NEWSLETTER

DECEMBER 2016

Following the AGM held on Saturday 26th November,

our New Committee is:

Cameron Ashton kindly volunteered to act as Accounts Examiner.

The Committee will generally meet monthly so if you have any items

you’d like discussed at the meeting please feel free to raise it with

one of your Committee Members.

The next Committee Meeting is in the New Year – date TBA

Looking forward to seeing you all at the

Pre Season Meeting – date TBA

Exciting News

With the valuable help of Councillor Shelagh Finlay and Bridlington

Town Council, we are very proud to announce that our Club has been

declared Bridlington’s first ‘Asset of Community Value’, following in

the footsteps nationally of Old Trafford in Manchester and Anfield

in Liverpool.

A news report is planned to be in the Brid Free Press (page 7) due

out w/c 19th December 2016.

Help from your armchair - with easyfundraising !

Every time you use the internet to search or buy

anything please use easyfundraising. Family and

friends can help with this too. Want to know more –

contact Linda or have a look at the Club’s website.

Chairman Lynne Mitchell 01262 678965

Captain Jim Braidwood 07763 841046

Treasurer Tony James 01262 422022

Secretary Linda James 01262 422022

General Committee Members – in alphabetical order

Derek Boyland 01262 409073

Mike Hobson 01262 609326

Pat Hunt 01262 670833

Bernadine Philpott 01262 352164

Phil Retallic 07592 020977

Message from your new Captain

Thanks to everyone who supported my nomination and to all who did

not oppose it. I would like to thank last year’s Captain, John, who

stepped in at the last minute due to my changing domicile

arrangements.

I hope I can follow him in his successful year.

Requests are pouring in for friendlies and I may have some

timetabling difficulties but I know we will meet our commitments.

After all it helps keep the club alive and healthy.

I wish you all a Happy Christmas and a prosperous 2017. I will keep

you posted with regards to team pools, captains, leagues friendlies

and any other matters pertaining to bowling play.

Membership Fees for 2017 Season…remain unchanged at

Type Annual

Subscription #

Full – without Clubhouse Duties

Limited to 5 applicants

Successful applicants will be notified after 1st April

£100.00

Full – with Clubhouse Duties £50.00

Social £15.00

Junior £20.00

# Half Annual Subscription if application is made after 30th June.

It was agreed that a new Subscription be introduced – Senior Full

Membership Subscription with Clubhouse Duties at half the cost of

Full Membership Subscription with Clubhouse Duties (currently

£25) and this also needed to be reflected in the Constitution – see

below.

Change to the Constitution

Section 7 Membership

Part A - New Members

This motion was carried.

Part C - Categories of Membership

Full Club Members will be eligible for Senior Full Membership if they

are 80 or over at their renewal date (1st April). Proof of eligibility

will be required by the Secretary.

This motion was carried.

In brief, the outcome of the other items on the agenda was as

follows:

Club Competitions

Change of Date for Finals Weekend from the last weekend in

August (which mostly falls as a Bank Holiday weekend) to a

weekend in September. Wording was amended slightly. This item

was carried.

Amendment to Rule 6

This item was defeated.

Amend Rule 16

This rule was dependent upon Amendment to Rule 6 being

accepted, as the Amendment to Rule 6 was defeated, this item was

withdrawn.

Add a new Rule – Rule 19 a)

This item was carried.

Add a new Rule – Rule 19 b)

This item was carried.

Add a new Rule – Rule 19 c)

This item was defeated.

Add a new Rule – Rule 19 d)

This item was carried.

Help with the gardens – ‘Adopt a Plot’

Derek thanked all the helpers ‘old’ and ‘new’ for their

hard work in making the gardens look so good this

year and said there were still some plots available to

adopt so if you’d be willing to help then please see Derek.