Countdown is on to Old Maridunians Association reunion dinner


Details have just been released about the annual reunion dinner for the Old Maridunians Association, the 'Old Boys' of the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Carmarthen.
This year's dinner will be held at the Ivy Bush Royal Hotel on Saturday, October 5, 5pm for 5.30pm.
The guest speaker will be Dr Rory McGill, one of the few 'Old Boys' who still manages to play the occasional game of rugby!
Any former pupils or staff members interested in attending should email Ian Stone (stoneian@btinternet.com) or James Ward (ward_james@sky.com), who will explain how to pay the £20 ticket price!
'Old Boys' “E” ties will be available to purchase on the night.

Dr Rory McGill pen picture -
Born Priory Street 1959 - lived for first two years in St David's Mental Hospital!
Moved to Trawsmawr and attended St Mary's Catholic Primary School.
Attended QEGS from 1970-1976, represented Carmarthen Quins at Youth, F Troop and First XV, then Cardiff Med School 1976-82, where he played for First XV and ran the rugby club and did very little else!
Dr McGill worked in Llanelli General Hospital, Glangwili Hospital, St David's Hospital.
He then joined the Royal Navy and did commando training, earning a Green Beret. He served three years with the Royal Marines, based in Plymouth and deploying mainly in Norway.
He left the RN in Scotland and made a brief return to Carmarthen before returning to Plymouth, where he worked  for 20 years as a GP, playing rugby for Devonport Services then Plymouth Civil Service and more recently Plymouth Barbarians and Devonport Services Veterans.
Dr McGill developed an interest in holistic medicine - self healing, meditation, nutrition, training mind and body and eventually left General Practice to run his own holistic practice.
Along the way, he married in Aberystwyth, and now has four children.
He currently lives in Plymouth, working as holistic doctor and part-time GP.

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