NORTON RL GOLF SOCIETY

                                Wednesday 05th March 06 8.00pm

Item 1 Apologies for absence

All committee members present.

Item 2 Minutes of last meeting

The minutes of February’s meeting were read and accepted as a true record.

Item 3 Amendments / corrections

No amendments or corrections.

Item 4 Treasures Statement

Meeting 01/03/06 –  No treasurers statement was read

Meeting 05/04/06 – Treasurers statement was read and shows a current balance of £1504.07 + £520 ticket sales + subs puts the current balance at approx £2200.00.  2 T-Shirts remain to be paid for 1x£23 and 1x£25

Item 5 Membership Fees

Meeting 01/03/06 – £160 membership fees received in addition to £20 collected from S Garbutt for his T-Shirt

Meeting 05/04/06 – Membership fees received from society + £10 joining fee

Item 6 Membership List

Meeting 01/03/06 – 1 new member joined the society, Pete Bainbridge, society membership now stands at 24

Meeting 05/04/06 – 1 new member joined the society, Ged Dowsland however Gav White has left, society membership still stands at 24

Item 7 Handicaps

Meeting 02/02/06 – Amendment to handicap system

28 and under one shot back

28 to 32 ½ shot back

32 to 36 no change

37, 38 and 39 cut ½ a shot

40 and over cut 1 full shot

Also the winner will also be cut ¾ of the difference between 1^st and 2^nd place

Meeting 01/03/06 –  No updates as Craig Walker was absent, dispute over how the handicap system will give and take shots off players for low/high scores.  Resolution to be obtained from Craig asap, the above is correct until further notice – no more updates

Item 9 Fund Raising

Meeting 11/01/06 - A proposal was put forward to sell tickets to help raise funds Gary was going to look into this and report back to the February meeting.

Meeting 01/03/06 – Weekly Lottery Draw, ticket sales for the draw are going well however it seems that the majority of tickets are being sold by a minority, this will need to be addressed as all members wish to benefit from the funds raised therefore all members will need to put in the effort.

The license for the lottery has been obtained which is valid until September at a cost of £35.

The point was raised about a charitable donation to be made at the end of the year however no decision was reached as it became a petty squabble, to be addressed at a committee meeting

A wish list was given to all present asking how they would like to spend the society funds.

Meeting 05/04/06 – Ticket sales still ongoing, future subsidies will now be based on the number of tickets that each member takes each week.  Full allocation is 7 tickets per member per week, if each member commits to buying/selling 7 tickets per week they will receive 100% of any subsidy due.

Item 10 - Golf  Days

Meeting 01/03/06 - May 27^th  - Ramside Hall: Society trophy day, this day has now been cancelled to a clash with another event, to be re-arranged at a different venue for either 20^th or 2^nd June

March 22^nd – Sparks Shield

May 20^th – Red Lion ?? Trophy

June 22^nd – Chairmans Cup

September 24^th – Captains Day

Meeting 05/04/06 – Potential days arranged

May 13^th Thirsk and Northallerton however this is FA Cup Final day

June 17^th - Thirsk and Northallerton

July 22^nd – Hunley Hall, Chairmans Cup = £48

September 23^rd – Ramside Hall – Captains Day = £64

Item 11  - Knockout Tournament

Meeting 01/03/06 – 1^st round results were gathered and the draw for the next round took place, ties to be played before 05/04/06

Meeting 05/04/06 – Quarter finals were drawn, ties to be played before 03/05/06

Item 12

Society funds, what do we want to do with the money the club has in the bank, at the moment the funds are fairly depleted due to paying for the transport for the trophy days, wish list !!!! –

• Subsidised Golf
• Better prizes
• Clothing

Item 13       Next Meeting Date

The next meeting will be Wednesday May 3^th at 8.00pm.

Agenda items : 

Item 14       A.O.B

1. Matty Kirby suggested we look into entering teams into a charity golf day, make a child smile are known to have an event at Wynyard each year.  This would solve the issue of how much and who too we should give a charitable donation at the end of the year. Les will look into this and confirm at the next meeting.