Great Scot - The Scotch Family Magazine - Issue 150 April 2017 GS150-ONLINE Version_FA | Página 63

Club Stalwarts earn Merit Awards
2016 OSCA Merit Awards
Gary Robert Bennett (‘88) began playing
with the Old Scotch Cricket Club in his first year
after leaving Scotch, and has played for the club
for 28 consecutive years. In that period he has won
the club’s bowling averages 16 times, played in six
premierships, and was named in the club’s team
of the century in 1999. The club’s archives are
incomplete, but it is estimated that Gary has taken
about 400 wickets in his 28 years with Old Scotch.
He was made a life member of the Old Scotch
Cricket Club at the end of the 2015/16 season,
in which the club once again won the MCC Club
XI premiership. Gary is a former President of the
McLeod Club, which supports cricket at Scotch.
One of Gary’s incentives to continue playing then Senior Vice President to David McCleery from
2012 to 2014. He was club Secretary in 2014, and
Secretary and Chair of Committee in 2015 and
2016.
As well as his senior roles with the club, Don
has been a highly efficient match day statistician
since 2009.
His contributions to OSCA have included
chairing the working group which set up OSCA’s
Life Transitions program, which offers Old Boys the
opportunity both to give and receive professional
care at all stages of their lives.
Richard Gordon Snape (‘81) was a founding
member of the Old Scotch Soccer Club in 1981,
and throughout the club’s history he has either
been a committee member or has been closely
with Old Scotch is one day to play in the same
team as his sons, Nicholas (Scotch, Year 9) and involved with running the club. Richard was a key
contributor to establishing the club in the amateur
Joel (Scotch, Year 7).
Donald Skene Larkin (‘62) has been a leagues, and has supported it behind the scenes
and on the sidelines over the past three and a half
committee member of the Old Scotch Football
Club since 2008. He has held various roles on the decades.
Recently, Richard played a leading role in the
committee including governance and planning
in 2009, during which he conducted workshops
leading to creation of the club’s vision, mission and
values.
Don provided strong support for then club
President, James Macmillan, in 2010 and 2011
when the club implemented the Leading Teams
initiative for the playing group, designed to modify
the culture of the club. He became the club’s V