CARDS120NOTTINGHAM BRIDGE CLUB

 

 


MINUTES OF COMMITTEE MEETING

Saturday, 9th April 2011 at 4.45 pm

Present:

William Crook (President)

Graham Brindley

Peter Moore

Dinah Mairs (Chairman)

Lynne Cumberpatch

Andrew Scott

Mark Goddard (Treasurer)

Kate Little

Stuart Wharton

Cathy Turski (Secretary)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Apologies:  Terry Bentley, Nick Clarke, Phil Gros, Pauline Payne

 

  1. Minutes of Meeting of 5th February 2011: were approved and signed. 

 

  1. Matters Arising:

3.4.5     Situation regarding the Flats:  Flat A – ok, Flat B –   tenant again falling behind with rent – agents to be asked to take action – if tenant is evicted, flat will need complete refurbishment, Flat C – tenant sentenced to 21 years in prison, flat to be cleared this week and made available for re-letting. 

9(i)       Future Strategy – Date of the Bridge Drive – 7th May 2011 – Invitation & flyer sent to local golf and bowls clubs – awaiting any response.

9(ii)      Future Strategy – Teaching.  Stuart & Graham have been booked on the EBU teaching course on Saturday, 30th April/Sunday, 1st May.  Total number on the course are so far 8.      

 

  1. Secretary’s Report: Nothing to report.

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report: £7,500 in the bank, £2,800 in the bar account - £2,000 to be transferred to main account.  Loan now stands at £20,000 – a further £2,000 to be paid off, keeping £7,500 in reserve for refurbishment of flat B, if required.

 

6.      Membership Secretary’s Report:   In the absence of the membership secretary, Dinah confirmed that as of the date of the AGM there were 177 full members – 2 or 3 more have joined since that date.  Dinah said that a number of changes need to be made to the handbook – it was agreed that a list of amendments/additions would be produced and emailed to members, with a limited number of copies available for those members without email.

     

7.      Teaching:

(i)                  Andrew thought there would possibly be two or three new members from the current course. Again, thanks to Terry for his help.

(ii)                Andrew stressed the importance of teaching; without new players the game would soon die out.  He said he hoped that either Stuart or Graham would be able to take over his beginners’ course – he will continue to provide advice and support but Andrew said he had been teaching now for 26 years and felt it was time to take a step back and devote some time to his family.  

 

8.      Special Events:

(i)                                                                Broadhead Bowl- Won by Jackie Parsons & Christine Timmons

(ii)                Max Radford & Poyser Cups –  very few entries for the Max Radford but competition would  still take place and would be run as a single drive with the Poyser Cup

(iii)               MacMillan Charity Event – ticket sales going well.  Still strong feeling that EBU should not profit from this event.  Dinah said the club would pay the P2P element so that all money raised would go to the Macmillan Charity

(iv)              NCBA Inter-Club pairs – two pairs qualified and eligible to play: Chris Frost & Joan Hardwick and Toni Smith & Steve Fordham

(v)                Strawberry Fayre – Date set for Sunday 10th July.

 

 

 

 

9.      Matters Arising from the AGM:  

(i)                  Refunds on P2P – At the end of May, when all payments for the year have been received, the EBU will inform members of any overpayments – if over £5.00, this can be claimed back; under £5.00, credit notes will be issued to be carried forward to next year but could be used in the EBU shop.

(ii)                Late Starts & Slow Play – Members should arrive at the club by 6.50pm to allow play to start at 7.00pm prompt, players should go to the next table as soon as the director calls a move –a notice to be put up to this effect.  The committee voted and agreed to introduce a local  amendment to the rules ‘Boards will be voided if, when the Director calls a move, dummy has not been put down on the table’. Hopefully these measures will help to ensure drives finish in good time.

 

10.  Future Strategy of the Club – Playing Strategy: Deferred to next meeting.

 

11.  Suggestion Book: Suggestion 1 – A cup for the player with the most consecutive averages over 50%, played for throughout the year on Monday nights.  The committee thought this a novel idea but did not think it appropriate to introduce a new competition at this stage

                        Suggestion 2 – A Deputy Chairman should be appointed to cover for periods when the Chairman was absent.  The Chairman has no executive powers and the committee can continue to function as normal in the absence of the Chairman.  The appointment of a Deputy Chairman is not allowed for in the constitution. The Committee did appreciate the underlying concerns of this suggestion but felt the running of evening drives and greeting of visitors etc was not the Chairman’s responsibility but rather, the Director’s.  The Committee agreed that, on Friday nights in particular, there was a need for more Directors.  Dinah to find out when the next EBU Directors’ courses will be run and to ask if any regular Friday night players would be interested in attending.    

 

12.  Date and Time of Next Meeting:

Saturday, 4th June at 4.45pm.

 

13.   AOB

(i)                 A list of revised bar prices was circulated and agreed by the Committee.  The Committee also agreed it was unpractical to continue with cask beer – canned beer (Boddingtons or similar) and a premium bottled beer would be made available.

(ii)               The EBU stratification proposal – discussed briefly – the Committee thought there was sufficient different levels of play available of different evenings and did not propose to introduce stratification at this time.

 

The Meeting closed at 6.45 pm.

 

 

 

 

 

Signed                                                                         Date