1. The Club shall be known as the Felixstowe Bridge Club.

2. Every Candidate for membership of the Club shall be proposed and seconded by Members already duly elected and shall complete and sign a nomination form.
Members shall be elected by vote of the committee.
No rejected candidate will be eligible for re-election for one year after such rejection.
No member may enjoy the benefits of membership until their annual subscription has been paid.

3. The Club shall be managed by a Committee of Members not exceeding eight in number including the Officers.
The Officers of the Club shall be:- Chairman, Secretary, Membership Secretary, Treasurer and Tournament Director.
Any five members of the Committee shall form a quorum.

Honorary President to be chosen annually by the committee.

4.The Committee shall hold at least three meetings a year.

5. An Annual General Meeting will normally be held in the last week of September or the first week of October.

A quorum at a General meeting will be twelve members.

A Special General meeting may be convened by not less than six members, stating in writing the precise reason for the proposed meeting.  No other business shall be dealt with at the meeting.

6. At least seven clear days written notice of every General meeting specifying the place, the time, the date and the purpose of the meeting shall be notified by the secretary to every member.

7. The Officers and the Committee members shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting. Committee members having served three consecutive years will be reviewed and allowed to continue to serve if there are no nominations.
The Committee may co-opt voting members.
In the event of any vacancy occurring between Annual General Meetings the
Committee may appoint an Officer with the power to vote at meetings.

8. The annual subscription and the playing fees shall be decided by the Committee.
The annual subscription shall become due immediately after an Annual General Meeting.

9. The Treasurer shall keep the Club Books of account and shall produce them on request.
The Treasurer shall pay all accounts authorised by the Committee.
All cheques shall be signed by any of two of the Chairman,Secretary and Treasurer.
A detailed, audited statement of the Income and Expenditure of the Club shall be presented at the AGM.

10. The Committee is empowered to deal with any matter not otherwise provided for in these rules.

11. The Club shall not be dissolved except by the vote of two thirds of the Members present at a General Meeting expressly called for such a purpose.
In the event of the dissolution of the Club; its assets, after the satisfaction of its debts and liabilities, shall be distributed by the consensus of that meeting with the proviso that members must not benefit directly.

PLAYING REGULATIONS
1. Conduct of play at the club is governed by the current laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge and the International Code of Duplicate Bridge.

2. Only systems up to level 3 will be allowed.