1981   Rev. David C MacFarlane (Immortal Memory), H Kerrod (The Land of Cakes and Ale), T S J McNally (The Lasses), W T M Cleghorn (Reply 'To the Lasses'), J Lunn (Vote of Thanks)

1982   Percy Quinn, MA. (Immortal Memory), Dr. Bill Lonie (The Land of Cakes and Ale), David Urquhart (The Lasses), Rev. Joe Brown (Yetholm) (Reply 'To the Lasses'), Keith Christie (Vote of Thanks)

1983   Rev. Alex Miller (Tranent) (Immortal Memory), J B Baxter (The Land of Cakes and Ale), Eric McAuslan (The Lasses), John Gray (Reply 'To the Lasses'), Tom Muirhead (Vote of Thanks)

1984   Rev. J Currie (Immortal Memory), A C Fairburn (The Land of Cakes and Ale), J Lyall (The Lasses), Sir C Russell Sanderson (Reply 'To the Lasses'), Provost A L Tulley (Vote of Thanks)

1985   R D Birch (Immortal Memory), A Carter (The Land of Cakes and Ale), Rev. D J Kellas (The Lasses), I Hunter (Reply 'To the Lasses'), Baillie A Scott (Vote of Thanks)

1986   D S Allen (Immortal Memory), I M MacAskill (The Land of Cakes and Ale), V Tokely (The Lasses), H K Dobson (Reply 'To the Lasses'), M Halls (Vote of Thanks)

1987   W D Clark (Immortal Memory), A Buglass (The Land of Cakes), I D Gillespie (The Lasses), M M Gray (Reply 'To the Lasses'), A Innes (Vote of Thanks)

1988   Rev. J D Rennie (Immortal Memory), T R Graham (The Land of Cakes), D Douglas (The Lasses), T M Redpath (Reply 'To the Lasses'), R A Renton (Vote of Thanks)

1989   I Currie (Immortal Memory), R Moore (The Land of Cakes), M Halls (The Lasses), J Newlands (Reply 'To the Lasses'), J Walker (Vote of Thanks)

1990   R T Knox (Immortal Memory), A W Christie (The Land of Cakes), J Gray (The Lasses), J W Telfer (Reply 'To the Lasses'), A C Fairburn (Vote of Thanks)