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02 Sep Gorrod Bowling Competition 2015

On the 27^th August, at Summerhill Indoor Bowling Rink, the Incorporated Trades held their annual Bowling competition for the Gorrod Trophy.  Teams from all seven Trades and the Convener Court completed on a round robin format after having Tea in the restaurant.

The winners this year were the Hammermen Incorporation consolidation their winning streak from last year, narrowly beating the Tailors.

Special thanks must be recorded to Clive Sangster who arranged the event at short notice. (more…)

02 Sep Burgess Golf Competition 2015

On the 1st September,  the inaugural golf competition between the Burgess of the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen took place at Deeside Golf Club. Teams of 12 from the Burges of Trade and Guild enjoyed an afternoons golf, albeit somewhat wet at the start.

The Burgers of Guild won the afternoon team event and was presented with the new trophy.

Individual Prize winners were:
1st James Strathdee (Trades)
2nd Alastair Hunter (Trades)
3rd Hugh Black (Guilds)
Nearest the Pin 14th Graeme Cursiter (Trades)
Longest Drive 10th Garry Sevens (Guilds) (more…)

21 Aug Golf Outing 2015

The Seven Incorporated Trades held their annual Golf Outing at Alford Golf Club on Wednesday 19th August 2015.  21 members and three guests including our Patron, played golf and had a hot buffet in the clubhouse after an enjoyable day on the course

Despite heavy and persistent rain the day before and the possibility of the course having to be closed, the sun was shining and an enjoyable day was had by all participants. The attentive and courteous staff at Alford Golf Club along with excellent catering and service provided the ideal atmosphere in the clubhouse following an afternoon on the golf course.

The Littlejohn Trophy was won by James Strathdee (Bakers). The runner up and winner of the Assessors Cup, was David N Parkinson (Tailors).

The Team Cup was won again this year won by the Bakers.  For the second year also the best score among the guests was returned by the Patron, Iain Thomson.

A visit from the Deacon Convener Sandy Mackinnon and for the meal and prize giving was appreciated by the members attending and Ian Logan the golf Convener who organised the day expressed thanks that the effort to attend despite his resent illness to attend the event and present the prizes.

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31 Jul Rev & Mrs Thomson celebrate Ruby Wedding

We were delighted to welcome family and friends of our Patron, the Rev Iain Thomson, and his wife Christine to the Hall to celebrate Iain and Christine’s Ruby wedding at an afternoon tea. As well as entertaining speeches those assembled thoroughly enjoyed a rousing performance of excellent fiddle music from Coastline, a group of teenage musicians from British Columbia, Canada, currently headlining at the AIYF.

28 Jul Trinity Hall welcomes AIYF 2015

The haunting strains of the balalaika wafted through Trinity Hall on Monday 27 July 2015 as some 90 members and guests enjoyed a concert given by some participants in the 2015 Aberdeen International Youth Festival, which in itself is a world-class festival bursting at the seams with music, dance and theatre and is one of the most celebrated festivals in the city, being a permanent calendar fixture since 1973 and attracts orchestras and chamber musicians from across Europe.

Brothers Michael and Fedor Romanychev are both from St Petersburg where Michael is studying at the city conservatoire and Fedor is concertmaster at the Voganova Ballet Academy. Michael displayed the versatility of the balalaika accompanied by Fedor on the piano in a concert of works by Shalov, Bizov and Afanasyef.

We were also joined by two young singers from Youth Music Theatre UK, in town to perform a brand new production named Coorie Cave, which will be having its premier performances on Thursday 30th and Friday 31st at ACT Aberdeen (Aberdeen Arts Centre).  One of the numbers from which they previewed for us.  The singers were Anya Bury and Ruby Christina Thorne, accompanied on the piano by Naoise Whearity.

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07 Jul St Joseph’s School pupils gain extensive knowledge

Clydesdale Bank in Aberdeen sponsored part of the Food Fest 15 promotion and held an event in Trinity Hall on the 30th June 2015. As part of the sponsorship they invited pupils from St Joseph’s school for a tour of the building and talk from Late Deacon Convener David Parkinson.

The talk was on the craftsmen of Aberdeen and their involvement in the city since the 13th Century both as craftsmen and as city Burgesses. After a short introduction to the various Trades and what they do a tour of the building was taken and a number of the artefacts and record books were shown to the children.

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25 May Tour of Kings College Chapel

Following a Tour of Trinity Hall for the University Chaplaincy and the University Kirking at Kings College earlier in the year, an offer was made to the members of the Incorporated Trades to visit Kings College Chapel and learn of its history from Dr Louise Page. Due to the response from members and their partners, this was split into two groups and on Thursday 21st May, Dr Page conducted a tour round the Chapel.

Dr Paige was an extremely interesting and knowledgeable guide. Knowing of the particular interest of the group she paid particularly interest in relation to the wood finishes and stained glass windows which was of interest to the members attending.

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