EROS

September lunch speaker
Ken Wallace Vice President SRU

EROS LUNCH SPEAKERS 2024 -2025

September
Ken Wallace. Vice President SRU

October
Prof. Willie Stewart Glasgow University and specialist in concussion

November
Iain Paxton Ex Scottish Rugby Internationist

December
George McNeill Ex Professional Sprinter and Raconteur

January
David Barnes Editor of THE OFFSIDE LINE

February
David Johnston Ex Scottish Rugby Internationalist

March
Craig Chalmers Ex Scottish Rugby internationalist

Howard presented Michelle Sutton of the charity Muirfield Riding Therapy with a cheque ,on behalf of Eros ,at the March lunch

Our guest speaker, at the Eros March lunch, was the ex Scottish Rugby Internationalist - Duncan Hodge.

This is Howard with the Ladies from the charity "School of Hard Knocks". On the left is Megan Gaffney and on the right Rosa Innes. Howard presented them with a cheque, on behalf Eros, at the March lunch

Howard on his way to address the Haggis at the January lunch

Bob Easson our guest speaker at the Eros February Lunch.

Willie Allan our guest speaker for the Eros Christmas Lunch '23.

Our two speakers at the November Eros lunch Tom English and Peter Burns with Howard Haslett.

SPEAKERS at EROS

2012 - 2013
Mike Mayer Doddle Weir Cammy Mather Jim Renwick Peter Mitchell Peter Brown
2013-2014
Andy Irvine
Bobby Lowe Roger Baird
Ian Barnes
Willie Hunter Johnny Bacigalupo Finlay Calder
2014-2015
Scott Hastings George McNeill Sean Lineen Iain Milne
Jim Fleming Fergus Slattery John Jeffrey
2015 -2016
Nigel Brown Guy Richardson Jim Neilly
David Sole Euan Kennedy Jason White Roy Mack
2016-2017
Joe Smith
Rob Flockhart Frank Hadden Ritchie Gray David Purdue Tappe Henning David Mercer
2017-2018
Jonny Petrie Doddle weir Alan Lewis
Ian Robertson Chris Paterson Brian Donald Dougie Donnelly
2018-2019
Tom English Gregor Townsend Willie Allen
Gavin Hastings Dee Bradley
Joe Clark
Finlay Calder
2019-2020
Mike Wheatley
Jim Leishman
John Frame
Willie John McBride Dean Richards Chris Rae
COVID
2021-2022
Craig Brown
Peter Wright
Hugh Dan McLennan Jim Calder
Richie Dixon
Frank Hadden
2022-2023
James Robson Mark Appleson Tim Visser
Sir Ian McGeechan David Ferguson Jamie Farndale Iwan Tukalo
2023-2024
Gordon Bulloch Richie Dixon

Oct 18th - Richie Dixon
Past Scotland Coach

EROS LUNCHES
September '23 - March'24 - Speakers

Sept 20th - Gordon Bullock
Scotland & British & Irish Lions

Oct 18th - Richie Dixon
Past Scotland Coach

Nov 15th - Peter Burns
Managing Director of Polaris Publishers Ltd, based in Edinburgh.
Peter is a writer and sports publisher and has written 3 books with Tom English the rugby correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.

Dec 20th - Willie Allan MBE
Dunfermline & North & Midlands

2024

Jan 17th - Dr John Beattie
Scotland, & British & Irish Lions & BBC

Feb 21st - Bob Easson
Director of Rugby - Edinburgh Academicals

Mar 20th - Duncan Hodge
Edinburgh & Scotland.