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24 October 2002
North American Sinclairs Gathered at Stone Mountain Games
The Annual Stone Mountain Games
took place over the 19th/20th October, and our Clan Chief,
Rt Hon The Earl of Caithness took the opportunity
to update the North American Clan Members on the Clan Trust's
progress with restoration of Castles Sinclair and Girnigoe on Sinclair
Bay in Caithness, and the significant fund raising that is taking place
this year. Click on the image at right for Mel Sinclair's photos
posted on his "Clan Sinclair South Carolina" website, <www.clansinclairsc.org>.
[ Effective 11 April 2003: www.Castle-SG.org
is the new Trust site dedicated to Castle Sinclair Girnigoe. ]
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27 August 2002
Photographs of the Chief, Niven and the Lairds in Norway
The Sinclair's Club website www.sinclairsclub.net
has just been updated with photographs from the 7th Pillarguri Days Festival
in Otta, Central Norway. Our Chief attended, supported by Niven Sinclair and
the Laird Family. They are pictured here at George Sinclair's
Grave with their Norwegian hosts, Inge Leif and Hans Kristian (who had
attended the May Gathering in Caithness), together with Major John
Monn, Vice President of the Caledonian Society of Norway,
of which our Chief is the Patron. An account of their trip written
by Iain Laird will appear in Roslin O Roslin in due course.
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6 August 2002
Largest Games in Ontario at Fergus this weekend
Clan Sinclair will be at the largest Games in Ontario this weekend,
10 August, at Fergus, which is about 25 km north of Guelph,
lies on the Grand River. Fifty Clans will be present along with
50,000 spectators.
For more information, visit www.FergusScottishFestival.com.
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10 July 2002
Prince Henry St Clair Preceptory
Ian Sinclair, Archivist to the Clan Sinclair Study Centre at Noss Head in
Caithness, has been preparing a Preceptory of Militi Templi Scotia (the Scottish
Knights Templar) at the Noss Head Lighthouse Estate, and it is now ready.
To accompany the "The Prince Henry St Clair Preceptory",
a new website www.PrinceHenryStClair.org
has been launched today, with some splendid photographs of the Preceptory
and Noss Head. In the Noss Head Section there is a list of books,
prints and Templar seals for sale at the Clan Study Centre, with more items
to be added in due course.
[The website's URL here was updated following
a rename.]
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Plans for SMHG, 18–20 October 2002
CSAC Secretary Rory Sinclair will be at the Stone Mountain Highland
Games in Georgia with his Highland and Lowland Pipes, so plan to keep
him company!
For details of the Games, scheduled for 18–20 October this year,
visit the official website at www.SMHG.org.
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9 July 2002
Sinclair's Club in Norway
The website hosting Sinclair's Club, dedicated to learning the lessons of
the 1612 Battle between the Norwegians and Scots, has a fresh look for 2002.
Iain Laird has posted the account of the visit of our Chief, Rt Hon
The Earl of Caithness PC and the Lairds to the August Festival in 2001, and
soon there will be an announcement of the details of the 2002
Festival (23rd-25th August) and this year's Pillarguri Prizewinner.
Clan Sinclair will be well represented there this year as in previous years,
and Clansfolk are very welcome there. Please visit the Sinclair's Club website
or contact mail@sinclairsclub.net
for further details.
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21 June 2002
Rosslyn Family Charts
Rory Sinclair has provided copies of Stuart Beattie's photographs of the
St Clair family charts at Rosslyn, posted here in the Photo Gallery.
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12 June 2002
Loch Sloy Games, Fort Erie, Ontario
The CSAC Secretary, Rory Sinclair, advises that Clan Sinclair Canada was
intending (as announced in Roslin O Roslin
to appear at the Loch Sloy Games this weekend, June 15th. However, due to a
clash of events and demands on resources, we cannot be there. Next year,
all being well, Clan Sinclair Canada will be back at the Loch Sloy Games.
The Association apologizes to those who may be inconvenienced or disappointed.
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5 June 2002
On The Trail Of The Grail Knights Of North America
Inspired by references in Grail Knights of North America by Michael
Bradley (chapter 8 page 262) to what is believed to be ruins of an encampment
of Prince Henry Sinclair,
- John Whitewood, New Minas, Nova Scotia,
- Henry Morris, Florida USA,
- David Grifiths, England, and
- Bill L'Eon, Paris,
are new explorers. They will embark on June 23rd from New Brunswick on the
Quebec border via the St.John River to visit the ruins. These researchers are
scheduled to return to Nova Scotia on July 4th and report their findings to
Sinclair Clan member Jim Hewey of New Minas.
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29 April 2002
More on the Norwegian State visit to Nova Scotia in May
His Majesty King Harald V and Queen Sonia of Norway will be also be visiting Lunenburg
and Halifax on May 10th. They will travel to Lunenburg in the early morning to visit the
site of the wartime "Camp Norway" as well as view the Camp Norway Exhibit in the
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic.
Later that day in Halifax, there will be a reception for the Norwegian Community
to meet the Royal family at Pier 21. At this reception Elise Sinclair, who is the
grand–daughter of Canadian Clan President Bill Sinclair (daughter of Inger and [Prince Henry
Memorial designer] Scott Sinclair), will be reciting a poem in Norwegian for
the Royal couple.
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23 April 2002
Clan Sinclair Association (Western Canada)
Clan Sinclair Association Canada now has a Western Branch based in BC
but to be called Clan Sinclair Association (Western Canada).
The Officers are:
Twenty-five people attended the inaugural meeting at the City Hall in Richmond
(a suburb of Vancouver) and are an enthusiastic and interested group.
All hail Clan Sinclair! - Rory Sinclair
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20 April 2002
Norwegian State Visit to Canada 6–10 May 2002
Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja
of Norway will make a State visit to Canada 6th to 10th May 2002.
During the State visit, King Harald V and Queen Sonja will open the
international exhibition, Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
on 7th May 2002. The exhibition features more than 300 artifacts from
nine institutions on both sides of the Atlantic.
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16 April 2002
Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust
Our Chief and Viscount Thurso are Trustees of the Castle of Mey Trust.
The Castle is expected to open to the public in August 2002. The Trust's
web site has just been launched at www.castleofmey.org.uk
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9 April 2002
Funeral of HM The Queen Mother
A Canadian pays tribute in Westminster.
See the Toronto Star
for more.
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9 April 2002
85th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge
The assault on Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917 marked the first time all four
divisions of the Canadian Corps fought together. The carefully planned assault lasted
four days and forced the Germans to retreat, but it also marked a coming-of-age for
Canada as the world began to see our soldiers as an elite force. Click here
for more from Veteran Affairs Canada.
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April 2002
More Photographs in the Gallery
We are very pleased to have received more photographs from Wanda Sinclair, and so we
have a new Royalty in Canada
page in the Photo Gallery. One photo is of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother,
another is of the Prince and Princess of Wales in Toronto, and the third, the Sinclair Party in 2000 at Edinburgh Castle at the Royal Tribute to the
Queen Mother on her 100th Birthday.
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30 March 2002
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother has died
The Queen Mother died peacefully in her sleep on the afternoon of Saturday
30 March. She had a strong connection with Clan Sinclair, being the Patron of
the Clan Sinclair Trust,
and had restored the Chief's family's former castle, the Castle of Mey, to make it
her home in Caithness.
[Read about the Queen Mother in the Memorials section of the Monarchy
website.]
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March 2002
Clan Sinclair Trust Website gets New Look for Spring
The Clan Sinclair Trust Site has a "new look" for Spring 2002!
There are a lot more photographs of the Castles, the Conservation Plan, Clan and Trust
News, more links, a news "ticker-tape" on the home page and an attractive
screensaver and wallpaper! See www.ClanSinclair.org.
[2007 update: www.CastleSinclairGirnigoe.org
is now the Trust site dedicated to Castle Sinclair Girnigoe,
and www.ClanSinclair.org is the UK–based Clan Site.]
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16 March 2002
Launch of CSAC Website: 1500 GMT 16 March 2002
The new website of Clan Sinclair Association Canada went
"On line at 1000 hrs EST Ontario/1500 hrs GMT Saturday
16th March 2002."
Located at www.clansinclaircanada.ca,
the new CSAC website was created by Iain Laird of the UK, who donated all rights
to Clan Sinclair Association Canada. A Trustee of the Clan Sinclair Trust and webmaster
of the Trust website, Iain also became first CSAC website administrator.
[Many thanks to Iain Laird for getting us online! CSAC's first
webmaster can be contacted via email at iain@clansinclair.org.]
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January 2002
Clan Mini Gathering 2002
A Mini Clan Gathering is being held in Caithness from
27–31 May 2002 to celebrate the coming of age of the Clan Chief's son,
Lord Berriedale. Click here for more details.
Secure your place now! Pay a £50 non refundable deposit securely
online through Sinclair Bay Trading.
[Note: Sinclair Bay Trading, also called the clan shop in 2002 Gathering
information, is no longer accessible online.]
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