1970

7th January 1970. - Management Committee

It was reported that J Asher (17 pionts) had won the 'Points' - played out-doors. A Bennington-Reade was runner-up with 14 points - there were 22 entries. Eric Brown had won the Annual Outing Trophy.

Arrangements were finalised for the dinner & court to be held in the Royal Hotel on 6th February

26th March 1970 - Management Committee

It was reported that £55.13/- had been spent spent on ponds together with iceman’s wages of £69.10/- (278 hours @ 5/- per hour). This had contributed to a working loss on the club’s finances of £77.7/2, leaving a balance of £4.10/- in the general fund and £114.2/1 in the reserve account. Recommendations were to be put to the AGM.

In future it was agreed to use as much voluntary labour on the ponds as possible.

20th April 1970. - Annual General Meeting

After some discussion on the Club's finances. It was agreed not to increase the subscriptions by £2 meantime, and not to close the ponds, but "to excercise all possible care in expenditure". The Club's lease with the Farming Society allowed for a break in the lease at Martinmas 1973 on giving 6 months notice. Tom Hastie pointed out that it would soon be impossible to obtain labour at 5/- per hour as paid to the iceman.

Membership was 71, together with 3 Honorary and 4 Occasional Lady members.

Good outdoor ice had been reported on 18 occasions over the 1969/70 season, with 22 members playing in the Points Competition. Indoors, Wm Park had won the Park Cup, Eric Brown the Sandy Gunn League, Dr John Grant the Jubilee Shield and Tom Walls Moray Province Division C.

Jim Webster retired as president to be replaced by Donald Fraser, with James Asher as vice-president.

20th August 1970 - General Meeting

It was reported that a propsal to double the present levy of 4/- each member had been defeated at the RCCC AGM held in July. It was warned that further efforts to increase the levy were likely.

7 sheets of Ice at Aviemore, and 80 sheets at Inverness had been booked by the Club. Ice charges at both rinks had increased to 12/- for popular session times.

16th November 1970 - Management Committee

Five rinks from Nairn had played five rinks from Highland at Aviemore, and had lost 36 - 50.

The next dinner and court was fixed for February 5th 1971 in the Royal Hotel. The meal would cost 18/-, and whisky £3.10/-.

A letter was received from the Army Cadet Force requesting, with the agreement of the Nairnshire Farming Society, permission from the Nairn Curling Club to erect a hut on two rinks at the Ponds. This request had been made as the Army Cadet Force had encountered difficulties over the site on the Showfield which the Nairnshire Farming Society originally agreed to let them have. After much discussion it was decided that the Curling Club, for various reasons, could not give up any of the ground at the Ponds at this time.