Atholl Clasp

Also at the Millennium Champions Challenge in 2000, Miss Jessie Stewart, a founder member of the SOBHD (as from November 2019 the RSOBHD), became the first recipient of the Atholl Clasp. The last remaining founder members Miss Cissie Tucker and Miss Mary Lindsay, although not present at Blair Castle also received an Atholl Clasp. The Atholl Dancing Association wanted the memory of this friendly event to live on through the presentation of "The Atholl Clasp".

To our delight the Board agreed and, the award is now presented annually to people within the dancing community who have served their sport extremely well. All the recipients have given their lives to Highland Dancing. Nominations are given to the Board each year and the Office-Bearers select the recipient.

A video/DVD was made of the 2000 event, the sales of which managed to fund the Clasp for several years. A USB of the event is now available from the RSOBHD online shop. The Clasp is still made by Malcolm Appleby but is now funded by the Atholl Dancing Association.

Past recipients of the Award.

	2000 Jessie Stewart-Haggarty MBE View Bio
	2001 Evelyn McLaren View Bio
	2002 Margaret Todd View Bio
	2003 Marjory Rowan View Bio
	2004 Adeline Duncan View Bio
	2005 Jean Ritchie View Bio
	2006 Heather Jolley View Bio
	2007 Sheena McDonald View Bio
	2008 Wilma Tolmie View Bio
	2009 Billy Forsyth MBE View Bio
	2010 Sandra Bald-Jones View Bio
	2011 Iain C Macdonald View Bio
	2012 Irene McKechnie View Bio
	2013 Celia Orr View Bio
	2014 Frances Paterson View Bio
	2015 Shendl Russell View Bio
	2016 Elizabeth McLauchlan View Bio
	2017 Betty Sutherland View Bio
	2018 Christine Aitken View Bio
	2019 Christine Lacey MBE View Bio
	2020 Jean Swanston View Bio
	2021 Aileen Robertson View Bio
	2022 Betty Turkington View Bio