MINUTES OF COMMITTEE MEETING - 18th JANUARY 2012
PRESENT
Rob Thain, Ian Clement, Roger Stone, Ray Vickers, Tony James, Mike
Hedges
APOLOGIES
Tony Clement, Ken Hutton, Jim Farmer, Boyd Francis
MINTUES
OF LAST MEETING Accepted
MATTERS
ARISING None
CAPTAINS
REPORT
Rob reported that the Seniors Christmas dinner was well supported
with 85 members attending but the New Year saw our first Wednesday
cancelled due to poor weather and the course closure. Rob is still
to talk with Fay to finalise the cost for match meals during the
forthcoming friendlies season, he is also asking for the carveries
for such events to be reinstated and he will keep the Committee
informed on the outcome.
We have been notified of a change to our published fixture with
Stockwood Vale. We are now at Home on 10th April and Away on the
21st August due to a clash with the Cyder Cup fixture.
A discussion then took place concerning prizes for Medal winners
and it was suggested that an engraved glass goes to the winners
and similarly for knock-out winners plus either money in the pro-shop
or vouchers – Rob to further investigate costs.
It was decided that we would enter the Seniors Hall of Fame Golf
Championships to compete we have to pay entry fee and play a qualifying
round to identify our club winners to go forward to a regional final.
It was decided to play it in stableford format on Wednesday 11 April
2012; the Hall of Fame qualifying element will be concurrent with
and in addition to the normal seniors Wednesday event.
TREASURERS
REPORT
Ian Clement reported that the years opening balance stood at £6973.36
(November) and that the current balance was £5138.79 and that
all was going according to expected expenditure against budget.
SECRETARY
Mike Hedges reported that his Wednesday competition reports for
the press were now being routed through the Club Office rather than
direct so as to achieve consistency with other Club sections.
HANDICAP
SECRETARY
Roger Stone reported that the Seniors Handicap Committee had met
in early January and considered seniors’ handicaps against
the computer returns in qualifiers and against known performance
over the past 12 months. As a result there were 23 reductions in
handicap and one increase. Details of the changes are shown on the
notice board and should be taken into effect forthwith. Roger then
reported that he would be attending a meeting at the club with Jon
Cowgill, Chris Liberty and Alan King of the EGU where an explanation
of changes in golf rules will be made (eg ball moving on the green
after address).
FIXTURES
All
competitions with a very few exceptions are running on time - chasing
up in hand.
COMPETITIONS
As agreed at the December meeting a review of the pilot process
for handling reserves and filling teams on Wednesday competition
days was carried out and after discussion it was decided to revert
to the original system of team filling which will be managed as
before by Ray but it is essential that for team games players only
withdraw in extremis and that Ray is informed either on his landline
or mobile on match mornings.
EVENTS
Tony James spent sometime outlining progress towards the Seniors’
Open. A timetable for action was agreed and the Club advert for
the event and the entry form was passed round and approved.
AOB
There were no additional matters for discussion.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING 7th March 2012
MINUTES
OF THE SENIORS COMMITTEE - WEDNESDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2011
PRESENT
Rob Thain, Mike Hedges, Ian Clement, Tony Clement, Roger Stone,
Tony James, Ken Hutton, Ray Vickers.
APOLOGIES
Boyd Francis, Jim Farmer, Kevin Seery.
CAPTAIN’S
REPORT Rob welcomed everyone to this the first meeting
of his year of Captaincy and commenced by making two recommendations
for co-option to the Committee, Tony James, who in addition to being
a senior member of the committee will be responsible for coordinating
entries to opens at other clubs, and Kevin Seery who volunteered
to organise the seniors’ open next. This was agreed unanimously.
Rob then passed on his thanks to the Secretary for the prompt preparation
of the AGM Minutes. He said that it was his intention that the role
of ’welfare officer’ for the section should remain with
him. He then confirmed that having spoken with Boyd, that the friendly
fixtures for next year are now sorted.
SECRETARY
No report
HANDICAPS
Roger Stone said now that we had played the last qualifier , he
will assemble evidence of performance to be available to inform
the Handicap Review which will take place in January 2012. The membership
of the handicap committee will be Roger, the Captain and Vice-Captain.
IT IS IMPORTANT IF ANYONE THINKS THAT THEIR HANDICAP NEEDS ADJUSTING
EITHER UP OR DOWN THAT THEY CONTACT ROGER WITH SUPPORTING EVIDENCE.
TREASURER
Ian produced a detailed budget for the year ahead which was discussed
in detail. The projected income was based on 44 weeks of competitions
allowing for weather etc. He reported that we now have 124 members
in the section. A discussion then took place concerning the staff
gratuity at Christmas and it was agreed that this would be on the
same basis as last year - a bottle of wine per head. It was also
confirmed by Rob that his charity for this year would be for the
local organisation - Swallow - jointly with the other sections.
Provision has been made for trophies and engraving and that prize
money for the various knock-outs will total £360. Ian said
that he has also made provision for the contribution to Ray Vickers
to be increased to £250 next year but this of course will
be subject to the vote at the AGM.
The Christmas Dinner subsidy will stand at £12.50 per head
plus port at £9 per bottle. A free raffle will take place
at the dinner and provision has been made for this. Golf fees for
entry to national competitions has been set at up to £200.
The open next year will be 4BBB - a new format for us but increasingly
popular in our area so a new budget will have to be developed, it
is proposed, however, that prizes will range from £50 for
first down to £10 per person for the 5th, with a home and
away competition base. This totals some £620 in prize money.
More detail will needs be worked up by Kevin Seery and the Captain.
FIXTURES
These are now in place and will be included in next years seniors
diary. In respect of 2013 Rob raised the possibility of playing
some new teams such as Saltford and Bath, however, this will entail
some adjustment to our existing fixture list possibilities would
be dropping some clubs with Shortwood, Brean and Fosseway being
possibilities.
COMPETITIONS
Tony and Ray will now organise the dates etc for the winter knock-outs.
There were no proposals for change for the Wednesday events but
multipliers will be limited to two per year and the qualifiers will
be played eight off the yellows and seven from the green tees. The
first qualifier of the new season will take place on 28th March
from the yellows. Rob re-confirmed that knock - outs on the main
course will be played exclusively from the yellow tees,
EVENTS
With regard to the Christmas Dinner it has been agreed that the
bar in the Montgomery will remain open until 10pm and that there
will also be a quiz at the dinner but it was agreed that in doing
this there was the need for a microphone. Ken confirmed that the
first away weekend of 2012 will be held at the Welcome Hotel and
Golf Club at Stratford - on - Avon on the 10th & 11th June 2012.
AOB
It was agreed that Mike Hedges would take over responsibility for
PR for the Seniors.
It was agreed that the
Sherborne Shield would be played on Monday 18th September 2012.
It was confirmed that
the Rose Bowl maximum handicap would be as in previous years - 18.
It was also agreed that
the closing date for the Christmas Dinner would be 23rd November
2011.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING 18th January 2011
MINUTES
OF COMMITTEE MEETING - WEDNESDAY 5 OCTOBER 2011
PRESENT
Mike Astle, Mike Hedges, Rob Thain, Jim Wring, Jim Farmer, Roger
Stone, Ray Vickers, Ian Clement, Tony Clement, Ken Hutton.
APOLOGIES
Boyd Francis
MINUTES
OF LAST MEETING Accepted as being accurate.
MATTERS
ARISING Memorial Plaques had been ordered from Trophies
of Radstock in respect of Derek Cleaves and Mike Stratton for placing
on the memorial seat on the 12th Tee/
CAPTAINS
REPORT This was the last report of Mike Astle before the
AGM and he announced that no home matches had been lost this year
and that our away record shewed a good mix of wins, losses and halves.
He said that his one concern for the future was that he had experienced
a fairly limited pool of members who were prepared to put their
names forward for matches as compared to the size of the section
and that it would be important for the next captain to try and generate
a broader interest particularly from new members.
TREASURER
Ian provided a detailed budget breakdown and spoke to the salient
points, Steve Cook will carry out an audit of the accounts prior
to the AGM. The accounts shew £6679.05 at the bank with the
year having started at £3096.32. However, included in the
balance there are outstanding commitments of £4129.35 this
figure including £1638.97. This years Christmas Dinner will
be subsidised to members to the tune of £12.50 per head and
when all this is taken into account we have an operating balance
of £738.97 against budget.
In respect of the Open Event, due significantly to the 17 sponsors
there was an operating profit of £749. Seniors entries were
sponsored to the sum of £155 thus keeping entry costs down
for Farrington members. The raffle took record income of £393,
thanks in no small way to the prizes donated by HSBC Premier and
special thanks go to them for their support.
There
were no reports from the Handicap and Seniors Secretaries
FIXTURES
Rob Thain reported that the full list for next year was now in and
posted on the web site. Rob said that there would be discussion
prior to the 2013 list being compiled as to which fixtures should
or should not be retained.
COMPETITIONS
Congratulations were given to Jim Wring on the staging of a successful
Seniors Open and he was thanked for his work in support of this.
Tony Clements reported that in respect of the Summer K.O.s, we were
now at the finals stage in each competition.
EVENTS
Ken Hutton stated that the new Joint Captains’ Charity Event
will take place on Friday 3rd August 2012 and he sought an assurance
from the committee that help and support would be forthcoming -
this was given. A meeting will be held on 5th December 2011 to finalise
format.
Two weekend away events are being finalised:-
10/11.6.2012 at Welcome Hotel Stratford-on-Avon
5/6.8.8.2012 at the Meon Valley.
ANY
OTHER BUSINESS Mike expressed his thanks for all the help
and support he had received from the committee and members over
the past year, in particular to Jim Wring for his work on the Open.
The Committee thanked Mike for his energy and enthusiasm over his
12 months as Captain. In respect of his charity - Dorothy House
- he has invited a representative to come to our Seniors’
Day on Wednesday 2nd November to receive a cheque..
In respect of the forthcoming Christmas Meal, the menu will be a
choice of tomato and basil soup or chicken liver pate as the starter
followed by Roast Turkey and trimmings or a veggie option with Christmas
pud or cheese and biscuits for dessert. The cost is £22.50
per head but with the subsidy of £12.50 per head the net cost
per senior is £10. We are trying to negotiate a special price
for wine and port.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING 9th November 2011
FARRINGTON
GOLF CLUB SENIOR’S SECTION COMMITTEE MEETING - 3RD AUGUST
2011
PRESENT
Mike Astle; Roger Stone; Tony Clements; Ian Clements; Ray Vickers;
Dave Metcalfe; Rob Thain; Mike Hedges; Ken Hutton.
APOLOGIES
Boyd Francis; Jim Farmer.
CAPTAIN’S
REPORT
Mike gave match results to date with 12 home wins and one half;
4 away wins, one half and seven defeats. Wellow are now bringing
14 players for our home fixture at the end of the month. A discussion
ensued concerning the sighting of the Seniors Memorial Bench and
it was agreed that Mike will ask Nigel if we can swap the present
location for that of the bench at the top of the 12th hole. The
memorial plaques for the bench will be inscribed with the name of
the senior, d.o.b., and date of decease. It was suggested that Trophy’s
of Radstock could supply the plaques.
TREASURER’S
REPORT
Ian provided a full breakdown of the budget and is filed with the
papers. Our current balance stands at £2988.28 of which £2349.73
is committed; seven weeks play has been lost to the weather.
SECRETARY’S
REPORT Nothing to report.
COMPETITIONS
The forthcoming Seniors’ Open was the main item under discussion.
Jim Wring stated that at present we have 69 visiting players registered
and 62 home players and that we are well on track for reaching our
maximum of 141 players. Tee times are currently being allocated
for visitors and as usual every attempt will be made to make sure
that we have one home player with two visitors. Red and green flags
are being made for ball spotters to indicate the playing position
of tee shots and it was suggested that the spotters on the 1st and
the 12th should be members of the seniors and that support was being
given by the ladies on the reception desk. Progress on acquiring
sponsors for the holes was progressing well with almost enough to
cover each hole at present. Mike Hedges reported that he had received
excellent support from HSBC for the forthcoming Rotary event and
that he will be making a number of prizes such as a golf bag, travel
bag and shoe bag available for prizes in the open raffle. There
is also a possibility that HSBC will provide some assistance in
selling raffle tickets on the day. In relation to food Mike Hedges
was able to report that coffee will be available from 07.30 plus
bacon rolls will be available at a discounted price of £2.50.
In relation to post match food, Fay will provide main courses of
Lasagne, Curry and Beef Casserole with accompaniments of chips,
rice and crusty bread at the cost of £7.50. In relation to
results, these will be entered on the computer by Farrington Senior
Section and Gareth Symes has agreed to take on this responsibility.
Roger Stone is to prepare name stickers and handicaps for the cards.
EVENTS
Ken Hutton outlined progress on both the Dartmouth and the Vale
events and all is well in hand.
ANY
OTHER BUSINESS
Mike Astle referred to the wisdom of having our AGM in October when
there are still two or three matches still to be played, the reason
for this was historical when the Seniors had to hold their AGM prior
to the Club’s. As there is no longer a Club AGM and each section
looks to its own it was agreed to hold the AGM in November when
all matches had been played. This proposal was agreed and with the
agreement of Terry Stacey the AGM will now be held on Thursday 3.11.11.
It was also considered more appropriate for the Secretary to Chair
the AGM so the is no chopping and changing between the outgoing
Captain and the new one - this was agreed.
Mike said that he was delighted with the level of support he had
received for his Captain’s Day.
Rob Thain then went on to outline preliminary discussions which
had taken place between the three incoming Captains, Rob, Simon
and Jill Wellington. It was being considered to hold a joint sections
Captains Day aimed at raising money for the joint charity - Swallow
- a local charity. The discussions had taken place with Terry Stacey
and the considerations emerging are that there will be a team competition
comprising one man, one lady and one senior, teams being based on
a draw. The event will probably be on a Friday but possibly a Saturday
(if the latter there will be no additional green fee for weekday
members). The intention is to try and make the event a family day
with a hog-roast a bouncy castle for children or adventurous seniors,
plus music and some sponsored drinks. The well known demonstration
golfer, Paul Barrington has also been booked and will provide a
golfing show. One of the ways of raising money for charity will
be to sell second hand golf balls at so much each and the buyer
writes his or her name on the ball and these are driven at a prize
board. All this is very much in the planning phase so more will
follow.
Rob also said that for
next years Open he is proposing a change to 4bbb format in common
with many other clubs as this cuts down significantly on administration
and is a very popular format.
Rob also said that it
is his intention that for next year he will do away with the concession
in the main course knock-outs of playing off the greens on the 13th.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING 5th October 2011
FARRINGTON
GOLF CLUB SENIORS SECTION COMMITTEE MINUTES - 15TH JUNE 2011
PRESENT
Mike Astle, Ian Clement, Tony Clement, Jim Wring, Boyd Francis,
Roger Stone, Ray Vickers, Rob Thain, Mike Hedges, Ken Hutton, Jim
Farmer
MINUTES
OF LAST MEETING Accepted
CAPTAIN’S
REPORT Mike Astle reported that the Seniors have won all
home matches so far except one which was halved against Orchardleigh.
Our latest away match against West Wiltshire was won. The Captain’s
Day on 20 July 2011 will take the form of a mystery bowmaker plus
an individual competition for the Tantalus. The normal entry fee
will include a hotdog or burger which will be from a bar-b-que which
will run between 12noon and 2.0pm.
TREASURER
Ian Clement reported that there is £7933 at the bank which
includes a bring forward from last year of £3582. Included
in this figure is money held against future events such as the Dartmouth
weekend, the Open etc. Overall, we are on budget for the year.
SECRETARY
No report.
HANDICAP
SECRETARY Roger Stone reported that an analysis of our
current division split:-
0 -17; 18 - 23; 24 - 28, showed a roughly even split.
FIXTURES
Boyd Francis reported that there will be 18 home and 18 away matches
next year and that all had confirmed except 6.
SENIORS
OPEN Jim Wring reported that 42 home and 24 away players
had confirmed at this time and that arrangement for the availability
of food and coffee both before and after the rounds was in hand.
Further work now had to be done to secure sponsorship. A discussion
then took place concerning the format for next year and with an
increasing number of clubs going over to the 4BBB format we should
give this serious consideration - something for Rob Thain and next
years committee to consider early.
EVENTS
Old Thorns was considered to be a success despite the soaking (externally)
on the Sunday. Dartmouth is our next away event on 21st and 22nd
August 2011 with 24 signed up to go.
AOB
A discussion took place concerning the placing of a Seniors Memorial
Bench on the course at a location to be decided. This received support
of the Committee and the Club had no objection. Ken Hutton to pursue
with Mike Charlton.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING
3rd August 2011
FARRINGTON
GOLF CLUB SENIORS SECTION MINUTES OF MEETING - 4 MAY 2011
PRESENT
Mike Astle; Mike Hedges; Rob Thain; Ian Clement; Tony Clement; Dave
Metcalfe; Jim Wring; Ray Vickers; Jim Farmer
APOLOGIES
Roger Stone; Ken Hutton; Boyd Francis
MINUTES
OF LAST MEETING Accepted
MATTERS
ARISING
Boyd had been asked to check out the cost of senior match meals
at surrounding clubs and it would appear that ours are competitively
priced and it has been noted that quality thus far this year has
been good.
CAPTAIN’S
REPORT
The Captain reported that Rob Thain is nominating Jim Farmer as
his Vice-Captain and in accordance with usual practice Jim was co-opted
onto the committee. We have so far played six matches this year
four at home and two away; we have won the home matches and lost
the away. We have played the first round match in the Rose Bowl
against Clevedon at Weston super Mare which sadly we lost 3 and
half to 1 and half, it was interesting to note that of the ten Clevedon
players only one was a regular seniors player.
TREASURER’S
REPORT
The sum of £3582.73 was brought forward from last year and
as at 28 April 2011 the balance stood at £6834.52. However
when all the current commitments are deducted we are left with £536.94
in hand.
NO
REPORTS FROM SECRETARY, HANDICAP SECRETARY, FIXTURES SECRETARY.
COMPETITIONS
In relation to the Open, Jim Wring reported that 15 away players
and 40 home players had thus far registered, the flysheet for away
players had been completed in colour and to a high quality - thanks
go to Rob Thain and Ken Hutton for there work on this aspect.
In
relation to the Wednesday competitions a lengthy discussion took
place on the fairest way to handle the issue of reserves and those
who drop out at short notice. The problem only arises for team events
since medal and stroke qualifiers are individual matches. The problem
was defined as where Ray follows his customary routine of coming
to the club on a Tuesday and checks the sheet. Where people have
crossed out and hopefully notified him, he will arrange to place
those on the reserve list into teams and on occasions there will
be more than 3 reserves in which case a fresh team of 3 will be
made up. This approach enables Ray to complete the team cards and
work out handicaps ready for Wednesday morning. The problem arises
when further players then drop out and on some occasions it has
arisen that two players who were on the original sign up list do
not get a third member and it therefore appears that people who
have signed up on time are penalised at the expense of those on
the reserve list.
A number of possible solutions were considered but all could not
guarantee satisfaction to all concerned it was therefore decided
that the current system should be retained HOWEVER to enable everyone
to be able to take place a clarification of how two balls would
be dealt with in team games was needed.
In relation to Bowmakers, Tenessee Waltz and Multipliers a wild
card would be played and to this end, the team playing with Captain
would record all scores and a name would then be drawn at the conclusion
to make up the third member of the depleted team. For Texas Scrambles
the formula already in place will be used. The only problem arises
with the yellow ball when this would not be possible. It is therefore
clear that it is incumbent (and polite) for a person who pulls out
of a three ball competition to contact and advise his partners.
In relation to qualifiers and knock-outs off the yellow tees there
was a request for clarification for the position as to the thirteenth
tee now that it was back off the summer position. The Captain stated
that the position was that for knock-out matches the green tee on
the thirteenth would be used, however, for qualifying stablefords
and medals off the yellow course, the yellow tee on the thirteenth
would be used. The situation will, however, continue to be monitored.
AOB
A question as to whether we could have variety on the personal skill
holes was considered, a range of options were considered but on
balance it was decided to retain all par three’s for this
purpose.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING
15 June 2011
FARRINGTON
GOLF CLUB SENIORS SECTION MINUTES OF MEETING - 16 FEBRUARY 2011
PRESENT
Mike Astle; Mike Hedges; Boyd Francis; Rob Thain; Dave Metcalfe;
Ken Hutton; Jim Wring; Ray Vickers; Ian Clement; Tony Clement.
APOLOGIES
Roger Stone
ADDRESS
BY JOHN COWGILL
John explained that he was visiting each section of the Club to
update meetings on progress and developments in the Club and to
answer questions raised. He started by advising members of the new
format for the General Committee meetings in that reports were no
longer received from each section but that it had become a forum
for updating and discussion on issues raised. Minutes were still
taken and prepared by Jean Sage. Moving on the work being carried
out; the two new wedding areas were under construction, the intention
of which were to try and ensure that wedding guests and golfers
were not mixed up in the same areas. The area near the King Charles
Hall was nearing completion and the one outside the gym should be
finished in early March. Work on the men’s changing rooms
was progressing well with 40 new lockers having been installed in
the back area opf the existing locker rooms and the surfaces of
this area will be carpeted but the flagstone floors will be left
as at present bearing in mind the under floor heating. Work will
start in early March on renewing the shower and toilet area with
existing furniture being stripped out and replaced with new including
a larger communal shower area rather than the individual cubicles.
The work should be completed before matches start. Moving on to
work on the course, most bunker work had been completed but the
bunker to the left of the 7th green will be foreshortened and returned
to something similar to what it was prior to its extension in recent
years, the sand will also be renewed. Longer-term, there will be
a tee-levelling programme which is much needed on some of the older
tees. John then outlined the forthcoming introduction of a new on-line
tee booking system which will be in addition to existing methods
of booking and will apply on all days with the exception og Saturdays
which are still subject to discussion. Booking periods will be extended
during May to September to 0730 hours rather than 0800. A detailed
discussion took place on a number of issues raised by or on behalf
of members and included the cost of meals at friendly matches, price
increases to food and drink, the lack of ball washers on the course
and the unreliability of the pressure cleaner. In relation to the
prices issue, whilst understanding the points raised, John identified
the rising cost of supplies and the need to have an appropriate
margin to keep the club viable, however, the point was made that
there needs to be a consistency in quality of what is served. John
was thanked for his update and the meeting then continued as per
the regular agenda.
MINUTES
OF THE LAST MEETING Accepted
CAPTAIN’S
REPORT
The major item of discussion was a continuation of the match meal
costs and options for keeping costs to a minimum. Boyd was asked
to sound out other club contacts to see what was happening with
their clubs and to see how it compared to our increases which means
that at a home match players will be paying £12 for a two
course meal from the Society Menu including a coffee, a tip for
the staff - normally £1 - plus a round of drinks for the visitors
which with the wine now going a £1 per bottle will be a further
£12.15, with pre match coffee and sandwich the match will
come to about £30. Concern was expressed as to whether we
will be able to get enough players coming forward.
TREASURERS
REPORT
Ian Clement produced the current balance sheet and advised the meeting
that we were about on target for our finances, despite losing several
Wednesdays to poor weather.
SECRETARYS
REPORT Nothing to report
HANDICAP
SECRETARY
Adjustments were made in January as scheduled and changes have been
posted on the notice board
FIXTURE
SECREATRY
Boyd confirmed the new fixture with Knowle which will be in October
and turning to the issue of consecutive home matches there are about
three occasions upon which we have consecutive matches but we do
not have three or more on the run at any time.
COMPETITIONS
Dave Metcalfe updated the meeting on Open events at other clubs
and said that he had prepared a folder and notice to be placed in
the notice board area and that he has asked people wishing to play
away opens to contact him. In respect of our own Open, Jim Wring
produced minutes of the sub-committee meeting held on 12.1.11. and
all matters are in hand and tasks allocated. A discussion then ensued
concerning the Wednesday competitions and the problems caused by
late withdrawals and the use of people on the reserve list. It was
decided to persevere with the current system and monitor any difficulties.
EVENTS
The Captain reminded members of his Charity Skittle Night to be
held at the Farrington Village Hall Social Club on Monday 7th March,
at present there are 20 people signed up to go – all matters
are in hand.
AOB
Rob Thain advised the Captain and Secretary that he had asked Jim
Farmer to be his Vice Captain for next season and that Jim had agreed.
It was decided that it would be a good idea to invite Jim to become
a co-opted member of the committee for the current year.
Mike Hedges told the
meeting that he had been in discussion with John Lawrence concerning
the availability of a good quality seniors team shirt and after
some investigation, John said that he can provide a Glenmuir short
sleeved polo shirt of good quality with club logo and ‘Seniors
Team’ wording for £19.95. It was decided to go for this
as it is some time since new team shirts had been available at a
reasonable price. Mike Hedges to put list up on the notice board
for orders.
The first round of the
Rosebowl is to be played at Weston super Mare against Clevedon –
a tough draw. Ken Hutton told the meeting that 32 members were now
signed up for the Old Thorns weekend.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING
4May 2011
MINUTES
OF THE SENIORS COMMITTEE MEETING - WEDNESDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2010
Apologies
Dave Metcalfe ; Ian Clements
General
Issues
The Captain opened by stating that this was intended to be a brief
meeting to address outstanding issues from the previous meeting
to be followed by discussions around the format of the Christmas
meal and finalising arrangements with the management.
Dave
Metcalfe has submitted proposals for rules to govern both the Summer
and Winter Knock-Out competitions; these were discussed and accepted
subject to minor alterations. These will be printed in the Seniors’
Handbook, entered onto the web site and posted on the notice board.
Knowle Golf Club has
offered us an away fixture with them for the forthcoming year and
this was accepted and will be on 17 October 2011.
Tim Waller informed the
committee that Yeovil GC was to start charging for senior friendly
club matches at the rate of £10 per person. As a result of
this Mendip GC has dropped this fixture. They have now approached
us with information to the effect that at their forthcoming AGM
some of the senior members are to propose that they reinstate their
fixture with us. It was decided that if their AGM agrees and we
are approached by Mendip that we will accept their offer.
A
discussion took place concerning hole - in - ones and it was suggested
that the section present a trophy to all members who achieve this
outcome during a senior organised event - this was supported and
the Captain is to explore further. Tim Waller also suggested that
a perpetual trophy be obtained to record all those who achieve a
hole-in-one and it was agreed that he would look into this.
The
meeting then concluded with the dates of next meeting being:-
Seniors Committee 23 February 2011 and the Seniors
Open Sub-Committee on 12 January 2011.
MINUTES
OF THE FARRINGTON SENIORS GOLF COMMITTEE AT 1430 HRS ON 10th NOVEMBER
2010
PRESENT:
Mike Astle, Roger Stone, Rob Thain, Ian Clement, Tony Clement, Dave
Metcalfe, Ken Hutton
APOLOGIES:
Mike Hedges (present from 1545 hrs), Jim Wring (present from 1535
hrs), Ray Vickers and Boyd Francis
MINUTES
OF LAST MEETING: Accepted
MATTERS
ARISING: None
CAPTAINS
REPORT: This being the first meeting since Mike Astle was
appointed as Seniors Captain not too much to report other than three
Wednesdays in a row with superb weather – keep it up! Mike
also welcomed Dave Metcalfe and Jim Wring to their first meeting
as committee members
TREASURER:
SECRETARY:
Not Present
HANDICAP
SECRETARY: Roger advised the meeting that a review of seniors’
handicaps will be carried out shortly and handicap changes will
be announced in January 2011. A new handicap committee consisting
of Mike Astle (Captain), Rob Thain (Vice Captain) and Roger Stone
(Handicap Secretary) was announced and will sit as and when required.
It was agreed that for season 2010-2011 two extra winter stableford
qualifiers will be introduced – 1 early in March and the other
possibly in November. In the event of bad weather and poor scores
it should be ‘reduction only’ and therefore no increases
in handicaps.
FIXTURE
SECRETARY: Not Present. Although Boyd was not present he
has completed the Friendlies Fixture List for 2011 and all committee
members were in possession of a copy.
COMPETITIONS:
Much discussion centred on the problems we have had this year completing
the Summer Knockout Competitions. It was recommended that a selected
committee member would act as ‘enforcer of the rules’
and it was hoped that this would then put to an end the unrest felt
when players fail to complete their matches in time. The seniors’
diary contains the ‘Rules of Winter & Summer Knock Outs’
.Part of this will be re-written and Tony Clement and Dave Metcalfe
will produce new wording in time for the publication of the Seniors
Diary 2011.
As far as the Summer
Knockout for next year (2011) is concerned there will be one division
only. Played off the yellow tees the 13th tee will be the winter
tee which is currently undergoing reconstruction. It was suggested
that next years Summer Knock Out Pairs competition should be drawn
for pairings. Any feedback from members on this proposal would be
appreciated.
The Rosebowl Competition
for next year will feature a sign up sheet for all seniors who have
a handicap of 18 or less who wish to be considered for selection.
EVENTS:
There will be no official Away Days organised for next year. It
was felt that with the many Seniors Opens available and two Away
Weekends already organised there was a danger of ‘golf overload’
and with the current economic climate showing no signs of improvement
this was a sensible decision.
ANY
OTHER BUSINESS:
There was a discussion concerning members who were long term sick,
recovering from recent operations, accidents and the like. Mike
Astle has agreed to take on the role of ‘Welfare Officer’
but will obviously need to be kept informed of such members in order
to perform his role.
Our
Seniors Open for 2011 will be on Wednesday 7th September. Jim Wring
has kindly volunteered his services to co-ordinate this important
role. He will have a sub-committee consisting of Rob Thain, Ken
Hutton, Mike Hedges, Dave Metcalfe & Ian Clement and they will
sit independently of the main committee.
Dave Metcalfe has kindly
offered his services as Away Opens Secretary and will ensure the
smooth operation of this vital position.
Rob Thain has agreed
to take on the role of ‘Press Officer’ and will ensure
that local media are aware of all senior competitions and results.
It was agreed that starting
from Wednesday 17th November 2010 all ‘skills’ prizes
will be one division and awarded for Nearest the Pins - but on all
the Par 3’s.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 1st December 2011
MINUTES
OF THE SENIORS COMMITTEE WEDNSDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2010
PRESENT
Time Waller, Mike Astle, Mike Hedges, Ian Clement, Tony Clement,
Rob Thain, Roger Stone, Pete Bryant.
APOLOGIES
Ray Vickers
CAPTAINS
REPORT
Time Waller reminded everyone that this would be his last meeting
as Captain and that he would like to take the opportunity to thank
every one who had supported him throughout his year. He felt that
it had been a successful season with us not having been beaten at
home and winning 50% of the away matches. Of the club membership,
50% had played in at least one competition. He then wished the section
and Captain - elect, Mike Astle all the best for next year.
TREASURERS
REPORT
Ian Clements said that there will be full end year audited accounts
presented at the AGM but in general we are in a sound position;
our income for the year was £15228 and expenditure £13936.
We did however start the year in a deficit position and the outcome
is that we are now only £781 in defecit.
The Open Competition was financially balanced and helped by a significant
level of sponsorship of in excess of £500.
Next years budget has been prepared on a strictly self-financing
basis and with funds due to be received before Christmas we should
start the year on an even basis.
It is proposed that Seniors annual subscription remain at £10
with some adjustment being made to staff gratuities.
SECRETARY’S
REPORT
The main item for agenda under this heading was the preparation
for the AGM. Confirmation was given that proposals for membership
of the Committee and for principal positions had been received and
the Secretary confirmed that arrangements were in hand to have the
appropriate papers copied and made available for the meeting.
HANDICAP SECRETARY
Roger Stone said that in future results from competitions will be
kept in a folder which will be kept on the table alongside the results
computer. He then went on to highlight the problems which occur
when people do not enter their results on the computer especially
when they involve nil returns. Roger referred in particular to the
recent qualifier which ended up rained off, where he had to make
some thirty nil return entries on behalf of members.
FIXTURES
SECRETARY
Boyd advised the committee that the fixture list for 2011 was now
almost complete. For next year the Club has said that there will
be no Monday competitions, so Tuesdays and Thursdays with a limited
number of Friday matches will be the order of the day. Boyd reminded
the committee that there had been difficulties this year with a
number of consecutive home games and that for next year this had
been rectified with only 2 occasions when this will occur. In terms
of new fixtures we have been able to add a home and away match against
Clevedon to our list. A VOTE OF THANKS WAS GIVEN TO BOYD FOR ALL
HIS HARD WORK IN MAINTAINING OUR EXCELLENT FIXTURE LIST.
COMPETITIONS
Once again the timetable for the various summer competitions has
fallen behind and positive action is being taken to get them resolved.
EVENTS
Ken Hutton reported that our away weekend events had been well received
with perhaps the Vale of Glamorgan being the most successful. For
next year we are planning for Old Thorns at Liphook in Hampshire
for 12/13th June and Donnington Valley on 21/22nd August 2011.
ANY
OTHER BUSINESS
Arrangements for the Christmas meal are to be finalised by Mike
and Tim.
The date for the Seniors Open will 9 September 2011
The importance of players turning up on Wednesdays at least 15 minutes
before they are due to tee-off.
The format for future club k.o. competitions will be discussed by
the new committee.
A big thank you was made to everyone who was involved in this years
Seniors Open - a most successful event. The committee will need
to agree who will coordinate next years event.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING
Wednesday
27th October 2010
MINUTES
OF THE FARRINGTON SENIORS GOLF COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY 25 AUGUST 2010
PRESENT
Tim Waller; Mike Astle; Mike Hedges; Rob Thain; Ken Hutton; Ian
Clement; Tony Clement; Pete Bryant; Ray Vickers.
APOLOGIES
Roger Stone; John Butler; Boyd Francis.
MINUTES
OF LAST MEETING
One amendment requested - that Pete Bryant be shewn as having tendered
apologies otherwise the minutes were accepted.
MATTERS
ARISING
There were no matters arising that are not included in the agenda.
CAPTAINS
REPORT
Tim reviewed our performance in friendly and Rose Bowl matches and
reported that we had won 14 home matches and lost none; in relation
to away matches we had won 7 and lost 9.
The Seniors Championship was won by Tim Waller (gross); the net
prize was won by Tony Clement.
The Captain’s Day Tantalus was won by Kevin Seery with the
team prize going to Alan Elkington, Jim Farmer and Tony Russell.
Thirty prizes were won on the day.
Tim
reported that there had been some issues regarding tee times on
the seniors Wednesday meetings but that these had now been resolved
with John Cowgill, with the first tee being available until 11.30.am.
TREASURERS
REPORT
Ian reported that we had £3090.36 at the bank and that expenditure
by the section so far this year was £13120.05. This figure
included not only domestic expenditure but payments for away days
etc which this year have been put through the Senior’s account.
Ian anticipates that by year end we will have a balance of about
£4500 in the account.
SECRETARY
Mike Hedges reminded the meeting that we were approaching AGM time
and that to comply with the Senior’s Constitution it would
be necessary to post a formal notice of the AGM on the club notice
board by 4 September 2010 together with nomination forms for the
posts on the committee - Captain, Vice-Captain, Secretary, Treasurer
plus four other committee members. It was pointed out that as in
previous years it was within our rules to co-op members for specific
tasks in addition to the foregoing. The Secretary undertook to post
the notice and nomination forms on the board and on the club web
site. Proposals for election to the various posts PLUS any suggested
changes in our rules of operation to be with the Secretary (via
the Senior Secretary’s tray in the general office by 18 September
2010).
HANDICAP
SECRETARY
No report
FIXTURE SECRETARY
Tim reported that we were down to 16 home matches for the forthcoming
season which is within the guidelines given by the club.
SENIORS
OPEN
Rob Thain reported that we were on track for another successful
event with much of the organisation now in place including the purchase
of prize vouchers, purchase of wines for the raffle. Mike Hedges
had spoken with Fay and had secured the opening of the kitchen from
7.30.am; coffee would be charged out to the senior’s section
at £1 per cup. Raffle tickets will be sold at £1 per
strip and £2 for three strips as an incentive for multi purchase,
two spot will be at £2. Ray Vickers agreed to be starter assisted
by Tony Clements; Jean Sage and Jane Richardson have agreed to staff
the reception desk. Sponsors have been identified and are in place.
Entry for home players will be at £3 per person.
EVENTS
Ken Hutton reported on the two day stay at the Vale Resort in Glamorgan
which was regarded by all who attended to be an all round success.
For next year a provisional booking has been made for the Old Thorns
Golf Resort at Liphook in Hampshire, further information in due
course.
ANY
OTHER BUSINESS
Ray Vickers said that the competitions were more or less on track
but that he was still experiencing difficulties with people crossing
off on the board but not letting him know personally.
Ian Clements spoke concerning work which he had carried out in analysing
the payment of money to prize winners of individual competitions
on Wednesdays.
Since we went over to a no division format prize money had been
won as follows:-
0 -17 handicap £446; 18 - 23 handicap £335; 24 -28 handicap
£150. From this it was clear that those in the higher category
had fared significantly less well since the division approach was
discontinued. It was suggested that we return to the former approach
of three divisions in individual matches. A discussion took place
including whether two divisions would meet the need but in the end
it was decided that a return to three divisions would take place
and winnings be continued to be monitored.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING 6 OCTOBER 2010
MINUTES
OF THE FARRINGTON SENIORS GOLF COMMITTEE – 30TH JUNE 2010
PRESENT:
Tim Waller, Roger Stone, John Butler, Rob Thain, Mike Astle, Ian
Clement, Tony Clement, Boyd Francis
APOLOGIES:
Mike Hedges
MINUTES
OF LAST MEETING: Accepted
MATTERS
ARISING: None
CAPTAINS
REPORT: Tim stated that we had been extremely lucky with
the weather over the last 3 weeks or so but a little rain would
do no harm as the fairways were looking extremely dry. In the Seniors
Friendlies this season we had so far played 15 matches winning all
nine at home and losing away on only 3 occasions. We were also through
to the 3rd round of the Somerset Rosebowl after recently whitewashing
Stockwood Vale at Orchardleigh Golf Club.
TREASURER:
Ian advised that cash in hand was a healthy £3129 a small
gain of £286 against budget. However it was predicted that
we would have a small loss of £400 by the year end due mainly
to 9 weeks loss of income during the winter. It is hoped that some
of these losses may be offset by a profitable Seniors Open Day in
September.
SECRETARY:
Nothing to report
HANDICAP
SECRETARY: Roger advised the meeting that a review of Seniors
handicaps was carried out in May 2010 and that approximately 10
changes had been made. The Seniors Open is on Wednesday 8th September
2010 and although Roger is away he will ensure that the PSI will
be set up for visitors and members scores to be inputted hopefully
by Gareth Symes. Separate visitors/members ‘scoreboards’
will be displayed on the PSI. There may be a possibility for the
club scoreboard to be used to record the visitors’ scores.
This will be dependant on the number of entries we receive. The
multi talented Chris Liberty would be approached to ‘write-up’
the scoreboard.
FIXTURE
SECRETARY: Boyd advised that he had recently started work
on the fixtures for next season. It was mentioned that eight of
the first 10 fixtures this season had been at home. Boyd would look
into this to try to make it more equitable to all players and clubs
alike. The Fosseway and Entry Hill matches will from next season
only be played once a year instead of the current home and away
fixture. Contact will also be made with Bath, Long Ashton, Clevedon,
Knowle and The Kendleshire Golf Clubs in an effort to secure future
fixtures. Matches for next season will primarily be played on Mondays
or Tuesdays.
COMPETITIONS:
Our Seniors had two teams entered in The National Seniors Competition.
Team ‘A’ lost to Wells on the 6th May whilst Team ‘B’
recorded a remarkable win against the might of St Pierre who had
sent a strong team to Farrington only to be sent back across the
bridge defeated.
Seniors
Open 2010: As at the time of the meeting we had received approximately
70 entries of which about 30 were visitors. The closing date for
entries is 1st Aug but if necessary will be extended for a further
2 weeks. A working rota for the day will be compiled to ensure that
at least one committee member is available for any questions/problems/emergencies
that may arise. We still require a number of holes to be sponsored
and approaches will be made to a number of members for their assistance.
A relief starter will also be required to assist Ray Vickers. Rob
will see if the Pro-Shop can open at 7am instead of the normal 8am.
EVENTS:
John had made enquiries for an Away Day at Cirencester Golf Club
on the 22nd September. The cost would be £35 which would include
a bacon roll and coffee on arrival and a 1 course dinner after the
game. Details will shortly appear on the noticeboard.
ANY
OTHER BUSINESS:
•
The Seniors AGM for this year will be Thursday 14th October 2010
and will be held in the King Charles Suite at 7.00pm
•
It was decided that at this years Xmas Party Tim and Mike will jointly
present the prizes. It was felt that the ‘outgoing’
captain should make the presentations rather than the ‘incoming’
one. Next year Mike will make the presentations himself.
•
Diary Date Changes – it was advised that as an Away Day had
been arranged for the 22nd September that the scheduled Stableford
off ‘Yellow’ tees would be changed to the 29th with
the Bowmaker played on the 22nd.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 25th August 2010
MINUTES
OF THE FARRINGTON SENIORS GOLF COMMITTEE - 7TH APRIL 2010
PRESENT Tim Waller; Roger Stone; John Butler; Rob
Thain; Mike Hedges; Mike Astle; Ian Clements; Tony Clements; Ken
Hutton; Pete Bryant; RayVickers
MINUTES
OF LAST MEETING Accepted
MATTERS
ARISING None
CAPTAINS
REPORT Tim stated that we had played 3 matches in the new
season and won each of them - a good start to the season. He then
updated members with some of the plans in hand for the course including
the building of a buggy path for the entire course to increase the
availability and use of buggies throughout the year; new buggies
were also on order. In relation to team selection he said that 24
players had played in the 3 home matches and there 3 or 4 more members
who had put their names forward for selection who will play in matches
later in April. Those who play the home fixtures will have first
opportunity to play the corresponding away match during the season.
TREASURER
Ian Clements updated the meeting on our finances. We are
into week 37 of the new year and of these we have lost 8 Wednesday
meets to weather. We have £3862 in the bank and have expended
£1834 on vouchers so far. We have 101 paid up senior members
with another limited number of players still to be pay who will
be reminded. We have an operating surplus of about £1500.
There was a discussion on staff gratuity for next Christmas and
it was decided to limit the sum given to £200 - this was agreed
unanimously.
SECRETARY
Nothing to report.
HANDICAP
SECRETARY Roger
Stone reported that our first qualifying medal will be off the new
yellow tees next Wednesday and that there will be no Divisions but
an increase in prize places eg up to 9 in lieu of 3 divisions with
3 prizes.
A discussion then ensued concerning inactive handicaps and the fact
that only three supplementary cards are needed to over come this.
Tim undertook to remind those affected of how to get an active handicap
and thus be able to enter the summer competitions. Roger then briefed
members on how an increasing number of clubs are dealing the absence
of the old rule 19 to cut players on consistently high performance.
Use is being made of the ability to cut players on the basis of
‘exceptional circumstance’ and it was agreed that Roger
should do likewise.
FIXTURES
Tim said that we must continue in our efforts to overcome
the problem of having a run of home matches at the start of our
season.
COMPETITIONS
The national seniors comp., now known as The Seniors Masterclass
Club Classic will be entered there are two teams from the club,
one led by Rob Thain and the other by John Butler. Both have home
fixtures in the first round which has to be played by 15.5.10.
Seniors Open - To be
held on 8 September 2010 and it is hoped that in excess of 130 entries
will take part. Rob Thain is entry details with the cash entries
being passed to Ian Clements and at present we have 20 visitor entries.
A request has been made for support for the Administration desk
and Jean Sage, Jean Richardson and Gareth Symes have agreed to assist.
The desk will open from 0700 and will be fully operational from
0730. The starter will be Ray as in past years and the Lady Captain
will be asked to provide spotters for the opening tee shots on the
1st. Mike Hedges will seek to get the kitchen open from 0730 to
provide bacon rolls and hot meals from 12noon. A comprehensive information
sheet has been drafted by Rob and as in past years prizes will be
M & S vouchers. 2 spot prizes will be given as the card is handed
in similarly raffle prize winners will be asked to collect their
prizes as they come in.
In terms of our members entering away opens, 40 plus entries have
been made and all are processed.
EVENTS
The Captains skittles night was an enjoyable success raising
£265 for RNLI. Tim said that it was his intention that the
Captains Day competition will be followed by an evening event to
which wives and partners will be invited the prize giving will also
take place at the event.
The possibility of a quiz night will be explored.
ANY
OTHER BUSINESS The Donnington Grove away weekend on 13
& 14 June 2010 has been organised with teams selected and format
agreed. There will be the sum of £95 for prizes.
The Vale of Glamorgan on 23 & 24 August 2010 will have £299
in cash available for prizes, personal mementos and some wine on
the table.
John Butler is suggesting an away Wednesday on 22.9.10. To be followed
up.
The
quality of recent match meals is to be followed up by the Captain
Ray said that the problem
of people crossing out without informing him is still occurring,
Tim to address.
Mike Astle told the committee
that he has asked Rob Thain to be his Vice Captain during his year.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING 30.6.10.
FARRINGTON
GOLF CLUB SENIORS SECTION COMMITTEE MINUTES - 3 FEBRUARY 2010
PRESENT
Tim Waller, Mike Astle, Mike Hedges, Ian Clement, Tony Clement,
Roger Stone.
APOLOGIES
Rob Thain, Ray Vickers, Ken Hutton, Boyd Francis.
MINUTES
OF LAST MEETING Accepted as accurate and there were no
matters arising that will not be discussed below.
CAPTAINS
REPORT Tim said that at this stage of the season there
was little to report other than the difficulties caused by the recent
wintery weather.
TREASURER
Ian reported that he could accurate broad figures but not the detailed
accounts as usual as he had not been warned for this meeting as
he was away on holiday at the time this date was set. He stated
that there was around £2450 in the Senior’s account
but that before we think that we are flush with cash there were
a number of commitments on this cash including the bill for the
Christmas dinner, engraving costs and certain deposits to be paid
and this left us with about £500 headroom. The bad weather
has also meant that we have lost several weeks income on Wednesdays.
CORRESPONDENCE
The Secretary reported that there had been a significant inflow
of fliers for Seniors Opens around the region. Some were already
included in the SGU listings which is posted on the board but that
others were from further afield. All information has been entered
i9n the ring folder on the seniors desk in date order for the information
and action of section members,
HANDICAP
SECRETARY Roger reported that the Annual Review took place
in January and that some adjustments had taken place details of
which have been posted on the notice board. Roger said that he had
also received clarification from CONGU on ’Active’ and
’Inactive’ handicaps and this information has also been
posted on the board; at present we have 8 seniors who have ’Inactive
handicaps'.
FIXTURE
SECRETARY
Boyd has organised a fixture with the Juniors on Thursday 12 August
2010 at 1300hrs. The seniors handbook containing fixtures, matches
events and contact details are now available and many have been
issued. Senior’s who have not got theirs please contact Roger
Stone.
COMPETITIONS
No Report.
EVENTS
Mike Hedges outlined the arrangements for the Captain’s Charity
Skittle night at the Farrington Social Club on Monday 15 February
2010. Entry list is still on the notice board.
ANY
OTHER BUSINESS Ian Clement expressed concern over the selection
of holes for the individual skills prizes on our senior Wednesdays.
He felt it important that no matter which hole is chosen it should
be one that the vast majority of members would have the ability
to reach in the required number of shots. This was agreed and a
discussion took place as to appropriate holes and the the Captain
agreed that he would select from the following hole:- nearest pin
in one - any par 3; nearest pin in two - 1; 4; 12; 14; and nearest
pin in three - 7 & 11.
Mike
Astle reminded the committee that there was a need to keep a look
out for and then enter a team in the County Committees competition
in October - Mike took the action to look out for this as the competition
would fall in his year.
Roger
referred to the current match mobile phone- it appeared to be working
only intermittently and had poor reception. Roger agreed to buy
a low cost replacement and we would keep our existing sim card so
we can retain the phone number.
Roger
also referred to the difficulty which can arise if we do not keep
an on-going list of prize and trophy winners when it comes to the
presentation evening.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING
Wednesday 7 April
FARRINGTON
GOLF CLUB SENIORS SECTION MINUTES OF MEETING HELD 18 NOVEMBER 2009
PRESENT
Tim Waller, Mike Hedges, Mike Astle, Tony Clements, Ian Clements,
Rob Thain, Ken Hutton, Ray Vickers.
APOLOGIES Roger Stone, Pete Bryant, Boyd Francis.
MINUTES OF LAST MEETING Accepted as accurate.
MATTERS ARISING
A meeting had taken place between John Cowgill and some of the Seniors
Committee concerning match days and it may be necessary to realign
some of the games to a Thursday but this will be dealt with on an
as needs basis.
The selection of a manufacturer and price for team shirts is still
ongoing and the Captain and the Secretary are dealing with this
matter.
CAPTAIN’S REPORT
Little to report this month, however, delighted with the numbers
signed up and paid for the Christmas Dinner - eighty plus are attending.
Also today’s field in inclement weather was well over sixty
- an excellent showing.
TREASURER’S REPORT
A discussion took place concerning our expenditure against the agreed
budget and all appeared to be within acceptable margins.
SECRETARY
No report to give.
HANDICAP SECRETARY
Not present, however it is intended to hold a handicap review in
January.
FIXTURE SECRETARY
No Report
COMPETITIONS
A lengthy discussion took place concerning the issue of the use
of reserves on team competition days and their allocation to teams
needing a replacement due to withdrawal of a player. The rules state
that reserves should turn up on Wednesdays at 0800 and await being
placed in a team, Ray stated that he has run the competitions for
a number of years and that this is not the way he has worked it
and that to run it according to the above rules is almost unworkable.
He stated that he would go to the club on a Monday and check the
listings and then at this stage start filling in gaps from the reserve
list. With withdrawals after this time he would add in players on
the day from the reserve list or indeed make up a team from the
reserves if necessary. He accepted that on rare occasions in the
event of a last minute withdrawal some people would find that there
were only two people for a three team game and whilst every attempt
is made to avoid this it can occur. It was decided that as it is
Ray who has to undertake this difficul task , the process should
be left to him according to the state of the competition list. It
is clearly most helpful if people avoid dropping out of team games
wherever possible. THE NEW MOBILE NUMBER FOR RAY VICKERS
IS 0781 2859229 AND SHOULD ONLY BE USED ON MATCH DAYS.
Rules on this issue set out on page 6 of the handbook should be
amended accordingly.
A discussion then took place concerning the 2010 Open Competitions
and in particular our own. Chris Standen who has undertaken this
task for a number of years is standing down and the thanks of the
Captain and committee go to Chris. For next year the task will be
undertaken by Rob Thain and Ken Hutton.
In respect to our own Seniors Open, and advert has been past to
the SGU Organiser. It was agreed that the entry fee of our senior
members would be met from club funds and that no charge would take
place. Visiting seniors ,however, would be asked to pay £13,
this would cover the cost of the green fee and coffee on arrival.
It would not include a bacon roll or other food which will remain
available but for separate payment. This pricing strategy puts us
on a par with other clubs both in terms of cost and what is included
in the entry fee. There will be three divisions each with a home
and away player element, the divisions being based on an equal split
according to the make up of the handicaps of the entrants. There
will also be the usual skill prizes, two spots and raffle. There
will also be a prize for the best 70 plus player but the one prize
only rule will apply. The level of prize money will be determined
by the level of entry income but the event will be open only to
the holders of ‘active’ handicaps and the event will
be a ‘qualifier’.
John Butler stated that he had sounded out the club concerning entry
to national senior competitions in 2010 and there would seem to
be a core of about eight players interested. John said that he would
administer this on behalf of the committee.
EVENTS
A table plan will be drawn up for the Christmas dinner based on
ten per table. Ken Hutton and Mike Hedges to deal.
A possible ‘fun skittles evening’ in support of the
Captain’s Charity was discussed. It will probably be held
on a Monday Night in January at the Farrington Gurney Social Club
and would include a buffet. Mike Hedges and Tony Clements to progress
further.
AOB
Ray Vickers stated that it would be most useful if he had a designated
deputy from the committee - Mike Astle agreed to do this.
Ken Hutton detailed the planned away days at Donnington Grove on
the 13 & 14th June 2010 - 24 were signed and paid up with some
reserves listed. There will also be an event at the Vale of Glamorgan
on 22 - 23rd August 2010 and the list will be going up shortly -
again money will be asked for up front as this attracts a considerable
discount which can then be put into the prize fund.
John Butler spoke about away days for next year and said that he
was exploring a Wednesday in May including coach transport. The
venue is still to be determined.
Rob Thain asked that details of new members be put on the notice
board and that if introduced by an existing senior that they mentor
the new member and introduce him to members.
Mike Hedges sought clarification from Ray Vickers concerning the
method of selecting teams for team games and it was confirmed that
it was on a purely random basis and not on a seeding structure.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING 13 January 2010
FARRINGTON
GOLF CLUB SENIORS SECTION MINUTES OF MEETING HELD 14 OCTOBER 2009
PRESENT
Tim Waller; John Butler; Tony & Ian Clement; Pete Bryant; Mike
Astle; Ray Vickers; Roger Stone; Mike Hedges
APOLOGIES Rob Thain; Chris Standen; Boyd Francis.
MINUTES OF THE AGM Approved as accurate
MATTERS ARISING None
CAPTAINS REPORT
Tim Waller welcomed everyone to his first meeting and whilst he
had no specific report to make there was a number of issues he would
be raising as we went through the agenda. He reported that he had
a 100% record so far in the results of matches he had captained
- played one lost one to Isle of Wedmore, the result being 31/2
to 41/2
TREASURER
This item was the major one on the agenda; to set the discussion
in context, over the past year we had operated at a loss mainly
by the way in which events had been sponsored out of club funds
for the benefit of the Seniors Section and also through the cost
of prizes, events, etc., this was to reduce our level of balances
which were considered to be too high. We are now at a stage where
our reserves are of an appropriate level to allow us to run the
club with a suitable level of cash-flow, so for the forthcoming
year it was intended to set a budget which whilst on the one hand
was able to provide sponsorship for certain events, requires us
generally to live within our income. Specific issues were then discussed
and voted upon.
In relation to the major source of income - our weekly subscriptions
of £2.50 it was decided that £1.50 would go to prize
money to purchase the vouchers and that £1.00 would go to
the Club Funds. This was agreed unanimously. It was agreed that
the current practice of giving a prize ball plus the voucher to
winners would be discontinued. It was agreed that individual skill
prizes of nearest the pin and two spot would continue but in future
only one quality golf ball would be given.
All these proposals were fully discussed and considered and acceptance
was proposed by Pete Bryant and seconded by Ray Vickers and accepted
by appropriate majority (in most cases unanimously so).
SECRETARY Nothing to report.
HANDICAP SECRETARY
Nothing to report but reinforces his announcement of earlier today
that in medal rounds there is a benefit to be gained by not submitting
a nil return despite a bad hole(s).
FIXTURES
Tim Waller expressed his concern that having been asked to avoid
Thursdays for Seniors Matches and having done so for the forthcoming
season, restricting games to Mondays and Tuesdays, we were now being
asked to change dates for matches on these days to allow societies
to play. There is also a belief that there are more societies on
a Monday than a Thursday. Tim is to take this matter up with John
Cowgill.
We have received a request from Clevedon G.C. for an annual fixture
on an alternating basis and this is being progressed by Boyd.
John Butler expressed a concern that the pool of players willing
to become involved in the Seniors Matches seemed to be getting smaller
despite rising membership and a discussion took place as to reasons,
including cost and consecutive home fixtures. The latter has been
addressed in the 2010 fixture list but we all must encourage new
members in particular, irrespective of handicap, to put their names
down. It was also decided that where an individual having been selected
has to drop out then it will be that individuals responsibility
to find a replacement from among the reserve list starting with
the first listed name.
COMPETITIONS
All summer matches are on schedule with the exception of the Division
One individual on the Manor Course. Roger Stone also said that John
Cowgill requires the dates upon which the Seniors will be playing
the Manor Course during 2010. (Ray Vickers dealing). Pete Bryant
pointed out that during the winter particularly when buggies are
not available some seniors only play the 9 hole course and asked
if it would be possible to hold some competitions on the course
to cater for such people. Pete is going to put up a notice to determine
the level of demand.
Discussion then took place concerning the National Seniors Competitions
which had been entered over the last two years, the entry fees for
which are included in the seniors budget. It was quite difficult
to arrange teams for all the matches during the past season and
the traveling and costs involved were significant. After discussion
it was decided that teams would not be organized through the committee
this year but if any individual members wished to enter a team then
the entry fees would be paid as in past years. John Butler is to
sound out members on the level of interest.
EVENTS
The Christmas dinner is to be held on 9 December 2009 in the Montgomery
Suite ( Horizon Suite) but this year the start time will revert
to 4.0.pm. The cost per head will be £10 plus a £10
subsidy per head from club funds and this will provide a three course
dinner but individuals will have to purchase their own drink.
Awaydays were discussed and John Butler volunteered to take the
lead on this.
AOB
Auditor – Steve Cook has volunteered to be the club auditor.
Photographs
of committee members will be loaded on the seniors web site so everyone
one knows who to contact with various issues. – Roger Stone.
There
has been a dearth of information made available concerning seniors
events and matches to John Cowgill and to the local press. Tim Waller
to take the lead on this.
Roger
agreed to take the lead on the Green Seniors Diaries but it is dependent
upon cooperation and support from members.
Tim
Waller spoke on a new feature to take place on occasional Fridays
known as the Captain/Pro Challenge. The idea being that a round
will take place between the Captain and Johnathon and pairs of seniors,
the cost being £20 per pair and the benefit being playing
a round with a professional. More information to follow.
Team
shirts were discussed and clearly there is demand for more to be
available – Mike Hedges to take this up with Johnathon and
our existing sponsor – watch this space.
The
role of Match Organiser undertaken by Derrick McCaig last year proved
invaluable and it was decided to continue with this next year and
Tony Clement agreed to take on this role. (Note this will not alleviate
individual responsibility in securing a replacement as discussed
above).
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
Wednesday 18 November 2009
FARRINGTON
GOLF CLUB SENIORS SECTION MINUTES OF MEETING HELD 16 SEPTEMBER 2009
PRESENT
Mike Hedges, Rob Thain, Roger Stone, Derek McCaig, Ray Vickers
APOLOGIES
Kevin Seery, Tim Waller (holidays), Mike Astle (sick).
In
the absence of Captain, Vice and Treasurer the meeting focussed
on the forthcoming AGM due on 1.10.09. At the close of notice period
no proposals had been received for amendments to our operating and
playing procedures ; it would also appear that the constitution
to which we had been working was no longer an active document since
the change over in management structure within the club but still
obviously provides a useful starting point. Proposals for membership
of the Seniors Committee are as outlined in the attached notice
and will need to be put forward for acceptance at the AGM.
It
should be noticed that there are four members proposed for full
membership of the committee, this is two more than in the past but
as all are properly recommended and seconded it is the proposal
of your committee to accept them as members by expanding membership
by two. It is very much the view that more hands will be useful
in spreading the workload in support of the section.
COMPETITIONS
Ray Vickers advised that all were now on track for completion.
SENIORS OPEN
It was felt that this was a very successful event and the thanks
of the committee go in particular to Chris Standen for all the work
he put in on our behalf.
AWAY DAYS
The events at Wareham and China Fleet were enjoyed by all who went
and again a vote of thanks were given to the organisers of the events.
AOB
A suggestion was made that as new members join the club their details
and telephone numbers are put up on the seniors notice board. This
was agreed.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING This will be determined by
the new Captain after the AGM.
FARRINGTON
GOLF CLUB SENIORS SECTION MINUTES OF MEETING HELD WEDNESDAY 12 AUGUST
2009
PRESENT
Kevin Seery, Roger Stone, Mike Hedges, Rob Thain, Mike
Astle, RayVickers, Derek McCaig
BUSINESS DISCUSSED
The only item of business discussed was the arrangements
for the forthcoming Seniors Open on Wednesday 26 August 2009. To
date we have 152 confirmed entrants - this is the limit and demonstrates
that our open continues to be well supported and thanks were expressed
to Chris Standen in particular and others who have been involved
in the organisation of the day.The division of prizes for the day
will be based on a separate competition for home and away players.
There will be three divisions:-
Div
1 (0-12)
Div 2 (13 - 18)
Div 3 (19 - 24)
There
will also be an over 70s prize ( 1st & 2nd)
In
each division there will be prizes for 1st to 4th placings
In
addition there will be a two spot competition with a sleeve of quality
balls for winners plus a nearest the pin on 5th,8th & 10th.
Plus alongest drive on 9th & 18th.
THE ONE PRIZE ONLY RULE WILL APPLY
Considerable time was spent on the financing of the day,
having received the prize list from Chris. It was agreed that Mike
Hedges will arrange for the purchase and collection of the M &
S Vouchers for the event, these totalling £1020.
The following is a summary of the income and expenditure for the
event.
INCOME
86 Visitors @£10 = £860
66 Members @ £5 = £330
TOTAL £1190
EXPENDITURE
Food etc (Bacon Rolls) 152 x £3 = £456
Printing, admin, stationery etc. = £157
TOTAL £613
PRIZES
M & S Vouchers £1020 The above shows that there is a deficit
of £443, this will be offset to a large extent by the running
of the raffle and the 2 spot prize element of the day. It was agreed
that should there be any deficit on the day this would go to meet
the funding of the members competition prize fund.
In past years we have been fortunate enough to have received sponsorship
from the major sponsors of the Club Open Week - Coors. This is not
available this year and hence the tighter situation in terms of
the budget.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The committee was reminded that the AGM is to be held on
1st October 2009 and that there will be a need for the Secretary
to give notice of this at the very start of September to allow time
for nominations and motions to be made known. Mike Hedges to action.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING Wednesday 16th September 2009
FARRINGTON GOLF CLUB SENIORS SECTION
MINUTES OF MEETING HELD 1ST JULY 2009 PRESENT
Kevin Seery; Mike Hedges; Rob Thain; Boyd Francis; Mike Astle; Derek
McCaig., Roger Stone
APOLOGIES
Tim Waller; Chris Standen
CAPTAINS
REPORT
Kevin Seery referred back to the last meeting where concern was
expressed that all sections of the club have a montage of past captains
with the exception of the seniors. After discussion it was agreed
that a similar montage be created of all past captains and that
where photographs are not readily available the captain will ask
Dave Sherbourne if he can take an appropriate photograph. The cost
to the section will be about £180 for the frame and settings.
At
present there is no ‘hole in one board’ for seniors
events. Whilst there is a shield it is limited to hole in ones at
our club only and does not include away events and tours or the
Manor Course. It was decided that the Captain would progress.
Our
current fixture list was discussed; it was the view of the Captain
that we had an over-congested fixture list with some 36 friendly
matches plus away-days, national knock-outs, the Rose Bowl and matches
with the Ladies Section and the Juniors and as a result he was having
difficulty in consistently fielding a team. It was felt that it
was particularly difficult where there was a run of home fixtures
as is the case this month and it was also felt that there was a
costs element involved. A wide ranging discussion took place ranging
in view from a desire to retain our core friendly fixture list to
dropping involvement in national knock-outs and seeking to limit
the number of players in matches to six pairs maximum. There was
also a view that some of our matches could be made a rotating annual
fixture such as we have with West Wiltshire. Boyd Francis indicated
that the proposed match list for next year avoided some of the consecutive
runs of home matches which we have experienced this year. After
a lengthy discussion it was decided that an early meeting be held
with next years proposed Captain, his Vice Captain and as many members
of the committee as possible to determine our way forward.
TREASURERS
REPORT
The Committee was informed of Ken Hutton’s resignation as
Treasurer and it was agreed that the Assistant Treasurer - Mike
Astle, take over this role. It was also reported that Pete Bryant
had volunteered to be assistant Treasurer when and if required.
It was agreed to invite Pete to the next meeting. The committee
expressed their thanks to Ken Hutton for his hard work in the role
of Treasurer.
Mike Astle reported that we have £4079.34 in our account and
that included in this £600 charity money and £410 in
entry fees for the Seniors Open.
SECRETARY’S
REPORT
Nothing to report.
HANDICAP
SECRETARY
Roger Stone reported that an extraordinary meeting of the committee
was held to consider the playing handicap of Richard Clarke following
some exceptional results and it was decided to cut his handicap
by 2 shots to 18.
FIXTURES
See above.
COMPETITIONS
The next round of the National K.O’s have to be played by
9.8.09 with following matches to be played:-
Farrington A away @ Alton - Solihull
Farrington B home @ Bishops Wood
Farrington C Away @ West Herts.
EVENTS
The main area for discussion was the Seniors Open to be held on
26.8.09.
Chris Standen has reported that entries stand at present at between
120 & 130 players - so we are on course for a full field yet
again. Fee for visitors is £10 including coffee and a bacon
roll and for members it will be £5 per head. Raffle and two
spot prizes will be held.
AWAY DAYS
The report back from Sidmouth made interesting listening, 21 players
attended and were presented with a course of less than 6000 yards
with seven par threes. The description does not do justice to the
difficulty of the course which meandered up hill from the coast
to the top of a valley then back down. On the return nine hole playeres
experienced some near vertical ascents and descents to a couple
of par threes. On the topic of par threes, a nearest the pin was
held on each of the holes and of the first five par threes only
three players hit the greens.
Wareham is our next away day on 19.8.09. Thirty three seniors have
signed up with most opting to have the steak and beer deal when
we return to Farrington in the evening
A.O.B.
Kevin Seery is to hold another quiz night in support of the defibrillator
fund.
Mike Astle reported on the fact that a couple of groups of players
managed to get into the tail end of our medal competition and that
this is something which needs watching our for in respect of people
starting late on the 10th.
Roger Stone outlined some proposals which will allow pairs of players
to play in three man competitions on those rare occasions where
a player pulls out last minute and no reserve is available. The
proposals were considered and were agreed to be tried out the details
to be posted on the notice board.
Kevin
Seery referred to his Captain’s Day which is to be held on
29.7.09.
There will be a £5 entry fee which will include food and the
format will be 4BBBwith the seventy and overs playing the less experienced
seniors.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING 12 August 2009
FARRINGTON
GOLF CLUB SENIORS SECTION COMMITTEE MEETING 8 APRIL 2009
PRESENT
Kevin Seery, Tim Waller, Mike Hedges. Rob Thain, Mike Astle,
Chris Standen, Roger Stone, Ray Vickers, Derek McCaig
APOLOGIES
Ken Hutton, Boyd Francis
MATTERS
ARISING All dealt with under substantive agenda headings
below.
CAPTAINS
REPORT
- distribution of Christmas Gift to staff. After consultation
with John Cowgill, our last Christmas gratuity to staff was distributed
on the basis of sponsoring the bar costs of the club’s Christmas
party as it was considered that all staff would go and therefore
receive a benefit. In reality a number of staff we would wished
to have supported did not go and thus distribution was not all we
would have wished . A discussion took place concerning the forthcoming
Christmas and it was decided that we would revert to our traditional
approach that our gratuity would be distributed at the Captain’s
discretion but primarily to Greens Staff and Bar and Kitchen Staff
who regularly work with the Seniors Section.
-
use of players down on the reserve list for Wednesday games. Some
concern had been expressed that on occasions people who had put
themselves down to play after the list had been compiled, rather
than being used as reserves for late drop-outs had been made into
teams in advance of Wednesdays, then on occasion late drop-outs
occurred leaving e.g., a pair without a third member and unable
to compete despite having put their name on the list in good time.
It was agreed with Ray Vickers that in future those players on the
reserve list would not be placed in the list until the day of play,
thus overcoming the problem outlined above. IT IS INCUMBENT
ON PLAYERS WHO ARE ON THE RESERVE LIST TO ARRIVE EARLY ON THE WEDNESDAY
TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR LAST MINUTE DROP-OUTS.
-
starting arrangements for Wednesday Qualifiers. To ensure that everyone
has the opportunity to start a qualifier from the first tee box,
the start will still run in handicap order but on alternate qualifiers
the lower handicappers will start from the tenth tee box.
-Captain’s
Day 29 July 2009. Kevin Seery advised members that the over 70’s
wanted to take on the under 70’s; this was agreed as a good
format and it was decided that the format would be a 4BBB with the
respective scores for each team being added to provide the winner.
In order to balance the numbers and to enable everyone to have a
game who wanted one it may be necessary to adjust the age cut-off
but it was felt it would be around seventy. It was suggested that
the match could be followed by a meal or buffet.
-
Rosebowl first round is to be played at Orchardleigh on 23.04.09
versus Fosseway
-
The Trubody Trophy has had to be postponed as it clashes with the
Rosebowl and has now bee put back to either 15 October or 26 November
2009.
-
Prizewinner Balls - these are at present purchased from a commercial
company but Johnathon in the Pro Shop has come up with a competitive
offer to supply embossed balls from the shop , the advantage being
that we will be able purchase them as we require them rather than
having to put all money up front. Kevin to pursue this.
-
Fixture list will need some balancing next year. We have gone through
a period of five home games in six and we are now about to go through
a period of five away games in seven. Tim to liaise with Boyd to
smooth this out for next year if possible.
-
Fixtures for the National Seniors Knock-Outs are now available.
A Team is away to Teignmouth; B Team is Home to Churston; C Team
is away to Wells.
TREASURERS
REPORT
Mike Astle reported that the Seniors have £3500 in
their account of which £1000 is committed - £600 for
the Captains Charity; £360 deposits for China Fleet and £100
for the Open. Kevin Seery reported that through the Quiz Night AXA
had donated £245 to the Captain’s Charity - the Children’s
Hospice.
SECRETARY’S
REPORT
Nothing to report.
HANDICAP
SECRETARY
Roger Stone reported that the last medal ended as a reduction
only with two players being cut - Malcolm Brooks and Tony Thorpe.
Roger then spoke about his proposal for an additional optional monthly
medal to be held once a month on a Monday or Friday which would
enable seniors to play qualifiers if they miss the programmed medal
or stable ford qualifier on a Wednesday. The mechanics would be
that a player who wished to play in the optional medal would register
in a book in the Pro-shop prior to playing and then take his card
and have it marked by another player (whether the other player was
entering the medal or not is immaterial). At the conclusion of the
round the player would enter his score in the computer and Roger
would collate the results. It is suggested that a £2 entrance
fee would be appropriate and would provide a prize fund. This approach
would enable seniors who role up on the day to either play the medal
or indeed to additionally enter the normal informal games which
take place providing that a separate card is kept for the medal
and that all shots are putted out. The optional medal will take
place for the whole of the day selected not just for the usual tee-slots
that seniors traditionally book for their Monday or Friday sessions.
Roger will run a couple on a pilot basis to measure the take - up.
Configuration
for the three divisions in Wednesday Competitions has been calculated
on current membership and handicaps and will be - 0 -18; 19 - 25;
26 - 28.
FIXTURE
SECRETARY
All matches for the year are now in place. Chris Standen
referred to the Open and stated that so far we have 24 external
competitors signed-up.
COMPETITIONS
Kevin Seery remineded the Committee that we need to push
the Invitation Day if it is to be a starter - it takes place on
the 17 June and the decision day will be 3 June 2009. Of the current
Winter competitions, one final had taken place and three are to
be played. Referring to the summer KO’s Ray Vickers said that
those with byes in the first round should get on with matches and
not necessarily wait until the July due date for the second rounds.
AOB
- some members had expressed concern that whilst there
were montages of past men and lady captains hung on the wall in
the club-house the seniors were not visible - Kevin Seery is to
take this up with Terry
-
Congratulations were passed to Mike Astle who had been asked by
Tim Waller to be his Vice-Captain next Year.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING 1 July 2009
FARRINGTON
GOLF CLUB MINUTES OF THE SENIORS SECTION COMMITTEE MEETING 11 FEBRUARY
2009
PRESENT
Kevin Seery, Tim Waller, Mike Hedges, Roger Stone, Mike
Astle, Ken Hutton, Chris Standen, Derek McCaig, Ray Vickers, Rob
Thain.
APOLOGIES
Boyd Francis
MINUTES
OF LAST MEETING
Accepted
MATTERS
ARISING
None not dealt with under substantive agenda
CAPTAINS
REPORT
Kevin opened by congratulating the club and staff on the
excellent catering for the Seniors Christmas Dinner and the Presentation
Night. In relation to the latter, if the Presentation Night is to
become a regular feature, then we will have to decide which prizes
are presented for seniors’ at our Christmas event and which
at the Presentation Night. In relation to the Christmas event it
was noted that the sound system left much to be desired and that
the comedian was perhaps not on top form.
Thanks were then made to Roger Stone and Ken Hutton for the production
and circulation of our handbooks.
Turning to the National Seniors K.O. Competitions, 18 names had
been signed up and this would provide three pools of six players
playing under the respective captaincy of Kevin Seery , Tim Waller
and Steve Cook (included in the 18 was Terry Stacey who at 53 years
of age meets the age criteria which is 50 or over).
In relation to Wednesday competitions, as vouchers were no longer
presented it has been decided to present individual and team winners
with an embossed golf ball each with a tube of three still being
presented to nearest the pin etc. A number have been purchased and
a further order will be placed to carry us through till the end
of the season.
Kevin then thanked Roger Stone and Tim Waller for carrying out a
very thorough Annual Review Process on club handicaps. (more below)
Returning to the National Competitions, the organiser are supporting
the annual Poppy Appeal and it was decided to dedicate our last
medal of the season on 7.10.09 to the appeal.
Kevin stated that the sign up for the quiz night was thin on the
ground, much of this was thought due to the fact that past Wednesdays
had been cancelled due to the weather and that the club had been
closed for several days. The date of the quiz is Friday 27 .2.09
with teams of four playing. Members will be reminded next Wednesday
and a review as to numbers will take place next Friday; it is open
to members, friends etc.
A phone call had been received from Orchardleigh Seniors Captain
indicating that the club was in financial difficulties and that
there was a high probability that they will not be able to honour
arranged fixtures. It was also noted that our first Rosebowl fixture
versus Fosse Way was due to be played at the course by the end of
April. Kevin agreed to contact the SGU as to action to be taken
.
There was no report from the General Committee as this was cancelled
and re-arranged to 17.2.09.
TREASURERS
REPORT
Mike Astle reported that we
now had 98 paid-up members with just 4 or 5 persons yet to pay their
subs. As at 16 January 2009 we stood at £2945 in credit less
prize vouchers yet to be redeemed at £564.
SECRETARY’S
REPORT
Nothing to report
HANDICAP
SECRETARY
Roger Stone reported that following the review habdicap
alterations had been posted and that in the majority of changes
they were reductions but there were some increases often due to
age or some injury cases. Under the new rules there would be no
changes to handicaps based on general play except in exceptional
circumstance such as a new member join the club with an existing
handicap which was clearly out of step with performance on our course.
It was also noted that there were 20 seniors who had played fewer
than 6 qualifying competitions which meant under the new rules they
would not have current active handicaps which could debar them in
playing in away seniors opens next year.
FIXTURE
SECRETARY
Derek McCaig reported that he was now in possession of
all senior captains contact numbers and that he will make contact
with our opponents the week prior to the fixture to firm up on tee
times and numbers etc. It was noted that for the first fixture versus
Entry Hill at home on 27.3.09 many of our players - 24 - were away
on tour in Tunisia. It was felt, however, that there sufficient
members in the section to still provide a team. Kevin agreed that
sign up sheets for the early fixtures will go up on the notice board
and the situation will be monitored. Tim Waller will cover the fixture
as he is not on tour. It was also noted that the of the first 6
fixtures, five were at home which cumulatively makes it an expensive
period and this is something to try and address for next year.
A discussion then took place concerning the Seniors Team Strip and
it was decided that the existing requirement for blue trousers and
our white polo shirt remain in place. In relation to jumpers however,
in light of the change of the club logo away from the old ’F’
to the new roundel, it was decided in common with the club that
jumpers would be navy blue with the new logo. Long Sleeved ’v’
and crew kneck jumpers were available in the pro shop but in addition
the more versatile short sleeved jumpers could be made available
through an advanced order. The cost for a high quality lambs wool
short sleeved jumper with roundel would be £23.50. And a list
seeking orders and sizes will be place on the notice board. If in
doubt as to size, fitting is the same as per long sleeved jumbers
so members are advised to try one for fit before ordering.
COMPETITIONS
Ray Vickers said that despite the snow all competitions
apart from Division 2 Nine Hole were on target. Concern was again
expressed about crossing out from Wednesday matches without contacting
Ray, this created problems particularly with team games. Action
to be taken is as follows
CROSS
OUT NAME ON BOARD AND CONTACT RAY BY PHONE ASAP
Kevin will reinforce this message on Wednesdays. Ray also said it
would be most useful if we could arrange a system for deputising
for him as necessary and this was agreed. Roger Stone also reminded
the meeting that we had agreed at a previous meeting that there
would be three divisions for individual matches on a Wednesday.
In
relation to Seniors Opens Chris Standen said that numerous details
were up and in the folder and it is to be noted that a number had
relatively tight closing dates . £1000 has been allocated
for our own seniors open which was earlier in the year this year.
The
Somerset Golf Union Autumn Cup which we won last year will be entered
once again and as per customary practice two teams will be entered
from the committee.
We
have an Invitation Day Scheduled for Wednesday 17 June 2009, this
has been re-introduced following an absence last year as a result
of poor take up the previous year. It is important that is publicised
to members and that committee member are asked to set an example
and invite colleagues from other clubs.
EVENTS
Sidmouth on the 18.6.09 and Halstock Dorset on 19.8.09
have been booked and our overnight event at China Fleet, Plymouth
has been booked and a deposit paid. Memebers who are going are asked
to give the treasurer a cheque for £50 by 20 February 2009
and the balance is to be paid by 14.8.09.
Reference was also made to a charity day in aid of Lymphoedema which
is being organised by Peta Romaine to be held at Farrington on 7.7.09,
the format is 4BBB best two to count and the cost is £25 per
head to include coffee, bacon bap, two course meal and prizes. Seniors
are asked to support if possible - entry details are on the board.
AOB
Concern was expressed about cases of slow play and Kevin
will again raise on Wednesdays.
Roger
Stone after agreement with committee will set up a midweek qualifying
stable each month on a Monday or Friday which will be established
on a similar basis to the Saturday Stableford where those wishing
to enter sign up in the pro - shop and pay a match fee and then
submit their cards after entry on the computer - there will be prizes
from the entry fee.
Following information from Stan Heron, Mike Hedges dated members
on health issues of members with best wishes going to Ken Raikes
and Mike Stratton.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING Wednesday 8 April 2009
MINUTES
OF THE SENIORS SECTION COMMITTEE MEETING 19 NOVEMBER 2008
PRESENT
K.Seery; M.Hedges; M.Astle; T.Waller; R.Stone; R.Thain; B. Francis.
APOLOGIES
C. Standen; R. Vickers; K. Hutton.
MINUTES
OF LAST MEETING
Accepted
MATTERS
ARISING
None that are not substantive items at this meeting.
CAPTAINS
REPORT
The Committee Cup Competition will be held on 12 August 2009 in
an endeavour to find better weather (also Roger Stones 65th birthday
!!!).
The match versus West Wilts on 6 May 2009 will now be an away match
due to a clash with the club calender . We have been notified by
John Cowgill that there will be a Club Presentation night on Friday
16th January 2009, at which all sections major trophies will be
presented. It was agreed that the Seniors 18 hole and 9 hole championship
cups will be presented at this event along with the Ray Dando Trophy
which is to be contested on 14th January 2009. Kevin concluded his
report by thanking Boyd Francis for yet again putting together an
excellent competition programme for 2009, this will be published
in the 2009 diary of events.
TREASURER
In the absence of Ken Hutton, up to the minute figures were not
available but Mike Astle was able to confirm that monies were being
collected for both membership fees and the Christmas event.
SECRETARY
Nothing to report.
HANDICAP
SECRETARY
Roger Stone gave detailed feedback following his attendance at a
meeting held by the English Golf Union in Bristol. A precis of the
detail of this meeting is to be published on the web site and also
included in the club diary /handbook. Of particular interest will
be what is considered by the handicap committee at the Annual Review
(due in January 2009) and also comments concerning Inactive Handicaps.
In respect of the latter a major software change is due to the Club
2000 computer system which will mean that everyone holding a club
handicap will be issued with a unique reference number which when
entered on the system will identify the player, their club and current
handicap. In the case of a player who has not entered and competed
in a qualifying competition home or away in a 12 month period commencing
January to January will be shown with their current handicap followed
by ( i ) which will indicate an inactive handicap. Clubs are being
encouraged to ensure that competitions within a club or opens are
not open to non-active handicaps. To help infrequent players gain
an active status the use of supplementary cards is to be encouraged
(more of this in the future ). THE LATTER PROVISIONS ARE DUE TO
GO LIVE IN 2010.
FIXTURES
All fixtures for 2009 are now in place and will be published in
the Club Diary/Handbook.
COMPETITIONS
No reports, all are up to date.
EVENTS
Planning for 2009 now well in hand and details of away days etc
will be published in the Diary/Handbook.
The Christmas event planning is well under way and at present 66
people have signed up. There will be a seating plan and place cards
detailing menu choice on the tables. Included in the £20 fee
will be the meal entertainment plus wine and port (the latter courtesy
of Ken Stokes) on the table. Colleagues should time their arrival
to be ready for the presentation of prizes at 6.45pm followed by
the meal at 7pm. The meal will be followed by the entertainment
and the event should conclude by 10pm. All the above will be held
in the Horizon Suite.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
The Senior Section had been asked if would be prepared to donate
£100 towards the cost of the replacement of the competition
scoreboard. After discussion it was decided at this stage not to
support the request.
It
was decided to enter 3 teams of four players in the National Seniors
Competitions in 2009.
At
the next meeting there will be a discussion concerning the value
of making one of the Monday roll- up days each month into a qualifying
stableford competition.
All
members to remember that 24th December will be the 80th Birthday
of Ray Vickers and a post match event will be held in the King Charles
Hall to celebrate this happy event.
DATE
OF NEXT MEETING 11 February 2009
MINUTES
OF THE SENIORS SECTION COMMITTEE MEETING - 15 OCTOBER 2008
APOLOGIES
None
received
MINUTES
OF LAST MEETING
The Captain referred to the AGM and the principal business
of the night. In particular the election of the committee and the
co-opted members, the latter being, Roger Stone - handicaps; Boyd
Francis - fixture secretary; Chris Standen - Open Secretary; Mike
Astle - Accounts. It was also confirmed that our accounts had been
accepted and the audited copies returned to Ken Hutton (auditor
- Roger Cockhill)
The
major item for discussion at the AGM concerned the starting and
tee arrangements for our Wednesday meetings and the following is
an extract from the minutes of the AGM:-
“Following
a lengthy discussion today with John Cowgill it is hoped that we
have resolved any problems that have recently arisen. The Captain
and committee have been aware that starting times have become an
issue. To a large extent this has been because of the very success
of the seniors section and the increase in numbers playing on a
Wednesday. We therefore asked John about starting on both the 1st
and the 10th tees. The green staff were consulted and John has now
agreed to using both tees. This will now mean that there will be
no starting on the 14th tee and this will now take effect immediately.
(NB see below). The way in which this will be administered will
be decided by the committee as soon as possible.”
CAPTAINS
REPORT
After discussion with those present at today’s match
it was agreed that match day fees will rise to £3 in order
that the increase of 50 pence will be put towards the Captain’s
charity, this will replace the ball in the water levy of the past
two seasons. The Captain’s Charity this year will once again
be the Childrens’ Hospice jointly with the other two Captains.
In relation to the annual Lions Golf Day , Geoff Moore has requested
whether this could be run jointly with the seniors with the funds
raised being put to the Captains Charity - this was agreed and Rob
Thain will be the link with Geoff.
Discussion
then took place concerning specific roles within the committee and
the following was agreed:-
Mike
Hedges - secretary and Press & PR
Ken Hutton and Mike Astle - Away days
Roger Stone, Tim Waller and Kevin Seery - handicaps
Ken Hutton - Treasurer
Derek McCaig - Match Secretary
Chris Standen - open secretary
It
was agreed that the Invitation Day will be reintroduced and will
be held on 17 June 2009
The
diaries will be compiled as soon as all relevant dates and information
is available, this will probably be January 2009.
TREASURER
A full report will be available to the next meeting as
monies from various sources are in the process of being paid into
the account. Auditing of the accounts was confirmed.
SECRETARIES
REPORT
No report.
FIXTURES
SECRETARY
The Captain has written to Taunton and Pickeridge Golf
Club seeking a fixture - reply awaited.
COMPETITIONS
& MATCHES
Two of the final three matches had been played with a defeat
at Orchardleigh and a victory at Wedmore. The final match to be
played is the much postponed match versus Fosseway.
There
was confirmation of the format for Wednesday playing and for the
qualifiers there will be three divisions with three prizes for each.
The divisions will be 0 - 19 ; 20 - 25 ; & 26 - 28. This configuration
has regularly produced an even balance.
Winter
knock - out competitions will be played with the full difference
in handicap allowance - the same as this year, however Division
1 matches will be played from white tees and Division 2 from yellows.
Members are urged to get these competitions under - way as soon
as possible.
Referring
to the extract above from the AGM it was noted that in very exceptional
circumstances, where very large numbers have entered , it may be
necessary to start a limited number of matches from the 14th tee
simply to fit within the time allocated to us.
The
Ray Dando Cup - three clubs and a putter will now be played for
on the 14 January 2009.
EVENTS
The following away - days are being organised:-
Sidmouth
Golf Club, June 18th 2009, coach to be arranged. (price awaits).
The
Bells Course , Forest of Dean - Thur. & Fri. 13/14 August 2009
£79 dinner, bed & breakfast and two rounds of golf.
CHRISTMAS DINNER
This years event is to be held on Wednesday 10 December
2008 and will be at a cost of £20. This will include a three
course meal and coffee plus wine on each table and our usual bottle
of port kindly provided by Ken Stokes; the meal will be preceded
by the annual prize giving from 6.45pm until 7pm and after the meal
at 9pm there will be a professional comedian to entertain us. A
sign up list will shortly appear on the notice board where you are
asked to make your menu selections from the choices on display.
The golf competition on the day will be a four ball better ball.
Prizes to be presented at the Dinner include:-
Monthly
Medal Winners
Most
improved golfer
Senior
of the Year (a new award)
Rose
Bowl Winners (includes all those who played during the competition)
Somerset
Golf Union Autumn Cup
Knock
- Out Cup winners
Winner
of last years Ray Dando Cup
Prizes
will be either medals or engraved glasses for the medal winners
and the Rose Bowl Players other winners will receive their appropriate
trophy plus vouchers.
ANY
OTHER BUSINESS
It was agreed that Roger Stone should attend a conference
on 14th November 2008 in Bristol concerning CONGU handicapping system
and rules.
In
relation to playing handicaps, the annual review will be held in
January 2009 and any member seeking a raise in handicap whether
due to injury, medical or other condition should advise Roger Stone
asap.
All
members are asked to advise the Captain if any particularly attractive
open competitions come to their notice outside our normal area of
play as it might be possible with sufficient interest to arrange
a block entry and joint travel arrangements (at members own full
cost).
DATE OF NEXT MEETING :- Wednesday 26 November 2008
MINUTES
OF THE SENIORS SECTION AGM HELD THURSDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 2011
ATTENDANCE
A list of all those who attended was circulated and is retained
with the minutes by the Secretary. ( members in attendance 35)
APOLOGIES
Chris Standen, Chris Liberty, John Butler, Ron Kirkham, Steve Cook,
Mike Henton, Maurice Sanders, Charles Romaine, Bob Wright, Ken Hutton.
MINUTES
OF THE 2010 AGM
Accepted as true record.
Proposed Jim Farmer; Seconded Hugo Pike.
MATTERS
ARISING
None
CAPTAINS
REPORT
Mike thanked everyone for attending and then said that the year
had passed very quickly and how proud he had been to have been the
Captain, the year had truly lived up to his expectations and that
he had thoroughly enjoyed his time. He then spoke of the weather
we had experienced during his year and that on balance we had been
lucky with no inter-club matches being called off and only one or
two Wednesdays, the wettest event was probably at West Wilts.
He
then referred to the Rose Bowl and how we were narrowly defeated
in the first round by Clevedon at Weston super Mare. It was the
same club that knocked us out last year and once again the members
of their team had little resemblance to the team we play in the
friendlies, many of them playing regularly in the Bristol scratch
competitions.
The
inter-club matches were a different story; we retained our unbeaten
home record although Orchardliegh gave us a scare by achieving a
half. Of the eighteen away matches we won 7 halved 3 and lost 8
- not bad going.
In terms of new fixtures, we have added Clevedon this year on a
home and away basis also, Knowle has been added on an alternate
year basis. We made room for these fixtures by making Fosseway and
Entry Hill a once a year fixture. On a disappointing note, despite
the increasing number of members in our section only 35 players
put themselves forward for the team matches as opposed to in excess
of 50 the previous year. Mike thanked those players who supported
him particularly the ‘Captain’s nightmare with timing’
but who played in 31 of the 36 matches. Mike said that he tried
to play with a different player on each occasion and that he obviously
found the right partners to carry him as he only lost 7 of the 34
matches played.
The
annual match against the Ladies ended up as an honourable half but
we lost to them in the Sherborne Shield.
This
year also saw a successful week in Spain organised as usual by Ian
Clement plus two away weekends at Old Thorns and Dartmouth organised
by Ken Hutton which were enjoyed by all those who attended.
Sadly
this year saw the loss of two colleagues, Derek Cleaves who collapsed
on the 17th and did not recover despite the superb efforts of the
air ambulance (a donation was made in his memory) and Mike Stratton
who passed away in the Dorothy House Hospice which happens to be
the Captain’s Charity recipient for this year. Mike was pleased
to present a cheque for £1617 to Yvonne Brunton on 2nd November2011.
Your
committee has purchased a bench which has been placed on the 12th
tee upon which two plaques will be attached.
Mike
then made thanks to the following:-
The management and staff, in particular for the catering in support
of the friendly matches and although we did not see eye to eye on
the type of meal available, what was offered was of high quality
but perhaps did not do full justice to the clubs capabilities. Visiting
players were impressed with the developments of the course and facilities.
On a rough calculation it is worth noting that the home matches
generated somewhere in the region of £10000 income for the
club.
Mike then thanked the committee for their support which enabled
him to enjoy his year and in particular he thanked Jim and his team
in organising the Seniors’ Open and of course Ray for the
work he puts in in organising the weekly Wednesday events and he
saw at first hand some of the frustrations which occur when people
cancel their involvement without notification. Also Boyd for all
the work which goes into organising the inter club matches.
He
then thanked his understanding wife - a golf widow but also his
computer guru.
Finally
he thanked everyone for making the Seniors’ Section what it
is today. He said that he had played with 18 seniors captains and
during chatting with them it is clear that they envy the friendliness
and organisation we have in our Club - long may it continue.
TREASURERS
REPORT
Ian Clement circulated the audited accounts of the Club the acceptance
of which was proposed by Roger Stone and seconded by Eddie Cheasely.
AUDITORS
REPORT
Steve Cook reported that he had examined the Treasurers Report and
he certified that they gave a true and accurate view of the Club’s
affairs.
COMPETITIONS
REPORT
Ray started by thanking Tony Clement for chasing on the various
rounds of the knock - out competitions, all were now complete. Ray
said that his continuing problem concerns notification of cancellations
for the Wednesday events and emphasised the importance of giving
him a ring in advance.
The issue of a reimbursement to Ray of £200 to reflect our
thanks for the work he does was voted for continuation. This was
proposed by Malcolm Brooks and seconded by Bob Baker and agreed
unanimously.
ELECTION
OF OFFICERS AND AUDITOR FOR 2011 - 12
The following were approved unanimously for the posts shewn on a
block vote, proposed by Brian Brown and seconded by Terry Thatcher.
Captain Rob Thain
Vice Captain Jim Farmer
Secretary Mike Hedges
Treasurer Ian Clement
Member Tony Clements
(One vacancy to be nominated by co-option)
Co-opted
members Roger Stone Handicaps
Ray Vickers Competitions
Boyd Francis Fixtures
Ken Hutton Events
Auditor
Steve Cook proposed Mike Astle, seconded Kevin Seery.
INCOMING
CAPTAIN
Rob Thain started by thanking everyone for attending and then said
how proud he was to be voted in as the Captain. He said that he
endorsed much of what Mike had said, in particular how we are the
envy of many clubs in the area particularly in relation to our organisation
and the friendliness of the section. He then ran through the events
which we organise and participate in and thanked Ray, Ken, Ian,
Boyd Gerald and Roger. He then specifically thanked Jim Wring for
his organisation of the Open.
He said that his nominated Charity for the year was ’Swallow’
a local registered charity supporting people with learning difficulties.
Plans are well under way for a Joint Captains Charity Day on 3rd
August 2012 the main attraction at which will be Paul Barrington
who is a well known golfing trick shot champion. He hits some 300
balls as part of his performance and it is intended from next Wednesday
to start selling golf balls at £3 each which if selected on
the day will win a prize. Rob said that he hoped that everyone will
at least by one ball and in that way we would be well on our way
to covering our costs and starting to make some money for charity.
Rob
said that he had no intentions of seeking to change the way that
the section is run - if it ain’t broke don’t mend it.
However, if there are any issues which are causing concern please
speak to Rob or any of the Committee - it is much better to air
our views this way rather than write strange comments on the notice
board.
In
2004 we were winners of the Rose Bowl and four years later in 2008
we won it again, as 2012 approaches is it once again our time.
Rob
then reminded everyone that we have a wonderful opportunity to play
many courses in the area free of charge - that is, the friendly
matches and whilst cost may be an issue we have a superb home record
of 35 matches unbeaten. Rob said that he looked forward to maintaining
that record and hopes that as many as possible will put their names
forward next year.
He
then closed by thanking Mike Astle for the past 12 months as our
Captain and that he looked forward to maintaining his unbeaten home
record.
DATE
OF NEXT AGM
Thursday 1st November 2012
MATTERS
FOR DISCUSSION
A number of general issues were discussed but a particular issue
which the Secretary was asked to raise with Pro-Shop was the fact
that the buggy path had become very slippery and dangerous in some
locations due to cut grass and mud becoming ingrained in the tarmac
- is it possible to have it swept.
The
meeting closed at 1950 hours.
MINUTES
OF AGM HELD THURSDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2010
PRESENT
See attendance list.
APOLOGIES
R Kirkham, P Gamble, B Baker, P Bryant, M Sanders, J Kelly, J Farmer,
C Romaine
MINUTES
OF 2009 AGM
Accepted
CAPTAIN’S
REPORT
Tim Waller started by saying that in his view Farrington Golf Club
should be proud of it’s Senior Section. It represents a good
mix of people and skills who enjoy a good time together and in this
his thanks go to all former Senior Captains and he is so proud of
what we have and we have achieved. He said that for his year he
had been ably supported by his Committee, all had worked hard on
their respective roles whether it be matches, minutes, opens, fixtures
etc.
He
reminded the meeting that weather over the past winter caused cancellations
of about ten weeks of Wednesdays and as a result our funds suffered
a drop as did the Captain’s Charity. The winter was followed
by a lovely Spring and Summer until the children broke up when it
was back to rain.
In
terms of membership we have 115 members and this was ten up on the
preceeding year.
In
relation to matches the Captain said that it was his philosophy
that everyone was welcome to play and everyone was given this opportunity.
Fifty five members played in our matches with a balance given for
home and away matches.
Our
progress in the Rose Bowl included victories over Mendip and Stockwood
but we were beaten by a strong Clevedon side.
The
Captain’s Day was immensely enjoyable and 33 prizes were presented
including 4 team prizes and one on each hole.
In
our games against the Ladies we won narrowly by 8 to 7 in the April
match and the Trubody Trophy there was victory for Laura Fox and
Kevin Seery.
The
Senior Championship in July was keenly contested with the best gross
going to the Captain and the best net to Tony Clement.
For
the Seniors Open we had an entry of 140 it was well organised and
letters of appreciation had been received from a number of clubs
and entrants.
The
away days and weekends of the past season had been well received
and most successful.
Of
our club friendly matches we won 17 of the 17 played at home and
of the away games we won 10 and lost 8 - a good season all round.
In
relation to the Captain’s Charity -the RNLI- this was also
supported by the other Sections of the club and overall nearly £2000
had been raised.
Tim
closed by saying a final thank you to everyone for the support received
and he wished his successor - Mike Astle- every success and at this
point he presented Mike with his Captain’s sweater.
TREASURER
The club accounts for the year were presented by Ian Clements, these
had been audited by Steve Cook, and are as set in the separate report.
The point which produced the greatest discussion was concerning
the Staff Gratuity.
The report was proposed by Rob Thain and seconded by Ken Hutton
and were accepted unanimously by the meeting.
COMPETITIONS
The Captain expressed his thanks to Mike Astle, Rob Thain and Ian
Clement for stepping in and covering the administration of our Wednesday
games in the absence of Ray Vickers. In relation to the winter knockouts,
the lists were now going up and needed entries as soon as possible
and it was also essential for the Summer knock - outs to be completed.
Ray Vickers indicated that there were still people who were simply
crossing out their names on Wednesday lists rather than also ringing
him.
REIMBURSEMENTS
It was agreed unanimously to continue with the arrangements for
the gratuity to Ray Vickers.
ELECTION
OF OFFICERS
The following members of the club were proposed and seconded for
the posts shown and were voted in unanimously:-
| Captain
|
Mike
Astle |
| Vice-Captain |
Rob
Thain |
| Secretary |
Mike
Hedges |
| Treasurer |
Ian
Clement |
| Members |
Jim
Wring / Dave Metcalfe / Tony Clement |
Co-opted
members
| Handicaps
|
Roger
Stone |
| Competitions |
Ray
Vickers |
| Fixtures |
Boyd
Francis |
| Events
(away days & weekends) |
Ken
Hutton |
ITEMS
FOR DISCUSSION
The main item discussed concerned the open and in particular what
was offered for the entrance fee. Particular concern was expressed
that no bacon roll was offered as part of the entrance fee and concern
was expressed that this could lead to a drop off in entrants. Various
views were expressed around the room but it was pointed out that
at the start of the season the county seniors committee did encourage
a common approach to Opens and what was on offer and it was the
experience of many of the members that at Opens this year the prices
were on a par with ours and that generally coffee was made available
with entrance fee but that food had to be purchased in addition.
NEW
CAPTAIN’S COMMENTS
Mike Astle thanked those present for their support and recounted
that he had been a member of the Seniors for the last six and a
half years and he believed that our section and it’s way of
working was the envy of many clubs. He was particularly impressed
by our friendly environment and that he was proud and honoured to
be the Captain for the forthcoming year. He placed on record his
thanks for the support from his wife Lynn in his Captaincy and that
this was operative in their decision to move across to Wookey Hole
to be nearby the club rather than to North Devon which was their
original intention.
On
behalf of all present he offered his congratulations to Tim Waller
on a most successful year and that he hopes that he does as well.
DATE
OF NEXT AGM
Thursday 6 October 2011
MINUTES
OF THE SENIORS SECTION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER
2009
The
meeting commenced at 1930hrs. Kevin Seery welcomed the 38 members
present and chaired the meeting.
APOLOGIES
Apologies were received from M Stratton, G Marsh, B Hall,
T Thorp and G Moore.
MINUTES
The minutes of the AGM held on Thursday 2nd October 2008
were approved as a true record of the meeting.
MATTERS
ARISING
There were no matters arising from the minutes of the last
AGM.
CAPTAINS
REPORT
My year as Captain got off to a flying start on the very
first day when we won the Somerset Autumn Cup at Tall Pines, which
I think was a first for Farrington.
Christmas provided the opportunity to experiment a little and have
the Christmas Dinner combined with a presentation night followed
by entertainment. I would like to think that the first two were
successful, I’m not so sure about the latter. The event was
very well attended with over eighty present. There was one other
notable milestone at this time, namely Ray Vickers’ eightieth
birthday. The day began with the first ever shotgun start to a competition
held at Farrington and was followed by a rather nice buffet/party
largely organised by Ken Hutton.
By
way of a change I introduced a 50p weekly levy with £10 going
back each week in raffle prizes rather than have a Captains bunker,
or a water charge, the aim being to raise money with the other two
Captains for the Children’s Hospice South West. Gentlemen
through your generous support I can tell you that we raised £2519.06.
This was achieved through the weekly raffle, the quiz night and
the help of our local Lions Club on the Charity Golf Day.
Once
we reached Easter the matches came thick and fast and with one match
remaining, Wedmore, we have won 19 lost 11 and halved 3. We had
teams in the National Seniors knock out one of which reached the
last eight of the plate competition. We also reached the last eight
of the Somerset Rosebowl eventually going out to a strong Clevedon
side by the odd match in five. It would have been nice to emulate
Mike Ashwin’s feat of last year in winning it, but I’ll
just have to wish Tim Waller all the best for next year.
The
year has been beset by injuries, operations and illnesses to our
members. We have had Stan doing his bit to support the Air Ambulance
and Ray, Ian, Roger Cockhill and Charles all having operations,
as well as scares and treatments for many others. Lets just hope
that everyone makes a full recovery and are all fit for next season.
There
are people I would like to thank for their efforts during the year:
Chris
Standen – for organising the recent Seniors Open, which attracted
a record entry of 160. This is testament to its popularity and for
handling on our behalf the entries to other clubs Opens.
Ian
Clement – for organising the enormously successful trip to
Tunisia in March and the forthcoming trip to Cadiz but also for
stepping in during Ray’s absence
John
Butler – for meticulously organising our (inaugural) superb
trip to Scotland and introducing us to that well-known Scottish
pro Craig McSporrran!
Boyd
Francis – who despite ill health organised the fixtures and
contacts for us and has already produced the fixture list for next
season.
Rob
Thain – who also very kindly filled in on a Wednesday when
Ray was away.
Roger
Stone – for quite rightly bullying us over scorecards and
handicaps and keeping us on the R& A’s straight and narrow.
Derek
McCaig – for being so thorough in checking the teams/sheets
and phoning around everyone – checking up – typical
policeman.
Geoff
Moore – for all his hard work with the Charity Golf Day and
especially managing in this financial climate to get sponsors and
prizes.
The
others on the Committee – who toiled away behind the scenes
were Mike Hedges, Mike Astle and Tim Waller.
Let
us not forget Gerald and his team for Winter Away Days who provide
a great deal towards making this a vibrant Seniors Section, even
if he doesn’t like playing off the white tees!
Last
but by no means least Ray Vickers for just being Ray and coming
back!
My
special thanks to you all. It has not been plain sailing, but I
have thoroughly enjoyed my tenure as Captain and can assure you
that it has been an honour and a privilege. Lastly I would like
to thank you all for making this the best Seniors Section and the
envy of all and wish my successor Tim Waller a very enjoyable year
to come.
I
will leave you with this thought – a recent study found the
average golfer walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found
golfers drink, on average 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means
on average golfers get about 41 miles to the gallon! Kind of makes
you proud doesn’t it?
TREASURERS
REPORT
A statement of the Seniors accounts was given to all attendees.
The outgoing captain thanked Mike Astle (MA) for managing the accounts
and also Ray Vickers for the important task of collecting the monies
on a Wednesday.
MA
reported that the Seniors Open received no contribution from the
brewery this year and as a result had incurred a small loss of £367.
Member’s numbers had increased to 111 with a regular 70-80
participating on a Wednesday. The cash balance as at 10th September
2009 was £4364 with the Captains Charity balance of £2134
to be deducted this leaves a balance of £2230.
AUDITORS
REPORT
Roger Cockhill had audited the accounts as in previous
years, and he was thanked for his efforts over the last 3 years.
He has decided that he would now like to pass this particular function
over to someone else.
Acceptance
of the accounts was proposed by P Bryant and seconded by C Liberty.
COMPETITON
REPORT
All competitions are running smoothly and on time. On a
date to be announced there will be a new mobile number to ring if
you are unable to turn up on the Wednesday. Please note that this
number can only be used on a Wednesday morning. At any other time
contact me as usual on my landline or mobile number.
ELECTION
OF OFFICERS
The following have been duly proposed and seconded:
| Captain |
Tim
Waller |
| Vice
Captain |
Mike Astle |
| Secretary |
Mike
Hedges |
| Treasurer |
Ian
Clement |
| Members |
Rob
Thain |
| |
Tony
Clement |
| |
John
Butler |
| |
Pete
Bryant |
| Co-Opted
Members |
|
| Handicaps
|
Roger
Stone |
| Opens
|
Chris
Standen |
| Competitions |
Ray
Vickers |
| Fixtures |
Boyd
Francis |
Following the elections the incoming captain Tim Waller took over
the meeting from the outgoing captain Kevin Seery. Tim
thanked Kevin for all his hard work during the last 12 months and
looked forward to working with his vice captain Mike Astle and the
new committee.
The
chosen charity for the coming year will be the RNLI. The new Men’s
Captain and Ladies Captain have also selected this charity.
In
order to raise money for this charity the Wednesday penalty will
be 50p for any member who 3 putts.
A
new venture for charity will be a Pro & Captain challenge match.
Two members can take on Jonathon Lawrence and Tim Waller (with requisite
shots). If you win there will be a prize. There will be an entry
fee yet to be determined. Matches will be played on Friday afternoons.
There
being no further business to discuss the AGM finished at 2015hrs.
The
date of next years AGM will be Thursday 14th October 2010 at 1930hrs
NOTICE
OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING FARRINGTON
GOLF CLUB SENIORS SECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF THE AGM TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY 3rd November
2011
THE MEETING WILL BE HELD
IN THE KING CHARLES HALL AT 7.00PM
ALL MEMBERS OF THE SENIORS
SECTION ARE INVITED.
NOMINATIONS ARE INVITED
FOR PRINCIPAL POSTS ON THE COMMITTEE OF CAPTAIN; VICECAPTAIN; SECRETARY
AND TREASURER PLUS FOUR OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE SECTION
NOMINATIONS
FOR THE ABOVE POSTS PLUS ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGES TO OUR RULES
OF OPERATION ARE TO REACH THE SECREATRY BY 18 OCTOBER 2011 VIA THE
SENIOR SECRETARY’S TRAY IN THE GENERAL OFFICE.
NOMINATION FORMS ARE ATTACHED BELOW OR VIA THE WEB SITE.
SENIOR’S
AGM NOVEMBER 2011 COMMITTEE NOMINATION FORM
MEMBERS MAY BE NOMINATED FOR THE FOLLOWING POSTS
CAPTAIN
VICE
CAPTAIN
TREASURER
SECRETARY
COMMITTEE
MEMBERS (4) JOBS INCLUDE OPENS SECRETARY; COMPETITIONS; HANDICAP;
MATCH MANAGER ETC.
NOMINATIONS:-
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PRINTED
NAME |
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PROPOSER
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SECONDER
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COMPLETED
FORMS TO BE RETURNED TO SENIOR SECRETARY’S TRAY IN THE GENERAL
OFFICE OR TO ANY COMMITTEE MEMBER
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