Jamie Murray helps launch a new tartan created to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Macmillan's World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
Davis Cup hero Jamie Murray swapped his shorts for a very special kilt ahead of his semi-final doubles tie against Australia on Saturday.
And it must have proved lucky as he and brother Andy got a vital point on the road to victory for Team GB.
Tennis ace Jamie modelled the kilt made from a new tartan, designed by Kinloch Anderson, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Macmillan Cancer Support’s fundraising event, the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning.
Based on a Macmillan hunting tartan in homage to the charity’s founder Douglas Macmillan, it features the organisation’s distinctive brand colours of dark, mid and light green.
The kilt will be auctioned to raise funds for the charity's services, including specialist nurses, financial help for cancer patients and a telephone support line.
“I am honoured to be chosen to launch this new tartan because there are very few people who haven’t been affected by cancer in some way,” Jamie said.
“I’m also very happy to help promote the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. My granny holds a coffee morning every year and I hope the charity raises the money it needs to help people with cancer and their families.”
The tartan has been officially registered by Kinloch Anderson, tailors and kiltmakers to the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales.
The company also supplied the kilt outfits for both Jamie and his brother Andy’s weddings.
Claire Kinloch Anderson from Kinloch Anderson said: "We were delighted to design a tartan for Macmillan and are so proud that Jamie Murray is wearing the kilt as an ambassador for them and all the amazing work they do."
Macmillan’s area fundraising manager Jan Forrest said: “We are really grateful to Jamie Murray for taking time out of his busy training schedule to help us launch this new tartan and to Kinloch Anderson for designing it for us.
“We relie almost entirely on voluntary donations and fundraising for income and the money raised from auctions such as this will become ever more important.”
