spens (Headmaster 1998-)

2017

Bawbags Underwear

Mr & Mrs J Bibb 

Mr & Mrs NR Bolton 

Mr & Mrs A Darling

Edinburgh Dance Academy

Mr IW & Dr S Gale

Ms J Gale

Dr TM & Mrs C Goodall 

Green Rhino Travel Company

Hamilton & Inches

D Harrison (Staff 1999-)

Mr & Mrs E Hughson 

Mr & Mrs CJ Kearney 

Lyon & Turnbull

The McCarville Family 

Mr & Mrs P McKenna 

Mr & Mrs S Macdonald 

GC MacLeod (Ar-Mo 1978-1983)

Mr L Porter & Ms M Mak

Mr & Ms RM Milne & Higgins 

Mr & Mrs A Nairn 

National Museums Scotland

F Russell 

Dr CJA & Mrs A Sale 

MCB Spens (Headmaster 1998-)

Mr & Mrs R Spilsbury 

Miss SJ Struthers 

R Weissen

Lt Col SR & Mrs A West 

Mr & Mrs MW Winslow 

Mrs K Young

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