Royal Dornoch Winter Newsletter 2024

Unanimously approved by those present.
Alan Ramsey – Gordon has become a very rare
beast, he is a past president. There are not too
many past presidents of Royal Dornoch Golf Club.
He has been a fantastic ambassador for the club
and over his 6 year term he has crossed the t’s and
dotted the i’s considerably, some tricky, he has
already mentioned some of the tricky things he
had to do, but thank you for everything you have
given in the role. It is much appreciated. Please
members show your appreciation (round of
applause). By the way, thank you for the parking
place! For myself it wasn’t an easy decision. A few
weeks ago I was asked if I wanted to go on for
another term as vice president and said yes, I can
do another term, and then out of the blue David
contacted me two or three weeks later and asked if
I would be the president of the club. It wasn’t an
easy decision for me to make and I had to think
hard about it because in my book there are so
many worth members of the club who could do
this job and be recognised for what they have done
for the club and hopefully in the future more will
be honoured in that way as I will be standing down
in 6 years anyway! So, not an easy decision but very
happy after thinking about it to take it up. 40 years
ago I arrived in Dornoch and quickly realised that
it was something very special. I have seen the club
progress to where we are now and are very
fortunate to be in a very strong financial position
that means we can do so many things. When I have
travelled all over the world, as Gordon has
intimated, Royal Dornoch is very well thought of
and this is thanks to the spread of our membership
that is worldwide and it is the strength of the club
that we have such a diverse membership, not just
a local club but a worldwide club and I will do my
best to continue this and support the club and
bring the club up to standard and keep us going
for the future. I have been very excited with the
way the club is gone and I have seen a lot in 40
years in my time on councils of management and
captaincies and now is a very exciting time as
Gordon has said we have a clubhouse nearly there.
We have our 150th coming up in 2027, which will
be another exciting time, we have got the
development to the Struie which will bring the
course up, hopefully to nearer the standard of the
Championship Course which will bring great
benefits to the club and obviously to the
membership. In conclusion I would just like to say
thank you to the captain, the council and you the
members for having faith in me as president.
9. Election of Vice President
Captain – Like Alan, Jim Campbell has done a
huge amount for the club including as Captain.
He has also steadfastly promoted junior golf in
Dornoch and is now so old that many of his past
juniors are emerging into the ranks of excellent
amateurs, some of whom have been involved this
week in the Shield. As with Alan, the Council of
Management unanimously propose Jim Campbell
for the role of vice president.
Unanimously approved by those present.
10. Election of Vice President
Captain – Southwood Morcott to give him his
correct title has been a member of the club since
2000. Now resident in Florida he has been a huge
servant of the club most notably through his
sponsorship of the “Morcott Challenge”, an
annual event involving matches between juniors
from Dornoch and Chicago held alternately on
each side of the Atlantic. This gives our juniors
both great golf experience and life skills that they
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