EGM

As intimated, an Extraordinary General Meeting was held on Monday 23rd January at the Clubhouse for the purpose of making some minor amendments to the Club's Constitution and thus comply with conditions of SportScotland related to grant monies. A quorum being present, the amendments were put to the meeting and accepted unanimously. A copy of the amended constitution will shortly be available at the Clubhouse.

EGM Update

At the EGM held last Monday, details of the minor additions and amendments to the constitution were provided to the members and were approved unanimously.
In addition Opportunity was taken to update members on the current situation with regard to grant applications and the proposed developments at Hartree Mill.
SportScotland: A Grant of £50k is currently in course from SportScotland. These funds will be used to create 4 new changing rooms and thus improve the facilities at the club, particularly with respect to the junior members in the Mini, Midi and Ladies sections by create individual changing rooms with dedicated showering facilities. The are several requirements attached to the grant before SportScotland will release funds which include a requirement to raise £20k in cash. In addition the members own time and expertise is recognised as providing some £40k of ‘input’ to the development giving a total of some £110k in all.
The next stage of the developments at Hartree Mill comprises converting the 3 existing changing rooms to 2 with their own dedicated showering, new toilets, improved disabled access to Clubhouse, improved car parking and improved drainage for pitches allowing for more use of the facilities at Hartree Mill particularly the need to use the Showfield and travel back to clubhouse for showers etc.
All the members present expressed their approval of these great opportunities for Biggar RFC and the whole community of Biggar and the surrounding area, recognizing that the raising of the initial £20k by April was key to the initial stage of the works proposed.

Match report 22nd January 2012

With there being no 1st XV game support was healthy for the 2nd and Colts XV's

Selkirk preview

Premier C action returns to Biggar on Saturday with the visit of league leaders Selkirk.