Craigie Veitch

 After Dinner Speaker

Craigie Veitch
 
Craigie Veitch…as a man of leisure; is one of our busiest speakers. He’s a man of letters too, being the champion of the Edinburgh Scrabble Club and as a former journalist with Scotsman Publications has a command of the language that is quite unique in high good humour that keeps him in heavy demand for after dinner engagements.

Craigie took early retirement from the sport’s desk of the Edinburgh Evening News, which he served man and boy. He started as a racing tipster but his principal interest was to become football, golf and bowling correspondent. He served for a time on the children’s panel and has always had a close connection with the boy’s club movement.

He has covered functions in connection with most of the Scottish Premier League football clubs and done numerous testimonial dinners.

He’s well known on the SFA dinner circuit and is a regular top-table guest at many a Scottish golf club. His golf stories have also been aired in England in association with the Golf World Magazine.

He has spoken at many Burns’ Suppers, his main claim to fame being the “lasses”.

Out with sport, Craigie has covered the country, from Inverness to Brighton, attending round table functions, licensed trade soirees and business lunches.

His main educational claim to fame is that he once shared an inkwell at school with Sean Connery. In fact, he insists, in true journalistic style, that he taught 007 all he knew about elocution and acting!