Dear Fellow Members

May I firstly thank you for according me the honour and privilege of being your Chairman.

 I will endeavour to maintain the high standard set by my predecessors and will continue to promote all 7 Centres and The Scottish Caravan Club in our travels throughout the country.

 This year the East Centre reaches a significant milestone in their history by celebrating their Diamond Jubilee. Details of their celebration rally can be found in your rally handbook or on this website.

 The Dumfries & Galloway Centre will be hosting the 60^th Scottish National Rally at the Agricultural Showground, Parks Farm, Dumfries, the site is within walking distance of the town centre and there is a large variety of interesting visitor attractions in Dumfries and the beautiful surrounding countryside.

I would like to thank all the Centre’s Committee members & Rally marshals for giving their time and effort to organize this year’s programme of rallies and events on your behalf. There is a huge choice of locations, covering virtually every corner of Scotland, so get out there and explore Scotland and visit places you have only heard about.

 If you have not attended a Rally before, why not give it a try in 2010? You will be sure to receive a warm welcome at all rallies and this will lead to many long and lasting friendships. You don’t need to be registered with a centre to attend a rally, as long as you are a Caravan Club member you can attend any rally.

 Christine and I look forward to meeting members, both old and new during 2010, and on behalf of the Scottish Caravan Club Council extend to you our very best wishes for the coming year.

 Have a save and happy towing for 2010.

 Yours Sincerely 
Ian Maclean
                                                                     Updated 5th November 2009
 

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The 64th Annual General Meeting of The Scottish Division of The Caravan Club was held on Saturday, October 10^th, at The Cochrane Halls in Alva.

Mrs. Fiona Murray Chairman opened the meeting at 2.00pm sharp welcoming all attending.
The Chairman then went on to give a special welcome to Mr. Grenville Chamberlain, Chairman of The Caravan Club, who acted as interim Chairman.
And to Mr. Trevor Watson, Director General of The Caravan Club who was The Caravan Club representative.
The Chairman the continued to welcome everyone else.

The President Mrs. Margaret Devine also welcomed everyone, reminding all that this was their A.G.M ,where they could ask Questions.

Mr. Ian MacLean was installed as Chairman of Scottish Division for 2009 – 2010.

There was no votes this year, and all positions were filled.

The A.G.M. was attended by 130 members.

This years entries for The Alba Shield Photographic Competition was judged by Mr. Trevor Watson, Director General of The Caravan Club.
The winner was judged to be the photograph taken by Mr. George Mackay, a member of The South West Centre.
 Check Photo Gallery for all pictures

A total of 57 units attended a caravan rally, at the Woods Caravan Site, held in conjunction with the A.G.M.
There was also a good turnout for the Saturday evening social, with the music from Willie Smith.
The Rally Team, Willie & Jessie Smith, Alex & Gina Davidson, Ian & Marion Bennett, would like to thank all who attended, making it a great success.

East Centre

Graham & Jane Cross

At our A.G.M I was privileged to be elected as the East Centre Chairman for the forthcoming year, and I will, to the best of my ability uphold the traditions of the Centre, Jane & I will look forward to meeting you all on the rally field over the next year.

We have elected a full committee of 15 and we have a Junior Committee of 6.

 On 5^th December at the Dalmahoy Church Hall we will be holding our Children’s Christmas Party. Tickets are available for this event priced £7.50.

 In 2010 we will be holding our Dinner Dance at the Edinburgh Capital Hotel on 30^th January. Tickets are priced £27 with rooms available for £70 Bed and Breakfast. We are also running a meet at Edinburgh Caravan Club Site.

 The inaugural meeting of the East of Scotland Centre was held in Edinburgh on the 10^th December 1949, and its my pleasure to host our Diamond Jubilee in March 2010, there will be a rally at Drum Mohr Caravan Park.

 If you are new to Caravanning or have never rallied before why not give it a try, with lots of different venues and events happening all over the area it lets you get out and about to places you my never have seen.

 Graham Cross
Chairman

                                                                                                                                                                  Updated 3rd November 2009
 

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT  

Chairmans Message

Dear Fellow Members

A new season is well under way with new members starting at almost all the rallies so far, so if you haven’t tried rallying yet, come and experience the real outdoors with the members of the centre at a rally, meet new friends or old friends you haven’t seen for a while, remember the first rally you attend you get your site & rally fee free, with the special booking form your received with your Rally books, I’m glad to say that so far after the long winter we have had, dry weather has been the order of the day.

 During the next few months I would be delighted if you the members of the centre could please try and help attract more new members of the younger generation to rally, to keep this centre running into the future we need new members to help keep the committee going to run rallies for your benefit, we are also looking at the format of a rally, and if you have any suggestions, then please let any member of the committee know your suggestions for us to look at, in the next few months I am looking for members to hopefully join the committee at our next AGM, the centre committee is down on numbers at the moment and if you would like to put your name forward for a position, your involvement would be much appreciated.

 During the winter the committee has looked at getting the youth section prepared ready for the next AGM, the youth of the centre is helping to run a rally this year, with an experienced marshal to give them guidance on how a rally is run, this is in preparation for forming their committee, so your encouragement would be much appreciated, the youth constitution has been rewritten during the winter months, where we are hoping the changes made can encourage more youngsters to come and join in the spirit of rallying.

The centre rally book is in the process of getting a revamp, the committee is looking for you the members to design the front cover of the book, all entries will be judged by you the members at the AGM meeting in September, all entries to Mike Parkinson (Editor) please, so come on get those colouring pencils & cameras out and get your thinking caps on, this is your chance to design the book.

 The centre AGM Meeting venue has had to be changed due to circumstances beyond our control, it is still being held in Ballater on September 18^th at 2pm, but is now being held in the Glenaden Hotel, the Square, Ballater.

Your help on passing on the news to other members during the year would be much appreciated.

 Andrew Baird (jnr)

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                                                                                                                                     Updated 17th May 2010
 

Highland Centre Chairman’s Report  

Now in to my second year’s term as Highland Centre Chairman and enjoying it.
The Centre held it’s Annual General Meeting on12^th September, when a new committee was formed with all positions filled.
A healthy Youth Committee being formed at their A.G.M.
I was able to report a very successful 2008 – 2009 rally season, the highlight being the hosting of The Scottish National Rally on behalf of The Scottish Caravan Club.
This turned out to be a well attended and well run event enjoyed by all 189 outfits.
A full rally programme is in place for 2010, which includes a return trip to the Isle of Skye in mid July.
Lena and I attended and thoroughly enjoyed all other Centre dinner dances over the past year and look forward to doing so again over the next few months.
The Highland Centre dinner dance is again being held at the Inverness Thistle Hotel on February 6th where Lena and I hope to welcome as many of you as possible.
Centre membership continues to grow. However, like all other Centres, we have difficulty increasing the number who joins us on the rally field.
Lena joins me in sending greetings and wishing all fellow members the very best for the coming season.

  Don Aird.
Highland Centre Chairman
                                                                                                                                                               Updated 8th November 2009
 

Chairmans Report

At our A.G.M in September, a Committee of 14 was elected with all positions filled.

2010 is going to be a busy time for Dumfries & Galloway, as we are hosting the S.C.C Scottish National.
This is being held at Park Farm Agricultural Showground in Dumfries.
Dumfries is surrounded by some lovely countryside and also has a very good shopping centre.
The showground in Dumfries is very accessible from either the north or the south via the A75.
The Centre is also running a Follow-on rally at The Hammerlands Centre in Moffat, again a lovely area of Dumfries & Galloway.

We held our Hallowe’en Rally at Abington, where the children came round the vans for Trick or Treat. The rain did not seem to bother them!

The Centre’s next event will be the Christmas Lunch, which will again be held in The Douglas Arms Hotel, Castle Douglas on 20^th December.

Our Dinner Dance will be on 13^th February at the Queens Hotel, Lockerbie.
Tickets are £25 each, with rooms at £75 bed & breakfast.
Please book direct with the hotel. (mention Dinner Dance when booking please)

A full rally programme has been compiled for 2010.
We are going from Port William in the west to Newcastleton in the East, with many venues in between.
A Charity rally will take place in June at Kirkbean (this is also an invite to the Cumbria Centre), a Holiday Rally in Kirby Lonsale  9^th-19^th July and the rally at Balmaclennan will coincide with The Scottish Alternative Games in New Galloway 29^th Jul-2^nd Aug.
Everyone will be made welcome at any of our rallies.

 Hope to see you on a rally field sometime over the next year.

  Carolyn Murray
Chairman

                                                                                                                                                                  Updated 5th November 2009