Balmullo Burns Club

Following the Balmullo Burns Club AGM this evening, and the lack of interest in the Burns Supper in January this year, it has been decided that the Club will be in abeyance for 2 years, and if no further interest is shown, then Balmullo Burns Club will close.

Unfortunately, due to insufficient ticket sales, this year's Burns Supper has been cancelled.

***Final numbers required by 10th January, so we can let caterers know. Due to this being a 'catered event' there will not be tickets available on the night***
Balmullo Burns Club are hosting their Annual Burns Supper on 20th January, 2024 at Burnside Hall, Balmullo. Tickets £28 each, which includes 3 course meal plus tea/coffee, speakers and live ceilidh band. Book early to avoid disappointment.
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Good morning all, thank you to everyone who came along on Saturday night, it truly was a cèilidh, in the true sense of the word.
Our next event will be the Burns Supper and cèilidh (over 16 only) in January, details to follow soon.

We still have some tickets and only a few
'tables of 8' left to reserve. Let me know ASAP if you would like to book one. Great opportunity for a night out with family and friends.
First come first served. Children under 5 free, but need to be counted in the numbers 🙂

Balmullo Burns Club will be holding a FAMILY CEILIDH on Saturday, 25th November, 2023 in Burnside Hall, Balmullo.
It will be a BYOB and snacks and will run from 7pm till 11pm, with doors open at 6.30pm.
Tickets will be £8 for adults and £5 for 5-16 years, and under 5's free (though must be counted in the numbers for the hall)
Please message if you would like tickets.

Balmullo Burns Club will be holding it's AGM on Monday, 27th March, 2023 at 7pm in Burnside Hall.
All are welcome. Looking for ideas to take the Burns Club forward.

How about this for Burns Night ...

RECIPE: Try our heavenly haggis & cheese scones ... just in time for Burns Night! 😍

Ingredients:
1lb/500g self-raising flour
4oz/100g margarine
Pinch of salt
1oz/30g mature Scottish cheddar
2oz/60g grated uncooked haggis
2 beaten eggs
Milk to brush

Method:
1. Set your oven to 165C/330F/gas mark 3.2. Rub the flour, margarine and salt together until the texture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
3. Mix in the cheese and haggis, and then add the eggs and enough milk to create a soft dough mixture.
4. Turn out onto a dry floured surface and roll to about 1.5 inches/4cm thick.
5. Use a scone ring cutter to cut out your scones.
6. You can brush the top of the scones lightly with milk or beaten egg to give a stronger colour if desired, but this is not essential.
7. Place them on a metal baking tray and cook in the oven for 15–20 minutes until lightly browned on top.
8. Enjoy! 🤤

I think we'll agree, a great night was had by all😜...already looking forward to the next one!

Balmullo Burns Club will be holding a Burns Supper in Burnside Hall on Saturday, 21st January, 2023 from 7pm -11.30pm
The cost of ticket will be £25, to include speakers, meal and ceilidh. BYOB and glass 🍾🍷.
There are only a few tickets left, available on a 'first come, first served' basis. Please message me if you would like tickets with number of tickets required and your phone number, which I will pass on.
Many thanks

According to legend, a group of farmers were sitting in an Inn in midwinter, discussing how to brighten up the long cold and dark evenings. They decided to get together with friends to celebrate the anniversary of Robert Burns birth, and this annual event grew into what is now a worldwide Federation.

So it was, that a group of locals sitting in the Balmullo Inn decided to brighten up the winter evenings in the village and formed the Balmullo Burns Club in 1980 and held the first Burns Supper in 1981, followed by a series of Scottish Musical Evenings, throughout the year.

The original four, were Bob Crowe, Jim Cameron, George Spence and Mitch Mitchell, with Jim, George and Mitch ably standing up to Address the Haggis, giving the Immortal Memory, Toasting the Lassies and giving various recitations.

Bob Crowe organised the music, asking local piper Bill Duff to pipe in the Haggis for the first Supper, a task he still performed at the 40th Anniversary Supper in 2020.

Along with Scottish Evenings, the Club have also sponsored and judged the Balmullo Primary School Burns Competiton , presenting trophies and prizes.

Over the years, with the decline of interest and increasing costs, the Scottish evenings have come to an end, and the Club have only run an Annual Burns Supper in the Balmullo Inn.

Although most of the Committee retired for a variety of reasons after the 'lockdown', the Club now have a new Committee, who wish to have the Burns Supper made available to a larger local number, and so the Supper has moved to Burnside Hall, Balmullo.