President: Ian Gardner

Vice President:  Bill Brown

Immediate Past President: John Hamilton

Secretary: Allister Todd

Treasurer: Charlie Low

Club contact:  Allister Todd, Secretary.

The Club meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 10:30am.  We meet at Pathhead Parish Church Hall, 33 Harriet Street, Kirkcaldy KY1 2AG.

Raith Probus Club

 

The meeting closed at 11:58am.

Allister Todd,

Secretary

FUTURE TALKS:  

If any club member has had a particularly interesting career or has a hobby and wishes to share by giving a talk, please contact any committee member.

Snooker 2024

Raith Probus – Snooker             

                                               13^th December 2024

                                          

Today 13^th December 2024 the Snooker members assembled for an impromptu

Christmas Break Snooker Challenge  

 

Lucky for someone.

 

Yes, the player with the highest score in any game wins.

 

Congratulations to Hurricane Jack Lowther with a winning score of 43.

 

Our Champion on the day Jack Lowther presented with a Terrys Chocolate Orange by Bob Terras.

Special thanks to the photographer for the day   Ken Campbell

 

Bob Terras             Raith Probus Club

 

 

 

Walking Group

Future Walk

PHOTOGRAPHS:

Balbirnie Dec 2024

 

 

2024 Kinghorn to Kirkcaldy Walk

2024 Burntisland Visit

2024 Photograph Competition

 

 

 

  

2024 October Tayport

2024 September Elie

2024 August  Pittenweem

2024 July Forth & Clyde Canal Edinburgh

2024 July Forth & Clyde Canal Edinburgh

Silverburn to Lower Largo – 28 May 2024

 

Dundee Riverside walk 23rd April 2024

Kinghorn Loch March 2024

 

Murrayfield November 2023

 

Aberdour to Dalgety Bay – 24th October 2023

 

“Christmas” Highest Break

 

 

Birnie and Gaddon Lochs – 26 Sept. 2023

 

Loch Ore Meadows 29 August 2023 – Walking Group

 

Gardening Group Competition 2023.

 

Blackford July 2023

 

Burntisland to Aberdour – 27th June 2023

 

 

Golf – Scoonie GC – 22nd June 2023

 

Fountainbridge to Slateford – May 2023

 

Hampden – May 2023

 

Bunnet Stane

 

Winner of ” The Great Easter Break” is Jack Lowther.

 

 

Raith Probus cyclists -March 2023

 

Raith Probus walk -March 2023

 

Loch Leven 28 February 2023

 

Loch Leven walk 14 Feb 2023

 

Scots Night 2023

 

Annual Quiz Winners 2023

 

Golf New Year Meal

 

Snooker Champ 2022 – John Johnson.

Excellent break of 38 (4 Blacks, 1 Blue and 5 Reds).

 

Formonthills walk 22November 2022

 

Cramond Walk 29-Nov-2022

 

Slateford to Dean Bridge Walk, Edinburgh

25th October 2022

 

Annual Dinner October 2022

 

Kirkcaldy half-marathon course 21st September – 13.5 miles

 

Dean Bridge to Murrayfield walk – August 2022

 

Flower Competition 2022

1- Jim Neilson; 2 – Andy Morrison; 3 – Ron Steedman.

 

Incoming President Bob Terras and Vice President Colin Johnston

 

Cycling. A successful outing was held on the West Fife Way.

 

40th Anniversary of the founding of Raith Probus Club

 

Ian Gunn – Highest break 27 May 2022

 

Big Break winner – Ken Campbell. 22 points.

 

Lundin Links outing 21st April.

 

Big break winner, Ken Miller 12 points!!

 

North Queensferry August 2021

 

Balbirnie and Braes Loan, Markinch 29 Jun 2021 (at last we’ve got a new member!)

 

Markinch Heritage Rural Walk

 

Letham Glen walk – 28 July 2020

 

Walking group 14 July 2020

 

Lockdown Walking group July 2020

 

Walkers – 26 November 2019 – Formonthills, Glenrothes.

 

Amazon visit November 2019

 

Cyclists.

 

Visit to Tulliallan.

 

Crossgates Gardeners

 

Wullie’s allotment

 

Doubles Competition July 2019

 

Cramond Walkers October 2019

 

Cyclists – Loch Leven

     CONSTITUTION AND RULES OF RAITH PROBUS CLUB OF KIRKCALDY

 

 

1. Title

The club shall be called Raith Probus Club of Kirkcaldy

 

2.            Aims and Objectives

The purpose of the Club is to provide a regular meeting point for retired business and professional men who appreciate and value in their retirement increased social contacts and opportunities to meet others in similar circumstances. The club shall be non-political and non- sectarian.

 

3.            Membership

(i) The total of active members shall not exceed one hundred.

Membership shall be open to all professional and business men aged sixty years or over, resident in Kirkcaldy and District, who have fully or partially retired from their normal business or profession. The restriction regarding residence or age may be waived at the discretion of the Committee. Applications for membership shall be sponsored by two existing members and shall be subject to approval by the Committee. Admission to the Club shall be determined by interview of the proposed new member by the President and two other Committee members.

 

(ii) The Committee shall have the power to recommend the election of members as Honorary Life Members, within the active membership numbers. Such members shall be those who, in the opinion of the Committee, have contributed service of an outstanding nature to the Club and who have shown a sustained interest in the club or the community.

 

 

iii) If any member conducts himself in a manner which discredits the Club, or acts willfully in contravention of the Constitution of the Club, the Executive Committee shall have the power to suspend that member until the matter can be fully considered at the next meeting of the  Executive  Committee.   A letter shall be written to the member notifying him of the allegations against him and the basis of the allegations, inviting him to a meeting to discuss the matter, and advising him that he has the right to be accompanied by any member of his choice. If, subsequently, a member is called upon to resign and fails to comply within fourteen days after the request is dispatched, he will be expelled from the Club. The member shall have the right to appeal against the disciplinary decision of the full Committee and this must be lodged in writing with the Secretary within fourteen days of the Committee’s decision. In the event of an appeal, this will be heard by an Appeals Committee comprising of three of the most recent available Past Presidents of the Club. At that meeting the member has the right to be accompanied by a member of his choice. The Appeals Committee decision shall be final.

 

4.    Office Bearers

(i) There shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Secretary, Recorder, Press Correspondent, Social Convener, Speaker’s Convener and Welfare Officer and the general affairs of the Club shall be managed by the Committee of those Officers with the Immediate Past President and the various Conveners, whose names can be found on the current membership list. Within this group the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Secretary, Welfare Officer, Press Correspondent, Recorder, IT Correspondent and Immediate Past President shall constitute the Executive Committee.

 

• The President of the Club shall hold office for one year, unless there are extenuating reasons why this period should be extended. Officers and Committee members shall be eligible for re- election each year at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). If for any reason an AGM cannot be held then these office bearers’ term of office shall be extended until such times as an AGM, or an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) can be constituted.

Six members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum and the Committee shall have the power to co-opt and appoint one or more Sub-Committees. Committee Conveners shall be able to co-opt members who may have expertise useful for any issues under consideration by that Committee. In the event of it being unlikely that the President can continue to officiate then the Vice President shall assume the role of President with the appointment of a new Vice President. Both these officials will see out that presidential year and assume the posts in the next year i.e. there will be no appointments for these posts at the AGM at the end of the retired President’s year of office.

In the event of there being any reason necessitating a suspension of meetings or in the event of closure of the Club all committee members shall remain in office until an EGM can be called to review the situation.

• An Executive Committee (see 1) shall have the power to manage any urgent or unforeseen event or set of circumstances which may arise.

4.           Meetings

• The regular meetings shall take place at a suitable venue in the Kirkcaldy area and will be held on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 10:30am and at such intervals as may be decided by the Committee.
• An Annual General Meeting shall be held in June of each year at such time and place as may be determined by the At least two weeks’ notice of such meeting must be given in writing to each member.
• The Secretary shall call a Special General Meeting on the written request of not less than fifteen members and shall give to all members, in writing, at least two weeks’ notice of such a
• Voting at all meetings, including Committee meetings, shall be by a show of hands or by ballot if so In the event of an equal division of votes: the Chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote,

5.            Visitors

Members may introduce male guests at meetings, but the same guest shall not be brought to a meeting more than six times in any Presidential year and may not attend the Annual General Meeting, but would be welcome to participate in Club activities.

 

 

 

 

6. Subscriptions
   • There shall be an annual subscription, the amount of which shall be determined each year at the Annual General Meeting. The subscription year shall run from September to August each year. Any member joining during the subscription year shall be required to pay the whole or part subscription depending on the date of joining. (see 7 iii). Life members will not be required to pay an annual subscription. Members who are unable to attend regularly but wish to remain in membership can do so by payment of their subscription.

 

• To confirm membership all subscriptions should be paid by the last day in August in any year unless the Club is unable to meet for an extended period due to unforeseen circumstances.

 

(iii) Months left in current subscription year:

September – November           100% of current subscription.

 

December – February               75% of current subscription.

 

March – May                             50% of current subscription.

 

June – August                           25% of current subscription.

 

7. Capital Expenditure

       Expenditure, other than revenue expenditure, will be brought before the Treasurer and one other Executive Committee member for approval, who would then consider and decide on the proposed purchase. The Treasurer would then inform the Executive Committee at the next scheduled meeting.

If necessary, the request, if not approved by these two Executive Committee members, may be referred to the Committee of the Club for consideration and either approval or rejection of the request.

 

8. Accounts

A Receipts and Payments account for the Financial Year to 31^st March shall be prepared, and after audit by two members of the Club appointed at the previous Annual General Meeting, be present for approval at the Annual General Meeting.

 

The foregoing Constitution and Rules were agreed at the inaugural meeting of the Club on 22^nd June 1982, and as amended at General Meetings.