Lanarkshire Branch

Secretary:- Peter Chalmers lanark@rpoas.org.uk  

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Updated 5th July, 2010

 

SECRETARY’S ANNUAL REPORT 2009

Fellow members, I present this years Annual Report for your consideration and approval. To those of you who may not have enjoyed the best of health or suffered the loss of a loved one during the past year we offer our continuing comfort and support. Our President Ian Hosie will be standing down as President this year due to ill health.

NEW MEMBERS
During the past year we have recruited a total of 30 new members :- Tom Porter, Colin J Dickson, John Currie, Gerard Ryan, Gordon Tavendale, Gerard Watson, Douglas Gardiner, Thomas Smith, William McLoy, Catherine Barnsley, Thomas Black, Ian Carmichael, John McAuley, John Russell, Murray Robison, Gordon M Porteous, Alexander Cunningham, Henry Harper, Robert Anderson, Colin Harris, Peter Driver, Alexander Moyies Peter Wylie, John Perry, Ian Millar, John Wilson, Thomas Craig, Keith McDonald, Alistair Walker and Francis Carroll. We extend a warm welcome to all of 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 totals 283.

DEATHS
This year, 4 members have died namely, William Woods,(94) Hector Rennie,(93) George Meldrum. (73) Albert McLellan,(92) and James Cherrie (81)
NON MEMBERS
William Auld, Duncan McBurnie, William Stevenson, Lesley Cuthbertson, Betty Galletley,(82), Billy Brannan,(62) Robert Napier,(61) Andy Hyslop,(65) Graeme Edward, David Pettigrew (61) George Cox (72) May Harkness, George Cox (72) Alison Tomlinson (47) and Thomas Stevenson (76).

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
The Annual Conference was hosted by the Tayside Branch at the Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry on the 14/15th of April 2009, Thomas Marshall and Peter Chalmers attended on behalf of the Lanarkshire Branch, when a number of changes to the Constitution were discussed and later accepted by the Executive Committee.

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
Both the Dance and the Annual Dinner were a success and our thanks go to all those who attended and to the Caterers, also to John McKelvie and Deny’s Docherty for their support.

WAR MEMORIAL
This year we had Lanarkshire Constabulary’s War Memorial within Car Park No 8 of Hamilton Sheriff Court restored as the names of 34 Police Constables who died during the first and second world wars could not be read clearly.

CONCLUSION
Once again our thanks go to the Committee of the Hamilton Caledonian Bowling Club for The use of their premises and to every member for their continued support over the year. We look forward to a good attendance at our AGM and trust that this report and our efforts over the past year meet with your approval.


PETER CHALMERS : Secretary/Treasure

Committee

PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT Evan McKay
SEC/TREASURER Peter Chalmers
MEMBERS
Tom Marshall
Tom Cairns
Bob House
Charles McArthur
Willie Armstrong