Queen Elizabeth Coronation Schools Trophy

This tournament is played every year at Royal Burgess GS in Edinburgh and Watsonians have a formidable record. Unfortunately this was not enhanced in 2008 as the team of Richard Craig & Brian Tait, Andrew Hogg & Martin Hopley and Brian Bingham & Scott James lost in the semi-final to Edinburgh Academicals with the deciding match losing at the 22nd.

Watsonians have won the QE on a record 10 occasions in the following years:

1953: Sandy B Williamson, Alan FD MacGregor, Clifford N Hastings, A Millar Forbes, RAJ Heron, WA Whitelaw

1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1976, 1986, 1988, 1998

2005: Martin Hopley, Scott James, Graham Turner, Andrew Hogg, Richard Craig, Alan Williams, Richard Johnston, Andrew Turner

Watsonians have also been runners-up in 1973, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1997, 1999

2005 Winners

Martin Hopley, Scott James, Graham Turner, Andrew Hogg

Richard Craig, Alan Williams, Richard Johnston, Andrew Turner

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