Scottish Conference 2009

The IRRV Scottish Conference 2009 took place on 2nd and 3rd September, once again returning to the beautiful surroundings of Crieff in Perth and Kinross.
A highlight from the event was attendance by MSPs from the four main parties:


The institute was grateful once again to receive great support from many sponsors and exhibitors. Main conference sponsors were Gandlake:

The provost of Perth and Kinross, Cllr Dr John Hulbert, gave the Civic Welcome. He is pictured here with National President, Julie Holden, and Scottish Association President, Brian Jeffrey:

For more conference photos, including exhibitors, delegates and speakers, please click on the title link above this article.

Scottish Conference 2009 - Performance Awards

Scottish Conference 2009 saw an impressive array of performance award entries being showcased in our awards village, with a number of Scottish authorities also being successful in reaching the finalist stage in the national IRRV Performance Awards.
The winner of the "Best in Scotland" performance award was Dundee City Council. Julie Holden, National President, is pictured below with Brenda Miller and Jane Crawford from Dundee.
GOOD LUCK to all Scottish finalists going to Bournemouth.

Please click on the title link above for photos of all the awards village entrants.

Scottish Conference 2009 - student presentation

The achievements of successful IRRV students were recognised in a presentation ceremony at Scottish Conference 2009. They are pictured below after receiving their certificates from National President, Julie Holden, and Scottish Association President, Brian Jeffrey.
Congratulations to all - very well done!!

Former Presidents Dinner

The eve of Scottish Conference 2009 saw a very distinguished gathering in the form of former Scottish Association Presidents and guests. This included David Shepherd, who was also National President in 1968. Back row: David Magor (Chief Executive), David Shepherd, Alan Henry, Roy Paterson, Brian Jeffrey (Scottish President), Ian Ballance, Eric Geddes, Sandy Brown.

Front row: Mrs Susan Paterson, Hillary Kelly, Ron Skinner, Julie Holden (National President), Mrs Jaye Skinner

Scottish Conference 2009 - Golf

The traditional pre conference golf competition once again took place in 2009, sponsored by Civica OPEN Revenues, with some talented golfers (and some less talented but very enthusiastic!) making their way round 18 holes of Crieff Golf Club. The weather was glorious for approximately 3/4 of the way round, however all of the groups were hit by the torrential downpour around the 14th to 18th holes. Spirits remained high nonetheless and all groups completed the course - the only slight disappointment of the heavy rain being the fact that Jacek Nowak's wonderful "polish tartan" trousers were unfortunately covered up by waterproofs for the last few holes!!!
Fergus Walker of Argyl and Bute Council was the worthy winner and was presented with the impressive silverware at the Gala Dinner at Conference. For more golf photos, please click on the title link above this article.