Was browsing the Courier website when I came across a couple of articles on our former chairman and benefactor David Sutherland. Written by experienced journalist Val Sweeney, They are well worth a read.
I am sure he has a few stories to tell, at least some of which might involve encountering the late @IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER on some of the away days when we organised get togethers back when he was chairman. However, it is sad to read that he himself might not remember these at some point in future now that he has made it known he has been struggling with dementia since it was diagnosed 4 years ago.
We are lucky that we have had people at our club like David Sutherland throughout the years whether it was Dougie McGillvray, Ken Thompson, Kenny Cameron and of course now Alan Savage. Without those benefactors and the emotional as well as business involvement they gave to the club, all we might have right now is those memories or some form of Phygital presence on the internet.
DFS was, in my opinion, a great chairman. Some liked him, some did not, but I was lucky to spend time with him, Kenny and Ken back in the day as they sought to protect and run the club in much the way Alan Savage has navigated similar waters more recently and got us back to a similar mindset of fiscal responsibility and stability. DFS steered us through tough times in his own way, not always making friends, but always I believe having the club's interests at heart. I/We wish him well in his ongoing health battles now and in the future.
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As the boss of one of Scotland’s biggest building companies, David Sutherland was renowned for his formidable and forthright reputation.
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It will be 10 years ago this spring since the first patients walked through the doors of the new children’s unit at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.
Was browsing the Courier website when I came across a couple of articles on our former chairman and benefactor David Sutherland. Written by experienced journalist Val Sweeney, They are well worth a read.
I am sure he has a few stories to tell, at least some of which might involve encountering the late @IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER on some of the away days when we organised get togethers back when he was chairman. However, it is sad to read that he himself might not remember these at some point in future now that he has made it known he has been struggling with dementia since it was diagnosed 4 years ago.
We are lucky that we have had people at our club like David Sutherland throughout the years whether it was Dougie McGillvray, Ken Thompson, Kenny Cameron and of course now Alan Savage. Without those benefactors and the emotional as well as business involvement they gave to the club, all we might have right now is those memories or some form of Phygital presence on the internet.
DFS was, in my opinion, a great chairman. Some liked him, some did not, but I was lucky to spend time with him, Kenny and Ken back in the day as they sought to protect and run the club in much the way Alan Savage has navigated similar waters more recently and got us back to a similar mindset of fiscal responsibility and stability. DFS steered us through tough times in his own way, not always making friends, but always I believe having the club's interests at heart. I/We wish him well in his ongoing health battles now and in the future.
Inverness Courier
Doing it his way - former businessman with formidable rep...
Inverness Courier
Former construction boss reflects on his New York Maratho...