As SRU President he recalled this time at the Edinburgh club when opening the 2016 Melrose Sevens: "The profile of sevens has never been higher and Melrose - where I have happy memories of representing Boroughmuir in the tournament in the 1970s – continue to play their part in extending its appeal through the quality and imagination of the guest sides invited to the Greenyards.
[1] On his election he said: "I am very keen, having spent this past year learning to ensure that there is strong trust, between the stakeholders, the clubs, the Council and the Board, that is where we start.
I think now what Mark Dodson and the executive team have done in making sure the professional game is on a solid footing, is fantastic.
"[9] During Flockhart's time as president the SRU received criticism for the way it handled the sacking of their Director of Rugby, Keith Russell - the father of Scotland international Finn Russell - and the introduction of 'Agenda 3' which created an Edinburgh-centric national professional league competition, the Super 6, with 3 of the 6 sides coming from the capital - and no sides from the cities of Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee or Inverness.
[10] In his annual report address to the SRU delegates, Flockhart stated: "Over the last six weeks or so there's been a cloud over Scottish Rugby, I believe caused by two things: Firstly, the findings of the employment tribunal in relation to our former director of domestic rugby Keith Russell – I want to reassure you that through Council and board we will learn the lessons from the tribunal findings, we will implement recommendations from the review undertaken by Lesley Thomson, Scotland's former solicitor general.
Agenda 3 was only ever a response to a recognition by many of our clubs and those volunteers in them that change is needed if our game is to survive and flourish.
When I was elected I promised that I would try and brings clubs to the forefront of everything that happened at BT Murrayfield, which I think there's no denying has been the focus.