The AGM opened with
Captain Aileen
Wilson giving
thanks to those
who were leaving office. Honorary President
Rosemary Dykes who had shown enthusiastic support and offered
helpful advice and encouragement to the team in her five years of
office. It was with great pleasure that the
Captain presented Rosemary with a
bouquet of flowers. In reply Rosemary
intimated she was very sad her term of office as President had come to
an end and it was with some reluctance she would be handing over her
badge to her successor. Vice-Captain Beth
was also relinquishing her office as Junior Secretary and Aileen
thanked her for all her hard work and organization, conducted with
great enthusiasm and a pleasant manner. Her Immediate
Past Captain, Pearl had also reached
the end of her term and Captain Aileen had appreciated all her advice
and help over the past year as well as her knowledge of golf. Special
thanks went to the retiring members of committee -
Heather Anderson, Gladys Speedie and Brenda
Stewart for all their efforts over the past three years.
Gladys was also thanked for her sterling efforts as Caddy
Mistress for 2004.
Before going on to announce the new office bearers
Captain Aileen thanked our Honorary Life
President, Miss Kathleen McNeil, MBE, for the support shown
to the Association and the team. It was very much appreciated by all.
Aileen was pleased to propose our new
President, Wendy Cameron and this had been seconded by
Immediate Past President Rosemary. Wendy made a short speech
intimating she had been a Past Captain of Renfrewshire and a Past
Chairman and Past President of the SLGA so now she felt as though
she was coming home. Aileen was gratified that although Beth had
demitted office as Junior Secretary she could now commit herself to one
year as Vice Captain. The new Junior Secretary would be
Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire)
proposed by Beth Paterson and seconded by Pearl Orr. She was also
pleased that Honorary Secretary, Christeen
Finlayson, and Honorary Treasurer, Audrey Sturgess were
continuing in office. The three new committee members are
Jane Thomson (Whitecraigs), proposed by
Christeen Finlayson and seconded by Morna Orr;
Eleanor Bremner (Whitecraigs) and
Fiona Roger (Ranfurly Castle)
proposed and seconded by the committee.
Sheila Goudie,
Team Assessor of the Course Rating Committee,
reported that eleven our of twenty four Renfrewshire courses had
already been rated. All courses had to be completed within
five years so the Committee ‘s work was well on schedule. The
Committee had been split into two with Sheila’s Team consisting of
Maureen Mitchell (Cathcart Castle), Rhona
Graham and Jennifer Graham - they had all been allocated a
specific task and this has proved to be successful in speeding up the
process. After completion of the course work Maureen and Rhona transfer
the data from The USGA Manual. Sheila intimated that this was the hard
part but that Maureen and Rhona had it completely under control.
The other team is headed by
Maureen Mitchell (Old Ranfurly). She is ably assisted by
Mamie Robin, Elspeth Hanlon and Nancy MacGadie.
Janette Nelson of Cochrane Castle
has recently joined the team.
Once paper work is completed and sent to the SLGA
the team take no further part in the proceedings and are only
occasionally informed of the final standard scratch.
Captain Aileen
thanked Sheila and announced that on
behalf of the Renfrewshire Association a letter had been sent to the two
team captains thanking all involved for their time and hard work.
The Annual Reports were
then given by Captain Aileen Wilson , Secretary
Christeen Finlayson,Junior
Secretary Beth Paterson, Treasurer Audrey Sturgess, and Results
Secretary Carol Fell
Christeen handed out a Fixture list for 2005. If you
wish to see it click on the link on the LHS of this page
After the meeting
Rosemary presented the prizes to
all this years winners. To see who were winners this year click on
this link 2004 Prize winners
