1993 February 15th  Management Committee

A successful court reported. 95 attended. A full discussion took place on how shortcomings could be improved.

An inventory of the club’s equipment had been made and was noted .

    Metal Scoreboards         4

    Metal Rink Markers        4

    Crampits            18

    Brushes              16

    Notice Board       1

    Snow-clearing Boards       5

    Metal Curling Club Sign    1

    Bottles                4

    Ice Marker          1

    Metal hacks        5

It was agreed that the Club Constitution should be revised.

Des Coleman asked that all club records as far back as possible should be accounted for, with a view to preparing a history of the Club's firdt 100 years in good time for its cenrenary.  The secretary ( M Jones ) to search back previous to the present minute book which starts in 1969.

There was a debate on the changes which would come to the Province set-up with the opening of Elgin Ice Rink for the 93/94 season.

1993 February 15th  Extraordinary General Meeting

The membership met to consider the implications of  a report by Alan Stanfield on the opening of an ice rink in Elgin and to form a strategy in advance of the impending Moray Province meeting on the subject.

NAIRN CURLING CLUB

Special General Meeting to discuss the opening of the Elgin Ice Rink and the implications for Nairn Curling Club.

l5th February, 1993 at 8.30p.m in the Golf View Hotel.

BACKGROUND

After 12 years of rumours and counter rumours, Elgin Ice Rink is to become a reality on 1st July, 1993  and will be open for curling for season 1993/94.

The Ice Rink will be part of a leisure complex owned by Moray Leisure Ltd., although a significant part of its funding will be by Moray District Council as part of their planned expenditure to improve the health of the people of Moray and surrounding district.

In addition to a five sheet curling rink, there will be a 25 metre swimming pool and other smaller pools with a 45 metre flume.  There will also be the first leisure unit in Scotland for those recovering from heart attacks etc.  A cafe will be situated within the building whose menu will encourage healthier eating (no chipsl), and also a bar looking out over the rink (side view).

The remit of the Managing Director, Ruari MacKenzie, is to maximise the use of the premises and encourage healthy exercise.  He is fully aware both the pool and the ice rink will be run at a financial loss with the tab being picked up by M.D.C.

QUESTIONS TO BE. ADDRESSED BY MEMBERS

1.  Do we wish to stay within Moray Province whether based in Elgin or Inverness, or seek membership of Inverness Province if the Province decision is not in keeping with our views?

2.  Do we wish Moray Province to stay in Inverness, move to Elgin or divide its competitions between both venues in 1993/94?

3.  Do we wish for club curling to stay in Inverness, move to Elgin or divide its competitions between both venues in 1993/94?

4.  Assuming an R.C.C.C. Rink Championship is held at Elgin - which ice rink would our club enter teams to?

5.  How many Nairn members would seek to join other clubs in Inverness Province if the club moves its curling to Elgin?

Alan C Stanfield                  

Conclusions Reached

1 Nairn Curling Club wished all the clubs in the Moray Province to remain together in competition for at least the following year.

2 NCC would vote in favour of holding the competitions at Inverness Ice Rink, but if all other clubs (which was highly unlikely) favoured Elgin, then Nairn would follow suit.

3The most likely scenario was that the Province would split in the coming season and the option of dividing into an East and West Province with league play-offs at the end of the season carried the most favour.  Regarding the KO competition, it was agreed to suggest that the top hal of the draw would play in one venue and the bottom half in the other with it being a matter of luck where one might be drawn.

4 For Club curling it was felt that it should be split between both venues to allow members to asses the facilities at Elgin, but at the same time continue the support for Inverness.  Depending on the Province decision, a decision on how much curling should go to Elgin would be taken but it was agreed that the SG League would be split between both venues and decisions made on other competitions at a later date.

5 It was accepted that one or two members might be lost from the club if the club moved it’s curling to Elgin, as these members were nearer to Inverness.

1993  April 19th  Management Committee and AGM

The passing of Arthur Bennington Reade was noted.

Various attempts at twinning with a Canadian club were reported on by Alistair Adam.  All had come to nothing.

It was proposed to give all living past presidents a past-presidents' badge.

A revised Club Constitution, presented by the president, was approved.

The Match Secretary reported that the Moray Province League Division 1 had been won by Graham Kerr's rink, and the Province KO competion by Jimmy Asher's rink.  The County had retained the Leven Cup.  Outdoor curling had taken place at Grantown and Achnatone.

In the coming season Moray Province competitions were to be split between Inverness & Elgin ice rinks.

The club was to book sheets of ice for the coming season, 20 at Elgin and 45 at Inverness, for club competitions, and the Sandy Gunn League competition was to be extended to 9 rinks.