NORTON RL GOLF SOCIETY

                                Wednesday 03^rd May 06 8.00pm

Item 1 Apologies for absence

Neil Costellow, Craig Walker

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.  2 T-Shirts remain to be paid for 1x£23 and 1x£25

Meeting 02/05/06 – No treasurers statement was read

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

Meeting 02/05/06 – Membership fees received, no new members

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

Meeting 02/05/06 – No new members joined the society however 5 have left, Ronnie Corner, Brian Goodwin, John Thornton, Russ Bennett and Peter Harrigan.  Membership now stands at 20

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

Meeting 02/05/06 – No 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.

Meeting 02/05/06 – Ticket sales still ongoing however the society failed to sell 70 tickets this week meaning only £30 was added to the funds rather than the usual £100

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 02/05/06 – Golf days arranged

June 17^th – Oakleaf, Newton Aycliffe - £14 per person, 1^st tee 10.30am with 20 places

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

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

Craig will aranage a minimum of 1 golf day per month consisting of 27 holes of golf, not necessarily included food etc however the society members all expressed concern that we are not playing enough golf and don’t have enough days organised

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

Meeting 02/05/06 – Semi-finals were drawn, ties to be played before Weds 7^th June

Item 12       Next Meeting Date

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 we should give a charitable donation at the end of the year. Les will look into this and confirm at the next meeting.

Meeting 02/05/06 – Paul has details of a Charity day at Wynyard that involves 2 society members playing in a 4 ball with 1 Celebrity and a member of Cleveland Constabulary.  The cost for each 2 players is £250, this is perhaps more than was expected so Paul will investigate further.

Item 13       Next Meeting Date

The next meeting will be Wednesday June 7^th at 8.00pm.

Agenda items : 

• Matchplay knockout vs another society
• Ticket sales
• Golf days

Item 14       A.O.B

1. It was agreed at the meeting that all future competition days will have the following format,

• Only the player can put their name on the list
• A deposit of £20 or 50% whichever is the greater must be paid at the meeting before the day is scheduled
• The deposit is non-refundable
• All games where possible will be played as 3 balls with the AM competition becoming a team event based upon Stableford scores, the highest 2 scores on each hole count towards the teams total score

2.   Keith has a list of all opens to be played in the North East this, all of these competitions are open to entry.  The list will be posted on the message board