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James (Jimmy) Purves

It is with deep regret to announce the death of Jimmy. He was a devoted club member for many years and was also club captain and secretary along with holding other positions within the club.
He continued to play rugby well past when most in his era had hung up their boots. He was also fundamental in setting up the Puffin Gannets ( Dunbar & North Berwick) old boys team.
His sidestep would stop defenders in there tracks.
Members like Jimmy are unique and special with the commitment he gave over many years.
Jimmy was heavily involved in the building of the clubhouse at Winterfield.
Latterly he was cared for in Lammermuir care home.
RIP Jimmy

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Fixtures and Results

DateEventTime/ResultsSeasonMatch Day
2021-08-07 10:00:097th August 2021 U18 North Berwick 10’s 10:00:0910:00 am2021-202207/08/2021
2021-08-07 14:00:567th August 2021 North Berwick 7’s 14:00:562:00 pm2021-202207/08/2021
2021-08-14 15:00:5414th August 2021 Dunbar RFC vs Portobello RFCC - C2021-202214/08/2021
2021-08-28 15:00:0228th August 2021 Dunbar RFC vs Royal High RFC 15:00:023:00 pm2021-202228/08/2021
2021-09-04 15:00:064th September 2021 Trinity Acd RFC vs Dunbar RFCP - P2021-2022-
2021-09-11 15:00:0111th September 2021 Dunbar RFC vs Livingston RFC46 - 322021-2022-
2021-09-18 15:00:1318th September 2021 Inverleith RFC vs Dunbar RFC15 - 542021-2022-
2021-09-25 15:00:0725th September 2021 Dunbar RFC vs Corstorphine RFC15 - 332021-2022-
2021-10-02 15:00:152nd October 2021 Trinity Academicals RFC vs Dunbar RFCP - P2021-2022-
2021-10-09 15:00:559th October 2021 Penicuik RFC vs Dunbar RFC32 - 122021-2022-
2021-10-16 15:00:4516th October 2021 Dunbar RFC vs Langholm RFC45 - 182021-2022-
2021-10-23 15:00:3623rd October 2021 North Berwick RFC vs Dunbar RFC33 - 192021-2022-
2021-10-30 15:00:3330th October 2021 Hawick Linden RFC vs Dunbar RFCP - P2021-2022-
2021-11-06 14:00:336th November 2021 Trinity Academicals RFC vs Dunbar RFC12 - 552021-2022-
2021-11-27 12:00:1927th November 2021 Dunbar RFC vs Leith RFC21 - 202021-2022-
2021-12-04 14:00:254th December 2021 Dunbar RFC vs Trinity Acd RFCP - P2021-2022-
2021-12-11 14:00:2111th December 2021 Livingston RFC vs Dunbar RFCP - P2021-2022-
2022-01-08 14:00:158th January 2022 Dunbar RFC vs Inverleith RFC61 - 122021-2022-
2022-01-15 14:00:2215th January 2022 Corstorphine RFC vs Dunbar RFC 14:00:222:00 pm2021-2022-
2022-01-22 14:00:3722nd January 2022 Dunbar RFC vs Penicuik RFC 14:00:372:00 pm2021-2022-
2022-01-29 14:00:3929th January 2022 Langholm RFC vs Dunbar RFC 14:00:392:00 pm2021-2022-
2022-02-12 14:00:1912th February 2022 Hawick Linden RFC vs Dunbar RFC 14:00:192:00 pm2021-2022-
2022-02-19 15:00:3919th February 2022 Dunbar RFC vs North Berwick RFC 15:00:393:00 pm2021-2022-
2022-03-05 15:00:455th March 2022 Dunbar RFC vs Hawick Linden RFC 15:00:453:00 pm2021-2022-
2022-03-12 14:00:4012th March 2022 Livingston RFC vs Dunbar RFC 14:00:402:00 pm2021-2022-
2022-03-26 15:00:3626th March 2022 Leith RFC vs Dunbar RFC 15:00:363:00 pm2021-2022-
2022-04-02 15:00:452nd April 2022 Dunbar RFC vs Trinity Academicals RFC 15:00:453:00 pm2021-2022-

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2Corstorphine RFC10730314194120937
3Leith RFC10730295168127836
4Penicuik RFC10721291153138535
5Dunbar RFC9630328207121529
6Langholm RFC843121714968523
7Hawick Linden RFC9360129240-111416
8Trinity Academicals RFC9360244272-28411
9Livingston RFC9181170384-21437
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Jimmy Purves RIP
A Gentle Giant.

Gentlemen of Dunbar I’m deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our beloved Jimmy Purves RIP. What a man.

I think I had the honour of first meeting Jimmy in the early 80’s when he was visiting Skerries with Dunbar on their annual trip to Skerries. He and my late father, Kevin Branagan (Past Captain and President of SRFC), struck up a great and lasting friendship in the true Skerries / Dunbar way. A quiet, gentle, compassionate soul, wonderful Jimmy, so softly, gently spoken, always put others before himself.

My early memories were him as an allickadoo member of the Dunbar touring party team - only to be togged out on the pitch ready for the match and suddenly see Jimmy coming out of the changing room, boots on, to play, not watch, the match!

And my word how tough was he? If you’ve never been tackled by Jimmy you’re 🍀 lucky!

Tough as nails, not an inch given. Not a step taken back. Hard, uncompromising - but always fair. Never a word- just tough.

A man to teach us life lessons.

Two memories of Jimmy that for me mark the man. He stayed with my parents on his latter trips to Skerries and left a little wooden hand crafted egg as gift for my mother. On the 2nd or 3rd time of so doing he rang out of the blue a month or two later to say “have you not cracked the egg?”. My folks hadn’t of course but on that prompting they did to find a very generous gift had been sitting in the eggs unknown for a number of years!

The second extraordinary gift Jimmy gave me was simply incredible. Money couldn’t buy it - it is Priceless.

I was working on London and knew I would have the opportunity to visit Edinburgh on the weekend of St. Patrick’s day ☘️ 1990 when there was a certain match in Murryfield!

Now as you well know it ended up being the famous Grand Slam decider against England, the red red red hot favorites.

I rang Jimmy a few weeks before (no text or email in them days!) to sheepishly ask was there even the remote chance of a few tickets for the game (my brother Peter and Mark Ryan - Past president Tom’s son were planning to visit too). He said in his quiet, soft way, “he would see what he could do”.

On the day of the match we met in the Roxburagh hotel, at the end of George street, as Skerries and Dunbar always do. I sat next to Jimmy and said “ I’m sure there’s no chance you got tickets Jimmy, no worries, I know they’re gold dust”.

With that, quietly, without any fuss, Jimmy reached into his immaculate jacket and pulled out an envelope. “ I could only get you two stands tickets Michael, I hope that’s ok”!

Flower of Scotland was born that day. David Sole calmly led the charge of a modern day Bruce. Tony Stanger nearly gave his relative, the late, great Bill McClaren, a heart attack. Aside from bursting my lungs shouting for that most famous of Scottish wins, my main memory is of the wonderful, gentle, kind and considerate Jimmy Purves and how he enjoyed that famous Scottish win.

Oh and by the way….. despite my protestations he wouldn’t take a penny for the tickets. Unbelievable.

Long may live the unique friendship between our clubs. 😮😇

Dearest Jimmy

“ Requisce in Pace”

Gone but never ever forgotten.
MAKB.
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Jimmy Purves RIP A Gentle Giant. Gentlemen of Dunbar I’m deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our beloved Jimmy Purves RIP. What a man. I think I had the honour of first meeting Jimmy in the early 80’s when he was visiting Skerries with Dunbar on their annual trip to Skerries. He and my late father, Kevin Branagan (Past Captain and President of SRFC), struck up a great and lasting friendship in the true Skerries / Dunbar way. A quiet, gentle, compassionate soul, wonderful Jimmy, so softly, gently spoken, always put others before himself. My early memories were him as an allickadoo member of the Dunbar touring party team - only to be togged out on the pitch ready for the match and suddenly see Jimmy coming out of the changing room, boots on, to play, not watch, the match! And my word how tough was he? If you’ve never been tackled by Jimmy you’re 🍀 lucky! Tough as nails, not an inch given. Not a step taken back. Hard, uncompromising - but always fair. Never a word- just tough. A man to teach us life lessons. Two memories of Jimmy that for me mark the man. He stayed with my parents on his latter trips to Skerries and left a little wooden hand crafted egg as gift for my mother. On the 2nd or 3rd time of so doing he rang out of the blue a month or two later to say “have you not cracked the egg?”. My folks hadn’t of course but on that prompting they did to find a very generous gift had been sitting in the eggs unknown for a number of years! The second extraordinary gift Jimmy gave me was simply incredible. Money couldn’t buy it - it is Priceless. I was working on London and knew I would have the opportunity to visit Edinburgh on the weekend of St. Patrick’s day ☘️ 1990 when there was a certain match in Murryfield! Now as you well know it ended up being the famous Grand Slam decider against England, the red red red hot favorites. I rang Jimmy a few weeks before (no text or email in them days!) to sheepishly ask was there even the remote chance of a few tickets for the game (my brother Peter and Mark Ryan - Past president Tom’s son were planning to visit too). He said in his quiet, soft way, “he would see what he could do”. On the day of the match we met in the Roxburagh hotel, at the end of George street, as Skerries and Dunbar always do. I sat next to Jimmy and said “ I’m sure there’s no chance you got tickets Jimmy, no worries, I know they’re gold dust”. With that, quietly, without any fuss, Jimmy reached into his immaculate jacket and pulled out an envelope. “ I could only get you two stands tickets Michael, I hope that’s ok”! Flower of Scotland was born that day. David Sole calmly led the charge of a modern day Bruce. Tony Stanger nearly gave his relative, the late, great Bill McClaren, a heart attack. Aside from bursting my lungs shouting for that most famous of Scottish wins, my main memory is of the wonderful, gentle, kind and considerate Jimmy Purves and how he enjoyed that famous Scottish win. Oh and by the way….. despite my protestations he wouldn’t take a penny for the tickets. Unbelievable. Long may live the unique friendship between our clubs. 😮😇 Dearest Jimmy “ Requisce in Pace” Gone but never ever forgotten. MAKB. Pictured with Jimmy in Dunbar is Gerry Weldon and The Raf. I believe this is the last match that I played in against Dunbar too!
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A Great Dunbar Man. Always had time for a wee natter. A Dunbar Rugby Legend.

Michael Thank you for sharing your stories of Jimmy. For those in he Club who did not know Jim you have shown the kindness and thoughtfulness of the man. For those that did know him you have brought back fond memories. I remember one Old Goat’s match where your winger only had Jimmy, who was maybe 60 at the time, to beat for a try. Everyone closed their eyes not wishing to see an old player hurt only to open them and find the winger unceremoniously dumped on his backside. A great man and example of what rugby camaraderie is all about.

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Looks brilliant Bobby.... 👏

What fantastic change x

Looks good

Looks great 👍

Looks amazing x

I now see you you meant about the pillars, it all looks great 👍🏼

Looking great Bobby.

Looking good Bobby, hope that’s a massive tv screen in the brown box in first picture.

Looks amazing!!! What a difference 👏🏻

What an improvement Bobby, what are you planning to use the new area for?

Looking great Bobby

Wow!

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