The Simpson & Marwick staff golf outing took place at
Kilspindie in East Lothian on Friday 1st September. Congratulations
go to Gregor Rolfe of the Edinburgh office who won the competition
with an excellent 44 stableford points. He is now the proud
recipient of the Fodd Pot, a trophy with an interesting history. In
Victorian times when the firm came into being legend has it that it
was originally called Simpson & Marwick & Fodd. No-one now
can tell us who Mr Fodd was or what happened to him. There is some
suggestion that rather than being a person Fodd might in fact have
been some sort of graffiti scrolled on the firm's name plate by a
disgruntled pursuer. The pot is also notable because like the
original World Cup trophy it went missing in mysterious
circumstances only to be rediscovered later on Mike Wood's
mantelpiece.
As a postscript to this year's event an application to the
Management Board by a partner from the Edinburgh office who shall
remain nameless for funds to build a trophy cabinet on the third
floor has triggered an internal enquiry. That same partner is
Simpson & Marwick's golf match secretary and has responsibility
for allocating handicaps to all of the competitors. Given that
three of the four leading scores in the competition came from
members of his team it was thought that some further inquiry might
be merited.
