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Alastair McHarg
Alastair Ferguson McHarg (born 17 June 1944) is a former lock (second row forward) for the Scotland national rugby union team, 1968-79. McHarg won 44 caps for Scotland and also frequently partnered Gordon Brown in the Scottish second row.
Like Ian McLauchlan and Gordon Brown who were his contemporaries, McHarg was an Ayrshire man.
Richard Bath writes of him that:
Allan Massie says,
Massie also valued his entertainment value as much as his skill.
Despite his skills,
moved to its present position on the far side of the ground. The current clubhouse was built through the efforts of Gordon Richens in 1968 and was expanded, with squash courts added, by Colin Barrett in 1975.
The club had been struggling with income over expenditure since the mid-1990s and with debts and loans spiralling the club found it increasing difficult to service the arrears. An attempted buy-out of the club and assets by former coach Phil Hall was quashed at the club’s annual general meeting in 2007. Alastair McHarg