Greg Cunningham

“I have many memories of Chris from school and every single one brings a smile to my face. He was a credit to you all and I count myself fortunate to have been able to call him my friend.

Chris and I played rugby together throughout school and also at Boroughmuir. In 1st year, he was one of the fastest wingers I had ever seen and undoubtedly the one with the hairiest legs! We won the Under-16 Scottish Championship with Boroughmuir, which led to a trip to France on tour. One of the lads had a fantastic idea that we all dye our hair peroxide blonde for the trip, but Chris missed the memo, or at least that’s what he told us. Not to be the odd one out, he insisted on getting hair dye in the first shop he could to make sure he was the same as the boys. The colour, unfortunately, didn’t lead to the same blonde as everyone else . . . rather a light brownish ginger tinge which brought great hilarity to everyone, Chris included. Fair play to him though- always a team player.

I can’t do Chris justice in a sentence but: team player, up for a laugh, passionate and determined are the words at the forefront of my mind when I think of him.”