DOZENS of people braved the torrential rain to turn up at the York Hearts St Andrew's Night Celebration on Friday.
The club's first formal event was held at the Minster Hotel in Bootham, and was a huge success.
Piper John Woodman greeted guests with a selection of Scottish classics, before piping them upstairs to the dining room.
There, chairman Ian Warner delivered a brief speech and introduced the guests of honour Roy Kay and Henry Smith. Diners were then treated to traditional Yorkshire-Scottish fare in the form of haggis, neeps and tatties with Yorkshire puddings, and stovies. There was also a stroganoff option.
A raffle raised more than £150, while the auction made about £1,000 - more than half of which is going to the York Guardian Angels appeal. Henry Smith very generously donated a limited edition Heart shirt, commemorating those who gave their lives in the First World War.
Look out for a full report and picture in Tuesday's edition of The Press.
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