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Saturday, 27th October
Following the success of the 2005 Reunion, there was no question as to where the 2007 event should be held – the Glynhill Hotel, Paisley, again. The format of the event was to be as before, with Documentation and Scrutineering commencing at 1730 going through to 1900. It had been decided to take the opportunity to hold the first Annual General Meeting of VSMA at the Glynhill, and this was held in a small adjacent room at 1800 hours. Strangely only a few members turned up to what was hoped to be a very auspicious occasion! Perhaps the bar was more of an attraction!! Anyway, the business was conducted in a very timely manner by chairman Jimmy McInnes and we were able to join the others at around 1820, for the more important part of the evening.
Signing-on was in the capable hands of some the VSMA Directors’ wives and Director Adele Paterson, the gentlemen having had other things to do! Altogether there were 102 members in attendance along with 67 partners, but apologies were received from many members who could not manage along. In the official VSMA Programme for the evening, which was very professionally produced by Alan Carlaw, Jimmy McInnes had written the following introduction –
Welcome
“It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this our third reunion. At our last gathering, we elected Adele Paterson, Bill Dryden and Andy Watson onto the committee to infuse some fresh ideas into the Association and last May the Association was formed into a limited company to ensure its ongoing future. The Committee are now all Directors of the Company with Stuart Parker as Honorary Secretary, Alan Carlaw as Honorary Treasurer, Bob Bailie as Vice-Chairman and myself as Chairman.
It is our intention, however, to retain the original concept of the Reunion, which is to continue to highlight the social side of “motorsport” which most, if not all of us, so enjoyed in the 50s and 60s. Observation of today’s motoring events, particularly in racing at the highest F1 level, the “sporting element” has been overtaken by commercialism, leading, in fact, to expensive battles in the courtroom. My rallying memory of “protests” cost £15 at the most and was invariably settled amicably.
However, enough of the political moans, we are here to enjoy good food, good wine and, in particular, good company to have a good “blether”. The Board are extremely grateful to Regie Renault, who have repeated the generous assistance which we received from them last time.
We are sorry that our recently appointed Patron, Andrew Bruce, Earl of Elgin is unable to be with us and regrettably our Honorary President, Sir Jackie Stewart cannot be here. Honorary Vice-President, Andrew Cowan, is with us.
Our principal guest is Stuart Turner, a man who has been involved in so many aspects of “motorsport” I don’t have space to elaborate. You will hear more of him during dinner.
I do hope you are having a pleasant evening of reminiscing and if you are driving home, “Gany Warily”!
Jimmy McInnes
Chairman
Some of the Members and Guests at Reception
By the time dinner started everyone really seemed to be in a mood to enjoy themselves and considering the racket during dinner that seemed to be the case. As was the custom, between courses, Chairman Jimmy took his roving microphone around the room interviewing many of the members at their tables. Two large screens had been erected at each end of the room to allow everyone to see images of those being interviewed in various scenes from their past. Occasionally this resulted in hoots of laughter and not only from McInnes’s patter! The star of the evening was certainly Stuart Turner who entertained us with a fund of stories relating to his varied career in motorsport, from his beginnings on the club scene right up to his time as manager of the Ford Europe Motorsport team.
A few photographs taken during dinner.
The evening officially finished at 2330 but many stayed on ’till the wee sma’ hours. Overall the evening seemed to go well and as far as we could see everyone seemed to enjoy themselves – which was the main purpose of the evening, as well as catching up with old friends.
Photographs on display at Reception – click on any image to enlarge
few photographs from the 2007 programme
List of Entrants, Partners and Guests
Entrant Location Partner/Guest
Kenny Allen Crossford Ken Gunn
Barrie Anderson Aberdeen Jane Anderson
Fraser Anderson Milngavie
Neil Armour Newton Mearns Margaret Armour, Dorothy McPherson
Bob Baillie Mauchline Margaret Baillie
Jack Baillie Hamilton
Graham Birrell Glasgow Helen McLaren
Bob Bisset Westhill, Aberdeen
Donald Brown Kingswell, Aberdeen
John Brown Bothwell Rae Brown
Mid Bruce Annbank Valerie Bruce
Bob Callander Larbert Jim McGaughay
Alan Carlaw Newton Mearns
Audrey Carlaw Newton Mearns
Hugh Chalmers Balerno David Cormack
Alastair Clark Glasgow
Sam Colman Wishaw Margaret Colman
Andrew Cowan Berwick-upon-Tweed Linda Cowan
Willie Crawford Lasswade Marnie Crawford
Barry Crichton Cumbernauld Nancy Crtichton
James Crichton Newton Mearns
Bill Cuthbertson Troon Anne Cuthbertson
Jack Davidson Aberdeen
George Dean Edinburgh Janey Dean
Bill Dryden Aberlady
Michael Dymock Newton Mearns
Alastair Findlay Stranraer Nikki Hillman
Donald Fisher Cupar
George Forbes Coldstream Judy Forbes
Ian Gemmell Mauchline Louise Gemmell
Peter Girvan Bridge of Weir Dorothy Girvan
Alex Graham Lanark
Brian Harrison Glasgow
Gordon Hastie Torbeck
Donald Heggie Cupar
Bill Henderson Falkirk William Henderson
David Hockey Perth
Mandy Hopkins Renault UK Ltd
Alex Houliston Barrhead
Mike How Edinburgh Sandy Denham
Stan Hutchison Lenzie Inez Hutchison
Peter Jeffrey British Columbia
Wendy Jones Edinburgh
Nigel Kennedy Bearsden
Norman Lilley Balfron
Bruce Lyle West Kilbride Jan Lyle
Hugh Mackinnon Houston
Michael Malcolm London
Fiona Marshall Drymen John Marshall
Amy Matheson Newmilns Lister Matheson
Sandy McCracken Strathaven Pat McCracken
Arlene McInnes Troon
Jimmy McInnes Troon
John McIntyre Falkirk
Charlie Bruce Miller Cults
James Moir Edinburgh Caroline Moir
Logan Morrison Stirling Val Morrison
Sandy Morrison Stirling Helen Morrison
Glen Mortimer Edinburgh Jim Philip
Alan Muir Glasgow Laurance Jacobsen
Doug Niven Duns Sheila Niven
Brian Park Insch Vivien Park
Trevor Park Bridge of Don Susan Park
Mairi Parker Larkhall
Stuart Parker Larkhall
Malcolm Parkin Kinross
Adele Paterson Newton Mearns
Duncan Paterson Newton Mearns
Wilson Paton East Kilbride Irene Paton
Bruce Pettie Glasgow
Jim Pettigrew Glasgow
Martin Pieraccini Inverness
Jimmy Rae Glasgow
Peter Rae Balerno
Bill Reid Glasgow Hazel Reid
Bill Reid Balfron
David Robertson Paisley
Grainger Robertson Paisley
Doris Romanes Edinburgh
Olly Ross Helensburgh
Jock Russell West Calder Mike Paterson
Jimmy Sime Paisley Joy Sime
Tom Sleigh Wishaw
Ian Smillie Milngavie Margaret Smillie
Pat Smith Elgin John Smith
Freddy Stang Newton Mearns
Jean Stenhouse Bearsden
George Stewart Denny
Geoff Stone Diseworth
John Sword Dullatur Mary Sword
Bill Syer Dunfermline
Johnstone Syer Rosyth Marion Syer
Bill Taylor Cupar
Ronnie Thom Auchterarder Daisy Thom
Bill Thomson Peebles
David Thomson Duns Anne Thomson
Johnnie Thomson Hamilton Jay Thomson
Boyd Tunnock Uddingston Anne Tunnock
Roger Turnbull Berwick-upon-Tweed MyraTurnbull
Stuart Turner Chipping Norton Margaret Turner
Andy Watson Glasgow Fiona Watson
Bob Watson Dollar
Hamish Wilson Hamilton
Malcolm Wishart Glasgow
Charlie Young Strathaven Netta Young
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