Haldane Tait Lecture and Dinner 2015

The 2015 Haldane Tait Lecture and dinner was held on the historic Craiglockhart Campus of Napier University. The lecturer Harriet Tuckey gave a fascinating account of the role of her father in the first successful of climbing of Mount Everest in a lecture: ‘Everest the First Ascent: the untold story of Griffith Pugh the man who made it possible’ This was based on her award-winning biography of her father where she outlines some of his innovations and describes her difficult relationship with him.the opening set, ETSU reeled off three straight points to take the 12-9 lead. The run was capped off by a Stancliffservice ace. The Mocs rallied to tie the score on two occasions, but the Bucs went on another run of their own to maintain the lead at 17-14. The set concluded with ETSU taking four of the last five points to earn the 25-19 set victory. The Bucs posted an impressive .312 attack percentage in the set, while Devine led the way offensively with four kills. Stancliff posted three kills to go along with the service ace in the set to equal Devine’s four points.

The first significant run in the second set occurred when the Mocs reeled off four straight points to take a 10-7 lead after