Tuesday saw several members of staff head off for international duty, with Alex Smith and Coach Maurice Malpas leading the way.
Messrs Smith and Malpas will be off to Latvia later this week in their roles as Manager and Assistant of the Scottish Under-21 sides while Jason de Vos and Pat Onstad will be making the much longer journey with Canada to Trinidad and Tobago.
The fifth absentee will be Danny Griffin who is in the Northern Ireland squad for their meeting with Malta.