When Dee Bradbury was voted as VP of the Scottish Rugby Union, she became "the governing body's first female president in two years' time," according to Iain Morrison of the SCOTSMAN. Bradbury will "take over the top job" in '18 when new President Rob Flockhart steps down. Bradbury is a "former player and the mother of Edinburgh breakaway Magnus Bradbury." It has "taken 153 years to produce a female president but it was a close run thing with Bradbury winning 98 votes in the first ballot which was a small majority of the 192 votes that were cast on the day." For the second year running, Ian Barr "was a close second with Jed-Forest’s John Davidson in third place." Outgoing President Eddie Crozier "made a plea for the president's role to be made a paid one, a little like the chairman." The annual meeting also revealed a "slew of facts and figures," most of which suggested that the finances of the organization are "going the right way." Turnover rose to £47.4M ($62M), a hike of £3.2M ($4M) over the last financial year, and "the money given to clubs has risen" to £2.9M ($3.8M). The overall debt has fallen to an average of £8.5M ($11M) which is down from almost £15M just six years ago (SCOTSMAN, 8/20).
