Apology made after 'intemperate language' used in fund row By Gordon Calder Published: 13:30, 19 February 2021 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper WICK Academy supporter Dan Mackay has apologised for his âintemperate languageâ after hitting out at what he called âa self-appointed eliteâ and accusing them of âtowering conceitâ. Mr Mackay made the apology to former Academy chairman and local businessman Colin Stewart, the spokesman for a group of people who would like to see the £140,000 in the Wick Academy Development Fund (WADF) go to local community groups in line with the fundâs constitution.