Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te mutunga o ana ra takaro pai rawa atu, i haere tonu a Fairhurst ki te tuku nui i tana wa me tana moni, mo te whakatairanga i te Scottish Chess. I whakaingoatia ia hei Perehitini o te Scottish Chess Association (SCA) mai i te tau 1956 ka hangaia he hononga hou me te British Chess Federation. I te mutunga o tana wa i whakaritea, ka whakahaere ia i te SCA, ka tohua ia hei Perehitini me te pupuri i te tika ki te whiriwhiri ko wai ka uru atu ki a ia i te poari. Mo tetahi wa, he pai ake tenei i te ahua o te SCA i pa ki mua. I muri mai, heoi, i kaha ake tana mana, i muri i te tautohetohe mo te kowhiringa kapa mo te
I te Ope Taua o Lugano 1968, i whakamatau ai ia ki te aukati i te whakauru o tetahi kaitakaro, i whakakorehia ia, ka tono kia tohua he kaiwhaiwhai.