The Royal Caledonian Curling Club 60th Annual General Meeting of the Ladies’ Branch Tuesday, 9th May 2020 Live via Zoom Webinar’s platform at 2pm This document has been created to accompany the Virtual Ladies Branch AGM on 9 June 2020 and is published as an appendix to the minute of the meeting. CONTENTS OFFICE BEARERS........................................................................................................................... 2 AGENDA .......................................................................................................................................... 3 IN MEMORIAM ................................................................................................................................. 3 Listed alphabetically by Club ......................................................................................................... 3 APOLOGIES ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Received from Past Presidents ..................................................................................................... 3 Received from Clubs ..................................................................................................................... 3 Received from Individuals ............................................................................................................. 4 NEW AND RESIGNED CLUBS......................................................................................................... 4 New Clubs ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Resigned Clubs ............................................................................................................................. 4 LADIES COMPETITIONS ................................................................................................................. 4 The Scottish Curling Women’s Championship ............................................................................... 4 The Scottish Curling Junior Women’s Championship .................................................................... 4 The Scottish Curling Senior Women’s Championship .................................................................... 4 The National Masters Women’s Championship ............................................................................. 4 The Henderson Bishop Trophy ...................................................................................................... 4 The Morton Trophy ........................................................................................................................ 5 LADIES BRANCH ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2019-2020 ....................................................................... 6 1 OFFICE BEARERS On the podium today are the following Office Bearers: President MORAG WELLMAN (Fossoway Ladies) Vice President CORRIE LAWRENCE (Beresford Ladies) Junior Vice President LILLIAN CARNEGIE (Forfar Ladies) Treasurer KAY GIBB (Northern Lights) 2 AGENDA 1. President’s Welcome 2. Apologies 3. In Memoriam 4. Minutes of the last meeting 5. Business arising from the minutes 6. New Clubs and resignations 7. President’s Report 8. Treasurer’s Report 9. CEO’s Report 10. Report on Ladies’ Branch Competitions a. The Scottish Women’s Curling Championship b. The Scottish Junior Women’s Curling Championship c. The Scottish Senior Women’s Curling Championship d. The Scottish Masters Women’s Championship e. The Henderson Bishop Trophy f. The Morton Trophy 11. Report on the Women’s International Championships a. The European Curling Championships b. The World Junior Curling Championships c. The World Women’s Curling Championship d. The World Senior Curling Championships 12. Presentations a. Scottish Champions 13. Election of Office Bearers 14. Presentation of the President’s Bowl 15. AOCB 16. Vote of Thanks IN MEMORIAM Listed alphabetically by Club Margaret Macpherson (Ardrossan Castle), Elizabeth Patterson (Ayr), M McNaughton (Balruddery), Jane Wilson (Bank of Scotland (Aberdeen)), Nancy McCall (Bellshill), Sybil Pollock (Beresford Ladies), Sheena Chisholm (Breadalbane Killin), Katherine H Adamson (Carr-bridge), Jean Hamilton (Carrington), M F Graham (Dirleton), Mary Tyre (Dundonald), Alison Wylie (Fotheringham), Margaret Cameron (Glasgow Ladies), Katy Miller (Gourock Ladies), Aline Murray (Greenock Ladies), Eleanor Howie (Hamilton Ladies), Margaret Swan (Highland Ladies), Janette Pollock (Johnston & District), Joy Niven (Lynedoch Ladies), Brenda Sillars (Nithsdale Ladies), Gay Deas (Orwell Ladies), Jessie Baillie (Orwell Ladies), Ann Goodall (Peebles), Sheena Winney (Pentland Ladies), Eileen Gammie (Ross-shire Ladies), Wendy Hollingworth (Troon Portland) APOLOGIES Received from Past Presidents None submitted Received from Clubs Bute 3 Received from Individuals Margaret Wildash (Aberdeen Ladies), Katie Loudon (Airleywight Ladies), Catherine Costello (Ayr), Aileen Neilson (Braehead Wheelchair), Karen Tomczynski (Corstorphine), Susan Skene (Dalhousie Ladies), Mary Shaw (Galston Haymouth), Elizabeth Shaw (Galston Haymouth), Caitlin Wilson (Gogar Park Young Curlers), Jackie Lockhart (Laurencekirk), Caroline Dingwall (Lochaber), Iphthime Millward (Moray Firth Ladies) NOTE: All notifications received after 16.00 on 5th June will be recorded in the minutes NEW AND RESIGNED CLUBS New Clubs No new ladies club Resigned Clubs Perth Ladies LADIES COMPETITIONS The Scottish Curling Women’s Championship The Scottish Women’s Championship: 10th–15th February at Dewar's Centre, Perth. Eight teams entered. The final between Team Wilson: Rebecca Morrison, Maggie Wilson, Jennifer Marshall and Eilidh Yeats and Team Muirhead: Eve Muirhead, Lauren Gray, Jennifer Dodds and Vicki Wright. Team Muirhead won The Scottish Curling Junior Women’s Championship The Scottish Junior Women’s Championship: 22nd-26th January in Curl Aberdeen. Following the Qualifiers eight teams went through to the final. The final between Team Farmer: Beth Farmer, Kirstin Bousie, Katie McMillan and Nicola Joiner and Team Bryce: Amy Bryce, Robyn Munro, Inca Maguire, Laura Watt and Beth Rowley. Team Bryce won. The Scottish Curling Senior Women’s Championship The Scottish Senior Women’s Championship: 20th-23rd February at Lanarkshire Ice Rink, Hamilton. Eleven teams entered. The final was between Team Kesley: Susan Kesley, Fran Stretton, Vicky Gumley and Morna Aitken and Team Lockhart: Jackie Lockhart, Edith Hazard, Mairi Milne and Katie Loudon-subbed by Wendy Johnston. Team Lockhart won. The National Masters Women’s Championship The National Masters Women’s Championship: 6th–9th February at Greenacres. Eight teams entered. The final was between Team McCorkell: Aileen McCorkell, Robina Gilbertson, Alison Young, Fiona Bain and Kirsty Letton and Team Gibb: Kay Gibb, Catherine Dodds, Liz Horton and Marion Malcolm Team Gibb won. The Henderson Bishop Trophy The Henderson Bishop Trophy: 27th February to 1st March at Curl Aberdeen. We were delighted that Robin Bishop the Grandson of the late Andrew Henderson Bishop whose trophy was first presented in 1929 was with us to support the event and present the trophy. Twenty ladies’ teams representing ice rinks from all around Scotland have had a busy time both on and off the ice. The social events included a reception at Curl Aberdeen on Thursday and a race night and raffle on the 4 Friday where £650 was raised and will go to The Anne Malcolm Foundation. The traditional Saturday evening dinner included the draw for the semi-finals from The Henderson Bishop Trophy. On Sunday morning The Cherrystone semi-final matches saw Aberdeen 1 skipped by Irene Duncan and Dumfries skipped by Anne Johnston having a close tussle until the 5th end when Dumfries scored a two against the head which gave them the breathing space to secure their spot in the final. The second semi-final was very much a game of two halves. The Kinross rink skipped by Pat Macfarlane took the first four ends while Murrayfield 1 skipped by Kerry Clark put in a strong second half performance to take all four ends and edged into the final by one shot. The four section winners from the round robin contested the Henderson Bishop Trophy finals. The first match saw Perth whose team were all Henderson Bishop debutants playing the Stranraer rink skipped by Kate Adams. A well-constructed four in the second end from Claire Milne the Perth skip had Kate and her team chasing the game and after Perth took a further three in the 6th end handshakes were offered. The second semi created much anticipation from the large crowd behind the glass and the match up of last weekend’s newly crowned Scottish Seniors Ladies skip Jackie Lockhart and runner up Susan Kesley was a tense and close affair. The turning point came in the 6th end when a steal of two for the Murrayfield 2 rink gave them the momentum to win the game. So, to the finals. Last year’s winners Murrayfield 2 versus Perth in The Henderson Bishop and Murrayfield 1 versus Dumfries in The Cherrystone. Both Murrayfield teams appeared to be on mission and some great shot making from Susan’s team of Fran Stretton, Jenny Barr and Morna Aitken and Kerry’s teams of Katie Wood, Betty Gibb, Margaret Nicol and alternate Maggie Barry had their respective opposition under pressure from start. The Murrayfield teams kept the good play up and ran out comfortable winners with handshakes offered by Claire’s team of Marie Milne, Lynn-Cameron-Thomson, Catriona