Ken Hutchison

Dalhousie recently lost one of its most meritorious - and popular - members with the death of Ken Hutchison. One of twins, born into a well known family of bakers in Aberdeen, Ken went to Merchiston School in Edinburgh. He joined the RAF at the outbreak of the Second World War and, during his service with Bomber Command, was shot down and imprisoned in Germany. After the end of hostilities, the firm took over Nicoll's Bakery at the Cross in Carnoustie, whose telephone number ( hard for today's younger inhabitants of the town, in particular, to imagine ) was 4!  Ken joined Dalhousie in 1948 - appropriately enough the family home was in Dalhousie Street - and the rest, as they say, is history. He was the first winner of the post-war Craw's Nest Tassie and Dalhousie Club Champion on five occasions, as well as a regular victor in other club tournaments. (With Fred Buik as partner, the pair was a 'three in a row' winner of the Peter Sime Foursomes.) He was also a member at Panmure and Blairgowrie, made time to become a founder member of Carnoustie Round Table and subsequently joined the Rotary Club of Carnoustie. Living in Ballater in his latter years, he is survived by his wife Helen and three sons.