INVERCLYDE Provost Robert Moran was joined by other local dignitaries and accompanied by Greenock Wanderers president John McDougall to perform the opening ceremony and declare the newly re-laid rugby pitch at Fort Matilda open.

With formalities over Wanderers’ ‘Old Crocks’ then played their first game in many years and managed to secure a rare victory over a Renfrewshire District Veterans Select side managed by former Wanderer John Black.