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Club History 1999-2014

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2010–2011 Lawrie Orr<br />

Breakfast meeting with John Swinney MSP l December meeting<br />

cancelled due to snow l crepes stall at Bridge of Allan<br />

Highland Games raised £800 l inaugural Judy Murray Junior<br />

Mini Tennis Cups Competition attracted 60 participants l<br />

30 years of Am-Am –£300,000 raised to date l first Teas on<br />

the Green at Fling Weekend l first Prize for stall at Doune and<br />

Dunblane Show l Winter Treat held at Queen Victoria School<br />

for first time l Armed Forces day in Bridge of Allan for first (and last) time l talks<br />

from three S2 Dunblane High pupils, Honorary Consul for Rwanda to Scotland,<br />

Gerda Siann and Stirling Council Chief Executive Bob Jack l Polio eradication<br />

fundraising in District raised £300,000, including funding from Gates Foundation l<br />

Fellowship weekend to Lake District and visit to Bridge of Allan Microbrewery l<br />

Quiz Night held for PolioPlus l visitor from the Rotary <strong>Club</strong> of Heilbronn – Unterland<br />

in District 1830 l seven new members including three ladies and four resignations<br />

l death of Alastair Crawford.<br />

2011–2012 Rod Jones<br />

Meeting in Doune with 1923 Stanhope three-wheeler car on<br />

show l Am-Am cancelled due to excess rainfall l charity<br />

auction for End Polio Now campaign – over £5,000 raised l<br />

Quiz Night for Parkinson’s held l joint presentation with<br />

Stirling and Carse of Stirling to Cornton Primary School for<br />

play equipment l first Christmas concert was held in Dunblane<br />

Cathedral l presentation of Rotary Cup for Chef’s Award for<br />

Inspirational Commitment made at Forth Valley College l several members<br />

joined Dunblane Fling Committee l visit to Biomass Plant in Glenrothes l Primary<br />

School Quiz team from Bridge of Allan reached Area Final l outgoing GSE Team<br />

to Australia led by Peter Farr l visit to East Stirlingshire Football <strong>Club</strong> l visitors from<br />

Leeton Central in New South Wales and Langholm l weekend visit to Edinburgh<br />

Tattoo, Russian Evening at Forth Valley College and Jubilee Party at Iain and<br />

Marjory Smith’s l guided tour of Battle of Bannockburn site by <strong>Club</strong> member<br />

Ranald Shepherd l five new members, including four ladies and first husband<br />

and wife members; two resignations and three honorary members l David<br />

Mackie and Graham Russell awarded PHF (first double award).<br />

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