Club News
CENTENARY BURNS SUPPER 2026
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE
Stonehaven Fatherland Burns Club is pleased to announce its Centenary Burns Supper on Wednesday 21 January 2026, at Number 44 Hotel & Bar, Allardice Street, gathering at 6.15pm for a 6.45pm start.
Due to increasing costs, particularly in relation to the cost of food, in order to cover the costs of the event, we have set the price for this year's event at £47.50 per ticket. To ensure smooth service on the night, all guests are asked to pre-select their starter, main, and dessert during the booking process (vegetarian/vegan options available).
We encourage our guests to use the online ticketing (see link below) to purchase tickets and submit menu choices. A small £2.50 booking fee applies. Paper tickets do still remain available through your usual club contacts but please ensure full payment and menu choices are provided in advance. Last year tickets sold out, so be sure to book early.
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Number 44 Hotel & Bar
(downstairs function hall, which is accessed via the right hand entrance off Allardyce Street, past the reception desk)
44 Allardice Street
Stonehaven, AB39 2BU
ONLINE TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/stonehaven-fatherland-burns-club
New for 2025, as part of the annual Stonehaven Folk Festival, the Stonehaven (Fatherland) Burns Club hosted a successful Burns & Scottish Poetry Recital Event for children and young adults. The event was held in the British Legion Hall, Stonehaven on Saturday 12th July and a good number of folk joined in the fun, encouraged by our wonderful MC, Annie Reid. Participants very capably entertained us with a poem, a song, or played a tune on their guitar, fiddle, etc.!​​
2025 AGM
The Annual General Meeting of our very own historic Fatherland Burns Club took place at 7.30pm on Tuesday 20th May at the Cowie Café within the Stonehaven Recreation Ground. The AGM Minute of Meeting will be uploaded here soon.
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We'd like to welcome two new committee members who were elected at the AGM (Susan Henderson and Scott Martin).
Also, three long-serving committee members stood down (Cathie Dawson, Jane Sanders, and Garry Brindley).
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Cathie (who was our current treasurer) was presented with a plaque and honorary lifetime membership of the club as a 'thank you' for all the wonderful contributions she made to the Club over several decades.
The meeting covered many of the club’s activities during the year, including what was certainly regarded as a cracking Burns Supper at the Station Hotel back in January 2025, topped off by a spellbinding Immortal Memory from Professor Sir Geoffrey Palmer KT, OBE, Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University, Scotland’s first black professor and a simply lovely human being!
Dave MacDonald
Club President
In Memoriam: Our historic Club is saddened to report the recent passing - after a short illness bravely borne - of former President Douglas Samways, who led the SFBC for three years interrupted by the two-year Covid epidemic. A retired senior educationalist, Douglas had a deep enthusiasm for his hometown of Stonehaven and for his native country including an interest in its Independence, and of course an abiding passion for the Scots and Doric tongue including the works of our National Bard. His role in leading the Club’s Robert Burns input at primary schools throughout the Mearns area for over a decade, will form part of his lasting legacy within our community. Our condolences go to his wife Elaine and family.