As our FINALS WEEKEND draws closer (Sept 6th & 7th) we are hoping all our members will be supporting not only the finals but also the semi finals which are now taking place. Here is the line up for most of the competitions:

MENS SINGLES

S. Burrell  beat  D. Sear      K. Clarke  beat  W. Dunn

LADIES SINGLES

S. Marshall  beat   M. Clarke      J. Cormack   beat  C. Dunn

HANDICAP OPEN SINGLES

S. Burrell  beat D. Brown        J. Webb  beat  K.Clarke

MENS 2 WOOD

D. Sear  beat D. Brown     B. Ralphs beat K. Maynard

LADIES 2 WOOD

J. Cormack  beat  A. Furlong      J. Murgatroyd beat C. Dunn

MENS PAIRS

Chowdhary & Burrell  beat  Jones & Maynard

Clarke & Brown beat Mackness & Ralphs

LADIES PAIRS

Dunn & Clarke  beat  Maynard & Cutting

Furlong & Cormack  beat   Jackson & Greenfield

NOVICES

L. Ralphs  beat  N. Eckert

C. Webb  beat  D. Gardner  W/O

VETS

D. Sear  beat  B. Ralphs

S. Burrell beat A. Jones

SENIORS

Final:  B. Smith  v  A. Biggs

The President along with the Committee are currently processing all the discussion points from our forum and hope to publish their thoughts and ideas in the next two weeks.

We had 48 members attend the OPEN FORUM on a warm and occasionally  hot night as temperatures rose through lively debate. Many topics were covered including:

• Monies to Charities
• Club Finances
• Raffles
• Friday Club nights
• Car Parking
• Dress Code
• Cleaning
• Poor Competition entries
• Security
• Public & Toilets

At some point in the near future it is hoped a record and summary of what was discussed will be posted for all to see. In the meantime if you have any further thoughts or points you want to raise please see President Kevin Clarke who will happily discuss them with you

These were the main points to come out of our recent AGM:

* The Mens Captain’s position remains unfilled, as does the Mens Vice Captain

* The offer by one male member has been made to run the mens competitive teams

* The Press Officers position is also vacant with Alan Jones standing down

* Subscriptions have been raised across all forms of membership by £5

* All the motions put forward were either withdrawn or defeated

* The Club want to target Adults in the age group of 40 to 50 as part of its recruitment drive in 2014

* We also want to recruit more youngsters and have targeted a figure of 12 Junior members, it currently stands at 8

* The Juniors were largely applauded for their contributions to the Club on and off the green

* We hope to speed up the pace of the green largely through de thatching, more winter maintenance & the removal of some perimieter conifers

* We will look at sponsorship & advertising opportunities

* The Committee stressed the urgency for more regular help with daily/weekly jobs

* It was generally agreed that the new Dinner Dance Night, the re vamped Finals weekend and the new Open Forum evening were big hits

* The new kitchen extractor system was shown offf for the first time much to the amusement of the members who are assured of healthier and safer cooking conditions for the new year

* For a full list of all 2014 Club Officers and other positions held please look at the Officers & Committee members page. You will also see which postions are now vacant and need filling.

If any member wishes to help the club in any shape or form with any task however small please come forward and contact your Committee asap – every pair of hands makes lighter work for someone else.