Royal Dornoch Winter Newsletter 2024

Wednesday Seniors (The Geriatrics)
Having now been in the chair for a full year l am
pleased to see that the numbers playing continue to
grow to above 20 during the winter and regularly
over 30 during the summer months when our
members living outwith the Highlands return for
their summer vacation. This keeps the front of
house staff busy when players and non-players turn
up for the coffee and craic in the bar area after play
on the Struie Course.
This year there were three noted anniversaries in that
our past president John Logan celebrated his 80th
birthday and both Willie Skinner (Royal Dornoch
retired head professional) and Kenneth Bromage
celebrated their 90th birthdays. It is also refreshing
to see Willie showing everyone how golf should be
played and occassionally winning one of the weekly
golf balls.
Attached below are photo’s of John and Willie
celebrating their birthdays at the golf club,
unfortunately l do not have a photo of Kenneth with
his bottles of whisky.
players withdrew while others had to be cajouled into
playing. I was doubly upset in that our Lady Captain
had to withdraw and then the stand-in Lady
Captain, Rosemary Muschamp, handed me the
wooden spoon with a beaming smile. All that said
congratulations go to the Lady Captain’s team for
winning the Amazon Trophy which we hope to win
back next year.
On behalf of the Geriatrics I would like to thank
Wilma Murray, Lady Captain, for presenting the
prizes after our Annual Lunch and to all the staff;
Catering, Bar, Admin, Pro Shop and especially to
Front of House for looking after us during the lunch
and throughout another busy year.
The accumulation of weekly entry fees, after
outgoings have been taken into consideration, has
resulted in us being able to once again give a
donation of £1,250 to various charities.
As per previous years we have continued the
tradition of donating £750 locally as follows:
John Logan
Willie Skinner
The Autumn Mixed Foursomes match with the
Ladies was slightly down on last year with a mere 56
players vying for the Amazon Trophy. This took a
wee while to organise as, up to the last minute,
£250 to the Dornoch Medical Practice, which will
go towards a new EMMA Capnograph;
£250 to the Heritage Society which they intend to
put towards enlarging the museums golf exhibition;
£250 to the Highland Hospice whose goal is to help
those Highlanders who are living with a life-shortening
illness with the best possible care and giving support
to their families both pre and post bereavement.
Finally as the unprovoked Ukranian war continues
we have donated a further £500 to The British Red
Cross Ukrainian Appeal.
Ian W Irwin
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