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Welcome to Farrington Senior Section
Qualifying as a member of the Farrington Senior Section is dependent on being a paid up member of Farrington Golf Club who is 55 years or more paying an additional yearly subscription of £10
Once this is done then your name will be entered in the Senior Register and held as part of the senior section membership scheme. You can then participate in events organised by the Senior Committee e.g. Weekly Competitions/Matches/Away Days/Xmas Lunch....... find out how to register

CONSTITUTION OF FARRINGTON GOLF CLUB SENIOR SECTION

DEFINITIONS

1. In this Constitution, the terms “Farrington Golf Club Seniors Section”, and "Section" refer to the section consisting of the Senior Members of Farrington Golf Club. Senior members of Farrington Golf Club are male members of the Club who are aged 55 years or more.

PURPOSES OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE SENIORS SECTION COMMITTEE

2. The Governing Constitution of Farrington Golf Club, of which this Constitution is an Annex, lays down the authorative framework under which the various Section Constitutions of Farrington Golf Club shall operate. The purpose of this Section Constitution is to set out the framework within which the Farrington Golf Club Seniors Section shall operate.

3. The purposes of the Farrington Golf Club Seniors Section Committee are:

  • ·to use its best endeavours to ensure that the Section achieves the highest possible standards of quality and service to all Senior members and their guests;
  • ·to represent the interests of all Senior members in the running of the Section and of Farrington Golf Club;
  • ·to use its best endeavours to support the Farrington Golf Club General Committee on matters regarding members’ behaviour and etiquette;
  • ·to further the interests of golf and to sustain affiliation with the EGU and Somerset Golf Union.

STRUCTURE AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE SENIORS SECTION COMMITTEE

4. The Farrington Golf Club Seniors Section Committee shall consist of the following elected Officers:

The Senior's Captain
The Senior's Captain Elect
Competition Secretary
Treasurer
Senior’s Secretary

 In addition there shall be two "Additional Committee Members".

 5. The Senior’s Captain will chair the Seniors Section Committee. In his absence the Captain Elect will chair the Seniors committee. The Chair of the Committee will have a casting vote. There shall be at least 4 elected Officers or Additional Committee Members present to constitute a quorum.

RELATIONSHIP OF THE SENIORS SECTION COMMITTEE WITH THE FGC GENERAL COMMITTEE

6. Within Farrington Golf Club, the separate Section Committees shall administer and control all affairs within their respective sections in accordance with their own Section Constitutions. The General Committee shall be called upon to make decisions on issues beyond or outside the Section Constitutions and to provide advice and guidance to Section Committees on matters affecting more than one Section. In the event of any dispute within one or more Sections of the Club, the decision of the FGC General Committee elected Officers, as representatives of the whole membership, shall be final.


7. The representative of the Seniors Section on the General Committee shall be the Senior’s Captain and the Senior's Captain Elect.

8. Any proposed changes to this Section Constitution shall be formally advised to the General Committee.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

9. An Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Seniors Section of Farrington Golf Club shall take place in October each year and before the Annual General Meeting of Farrington Golf Club. The purpose of the Seniors Section AGM is to:

Receive reports from the Committee on the operation of the Section

Elect the Seniors Committee Officers and Additional Committee Members

10. Any proposed changes to the Section Constitution must be lodged in writing with the Seniors Section Committee at least twenty-eight days before the Seniors Section AGM. Any motions for decision must be lodged with the Seniors Section Committee at least twenty-eight days before the Seniors Section AGM. The Seniors Section Committee shall circulate copies of such proposals or motions to all Senior members at least fourteen days before the date of the Annual General Meeting. In the event of a motion or proposed change to the Constitution being voted on at an AGM, a majority vote will carry the decision.

11. At an AGM there must be at least twenty Senior members present to constitute a quorum.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

12. All Senior members wishing to be elected as Officers or Additional Committee Members of the Seniors Section Committee shall be required to be proposed and seconded by different Senior members. Only Senior members present at the AGM shall be entitled to vote.

13. The election of officers shall be carried out on a post by post basis in the order that the posts are set out in paragraph 4 of this Section Constitution. In the event of more than one nomination for any single post, there shall be a secret ballot. The election of Additional Committee Members shall be carried out in one round. In the event of more than two nominations for Additional Committee Member posts there shall be a secret ballot with Senior Members attending the AGM casting a maximum of two votes each.

14. The retiring Senior's Captain is eligible to be nominated for another post provided be has not served on the Committee for three or more consecutive years at the time be stands down. He will still be required to seek re-election to the Committee if he is nominated for any post.

OFFICERS AND ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS PERIOD OF OFFICE

15. The term of office of all Officers and Additional Committee Member shall be one year running from AGM to AGM and re-election shall be sought for all posts on the Committee.


16. Officers and Additional Committee Members may serve a maximum of three consecutive years in any combination of posts with the exception of the post of Senior Captain. An Additional Committee Member may serve beyond the three years maximum provided the additional year is served in either the Senior Captain or Captain Elect posts. In all cases the Annual General Meeting shall elect the Senior Captain and Captain Elect.

17. In the event that an Officer or Additional Committee Member is unable to serve the full term of office, the Seniors Section Committee may co-opt a replacement member to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the current year.

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS

18. An extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) may be called by the Seniors Section Committee at any time provided they give all members at least twenty-eight days notice of the meeting. Senior Members may require the Seniors Section Committee to call an EGM either to consider a proposal from outside the Committee or to change the Seniors Section Constitution between Annual General Meetings. The Seniors Section Committee shall only be obliged to call an Extraordinary General Meeting if a full written explanation of any proposal is submitted to them in which a motion is proposed by a Senior member of Farrington Golf Club and counter signed by at least ten other Senior members. The Seniors Section Committee shall give all Senior members full details of the proposal or change to the Seniors Section Constitution at the time notice is given of the EGM. In the event of a motion or proposed change to the Constitution being voted on at an EGM a majority vote will carry the decision.

19. At an EGM there must beat least twenty Senior members present to constitute a quorum.

BANK ACCOUNT

20. The Seniors Section shall operate a separate bank account to manage the funds of the Section. Authorised signatories for the account shall comprise any two officers from the following:

Treasurer
Senior’s Secretary
Senior's Captain

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