Royal Dornoch Winter Newsletter 2024

Cocktails, canapes and dancing followed and a
great night was had by all. Hopefully this continues
in years to come and will be a time for many
celebrations.
As you are aware we had large number of golfers
playing this year, both members, guests and
visitors, which meant great results on the retail side
both in the pro shop as well as food and beverage.
These will be reported on in the finance report but
my thanks and congratulations to the managers
and staff in both these areas in coping with the
numbers and also making them feel so welcome.
This year was quite unique in the history of the club
with two special general meetings taking place. One
in April and one in September and both were to
do with the new clubhouse project. It was great to
see so many members present at each one and
voting to make the clubhouse a reality. The minutes
of the September SGM are later in this newsletter.
As always, well almost if you ignore the Covid years,
the annual general meeting took place during the
week of the Carnegie Shield. There was just one
retiring Council Member this year, Tony Gordon, as
he had filled in the final year for those that had
resigned in the previous year. I am delighted that Tony
enjoyed it so much that he stood for election again.
This year’s new Council members are David
Diracles, Sandy Fraser and Tony Gordon, which puts
the Council of Management back to full strength
after a couple of years without the requisite quota.
This AGM was also unique in that it was the first
time that a living President has stood down from
office. At the suggestion of Gordon Lawson the
rules of the club were amended so that the
President and Vice Presidents only serve a
maximum of two 3 year terms. Gordon, having
served two terms, stood down and made way for the
unanimously proposed and elected Alan Ramsey.
As noted in the minutes of the AGM, which are
later in the newsletter, Gordon has served the club
in almost every capacity, and we should all applaud
and thank him for giving of himself and his time
to Royal Dornoch over so many years. I know that
I have benefited often from his knowledge and
advice, as have many others, and that we are all
extremely grateful. Not quite sure how Kate is
taking having him at home more often?
We now look forward to having Alan in the
President’s parking space and being the only
person, so far, to captain the club twice I know he
has much to offer the current Captain and
Council as well as myself.
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