Good morning all
Scottie and I discussed this with Disco last night and felt that Charlie would have wanted all match day arrangements and build up to go on as usual
That was part of the nature of the man


GHK News - The View from the First Man Over the Top

"I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country."

Abraham Lincoln, August 22, 1864 - Speech to the One Hundred Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiment

Men, of all the words thrown around in the chronicles of our daily lives the most overused is surely ‘legend’. Many lay claim to it whilst some are assigned it by others. One such person who could genuinely be bestowed this title of legend was Charlie Forsyth. Known at O.A. as a teacher, player, coach and friend his passing has deeply saddened our fraternity of rugby.

The word’s transmittance from medieval language has long since been warped to become what we know today as a throw away word but what does this word really mean?

Legend relates specifically to a humans ‘actions’. Not their words, nor standing. Historically ‘legends’ were spread through oratory tales but the truth of a legend is in its actions. Action is about doing, getting the job done, usually where there is no loud fanfare of action yet with exemplar porcelain spirit and tumultuous results. Legends DO.

A Legend does not heed the realms of "possibility", but rather views parameters as objects to be moved and white tramlines to be challenged. Rooted in myth and the unreal the status serves to give each individual hope and aspiration. A legend believes miracles can really happen. And at O.A. they DO.

We were not always Men, as children we were all exposed to the tales of The Brothers Grimm where the legends character mantle was always grounded. Usually small in height the man of the piece has unnerving focus and enormous heart. Tales of legends are a collective experience, where common values are held in high regard and the underpinning of our tradition, like the ‘furniture of Anniesland’
Legends apply structures that reveal a moral definition to events, providing meaning that lifts them above the repetitions and constraints of our average human lives and giving them a universality that makes them worth repeating through many generations. Rest assured, legends are around us in our great game, Rugby Union.

Becoming a legend is about time. Too often legends are rooted in rumour but we have all met such a person. Those reading this piece are lucky enough to have time on our side. Be aware that such time is a luxury and should not be wasted and for this reason I compel us all to take Charlie’s example and thus seize our chance to DO.

The Regiment for tomorrow’s game against Preston Lodge RFC at The Gothenburg. Prestonpans, 2:00pm kick-off, is as follows: 


15. T. Herron 

14. R. Taylor
13. A. Shedden
12. D. Hoffman

11. D. Campbell
10. A. Fleming
9 M. Aird
1. C. MacPhee
2. G. Reid
3. C. Mclay
4. D. Falconer
5. A. ‘Drummond
6. M. Borthwick
7. G. Woolard
8. H. Parker

16. W. Wong
17. R. Shedden
18. F. Campbell-Young

Disco

This article was posted on 29-Oct-2010, 06:50 by Hugh Barrow.