Welcome to the website for the Whipman Play Society

Submitted by steved
on February 27, 2011 - 19:41

The Whipman is an annual summer festival held in the village of West Linton, and is one of the Scottish Borders' oldest festivals. The festival commences on the Friday before the first Saturday in June, and runs until the following Saturday. The Whipman Play Society was formed in 1803 by local young men to alleviate hardship and illness for its members and in the community at large 42 years before the Poor Law Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1845 and possibly before the first insurance company in Scotland.

A local man is elected to the office of "Whipman" and he chooses a young lady to be his

2011 Prize Draw Winners

Submitted by steved
on January 15, 2012 - 18:41

If you want to see who won the monthly draw each month in 2011, you can download a PDF file here.

The December winner will be drawn at the first Whipman meeting of the year on the 16th January, so you won't have to hold your breath too long...

And the December winners were Harry & Jean Campbell

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Whipman AGM 2011

Submitted by steved
on October 16, 2011 - 20:55

Quick reminder that the AGM of the Whipman Play Society is 17th October, 7.30pm in the Village Centre, all welcome.

2011 Results

Submitted by steved
on June 17, 2011 - 12:36

Download the latest PDF with 2011 Whipman winners across the week here.

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Monthly Draw

The Monthly Draw is your opportunity to win cash every month.

A number is drawn at random and the winner receives 50% of the "pot", prize money currently stands at £100!

The cost is only £1 per number, per month.  50% of the monthly income goes as prize money and 50% goes to Whipman funds  to assist with the general running of Whipman Week.

You can either pay by cash or complete a standing order for the money to be debited from your bank account every month or, the simpler way, once per year, there is no limit to how many numbers you can have.