Supporting our Novice drivers – a message from the Chairman
Happy New Year to all our members and friends of SCDA!
One of the first things to put in all your new 2025 Calendars is a club Zoom meeting, which is to be held on Monday 13th January from 8pm – 9pm. The topic of this meeting is “Supporting our Novice Drivers”. It is obviously a vital subject – for our club to continue to thrive and grow, our grass-roots drivers must get all the help and encouragement they need to enjoy our wonderful sport. This Zoom meeting is therefore an opportunity for everyone – whether you are a driver, groom, steward, volunteer or club supporter – to listen to the discussion and share your views.
There will be an opportunity for open discussion and Q&A during the meeting. However, if you have a particular topic/idea/issue that you would like discussed, please email me in advance at chairman@scda.co.uk to ensure your point gets covered.
Here is the Zoom link for the meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3211913248?pwd=WKI823JcXtRVXxiY1Cixnv6DyYBn5N.1&omn=83415390545
Meeting ID: 321 191 3248
Passcode: 2025
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible!
Graeme MacArthur
Chair, Scottish Carriage Driving Association
2025 Memberships
Please join or renew as soon as you are able – the membership year runs from January 1st to December 31st. You can join online at the website membership page. Bank account details will be provided on the email confirmation. Please pay by BACS as soon as possible after signing up – it makes it easier for the Secretary and Treasurer to check the money is in the correct SCDA Account. You can also download the membership form here which contains all the information you need.
We’d like to welcome Allison McCulloch as our new membership secretary – Allison will also be taking over the SCDA secretary role with effect from the AGM (which takes place on Saturday 15th February at Blair Drummond Hall). If you have any questions, you can drop an email to Allison at membership@scda.co.uk.
Training update
Additional training days have been scheduled at Auchenreoch, by kind permission of Gayle & Andy Ledger. Bex March will be providing the training – it’s suitable for all levels. Click here for all the details. For more details of these and all our training events, you can drop Bex March an email at the SCDA training address: training@scda.co.uk
Event dates 2025
Provisional dates for 2025 have now been published. Please click on this link for all the details
Reminder about entry closing dates…
We have again asked event organisers to take a firm approach to closing dates. Please make sure that you enter all events this season before the closing date. To avoid disappointment, please enter as soon as you are able. Thank you!
SCDA Points League
Our Points League is kindly sponsored by Gee Gee Rugwash. Please support the businesses who support our sport. Ian is happy to collect rugs at each event and return them to you at the following one.
We now have an Instagram account!! (thanks to Sanchia). We’d love pictures or video clips of you and your turnouts – here’s the link…
https://www.instagram.com/scottish_carriage_driving_scda/
News archive
Previous stories have now been archived, but are still available online. Click the link here and you’ll be able to read news from the past couple of years.