Both All Saints’ and Marsden competed in various sports over the winter in local Bathurst, Independent Schools and regional Schools Competitions.

This week we celebrate on 25 July, what would have been the 100th birthday of Betty Ives, who had an extraordinary 54-year association with The Scots School.

About four years ago, the College was delighted to be contacted by Peter Lough, who in 1946 was Scots School student No. 21. Unfortunately, Peter was withdrawn from the school during 1947.

Fudeko Reekie, who helped to tie two cities together forever, has been honoured with an OAM.

In the Archives and the Old Bathurstians’ Museum, we have memorabilia from the past in the form of badges, ties, crests and uniforms stored, or on display, dating from the early days of both schools. Unfortunately, there are too many to display in cabinets or on mannequins, but we do have photos where the uniforms and badges were worn by students in the past.

Earlier this month, the Head of College was invited to attend a service at Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Kelso marking the 200th anniversary of its foundation in 1825.

From the very beginning of the school’s history, Rugby was played, although the opportunity for sport of any kind was limited by a lack of space.

The latest accession to The Scots Museum is a mannequin, dressed in what is undoubtedly the most elaborate uniform ever worn by The Scots School Pipes and Drums. It was timely that it went on display for the weekend of the Highland Festival.

Records of the early days of The Scots School are a bit patchy, although some donations of material from John McLucas, whose father was Headmaster from 1949-1952, have boosted the collection from that period.

The Founders- Canon Smith and Bishop Marsden. Across Eastern Australia’s Great Dividing Range, set in the plains, is Bathurst, one of the first towns established in New South Wales. By the 1870s, Bathurst was busy in its role as a thriving gold and pastoral centre. It was also seen as ‘a bearer of enlightenment’ with all kinds of schools, each one ‘fighting for its share of the public purse, parents’ fees and children’s attendance’.