Dear Fellow Members

 I would like to thank you most sincerely for allowing me the honour of serving as Chairman of The Scottish Division of The Caravan Club.

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

This year the West of Scotland Centre hosts the 62^nd Scottish National Rally at Lanark racecourse.
Since we last held a National here in 1998 a new function suite has been built across the road allowing all events to take place on site.
The site is within a short walk of Lanark town centre, and there are many interesting places to explore in the surrounding area which is steeped in history.
Please support this important event in the Scottish Rallying programme.
I am sure that a warm welcome will be extended to all who attend.

 The Dumfries and Galloway Centre is celebrating an important milestone in their history with their 30^th birthday rally at Gretna in November. Please support them.

 Our thanks go to the Editor, Alistair Fisher and all the Rally Secretaries, who have worked extremely hard to put this years excellent handbook together on our behalf.
We also must thank all the Centre’s Committee members, rally officers and marshals who give their time to organise the Rallies for our enjoyment.
Remember it is a great help to the rally marshals if you book early.

 Marion and I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible at the Centre Dinner Dances and rallies during the coming year and please remember the ‘van door is always open.

 On behalf of the Scottish Caravan Club I wish you a safe and happy caravanning season in 2012.

   Yours Sincerely 

Ian Bennett
Chairman
The Scottish Caravan Club
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Updated 25th October 2011 
 

President

Fiona Murray
Tel:- 01261 842 713
Mob:- 07802 717 068
E-Mail:- Click Here
 

The 66th Annual General Meeting of The Scottish Division of The Caravan Club was held on Saturday, October 8th, at The Alloa Town Hall.

Mr. Ian Maclean 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. Martin Stringer, Executive Secretary of The Caravan Club who was The Caravan Club representative.
The Chairman then continued to welcome everyone else.

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

Mr. Ian Bennett was installed as Chairman of The Scottish Division for 2011 – 2012.

There were 2 votes this year.
1. Standing for the position of Vice Chairman were, David Smith & Hamish Stuart. This position went to Hamish Stuart.
2. Standing for the position of Treasurer were, Graham Cross & Norman Micklethwaite. This position went to Norman Micklethwaite.

The A.G.M. was attended by 169 members.

This years entries for The Alba Shield Photographic Competition was judged by  Mr. Grenville Chamberlain, Chairman of The Caravan Club.
The winner was judged to be the photograph taken by Mrs. Jean Melville, a member of The North Scotland Centre.

A total of 55 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 Live music & A 3 course meal which was enjoyed by all who attended.
The Rally Team, Dave & Audrey Smith, Hamish & Joyce Stuart, Don & Lena Aird, would like to thank all who attended, making it a great success.

East Centre

Fraser Todd & Louise Sigston

East Centre Chairman's Report 2011/12
 

As I commence my first year as East of Scotland Centre Chairman, I must mention and thank those who have given me support and encouragement as Centre Vice Chairman over the past two years.
I wish our newly elected Vice Chairman, Elizabeth Ross every success in her new role and encourage members to give her the same support in her term of office.

East of Scotland Centre has seen continued enthusiasm from our members and Rally Officers over the past year. Thanks to all.
 A varied Rally Programme for 2012 includes some new venues and three holiday rallies.
These are at Oban 12-17^th April, Callander 17^th-22^nd April and a summer holiday rally in North Yorkshire 30^th June to 14^th July 2012.

In response to numerous enquiries relating to the Edinburgh Festival and Military Tattoo, the Centre has made available a rally venue at Balerno.
This venue is on the outskirts of Edinburgh and is available from 2^nd August – 3^rd September 2012.

If you are a Centre Member or a Caravan Club Member who has not yet joined a Centre and are interested in attending a Rally, but unsure of what this involves, look at the News page on this site, where an explanation is given of what can be expected at one of our events.
One thing for sure, you will always be made to feel very welcome at any of our events.

Louise and I look forward to seeing many of you at the forthcoming Dinner Dances. Please come along and support these events.

The East of Scotland Centre Dinner Dance will be held on Saturday 28^th January 2012 at Holiday Inn Edinburgh City West. This is a new venue for the Centre and a new band will provide the music to dance the night away.
The East of Scotland web site has full details.
A rally at Edinburgh Caravan Club Site will be held in conjunction with this event.

Louise and I wish you a safe, happy and healthy 2012 and look forward to seeing you all on the Rally Field very soon.

Regards

  Fraser Todd
Chairman

                                                                                                                                                                              Updated 2nd November 2011
 

West Centre Chairman's Report 2011/12 

Fife & Tayside Chairman's Message 2011/12

North Centre's Chairman's Message 2011/12

      Dear friends and caravaners,

       I would like to thank the members that have supported me in the last nine months while the centre was going through difficult times. We now move on to a new season with a strong committee and we also have a good youth committee once again.
We have a new member of the committee, Stuart Campbell, who joined us a few years ago. Also the return of experienced caravaners back to the committee which should give stability to the centre.

      We have a  full programme of events for the season .with five rallys in the whats on leaflet. B A Stores beside Dunecht,who are holding a Vintage Working Week-end, Keith has a Folk Music Festival on the main street and surrounding hostilries, we go to Rhynie for the Gala which in the past has been great fun, Lonach at Strathdon for the march of 160 highlanders and the games on the field.On the Sunday evening the pipe band marches up to the church and it is the only pipe band that actually play within the church. We have a follow on to The Gathering at Breamar  on Royal Deeside where members of the Royal family attend.
We have a rally beside Brechin Castle Centre from 28th -30th September, and it is the only rally in Scotland, so i hope to see as many of you at the rally as possible.

   During the coming year if you know of any of your friends that have a caravan and do not rally try to encourage them to join us. It is quite surprising how many new friends that you can get in a season.

   Please remember that you can call on me anytime if you want to discuss anything.

             Lastly if you could give as much support to our committee and rally marshalls .so that we can have a enjoyable rally season. I would like to thank all my committee for their support  in the coming season.

     All the very best for 2012

Bruce Fenton
Chairman
North Centre

                                                                                                                                                              Updated 20th October 2011
 

Chairman’s Message – Highland Centre October 2011/12

  Another successful year for Highland Centre is coming to a close.  We have only 1 more rally left for this year – the Rocket Rally at Roseisle 4^th-6^th November.  The Christmas Party will be an afternoon party only for this year as the Caravan Club are doing extensive refurbishments to the Culloden Moor Site through the winter.

 The Dinner Dance will be held on Saturday 4^th February at the Thistle Hotel, with Raymond Chukchuk providing his usual high level of entertainment.  

 We have a full committee for next year and a new Youth Committee.  We’ll be holding 12 rallies, exploring new sites at Hopeman and the Enchanted Forrest at Pitlochry and re-visiting old favourites such as Dornoch and Loch Ness.  We will also be running a rally in July to coincide with the Scottish Open Golf Championship taking place in Inverness.

 Next year we will be trying a new idea.  There are a large number of our Centre Members who don’t currently rally.  We know that there are a number of reasons for this.  What we want to ensure is that we make sure that the door is well and truly open for any who might want to try rallying, but are perhaps wary of being “the new kid in school” not wanting to be the only ones who don’t know anyone or what happens at a rally.  During the next year we will be running 2 rallies specifically aimed at these new ralliers and of course any members who have maybe not rallied for a while and feel that perhaps they won’t know anybody or that  things have changed since they were last at a rally.

 The first of these rallies will be held at the Caravan Club Site at Brora over the Easter week-end.  The other will be held at the end of June at Portsoy during the annual Boat Festival.

 The centre members at the AGM gave this idea almost unanimous backing.  The committee thought that if we tried one of these rallies on a caravan site and another at a “temporary site” in a farmer’s field it would give people the chance to experience 2 different styles of rallies.

 For these rallies to work we need the support and help of as many of our regular ralliers as possible to give the new ralliers the usual warm Highland Centre welcome and let them see what we all enjoy about rallying.   

 We hope that you will join us at some event that takes your fancy sometime over the next year.  If you have any suggestions that you think others would enjoy, let us know and we’ll see what we can do – after all it’s YOUR centre!

  Maureen MacMurray
Highland Centre Chairman
                                                                                                                                                                                                Updated 20th October 2011
 

Dumfries & Galloway Chairman's Report 12/02/12

Our forthcoming events begin with our Dinner Dance at The Queens, Lockerbie on the 18^th of February.

9^th – 11^th  March 2012 – Sea Mist at Aird Donald Caravan Park, Stranraer, DG9 8RN.
 Contact: Mrs V. Woods tel. 01848 330512, mob 07825 287 124

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23^rd – 25^th March 2012 – Winter Queen at the Queens Hotel, Lockerbie, DG11 2RB,

Contact: Mr F Sewell tel. 01387 720071, mob 07801297006

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6^th – 9^th April 2012 – Easter Frolics at Braids Caravan Park, Gretna DG16 5DQ,
South West Invitation to Dumfries & Galloway
Contact: Mr T. Gilmour tel. 01698 324337 mob 07913 943086

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29^th April – 4^th May 2012 – Almost There – Pre National at Braids Caravan Park DG16 5DQ
Contact:  Mrs J. Sewell tel. 01387 720071 mob 07729 736718

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I look forward to seeing you all, old and new members this year.

   Helen Bullions
Chairman

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Updated 16th February 2012