Royal Dornoch 400-Year Community Time
Capsule to be buried on Monday, January 2
NEWS RELEASE
Dornoch, Sutherland:
As the final event of the prestigious year in Dornoch, Royal Dornoch Golf Club
and the local community have come together to organise the burying of a Time Capsule commemorating the
400 year celebrations and life in Dornoch.
The
capsule will include many items from throughout the 400-year celebrations
including a signed pin flag by all the Royal Dornoch Staff and mementos of the
year from the club and community.
As
technology moves apace it was decided, in addition to electronic media printed
images of the events, the professional golfers, the celebrities, members, community,
and visitors would also be included.
Neil
Hampton, General Manager, comments “It caused an interesting discussion within
the Club, from our older members thinking of the changes in their lives, to the
younger members thinking of what developments they will see over the next 100
years.”
Supporting
the project, Lynne Mahoney, Curator,
Historylinks Museum, has worked with the Brownies and the Boys Brigade
working with each group on a collage that can be rolled up and put inside
the capsule.
The work details the organisations the children belong to and
what life is like for them in 2016, then the children's predictions for life in
2116.
“2016
has been a wonderful year for us here in Dornoch.” Commented Joan Bishop, Chair
of DA CiC. “Royal Dornoch Golf Club’s celebrations and the embracing of the
event by the local business, local people, schools and organisation have
created such a positive sense of community.
If we capture that in the Capsule it will be brilliant.”
The
time capsule will be buried on Monday 2nd January 2017, after the
East of the Burn v West o’ the Burn match.
An ideal location at the start of the path that leads from the 18th
green to the clubhouse, was chosen, with all who play the Royal Dornoch Course
over the next century will walk over that very spot. A plaque will be placed above the capsule,
with instructions for the box to be opened in 100 years.
As a
closing thought we hope that many of the youngest involved will be there to
open the capsule when Royal Dornoch and the Community Celebrate 500 years of
golf in Dornoch.
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