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Black and white image from 1951


Ex-Braw Lads’ & Lasses' Association
Former Gathering Principals

Ex-Braw Lads’ & Lasses' Association



Background



The Ex-Braw Lads’ and Lasses' Association was formed with 10 members in September 1948 by Mr John Dun, Ex Braw Lad, Riddle Dalgliesh was the Association's inaugural Chairman. Members are solely made up of Ex-Gathering Principals. The Association meets monthly.


The current Chairman of the Ex-Braw Lads' and Lasses' Association, in his first term of a two year post, is Ex-Braw Lad Greg Borthwick. Greg was Braw Lad in the 2010 Braw Lads' Gathering.


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Fundraising



A fun social group, with a common bond, work to support the current Gathering Principals and the Braw Lads’ Gathering. This includes holding events, getting involved in the Fancy Dress, supplying people and logistics as well as helping to fund elements of the Principals activities and duties throughout the summer.


The Association's fundraising means that it is a significant financial supporter of the Gathering. Some of the funds raised go to the Braw Lads’ Executive Council and the Association asks that it goes towards the uniquely tailored Ceremonial Outfits worn by the Braw Lad and Braw Lass on the day of the Gathering.



Events



The Association has its own events which are enshrined in the Gathering's annual calendar including Presentation Night where the Braw Lad and Braw Lass receive the traditional Stocks and Gloves and the Riders' Social, after the Lindean Rideout, where the six Principals are the guests of the Association. Perhaps the Association's most formal event is the Ex-Braw Lads' and Lasses' Association Dinner where the Braw Lad, Braw Lass and Attendants are the main top table guests for the evening. The “Ex Braw Lads' & Lasses' Choir” sings at the Investiture Concert on the Friday evening and an invitation is extended to all Gathering Principals to take part in the “March of Ex-Principals” along Bank Street prior to the “Roses Ceremony” at 8pm on the day of the Gathering.



Former Gathering Principals



1930s



1940s



1950s



1960s



1970s



1980s



1990s



2000s



2010s



2020s



Principals in the 2020s



2020



No Gathering
due to
Global Pandemic



2021



No Gathering

due to

Global Pandemic



2022



John Turnbull - Abbie Hood

Robbie Lowrie - Nicola Laing

Greg Kelly - Amy Thomson.



2023



Cory Paterson - Emma Spence
​John Turnbull - Abbie Hood

Robbie Lowrie - Nicola Laing



2024



Jamie Bell - Rebecca Grieve
​Cory Paterson - Emma Spence ​
John Turnbull - Abbie Hood



Principals in the 2010s



2010



Greg Borthwick - Katie Scott

Chris Mackenzie - Amy Gunter

Jamie Hind - Lauren Horsburgh



2011



Lewis Playfair - Suzanne Henry

Greg Borthwick - Katie Scott

Chris Mackenzie - Amy Gunter



2012



Ryan Mania - Nicola Mackay

Lewis Playfair - Suzanne Henry

Greg Borthwick - Katie Scott



2013



Daniel Whitehead - Lucy Black

Ryan Mania - Nicola Mackay

Lewis Playfair - Suzanne Henry



2014



Gavin Young - Alice Mackay

Daniel Whitehead - Lucy Black

Ryan Mania - Nicola Mackay



2015



Cameron Pate - Abbie Frankland

Gavin Young - Alice Mackay

Daniel Whitehead - Lucy Black



2016



Mark Hood - Alex Muundell

Cameron Pate - Abbie Frankland

Gavin Young - Alice Mackay



2017



Greg Robertson Amy Thomson

Mark Hood - Alex Mundell

Cameron Pate - Abbie Frankland



2018



Greg Kelly - Kimberley O’May

Greg Robertson - Amy Thomson

Mark Hood - Alex Mundell



2019



Robbie Lowrie - Nicola Laing

Greg Kelly - Alex Mundell

Greg Robertson - Amy Thomson



Principals in the 2000s



2000



Brian Aitchison - Karen S. M. Scott

Roddy Gladstone - Therese Dickie

Derek J. Forsyth - Angela Brown



2000



Brian Aitchison - Karen S. M. Scott

Roddy Gladstone - Therese Dickie

Derek J. Forsyth - Angela Brown



2001



No Gathering due to foot-and-mouth outbreak



2002



Lawrence McPherson - Debbie McAllan

Brian Aitchison - Karen S. M. Scott

Roddy Gladstone - Therese Dickie



2003



Craig Whitehead - Helen Berry

Lawrence McPherson - Debbie McAllan

Brian Aitchison - Karen S. M. Scott



2004



Sandy Blacklock - Tracey Nightingale

Craig Whitehead - Helen Berry

Lawrence McPherson - Debbie McAllan



2005



David Anderson - Tracy Borthwick

Sandy Blacklock - Tracey Nightingale

Craig Whitehead - Helen Berry



2006



Phillip Halliday - Emma Carlyle

David Anderson - Tracy Borthwick

Sandy Blacklock - Tracey Nightingale



2007



​ Craig Wilson - Amy Quinn

Phillip Halliday - Emma Carlyle

David Anderson - Tracy Borthwick



2008



Jamie Hind - Lauren Horsburgh

David Anderson - Amy Quinn

Phillip Halliday - Emma Carlyle



2009



Chris Mackenzie Amy Gunter

Jamie Hind - Tracy Borthwick

Phillip Halliday - Amy Quinn



Principals in the 1990s



1990



Raymond J. Kerr - Debbie J. Simpson

Tommy Cameron - Roseanne Grant

Douglas Johnston - Maxine Douglas



1991



Brian D. Amos - Lynne W. Robertson

Michael Bell - Lesley Clark

Donald Lee - Kirsty Graham



1992



Scott J. Semple - Karen E. Dalziel

Donald Lee - Kirsty Graham

Colin Johnston - Karen Smyth



1993



Graeme Howlieson - Morven J. Ramage

Michael Bell - Louise Grattan

Colin Johnston - Michelle Lauder



1994



Alan R. W. Johnston - Alison E. Brown

Graeme Howlieson - Morven J. Ramage

Scott J. Semple - Karen E. Dalziel



1995



Alistair T. Bell - Fiona L. Stewart

Alan R. W. Johnston - Alison E. Brown

Graeme Howlieson - Morven J. Ramage



1996



Calum R. Grant - Louise D. Brown

Alistair T. Bell - Fiona L. Stewart

Alan R. W. Johnston - Alison E. Brown



1997



John V. Dalziel - Debbie J. Lawrie

Calum Grant - Louise D. Brown

Alistair T. Bell - Fiona L. Stewart



1998



Derek J. Forsyth - Angela Brown

John V. Dalziel - Debbie J. Lawrie

Calum Grant - Louise D. Brown



1999



Roddy Gladstone - Therese E. Dickie

Derek J. Forsyth - Angela Brown

John V. Dalziel - Debbie J. Lawrie



Principals in the 1980s



1980



Colin A. Playfair - Jacqueline McClory

Ian Thomson - Eva Jakowuik

Scott Robertson - Lorna Crooks



1981



Bruce Hastie - Elaine Brownlee

Andrew Pattullo - Lesley Brown

Scott Robertson - Alison Robertson



1982



Michael Christie - Hazel Playfair

John Maltman - Lynn Johnston

Cliff Balson - Karen Forsyth



1983



David Dods - Louise Bryson

Kevin Mania - Lesley Boyd

Peter Cameron - Fiona Kerr



1984



William Pate - Lynne Blair

Malcolm Robertson - Susan Burrell

Mark Turnbull - Shirley Henderson



1985



Philip Orr - Lana Bertram

James Graham - Lesley Ormiston

Hamish Hunter - June Bertham



1986



Alex J. Gass - Joyce M. Donaldson

Ian McLennan - Eunice Dods

Steven Headspeath - Donna Brown



1987



Steven Dun - Fyonnah Thomas

Kevin Smyth - Gillian Learmonth

Ian McLennan - Pamela Brown



1988



Kevin Smith - Karen G. Robertson

Kevin Thomson - Shelley Brown

Callum Brown - Maureen Dickson



1989



Graham Hamilton - Dianne Ramage

Raymond Kerr - Elspeth Roemmele

Alan Cowburgh - Maxine Douglas



Principals in the 1970s



1970



Bruce P. Dorward - Valerie Lyall

Stuart H. Keddie - Mary Meehan

Iain R. Rackham - Patricia Barnes



1971



Iain R. Rackham - Eileen Horsburgh

Edward Czajka - Ann Hume

John Hume - Sandra Brown



1972



Gordon F. Keddie - Gwen E. Dalgetty

David Sanderson - Ann Hume

Richard T. Scott - Caroline M. Kelly



1973



Richard T. Scott - Caroline M. Kelly

Colin Bell - Sheila Duff

David Blues - Marlyn Anderson



1974



John Gibson - Anne Shepherd

George Henry - Maureen Fairbairn

Graham Rennie - Sandra Gerrard



1975



Tom D. Jamieson - Lesley Brown

Robert Kerr - Laura Curran

James Rutherford - Dorothy Brennan



1976



Alex M. Studzinski - Claire P. Howden

Paul Dunseath - Anne Falconer

James Johnstone - Margaret McGrath



1977



Keith Hardie - Antoinette Dunseath

Malcolm Morrison - Jean Davidson

Alexander Stenhouse - Joyce McLean



1978



Allen Jenkins - Judith M. Arthur

Brian Kay - Jan Brunton

Derek Robertson - Eleanor Gillan



1979



Hugh W. Ormiston - Helen Davidson

Neil Kimber - Jill McClory

Bryan Graham - Valerie Kinnes



Principals in the 1960s



1960



Leslie R. Fairbairn - Bertha J. White

Gordon Ormiston - Irene Laidlaw

William Hamilton - Lorett Storie

John Bell - Margaret Jack

John Brown - Margaret Hay



1961



A. Scott Amos - Irene Laidlaw

Jock Dun - Jenifer Dalgetty

John Brown - Catherine Johnston

James Brydon - Margaret Keddie

George Murray - Aileen Downie



1962



Norman S. Weir - Joyce Scott

Roy Kinghorn - Pamela Graham

Alex Heard - Christine Waddell



1963



David G. Brydon - Marian A. Keith

William Cleghorn - Gwen Park

Kenneth Houghton - Grace Bradley



1964



Reginald Andrews - Pamela N. E. Graham

John Macari - Margaret Nicholson

Allan Swinscoe - Anne Young



1965



David Stillie - Helen G. Napier

William Chrichton - Carol Andrews

Kenneth McQuarrie - Carolyn A. Thomson



1966



Edward Boyle - Lynda Sanderson

Andrew Cockburn - Catherine Dodds

Robert Scott - Agnes Amos



1967



W. Robson Reid - Marvyn H. Clark

A. Kenneth Blues - Agnes Hewitson

S. Thomson Irvine - Edna Orr



1968



S. Thomson Irvine - Agnes W. Hewitson

Errol W. Keay - Edna Orr

James Nicholson - Rosemary Danskin



1969



Arthur R. Brown - Avril Baillie

James Amos - Rosemary Danskin

John Baraniecki - Joan Osmond



Principals in the 1950s



1950



John McE. Gibson - Julia C. McLaughlin

Andrew Davidson - Sheena Kinghorn

William Dumble - Violet Beveridge

Archibald Robertson - Norma Birnie

John Bell - Maureen Friel



1951



William W. Dumble - Pat Richardson

John Leishman - Wilma Mars

David Fox - Isabella Kennedy

James Scott - Isobel Scott

James Wayness - Helen Hymers



1952



A. F. Turnbull - Joyce T. Henderson

James Hancock - Janette Swanston

William Simpson - Elizabeth Dobson

Andrew Brown - Myra Bell

Andrew Miller - Pearl Howden



1953



J. Laurie Grant - Margaret D. C. Finlay

Norman Bruce - Margaret Dalgleish

John Ronaldson - Norma Cooper

Thomas Ramage - Stroma Renton

Archibald Sweeney - Joyce May



1954



Thomas I. Ramage - Audrey M. Little

T. Riddle Dumble - Sheila Grant

Archibald Sweeney - Nancy Rule

James Robertson - Mary Grieve

R. Albert Hardie - Janette Rutherford



1955



A. Kenneth McRae - Irene M. Anderson

Jack Grierson - Christine Birnie

Robert Wilson - Myra Barrie

William Charters - Lilian Kinghorn

William Hislop - Doris Wilson



1956



William Keddie - Maureen I. Tully

William Hislop - June Moffat

A. Henry Ormiston - Pat O’Donnell

Leishman Brown - Shirley Middlemiss

George Crichton - Jane Kyle



1957



Jack Grierson - Elizabeth B. Turnbull

William Paterson - Norma Heard

William Lamb - Christine Gill

Stanley Headspeath - Barbara Weatherstone

Eric Millar - Dorothy Sowman



1958



William K. Burrell - Margaret H. Hislop

Michael Brydon - Anne Clark

Douglas Dodds - Isabella Dilger

Kenneth Kyle - Patricia Newlands

James Clark - Edith Bell



1959



Robert S. Hamilton - Doris Anderson

Thomas Brown - Bertha J. White

William Hamilton - Agnes Amos

David Pringle - Jean Arnott

Lawrence McLean - Anne Davidson



Principals in the 1940s



WWII 1940 - 1945



1946



Charles G. Thomson - Doreen H. Fairgrieve

John Naysmith - Helen McCaig

Archie Brown - Jean Lillico

Murray Playfair - Mae Mackay

John McQuillan - Annie Brown



1947



A. Douglas Dalgetty - Margaret R. Simpson

Alexander Mackay - Margaret Griffin

Andrew Oliver - Eleanor Wilkie

James Turner - Janette Fell

John Charters - Betty Brown



1948



Robert B. Weir - Eleanor M. Wilkie

George Jamieson - Helen Grierson

Adam Purves - Ina Ruddiman

James Young - Margaret Wilson

Robert Thomson - Elizabeth Turnbull



1949



George Liddle - Irene R. Wilkinson

Thomas Wightman - Mary Brander

William Wilson - Janette Dodds

John Buchanan - Moira Imlah

James Edgar - Marian Goodsir



Principals in the 1930s



1930



Adam H. Polson - Hazel Gardiner

Donald Stalker - M. J. T. Brown

W. R. Dalgliesh - Mary Hogg

Thomas Sanderson - Agnes Donaldson

Henry Bell - Jean Blackwood



1931



Walter R. Dalgliesh - May Thomson

Donald Stalker - Anne Mercer

Thomas Sanderson - Elizabeth Fairbairn

James A. Brown - Catherine Aitchison

Robert Hunter - Margaret Turner



1932



John S. Chapman - May Noble

James A. Brown - Helen Rutherford

Robert Arneil - Agnes Finlay

James Tully - Nancy Robertson

Robert Chalmers - Rene Crossan



1933



John D. Purves - Helen M. Rutherford

Robert McBain - Annie Elliot

Andrew Deans - Isa Park

Francis Hope - Janet Turner

Thomas Sanderson - Lucille Jobson



1934



Walter T. Brydon - Jean S. Allan

James Chisholm - Helen McQueen

Sydney S. Goodsir - Mary Miller

Thomas Elliot - Margaret Johnston

Andrew Stanners - Cissie Abbot



1935



John B. Hall - Elsie C. Robertson

Alexander Black - Rhoda Dallas

John Herbert - Jean Purves

William Brown - Janet Whyte

Addie McDonald - Marjory Dorward



1936



Sydney S. Goodsir - Elizabeth Chambers

James Elder - Margaret Gardner

William Millar - Sadie Paton

Thomas Carruthers - Maisie Newlands

T. Swinton Purves - Maidie Keddie



1937



John Dun - Florence H. Dalgliesh

James Gray - Dorothy Little

John Scott - Edith Waugh

Gilbert Brownlee - Ena Redpath

John Mather - Jenny Mabon



1938



C. G. Gordon Fair - Mary W. T. Newlands

James Mills - Maisie Lamb

George Wilson - Janette Herbert

Robert Leslie - May Mabon

David Amos - Madge Murray



1939



John S. Lawrie - May W. Davidson

William Millar - Gladys Leishman

John Brownlee - Ella Housler

Walter Hislop - Annie Smail

Thomas Kyle - Elizabeth Stoddart



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