62 members attended the Club’s Annual General Meeting on the evening of Thursday 19th March. Retiring Chairman Ray Smith gave a report on the progress of the Club during 2014, Past Captain John Squires gave praise to the members who have supported the Club and handed over the Captain’s tankard to 2015 Club Captain, Brendan Boyce.
Brendan gave a rundown of the forthcoming year including a Captain’s Charity Scramble being ran in conjunction with Lady Captain, Karen Middleton in May, Captain’s Day and The Summer Ball (both in July) and the Annual Dinner Dance in November. Brendan also announced the team Captain’s and wished them all well for their forthcoming matches. He also gave his final report as Club Finance Director having completed his second term of 3 years in office being in situ since 2008. Brendan was pleased to report the strong financial position the club was now in, having made the best profit in the Club’s history.
New Committee members appointed were: Phil Millward as Club Chairman (moved from Golf operations Director), Pat Lee as Golf Operations Director, Doug Woolley Finance Director and Eddie Cham House Director. Marketing and Development and Personnel and Communications had no nominees. For details of the new committee please go to the Members Resources page.
The members Proposals submitted – 1 Change to Dress Code at AGM’s to Smart Casual and 2 To Change the format of the Major Trophy The Clark Cup and agree that the Competitions Committee determine a new format for it were both passed unanimously. The meeting closed at 9.10pm