MINEHEAD BRIDGE CLUB
Annual General Meeting
Thursday 6th October at 6pm, Minehead Methodist Church
MINUTES
Present:
Committee Members: Chris Parkin, Linda Trump, Derek Trump. Members:Tony Goldsmith, Geraldine Goldsmith, Chris Smith, Pat Bedwell, Peter Jackson, Anne Miles, Paul Rees, Corinne Rees, Paula Parkin, Sally Milton, Jean Jones.
Apologies: (Committee) Sally Stuttard, Davina Lord, Janet Handley. (Members) Cathy Nicholls, Wendy barker, Maureen Tucker, Jackie Moody, Roy Anderson, Val Anderson, Steve Beswick, Doreen Beswick, Ann Watkins,
Introduction and President’s Report:
- Chris opened the meeting. He asked members to remember Karen Blackwood and David Doyle; a sad loss this year.
Ted Nash has decided not to join but he is welcome to come and play as a non-member any time.
- Chris reported that it had been a good year for the club although membership had fallen from 94 to 76. Tuesday evening seems to have stable attendance but attendance at Thursday evenings has gone down generally this year.
- A lot of advertising went into beginners lessons with fliers in numerous venues throughout the area. Unfortunately uptake was very low and the response hardly merited the amount of time involved in setting them up. Nine people have accessed the lessons with seven still involved. Hopefully four or five of these will join the club.
- All members who help run the sessions were thanked by Chris. Particularly, Peter, Steve, Doreen and Rose for arriving early to set up the hall. Sally doing sterling work as Secretary and Davina as Treasurer and looking after the web pages. Paul staying late to clear up and Tony on the computer. Special thanks went to Jackie for her super efforts in the kitchen.
- The date of the Christmas Dinner has been agreed by the committee as Thursday 15th of December. The cost for each member will be £15. The club will subsidise the meal and pay for the wine.
- Club meetings over the Christmas period. There is no restriction from the venue but it has been agreed there will be no club night on either the 27th or 29th of December.
Approval of Minutes
The minutes of last year’s AGM were approved
Treasurer’s Report
Chris gave the treasurer’s report on behalf of Davina. A balance sheet was provided.
- Overall receipts are lower than last year. Subscriptions and table money on club nights are down, particularly for Thursday evening. Receipts for the Christmas dinner were lower. However, competition monies were substantially increased and tuition fees slightly up.
- Overall payments were very similar to 2015 although there was a significant increase in the cost of refreshments.
- The final balance continues to be very healthy showing a substantial increase from last year.
There were no queries on the accounts. The accounts were duly agreed (proposed by Paula, seconded by Derek). Thanks were given to the Treasurer .
Election of Committee Members
Cathy Nichols, Roy Anderson and Terry Stuttard have to stand down as they have served on the committee for their allotted years. Chris thanked everyone and gave special thanks to Terry for helping with the lessons, duplicate boards and technical issues.
Mike Currie, Doreen and Steve Beswick have agreed to stand. No other nominations had been received and the three members were voted in unopposed. (proposed by Peter, seconded by Paula).
All other current members have agreed to remain on the committee.
Prize Winners
Awards were presented to the following. Congratulations to:
Club Pairs: Championship Winners: Malcolm Percival & Alan White
Runners –up Nigel Cox & David Thrush
Ladies Pairs Ann Watkins and Marion Jehu
Men’s Pairs Malcolm Percival & Richard Watkins
Frank Taylor Trophy Sally Stuttard
Any Other Business
- Peter was given a gift and a vote of thanks for all his work
- Chris was thanked on behalf of all members for all his work and leadership of the club.
- A unanimous vote was taken to request that NO coppers are used for table money as it is very inconvenient.
- Chris thanked members for coming.
Meeting closed at 6:25p.m.
Next AGM 3rd October 2017
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