Lanarkshire Branch
Secretary:- Christopher Keegan lanark@rpoas.org.ukNews
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Updated 22nd November, 2010
Indoor Bowling Competition
On Friday 22 October 2010, the Glasgow Branch held another Indoor Bowling Competition at the Glasgow Indoor Bowling Club. The occasion was enhanced by the attendance of two guest visiting teams of four, one from Lanarkshire Branch and the other Renfrew & Dunbarton Branch. The event was preceded by a light lunch and concluded with presentations to the two top scoring teams, being the Renfrew & Dunbarton team and and one from Glasgow. The photograph shows the gathered competitors at the start of competition. It is the intention to host another event in February 2011 with an open invitations to the other Strathclyde Branches to participate.
LANARKSHIRE BRANCH SECRETARY’S ANNUAL REPORT 2010
Fellow members, I present this year’s Annual Report for your consideration and approval. To those of you who may not have enjoyed the best of health or have suffered the loss of a loved one during the past year we offer our continuing support.
NEW MEMBERS
During the past year we have recruited a total of 32 new members to the branch:-
James McDonald, Kenneth Ellis, Gordon Govan, Alistair Macpherson, William Ferguson, Gerald Boyd, Gordon Anderson, David Gupwell, Ian Bulloch, James Glidden, Hugh Brownlie, Paul Fleming, Robert Wallace, Robert Brown, Richard Sharp, William Kirkwood, Michael Feighan, Patrick Durkin, Alexander McAllister, Hugh O’Donnell, Ronald Whitelock, George Hogg, Gordon Wotherspoon, John Steele, Tam Weir, David Rhodes, Allan Alexander, Angus Paterson, Rod Ritchie, Thomas Rowatt, Bill Sommerville and John McLean.
We extend a warm welcome to all our new members and trust that they will enjoy a long and healthy retirement and be able to participate fully in the Association. Our paid up membership now stands at 302, with 4 members aged 90 to 94, 37 aged 80 and over, 72 aged 70 and over and the rest aged 50 and over.
DEATHS: MEMBERS
This year we have lost 8 members including our former President Ian Hosie at the age of 68. The other members who died are Alexander Stevenston (64), Robert BOB Martin (81), Walter Ewan (89), William Thomson (87), James Allan (90), John McKinley (76), and last but not least our oldest member Constable Hugh Burrell (95) who had retired in 1965 from Greater Manchester Police.
DEATHS: NON MEMBERS
Robert (BOB )Mclean (78), Joseph White (83), Robert McLachlan (63), Adam Angus, Barry Connor, Kevin Orr, Jamie Harper (56), Stephen Clements (50), Donald Cameron, Donald McLean (75) and Thomas Anderson (79).
LETTER OF THANKS
The Secretary visited our former President Ian Hosie in Hospital and handed him a letter and a £100 voucher on behalf of the Association thanking him for his services and continued support to the Association over many years.
DONATION
£150 was donated to the Police widows this year.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The Annual Conference was hosted by the Renfrew and Dumbarton Branch at the Glynhill Hotel Renfrew. Thomas Marshall and Chris Keegan attended on behalf of the Lanarkshire Branch.
ANNUAL DANCE / SOCIAL EVENT The Annual Dance which was held in November 2009 was run at a loss, but this year’s Annual Dinner was a sell out once again and our thanks go to all those who attended and brought prizes for the raffle draws. Our thanks to the Caterers on both occasions and Denys Docherty (Dance) and John McKelvie (Dinner) for their contributions.
WAR MEMORIAL
The Lanarkshire Constabulary’s War Memorial within Car Park No 8 of Hamilton Sheriff Court, Hamilton was cleaned and the letters painted, then rededicated on Remembrance Sunday, 8th November 2009, with the assistance of the Hamilton British Legion, Salvation Army along with Court Staff, Strathclyde Police and members of the Lanarkshire Branch of the RPOA(S). Our thanks go to Louis Munn for his help and assistance in arranging the Dedication Service. This year’s service will be at 1.30pm on Sunday 14th November 2010, and I would ask those members who are able to come along to the Service to do so to remember those Police Officers who lost their lives in both wars.
SCOTTISH POLICE MEMORIAL SERVICE
Along with Sam Mackie, Bob Suttie and his wife Agnes, I attended the Scottish Police Memorial Service which was held at Tulliallan Police College on Wednesday 1st September 2010. There was a large turnout of friends and relatives who witnessed a very professional Service which included a piper, march past of College recruits and the release of doves at the end of the service. Any member can visit the College Memorial Site at most times when they will be made welcome.
EMAIL ADDRESSES
Any new email addresses to be forwarded to Secretary at lanark@rpoas.org.uk in order that they can be added to the Lanarkshire Branch Contacts List.
CONCLUSION
Once again our thanks go to the Hamilton Caledonian Bowling Club for the use of their premises and to every member of the RPOAS, for their continued support over the year. We look forward to a good attendance at our AGM and trust that this report and the Committee’s efforts over the past year meet with your approval.
Peter Chalmers - Secretary
Evan Mackay - President
Approved by AGM
18th October 2010
Committee 2010
President - Evan Mackay
Vice President - William Armstrong
Secretary/Treasurer - Chris Keegan
Committee members
Peter Chalmers, Tom Cairns, Ellen Callan, Robert House, Margaret McLean, Tom Marshall