A sporting event will be held on Saturday in memory of a man killed in a North Sea helicopter tragedy five years ago.
Angus and Dundee golfers will congregate at Monifieth Links to celebrate the life of Nairn Ferrier, who was one of 16 people killed when a Super Puma helicopter went down off the Aberdeenshire coast in 2009.
The helicopter suffered a catastrophic gearbox failure on its way back from BP’s Miller platform.
Mr Ferrier’s friend Grant Withers has organised an annual trophy in tribute the largest of which will tee off in the morning.
He said: “I am delighted that we will once again have over 50 individuals, made up of both friends and family, golfing at Monifieth this weekend and all turning out in red trousers as Nairn did at his last appearance in the previously named ‘hackers’ golf day.
“Now renamed the County Trophy, due to Nairn’s nickname taken from the football team Nairn County, I now find that year-on-year I get requests from new players wanting to participate in the event, either having heard through others or indeed seen us out on the course.”
He continued: “In fact the evening element of the day has also become so popular that this year we had members of the club staff asking to work the bar and another friend putting on a complimentary seven-piece band to entertain all.”
Three generations of Ferriers played for the first time last year Mr Ferrier’s father, brother Brian and nephew Sam and Brian won.
Mr Ferrier was a former pupil of Forthill Primary and Grove Academy.
He worked for a time as a mechanic with Mercedes at Camperdown Motors before joining the family business at JAF Carriers and at the Royal Hotel in Monifieth.
The father-of-two had celebrated his 40th birthday only a few weeks before the accident.